The Ecomcrew Ecommerce Podcast

Episode 18: From Garage to Warehouse and Beyond


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Today’s episode is about going from running your business out of your home to a warehouse. We have our own growing pains stories on this topic, so we hope we can help those of you ready to move.

The key factor to maintaining a warehouse is efficiency. A lot of things go into making sure your operation is efficient. You need to make sure the items are safely packed for shipping (which is harder than you expect) and that your inventory can keep up with demand. We’re going to share with you some of our fixes for these problems. As well as what has worked for us, and what hasn’t.

Topics we discuss in this episode:

  • Grant’s trial and error experience with packing his cutting boards.
  • The importance of keeping shipping damage low
  • Mike’s decision to move into FBA through Amazon
  • Working with Amazon
  • Finding a good fulfillment software
  • At the end of the day it comes down to what you need to make your business work. Some of our suggestions are pretty pricey for a start-up, but for middle tier outfits it might be a solution. Efficiency is the keyword today and hopeful we have given you some great resources.

    Resources Mentioned During Today’s Episode:

    Colorit.com

    Treadmill.com

    Cuttingboard.com

    Icewraps.com

    Amazon

    ShipStation

    Stitch Labs

    The Definitive Ecommerce Inventory Management Comparison

    Skubana

    Bigcommerce

    Shopify

    Linnworks

    If you have any questions or anything you’d like us to discuss on the podcast please go to ecomcrew.com and fill out the contact form. Also we would really appreciate if you would leave us a review on iTunes. Thanks  for listening!

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