Yet another Amazon thread..
03-08-2019, 01:37 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by CFI Guy
The elephant in the room is artificial intelligence and it's coming to a theater near you. It sounds like science fiction now but it's being developed rapidly.
So you’re one of those...
You should sell your Xbox, and everything else you own and buy Amazon stock. You’ll be a millionaire in months.
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03-08-2019, 02:19 PM
#12
On Reserve
Joined APC: Aug 2018
Posts: 14
Originally Posted by ACMItrash
All the "Amazon carriers" have aweful contracts and will and are having extensive difficulties in keeping pilots. None of the carriers come close to work rules of most regionals. The retirement is aweful too. Pax or fed ex ups is the only respectacle airline job!
Things change and rapidly. That said, I think that good advice for OP's child is to go Brown or Purple if they can get it- obviously. Building retirement savings while young is incredibly important. Get your traveling in, enjoy the money.
Additionally, build education. Have a backup plan if all this goes tango uniform. I've got two degrees in aviation, which I naively thought could translate elsewhere. They don't, and I'm not even a pilot. If you're not working in the secondary field, volunteer in it.
Unfortunately, the game has changed. The recession definitely changed things.
03-09-2019, 01:10 PM
#13
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Well look at this... UPS Launches Service for small businesses to sell and market their products on 21 platforms.... in addition to Amazon. And we will provide the warehouses to store the products. As I’ve said all along, Amazon has no proprietary software or business plan that is unique to its core concept of e-commerce. They will have competition, and UPS seems to be providing some. Maybe 111 years of business experience means something.
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“UPS launches fulfillment platform for small and medium sellers”
Smart businesses know marketplaces are the heart of e-commerce, but they can be cumbersome: Sellers must juggle multiple logins, the labor and logistics of packing, shipping and tracking sales and managing inventory. Then comes updating all the marketplace listings, which can take hours.
Enter the rollout of UPS (NYSE: UPS) eFulfillment offering small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide streamlined fulfillment and shipping services to consumers in the U.S. and Canada. The solution supports purchases and orders from 21 different marketplaces and web stores, including eBay, Wal-Mart, Etsy and Amazon, including Prime. The new platform augments UPS’s suite of custom e-commerce solutions designed to support small and medium-sized businesses.
“UPS understands that small- and medium-sized businesses want the same high quality services as large e-commerce companies without the same amount of complexity,” said Kevin Warren, UPS’s chief marketing officer. “We are laser-focused on giving merchants the tools for success by offering this easy-to-use technology platform, full-service fulfillment capabilities and simplified pricing and billing that many smaller business couldn’t afford to offer or build.”
Signing up is as easy as enrolling via a quick onboarding process and listing products. UPS, which is currently offering a risk free 60-day trial, handles storing the merchandise, packaging products once a sale is made and shipping from warehouses strategically located in Shepherdsville, KY and Bloomington, CA.
Inventory stored in other locations, such as an existing warehouse, can be added to the platform to ensure dynamic updates as sales occur allowing for fulfillment efficiencies. Merchants select when the package needs to be delivered. UPS eFulfillment can be used by merchants around the world who want to list on U.S. marketplaces and send to customers in the U.S. and in Canada.
UPS began piloting the program in 2017 as a way to provide cutting-edge fulfillment and logistics options with access to multiple marketplaces. Pilot participant Tidal New York saw sales of its New York City-made flip flops more than triple during the pilot.
“To be able to sell across multiple stores and marketplaces is insanely attractive,” said Tidal New York Co-founder Tim Gibb. “The ability to focus on growth instead of managing our infrastructure allows us to pursue business that we wouldn’t otherwise have had the bandwidth to go after.”
According to the UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, shopping on marketplaces is almost universal. More than 96% percent of U.S. online shoppers report making a purchase at a marketplace. With this in mind, smart sellers try to sell on as many marketplaces as possible to access the widest swath of potential customers.
This eFulfillment service offers merchants the flexibility and speed needed to meet customer needs at a good value. The pricing is bundled, giving sellers a clear picture of fulfillment costs. Tracking and billing are integrated, helping reduce the time and effort it takes a business owner to keep up with the status and cost of shipments. Finally, sellers can quickly and dynamically update listings on multiple sites.
“UPS eFulfillment shows how UPS is uniquely positioned and deeply committed to providing online merchants with powerful solutions that help meet customers’ needs,” Warren said. “Combined with other recent announcements, such as Ware2Go, UPS aims to be the provider of choice when it comes to e-commerce solutions.”
