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Freight management is an important cost center for all product manufacturers and distributors. But for a third-party ecommerce fulfillment...

How did we get to this place where parcel shipping represents such a significant cost? First, parcel shipping in the US domestic and international export parcel markets now represents over $80 billion. About 36% is represented in the air parcel market, and 2%, (and growing rapidly), is the US...

A Primer for America’s Small Business Owners

Today’s shipping environment is complex. That’s no secret. That complexity has created more competition. That’s good news for international shippers. Today’s globalized business and consumer markets – especially the burgeoning shipping opportunities...

DIM Weight 101

Watch this video for a quick tutorial on how DIM weight pricing can impact your parcel shipping costs. For more dimensional weight resources, including a calculator, go to dimweightresources.com. 

6 Packaging Tips to Help You Save

How can you change your packaging to avoid DIM weight costs? Watch this video for 6 packaging tips to help you save. For more dimensional weight resources, including a calculator, go to dimweightresources.com. 

Services for Saving on DIM Pricing

In addition to packaging options, there are also services that can help reduce your DIM expenses. Watch this video to see what those are.  For more dimensional weight resources, including a calculator, go to dimweightresources.com.

Consumer expectations today are shifting to instant satisfaction. People want to know if the item they want is available, where it’s coming from and how quickly they can get it. This puts a lot of pressure on businesses of all sizes and carriers as they all work together to achieve the same goal...

Most parcel shipping carriers have changed how they calculate the weight—and, by extension, the price the shipper pays—of packages shipped. In 2014, major shipping carriers announced a dimensional weight pricing model, commonly called DIM, for air and ground parcel shipping services. Shipping...