For ecommerce sellers, choosing between cash on delivery (COD) and prepaid orders affects more than how customers pay. It can influence shipping costs, return-to-origin (RTO) expenses, delivery success and cash flow. COD lets customers pay when their order arrives, while prepaid orders are paid for before dispatch. COD can appeal to customers who prefer paying
Shipping an ecommerce order sounds simple: pick a courier, ship the package, and get it delivered. But for a growing brand shipping hundreds or thousands of orders every day, it’s really not that simple. You may have multiple courier partners, different shipping rates, thousands of serviceable pincodes, COD and prepaid orders, different package weights, and
As an ecommerce business grows, managing orders and deliveries becomes increasingly complex. What starts as a few shipments a day can quickly turn into hundreds or thousands of orders that need to be processed, dispatched, tracked, and delivered on time. Handling every step manually can slow down operations. Teams may spend hours assigning courier partners,
In ecommerce and D2C shipping, sellers often focus on last mile delivery because that’s where the customer experience is most visible. However, the real efficiency of any shipping operation is decided during first mile delivery. First mile delivery refers to the movement of an order from the seller’s location to the courier’s logistics network. If
