International Shipping Resources
Tips and Information for shipping internationally
How Ecommerce Businesses Can Mitigate Seasonality by Shipping Internationally
Seasonality is a challenge for many businesses, as it can cause fluctuations in demand and revenue throughout the year. Expanding into international markets is a great strategy to help mitigate seasonality by broadening your customer base and spreading sales to different countries and regions. This article will explore strategies to help businesses overcome seasonality through…
Minimizing Delivery Time with FlavorCloud
Minimizing delivery time is not only about expedited shipping options. By taking a closer look at your current process from purchase to delivery, you can optimize and reduce the time it takes for a customer to receive a delivery—positively impacting your customer relationships and bottom line. Here are 6 tips to minimize delivery times when…
International Shipping from Ireland: Expanded Ireland Outbound Service and New Partnerships
FlavorCloud is excited to announce another full-scale expansion for merchants and 3PLs in Ireland, bringing them access to the FlavorCloud Global Network for carrier and customs automation. Last week we announced our expansion to the UK, just one of many exciting additions to our growing lineup. This is a major expansion of FavorCloud’s network offering…
International Shipping from the UK: Expanded UK Outbound Network and Services
FlavorCloud is pleased to announce a full-scale expansion from the UK, bringing the FlavorCloud Global Network carrier and customs services to UK merchants. This major expansion is set to revolutionize shipping for high-volume DTC and enterprise merchants as well as 3PL partners in the UK, with access to: Full-suite international outbound shipping services to 200+…
FlavorCloud Announces Decreases in Shipping Costs Amidst Inflation and Industry-Wide Increases
With the new year comes the annual general rate of increase, or GRI. For carriers, the GRI reflects their need to cover rising costs across the shipping industry. Last year’s rate increase was the highest in over a decade, and this year’s increase comes in at 6.9% to 7.9%, as announced by the largest global…
EU Import Guide
Are you looking to export products to the European Union? Do you want to tap into the EU market to achieve growth? The EU is an attractive market for merchants to expand their business as many countries within the region have significant buying power and expanding needs and wants for products outside the bloc. But…
Cyber Week Around the World – Incorporating Cross-border into Your Sales Strategy
Leverage Shopping Preferences from Cyber Week to Q1 and Beyond If you didn’t plan well for Cyber Week or are curious about maximizing your business, we’ve got you covered. FlavorCloud’s partnership manager Drew Adair shared valuable data-backed insights about International Cyber Week at ShipBob’s recent Ecommerce Unpacked BFCM Wrap-up event. Here are five tips he…
How to Recession-Proof your International Shipping
Global economics can get extremely complex, but certain principles of recession consumer behavior are straightforward. When people have less money and products are more expensive, the average consumer is going to purchase fewer or cheaper things. However, there are proactive ways to optimize your sales and shipping to stay strong against the currents of recession,…
A Guide to Shipping Dangerous Goods: Beauty & Cosmetics | FlavorCloud
You might not automatically associate ‘Dangerous Goods’ with beauty and cosmetic products. But in transportation, many items such as perfumes, nail polish, or aerosols tick the ‘hazmat’ box. If you’re a merchant in this sector and you ship to customers, it’s essential to get it right. The beauty and cosmetic sector is a huge opportunity…
FlavorCloud & ShipBob: A Powerful Solution for International Shipping and Fulfillment | FlavorCloud
We’re extremely proud to announce FlavorCloud’s new partnership with industry-leading international fulfillment platform, ShipBob. It means ShipBob’s Shopify, BigCommerce & API merchants can now seamlessly plug into FlavorCloud’s extensive global cross-border carrier network and intelligent shipping algorithm to grow their international sales easily. ShipBob: a Global Omnifulfillment Platform ShipBob provides merchants with a single view…
What is Guaranteed DDP? | FlavorCloud
Two top concerns cross-border consumers have are high shipping costs and long delivery times. These worries are so important that customers often abandon their shopping carts. Merchants can easily address these concerns by offering DDP shipping. This gives your customers what they want—the best shipping costs, shortest delivery times, no surprises, and an excellent customer…
What is DDP? A Complete Explanation of DDP Shipping | FlavorCloud
There are billions of consumers around the globe, presenting a huge opportunity to grow your business through selling internationally. However, consumers considering cross-border purchases cited high shipping costs (51%) and long delivery times (47%) as their top two concerns. Interestingly, these are also two of the top three reasons cited by consumers for cart abandonment.…
An Introduction to Shipping Dangerous Goods | FlavorCloud
Running an ecommerce business involves a lot of moving parts. There’s the obvious stuff, like choosing the right products, marketing, site design, accounting, payment processing, packaging, and shipping. And then, each of those aspects breaks down into smaller subsections, like nesting dolls of necessary knowledge. So, at first glance, you need to decide about shipping…
Beginner’s Guide to Tariffs & Trade Barriers | FlavorCloud
The rise of technology has helped make everything more accessible. The exchange and availability of information, ideas, products, and services multiplied exponentially once the internet helped ease the logistical obstacles that previously presented a challenge. The result is an entire world full of options versus the local communities we were once limited to—benefitting consumers and…
GDPR Compliance for Merchants | FlavorCloud
There’s a lot to successfully selling internationally with many things to manage, including branding, marketing, fulfillment, and customer service. Data privacy is a vital aspect too. It continues to increase in importance for consumers and has become an essential element of customer satisfaction and retention. According to McKinsey, 87% of surveyed consumers said they would…
What is an HS code? | FlavorCloud
Preparing to ship products across borders can seem daunting. But if you’re doing so, you’ve probably come across the term ‘HS codes’. If you haven’t, we’re glad you’ve found yourself here—HS codes are fundamental to shipping internationally, as is getting them right on your international shipping documents. If you get your HS codes wrong, you…
International Shipping 101: DDP, Returns, Undeliverables & Insurance | FlavorCloud
Shipping internationally is no easy task and comes with a lot of complexity. At FlavorCloud, we make it simple by taking care of everything for you—wherever you’re shipping. Leveraging FlavorCloud’s Global cross-border carrier network gives you high-quality shipping at the best rates across our algo-optimized routes. Wherever you’re shipping, there are important pieces of information…
Understanding Landed Costs: Duties, Taxes, and Fees | FlavorCloud
As an ecommerce merchant, determining shipping costs is an essential and ever-present part of doing business. At first glance, it doesn’t seem like it would be a complicated calculation—just put some information into an online tax and shipping calculator, hit enter, and go about your day, right? Not quite, but it’s a start. The duties,…
What is DDU? Risks, Responsibilities, and Usage | FlavorCloud
Selling globally is a huge opportunity for merchants, allowing you to reach billions of consumers and grow your business. But intricate regulatory practices and procedures make international shipping a challenge, so it’s important to understand the basics. If you’ve been researching how to handle your logistics internationally, you might have come across the term DDU in…
What is Cross-Border? A Guide to Cross-Border Shipping and Commerce | FlavorCloud
In ecommerce, “cross-border” is when the customer and merchant are located in two different countries. Although the definition for cross-border is simple, the logistics involved with selling internationally can be overwhelming when you dip your toes into international waters. Before your store is ready to sell worldwide, there’s a lot to consider, from the various…