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Here's Everything You Need to Know About 3PLs

What’s a 3PL? It’s simple, you take the orders as usual, but a third-party logistics provider (3PL) fulfills them. Sounds seamless at first, doesn’t it? It’s the least concern for customers about how an order they made online gets delivered to them. They’ll hardly give it a second thought, provided their order arrives safely and in a timely manner. A third-party logistics provider is a link in the supply chain industry that brands use to outsource part or all of a company’s distribution and fulfillment services.  Following the start and exponential growth of eCommerce, the market for 3PLs exploded. Most established companies, like the Fortune 500 companies today, rely on 3PLS for order fulfillment, and so should you! It’s not only about order fulfillment, but 3PLs also receive new inventory from your manufacturers before shipment to consumers. A well equipped 3PL can also handle retail distribution and returns. In the end, they deliver your orders with a stellar experience. When Should

Starting Out: Creating A Simple Business Plan

What is a Business Plan? A business plan does not need to be a complex 70-page document on how you plan to run the business. When you are just starting out a simple business plan is often the easiest and most correct thing that you can do. Ideally, your business plan should have 9 or more sections to it. However, you can get away with an even simpler business plan if you are doing this to raise extra money, and not wanting to take on the local bigshot in your business niche. The simplest business plan is designed for you so that you are able to work out key ideas and goals of your business. This is not a "bank quality" business plan, the simple business plan above is more appropriate if you are seeking outside funding for your bookstore. Name of Business: One of the first things to consider about names is the ability to register them in the Domain Name System on the internet if you plan to build a web site later on. The other is to make sure that another Amazon bookseller has