Tag: eCommerce shipping

The emergence of new online shipping e-commerce business in Africa: African countries have a lot of e-commerce opportunities, but businesses need to quickly solve problems with infrastructure, logistics, and financial inclusion if they want to make the most of them. African markets have embraced the e-commerce revolution since 2020. One of the developing sectors in the food and agricultural market, which might be the online retail food destination as a global food shortage is predicted, new internet penetration, and emerging cross-border e-commerce marketplaces. What is eCommerce Shipping? Ecommerce shipping is the process of delivering goods purchased online to the customer's ... Read more

The mission of a successful courier service is to collect and deliver packages in the quickest time possible Here is a list of South African courier companies that can calculate and display real-time shipping rates in a shopping cart at the time when a user checks out the product from the online store. What is real-time shipping pricing in an online store? When an order is placed at the checkout page and the customer enters their physical address, real-time carrier shipping prices are instantly calculated from the courier company's database and presented in the shopping cart. The integrated software that ... Read more

Online tracking tool, Narratiive, has released its South African eCommerce report for 2018. The data is based on a survey of 7,909 South Africans between July and August 2018, with respondents asked questions focusing on their online purchasing frequency, their most commonly purchased products, and what stops them from shopping online. The data showed that online shopping continues on an upward trend in the country, with 44% of offline shopper survey respondents saying that they anticipate making an online purchase in the next 12 months. In addition, 73% of online shoppers say that they’ve either maintained or increased their online ... Read more

Get your Shipping Policies right for your e-shop The way you handle the delivery of your products plays a critical role in deciding the conversion rate of your store. It plays a direct role in the shopping cart abandonment rate of your store. This is what a recent research paper from a large courier company concluded. • While free and discounted shipping is a big benefit, there is more to online shopping and customer experience. In fact, many shoppers are willing to pay a nominal fee to receive the product faster if given an option. • Shipping and delivery timing ... Read more