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5 Steps to 2008 Holiday Ecommerce Success

Grow your 2008 Holiday Sales in 5 Simple Steps

Get ready to grow your business this holiday season.

With Shipwire as your partner for storage and shipping you can grow your sales in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Shipwire will be will you every step of the way. We will do more than advise; we will provide you with the tools, expertise and automation to grow your business while saving you from the hassles of storage and shipping.

Step 1 - Decide to Sell in the U.S., Canada or the UK

Selling online means that you can sell to customers all over the world. Using Shipwire for storage and shipping means that you can store inventory in warehouses strategically placed in the U.S., Canada and the UK.

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Los Angeles, United States

3 facilities, more than 550,000 square feet

Los Angeles, CA 90023
Call (888) SHIPWIRE or 408-404-7570

Behind the scenes - See a warehouse
 - How it works

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Chicago, United States

2 facilities, more than 900,000 square feet

Naperville, IL 60563
Call (888) SHIPWIRE or 408-404-7570

Behind the scenes - See a warehouse
 - How it works

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Vancouver, Canada

1 facility, more than 100,000 square feet

Vancouver, BC V6B 4N4
Call (888) SHIPWIRE or 408-404-7570

Behind the scenes - See a warehouse
 - How it works

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Toronto, Canada

1 facility, more than 100,000 square feet

Oakville, ON, L6H 6P7
Call (888) SHIPWIRE or 408-404-7570

Behind the scenes - See a warehouse
 - How it works

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London, United Kingdom

2 facilities, more than 40,000 square feet

Slough, Berkshire, SL1 6BW
Call (888) SHIPWIRE or 408-404-7570

Behind the scenes - See a warehouse
 - How it works

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Reno, United States

1 facility, more than 150,000 square feet

Reno, Nevada, 89501
Call (888) SHIPWIRE or 408-404-7570

Behind the scenes - See a warehouse
 - How it works


When people buy from your website, Shipwire will fulfill the order from the warehouse closest to the buyer. This ensures orders are delivered faster and cheaper.

If you are not sure whether order fulfillment is right for your business, we have a guide to learn whether outsourced order fulfillment is right for your business.

Like the idea of outsourcing order fulfillment, just not sure which country presents your greatest opportunity for success?

Sign up for a no-risk Free Trial and Shipwire will provide you with a free consultation to flush out the greatest opportunity:

  • Where have you shipped to in the past?
  • What are your best selling products?
  • What products are moved internationally quickly and easily?
  • What minor changes can you make to ready your website for international sales?
  • How to get the appropriate amount of inventory to the right warehouse?
  • Should you test a particular country (or two) with a very small amount of inventory and the Shipwire free trial?

If you are looking for a roadmap and a partner to ensure your success…go to step 2 to learn about the Shipwire Free Trial.

Step 2 - Get the Shipwire Free Trial

The Shipwire order fulfillment Free Trial will allow you to fully trial the Store-Sell-Ship™ platform with no risk or hassles. Benefits include:

  • 100% free. No credit card needed - only a valid email address.
  • Completely connect Shipwire with your Web site or Web store. Shipwire Compatible Ecommerce Tools.
  • End-to-end test any Shipwire warehouse (Los Angeles, Reno, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver or UK)
  • Store and ship up to 6 products (paying only Shipping charges)
  • Upgrade at anytime to one of our standard plans that start at $30/month for all warehouses.
  • Get consulting and configuration assistance from Shipwire staff.
  • Qualify for valuable Shipwire promotions

With Shipwire there are never any commitments, pay for what you use and you can cancel anytime.

Sign Up for a Shipwire Free Trial Today

Step 3 - Get a Free Consultation

Shipwire is committed to being your partner and helping you succeed. To prove it, we are willing to work with you to ensure that your business will be best served by working with Shipwire.

The purpose of this consultation is to:

  • Answer any questions you may have about order fulfillment.
  • Identify which products you can outsource fulfillment for.
  • Understand how you want to grow your business.
  • Better understand your supply chain, freight and logistics needs.
  • Determine if Shipwire is the best fit for your business today.

To qualify for a free 30 minute consultation please sign-up for our free trial. You will get an e-mail from one of our team after you register. If it gets lost to a spam filter, please feel free to contact us to schedule your consultation.

Step 4 - Send To Shipwire

By now you are ready to grow your business in the U.S., Canada, UK or Europe. You have signed up for Shipwire Free Trial and talked to our team to make sure that we are the best fit for your business.

As part of the free consultation, together we worked out a game plan for you to grow your business using Shipwire.

Congratulations, the hard part is done.

Now you just need to send inventory to a Shipwire warehouse and plug-in your Web site or Web store. Log into your account and the Store-Sell-Ship™ platform will walk you through a couple quick set-up wizards.

Store - Tell us about your products and what you you want to send to one or more of our warehouses. Get a warehouse address in 5 minutes for your shipper. Or, tell Shipwire to “Go Pick It Up”.

Sell - We offer many compatible ecommerce tools and shopping carts. Connect in less than 5 minutes.

Ship - Tell Shipwire how to ship your orders. Configure Preferences like insurance or delivery confirmation. Or choose, Shipping Optomization and we will “send it the cheapest way possible”.

Please Log into your Shipwire Account and select “Store” to get started.

Don’t have an account, get a Shipwire Free Trial.

Step 5 - Get 50 Shipwire Orders For Free

In celebration of the holiday spirit and the opportunity that international growth represents to growing merchants Shipwire would like to offer you a special promotion - Free Order Fulfillment.

Here is how it works:

  • Sign up for a Shipwire Account (or upgrade from a free trial) after August 8th, 2008.
  • Tell Shipwire that you want this promotion by submitting a support case through your account. (Please note that we will validate your qualification for the promotion via e-mail).
  • Send us your inventory and start integrating your orders.
  • We’ll process the first 50 orders from any warehouse in our network at no cost (you pay only Shipping). Yes, you read that right - Get 50 orders fulfilled by Shipwire out of any warehouse for Free.
  • You have 90 days from your account creation date to use your 50 free orders. 3 whole months of free order fulfillment.
  • This promotion is valid for orders shipping from all Shipwire warehouses.
  • Other disclaimers below (Lawyers make us have them)

Contact a Shipwire Sales Representative to have your account credited. Make sure you tell them you are ready for “Step 5 of Holiday Success”.

Disclaimers: Each order includes 1 standard item pick or 1 Lick ‘n Stick™. Multi-item orders billed normally. Shipwire reserves the right to cancel or suspend this promotion at any time. Shipwire reserves the right to disqualify any merchant at its sole discretion. In no event will this promotion change or alter the Shipwire terms of services which all users are required to enter into to use Shipwire services. Promotion value will not exceed $100 in Shipwire services. Existing Shipwire merchants and users do not qualify for this promotion; this promotion is intended for new subscribers only.

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