Ware2Go, launched in Aug. 2018, is a technology company and digital platform that matches available warehouse space and fulfillment services to merchants’ needs using both UPS and non-UPS warehouse space. The solution is especially attractive to small and medium-sized companies that need to forward stock inventory and fulfill orders for business-to-business e-commerce.
UPS eFulfillment can be integrated with:
3D cart
Amazon
Amazon Intl Sites
BigCommerce
eBay
eBay Intl Sites
Etsy
Houzz
Jet
Magento
Newegg
Overstock
PrestaShop
Pricefalls
Rakuten
Sears
Shopify
Volusion
Walmart
WooCommerce
Yahoo Shopping
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_______________________________
“UPS launches fulfillment platform for small and medium sellers”
Smart businesses know marketplaces are the heart of e-commerce, but they can be cumbersome: Sellers must juggle multiple logins, the labor and logistics of packing, shipping and tracking sales and managing inventory. Then comes updating all the marketplace listings, which can take hours.
Enter the rollout of UPS (NYSE: UPS) eFulfillment offering small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide streamlined fulfillment and shipping services to consumers in the U.S. and Canada. The solution supports purchases and orders from 21 different marketplaces and web stores, including eBay, Wal-Mart, Etsy and Amazon, including Prime. The new platform augments UPS’s suite of custom e-commerce solutions designed to support small and medium-sized businesses.
“UPS understands that small- and medium-sized businesses want the same high quality services as large e-commerce companies without the same amount of complexity,” said Kevin Warren, UPS’s chief marketing officer. “We are laser-focused on giving merchants the tools for success by offering this easy-to-use technology platform, full-service fulfillment capabilities and simplified pricing and billing that many smaller business couldn’t afford to offer or build.”
Signing up is as easy as enrolling via a quick onboarding process and listing products. UPS, which is currently offering a risk free 60-day trial, handles storing the merchandise, packaging products once a sale is made and shipping from warehouses strategically located in Shepherdsville, KY and Bloomington, CA.
Inventory stored in other locations, such as an existing warehouse, can be added to the platform to ensure dynamic updates as sales occur allowing for fulfillment efficiencies. Merchants select when the package needs to be delivered. UPS eFulfillment can be used by merchants around the world who want to list on U.S. marketplaces and send to customers in the U.S. and in Canada.
UPS began piloting the program in 2017 as a way to provide cutting-edge fulfillment and logistics options with access to multiple marketplaces. Pilot participant Tidal New York saw sales of its New York City-made flip flops more than triple during the pilot.
“To be able to sell across multiple stores and marketplaces is insanely attractive,” said Tidal New York Co-founder Tim Gibb. “The ability to focus on growth instead of managing our infrastructure allows us to pursue business that we wouldn’t otherwise have had the bandwidth to go after.”
According to the UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, shopping on marketplaces is almost universal. More than 96% percent of U.S. online shoppers report making a purchase at a marketplace. With this in mind, smart sellers try to sell on as many marketplaces as possible to access the widest swath of potential customers.
This eFulfillment service offers merchants the flexibility and speed needed to meet customer needs at a good value. The pricing is bundled, giving sellers a clear picture of fulfillment costs. Tracking and billing are integrated, helping reduce the time and effort it takes a business owner to keep up with the status and cost of shipments. Finally, sellers can quickly and dynamically update listings on multiple sites.
“UPS eFulfillment shows how UPS is uniquely positioned and deeply committed to providing online merchants with powerful solutions that help meet customers’ needs,” Warren said. “Combined with other recent announcements, such as Ware2Go, UPS aims to be the provider of choice when it comes to e-commerce solutions.”
Ware2Go, launched in Aug. 2018, is a technology company and digital platform that matches available warehouse space and fulfillment services to merchants’ needs using both UPS and non-UPS warehouse space. The solution is especially attractive to small and medium-sized companies that need to forward stock inventory and fulfill orders for business-to-business e-commerce.
UPS eFulfillment can be integrated with:
3D cart
Amazon
Amazon Intl Sites
BigCommerce
eBay
eBay Intl Sites
Etsy
Houzz
Jet
Magento
Newegg
Overstock
PrestaShop
Pricefalls
Rakuten
Sears
Shopify
Volusion
Walmart
WooCommerce
Yahoo Shopping
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03-10-2019, 03:31 PM
#14
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Posts: 2,275
Originally Posted by G550Guy
Well look at this... UPS Launches Service for small businesses to sell and market their products on 21 platforms.... in addition to Amazon. And we will provide the warehouses to store the products. As I’ve said all along, Amazon has no proprietary software or business plan that is unique to its core concept of e-commerce. They will have competition, and UPS seems to be providing some. Maybe 111 years of business experience means something.
_______________________________
“UPS launches fulfillment platform for small and medium sellers”
Smart businesses know marketplaces are the heart of e-commerce, but they can be cumbersome: Sellers must juggle multiple logins, the labor and logistics of packing, shipping and tracking sales and managing inventory. Then comes updating all the marketplace listings, which can take hours.
Enter the rollout of UPS (NYSE: UPS) eFulfillment offering small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide streamlined fulfillment and shipping services to consumers in the U.S. and Canada. The solution supports purchases and orders from 21 different marketplaces and web stores, including eBay, Wal-Mart, Etsy and Amazon, including Prime. The new platform augments UPS’s suite of custom e-commerce solutions designed to support small and medium-sized businesses.
“UPS understands that small- and medium-sized businesses want the same high quality services as large e-commerce companies without the same amount of complexity,” said Kevin Warren, UPS’s chief marketing officer. “We are laser-focused on giving merchants the tools for success by offering this easy-to-use technology platform, full-service fulfillment capabilities and simplified pricing and billing that many smaller business couldn’t afford to offer or build.”
Signing up is as easy as enrolling via a quick onboarding process and listing products. UPS, which is currently offering a risk free 60-day trial, handles storing the merchandise, packaging products once a sale is made and shipping from warehouses strategically located in Shepherdsville, KY and Bloomington, CA.
Inventory stored in other locations, such as an existing warehouse, can be added to the platform to ensure dynamic updates as sales occur allowing for fulfillment efficiencies. Merchants select when the package needs to be delivered. UPS eFulfillment can be used by merchants around the world who want to list on U.S. marketplaces and send to customers in the U.S. and in Canada.
UPS began piloting the program in 2017 as a way to provide cutting-edge fulfillment and logistics options with access to multiple marketplaces. Pilot participant Tidal New York saw sales of its New York City-made flip flops more than triple during the pilot.
“To be able to sell across multiple stores and marketplaces is insanely attractive,” said Tidal New York Co-founder Tim Gibb. “The ability to focus on growth instead of managing our infrastructure allows us to pursue business that we wouldn’t otherwise have had the bandwidth to go after.”
According to the UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, shopping on marketplaces is almost universal. More than 96% percent of U.S. online shoppers report making a purchase at a marketplace. With this in mind, smart sellers try to sell on as many marketplaces as possible to access the widest swath of potential customers.
This eFulfillment service offers merchants the flexibility and speed needed to meet customer needs at a good value. The pricing is bundled, giving sellers a clear picture of fulfillment costs. Tracking and billing are integrated, helping reduce the time and effort it takes a business owner to keep up with the status and cost of shipments. Finally, sellers can quickly and dynamically update listings on multiple sites.
“UPS eFulfillment shows how UPS is uniquely positioned and deeply committed to providing online merchants with powerful solutions that help meet customers’ needs,” Warren said. “Combined with other recent announcements, such as Ware2Go, UPS aims to be the provider of choice when it comes to e-commerce solutions.”
Ware2Go, launched in Aug. 2018, is a technology company and digital platform that matches available warehouse space and fulfillment services to merchants’ needs using both UPS and non-UPS warehouse space. The solution is especially attractive to small and medium-sized companies that need to forward stock inventory and fulfill orders for business-to-business e-commerce.
UPS eFulfillment can be integrated with:
3D cart
Amazon
Amazon Intl Sites
BigCommerce
eBay
eBay Intl Sites
Etsy
Houzz
Jet
Magento
Newegg
Overstock
PrestaShop
Pricefalls
Rakuten
Sears
Shopify
Volusion
Walmart
WooCommerce
Yahoo Shopping
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_______________________________
“UPS launches fulfillment platform for small and medium sellers”
Smart businesses know marketplaces are the heart of e-commerce, but they can be cumbersome: Sellers must juggle multiple logins, the labor and logistics of packing, shipping and tracking sales and managing inventory. Then comes updating all the marketplace listings, which can take hours.
Enter the rollout of UPS (NYSE: UPS) eFulfillment offering small- and medium-sized businesses worldwide streamlined fulfillment and shipping services to consumers in the U.S. and Canada. The solution supports purchases and orders from 21 different marketplaces and web stores, including eBay, Wal-Mart, Etsy and Amazon, including Prime. The new platform augments UPS’s suite of custom e-commerce solutions designed to support small and medium-sized businesses.
“UPS understands that small- and medium-sized businesses want the same high quality services as large e-commerce companies without the same amount of complexity,” said Kevin Warren, UPS’s chief marketing officer. “We are laser-focused on giving merchants the tools for success by offering this easy-to-use technology platform, full-service fulfillment capabilities and simplified pricing and billing that many smaller business couldn’t afford to offer or build.”
Signing up is as easy as enrolling via a quick onboarding process and listing products. UPS, which is currently offering a risk free 60-day trial, handles storing the merchandise, packaging products once a sale is made and shipping from warehouses strategically located in Shepherdsville, KY and Bloomington, CA.
Inventory stored in other locations, such as an existing warehouse, can be added to the platform to ensure dynamic updates as sales occur allowing for fulfillment efficiencies. Merchants select when the package needs to be delivered. UPS eFulfillment can be used by merchants around the world who want to list on U.S. marketplaces and send to customers in the U.S. and in Canada.
UPS began piloting the program in 2017 as a way to provide cutting-edge fulfillment and logistics options with access to multiple marketplaces. Pilot participant Tidal New York saw sales of its New York City-made flip flops more than triple during the pilot.
“To be able to sell across multiple stores and marketplaces is insanely attractive,” said Tidal New York Co-founder Tim Gibb. “The ability to focus on growth instead of managing our infrastructure allows us to pursue business that we wouldn’t otherwise have had the bandwidth to go after.”
According to the UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, shopping on marketplaces is almost universal. More than 96% percent of U.S. online shoppers report making a purchase at a marketplace. With this in mind, smart sellers try to sell on as many marketplaces as possible to access the widest swath of potential customers.
This eFulfillment service offers merchants the flexibility and speed needed to meet customer needs at a good value. The pricing is bundled, giving sellers a clear picture of fulfillment costs. Tracking and billing are integrated, helping reduce the time and effort it takes a business owner to keep up with the status and cost of shipments. Finally, sellers can quickly and dynamically update listings on multiple sites.
“UPS eFulfillment shows how UPS is uniquely positioned and deeply committed to providing online merchants with powerful solutions that help meet customers’ needs,” Warren said. “Combined with other recent announcements, such as Ware2Go, UPS aims to be the provider of choice when it comes to e-commerce solutions.”
Ware2Go, launched in Aug. 2018, is a technology company and digital platform that matches available warehouse space and fulfillment services to merchants’ needs using both UPS and non-UPS warehouse space. The solution is especially attractive to small and medium-sized companies that need to forward stock inventory and fulfill orders for business-to-business e-commerce.
UPS eFulfillment can be integrated with:
3D cart
Amazon
Amazon Intl Sites
BigCommerce
eBay
eBay Intl Sites
Etsy
Houzz
Jet
Magento
Newegg
Overstock
PrestaShop
Pricefalls
Rakuten
Sears
Shopify
Volusion
Walmart
WooCommerce
Yahoo Shopping
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03-11-2019, 05:57 AM
#15
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,269
Yet another Amazon thread..
Remember that Amazon doesn’t need to make money in their shipping and logistics, FedEx and UPS do. All they need to do is lose less money shipping in-house than what it would cost to ship with UPS/FedEx/USPS and it’s considered a success. And if they can figure out how to make money by offering their service to other customers it could get ugly. I don’t think they’re a huge threat at this point in time as they’re too small but I wouldn’t count out a company as big as Amazon is. They have a track record of shaking up different industries and they have a ton of money laying around.
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03-11-2019, 06:08 AM
#16
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Joined APC: Sep 2005
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03-18-2019, 12:20 AM
#19
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Joined APC: Jan 2019
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Originally Posted by TrojanCMH
Remember that Amazon doesn’t need to make money in their shipping and logistics, FedEx and UPS do. All they need to do is lose less money shipping in-house than what it would cost to ship with UPS/FedEx/USPS and it’s considered a success. And if they can figure out how to make money by offering their service to other customers it could get ugly. I don’t think they’re a huge threat at this point in time as they’re too small but I wouldn’t count out a company as big as Amazon is. They have a track record of shaking up different industries and they have a ton of money laying around.
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