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Secrets to Making a Million Dollars in Credit Repair with Bobby Richardson
Sign up for our brand new 14-day Credit Hero Challenge: http://creditherochallenge.com/ How important is credit repair? Listen to this story… Imagine you’re working 9-5 with a wife and a son to take care of. One day, driving home from work your car breaks down. You gotta head to the dealership to get a new car for you and your wife. They run through your credit score TWENTY times before coming back to you. So once you get the offer, you find that you’re going to have to pay double the original value of the car. That’s how bad your credit score is. This is the story of Bobby Richardson. But the happy ending for him is that he fixed his credit score, started his own business to help others do the same, and within just a matter of months he had made a million dollars from it. Isn’t that crazy? He’s gone through our program and is now a proud member of our Millionaires Club. So in today’s episode, he’s gonna share with us everything he has learned on his rollercoaster ride of starting a credit repair business. Everything from when he hit breaking point, to how he turned his life around so quickly will be covered in this episode. Make sure to check it out! Key Takeaways: Intro (00:00) Bobby’s amazing story in credit repair (03:34) How credit repair has changed Bobby’s life (07:53) How he has scaled so quickly (09:39) The importance of trial and error (12:43) The optimal follow-up strategy (13:41) The best way to grow a team (16:32) How to avoid Bobby’s mistakes (19:56) Rapid-fire questions (21:03) Episode wrap-up (23:05) #CreditRepair #CreditRepairBusiness #DanielRosen Be sure to subscribe to the podcast at: https://www.creditrepaircloud.com/podcast – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/creditrepaircloud/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creditrepaircloud/ – Get your FREE trial of the Credit Repair Cloud software at: https://www.creditrepaircloud.com/freetrial #businesscoachonline #creditrepair #fixmycredit -
How Credit Repair Works: The Secrets to Credit Repair Made Easy
Most people pay their bills, glance at their mortgage statement, and never think about their credit report until a lender says no. This post explains what credit repair actually is — the legal mechanics, what is realistically fixable, and how the process works step by step. The video below is a great primer; the article adds the detail.
The Legal Foundation: You Have the Right to an Accurate Report
Credit repair is not a trick. It rests on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which says everything on your credit report must be accurate, verifiable, and timely. If an item fails any of those three tests, you have the legal right to dispute it — and the bureau generally has 30 days to investigate and either verify it or delete it.
What Can Come Off a Report
- Errors: accounts that are not yours, wrong balances, wrong dates, duplicate collections. Roughly one in five reports has a material error.
- Unverifiable items: if the furnisher cannot produce records proving the debt within the investigation window, it must come off — even if it was real.
- Out-of-date items: most negatives must fall off after seven years (bankruptcies ten). Items sometimes linger past their date.
- Goodwill adjustments: a paid late payment can sometimes come off just by asking the creditor in writing, especially with an otherwise clean history.
What stays: accurate, verifiable, current negative information. Anyone who guarantees they can make a legitimate repossession disappear is lying to you — that is a red flag under the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA).
The Process, Step by Step
- Pull all three reports (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion) — free at annualcreditreport.com. The bureaus do not share data; an error can live on one and not the others.
- Audit line by line. Flag every account, balance, date, and status that looks wrong or unfamiliar.
- Dispute in writing with each bureau reporting the item. Be specific: which item, what is wrong, what you want done. Attach proof when you have it.
- Track the 30-day clock. No verification in time means deletion. Verified? You can escalate to the furnisher directly, add a consumer statement, or re-dispute with new documentation.
- Rebuild while you repair. Deletions raise the ceiling; on-time payments and low utilization raise the score. Do both at once.
DIY or Hire It Out?
Everything above can be done yourself with patience and a filing system. A good credit repair company earns its fee through volume, follow-up discipline, and knowing the escalation paths — not through any special access. If you hire one, CROA gives you protections: written contracts, no upfront fees before work is performed, and a right to cancel.
Why It Is Worth It
The payoff is not the number — it is access. Better mortgage rates, approved car loans, and for business owners, real funding. Lenders read your personal credit before they fund your business. If you are cleaning up your credit because you need capital, check Funding-Advisor.com to see what your profile can qualify for as the score climbs.
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The Secret To Getting An 850 Credit Score
Put 100 Americans in a room and on average just one of them has a credit score of 850. Not because the other 99 are irresponsible — most simply never learned how the scoring model actually works. The video below digs into what separates that one person, and this article breaks the habits down step by step.
What Actually Makes Up Your Score
FICO weights five factors: payment history (35%), amounts owed (30%), length of credit history (15%), new credit (10%), and credit mix (10%). Every habit below maps to one of those five numbers — there is no magic beyond them.
The Six Habits of 850 Scorers
1. They never miss a payment — ever
Payment history is the single biggest factor. One 30-day late can drop an excellent score by 80+ points and stays on the report for seven years. 850 scorers put every account on autopay for at least the minimum, then pay the balance manually.
2. They keep utilization under 10%
Most advice says stay under 30% of your credit limits. The people at the top keep it in the single digits — and they know utilization has no memory. Pay the balance down before the statement closes and the bureaus see a low number that same month.
3. They keep old accounts open
The age of your oldest account and the average age across accounts both matter. Closing a 15-year-old card because you rarely use it shortens your history and shrinks your available credit at the same time — two hits from one decision. Put a small recurring charge on old cards and leave them alone.
4. They apply for credit rarely and deliberately
Hard inquiries cost a few points each and cluster on reports as a risk signal. High scorers apply when there is a strategic reason, not because a cashier offered 10% off.
5. They carry a mix of account types
A mortgage, an auto loan, and a few revolving cards demonstrate you can manage different kinds of debt. Nobody should borrow just for mix — but it explains why scores often peak in the years when a mortgage and cards are reporting together.
6. They check their reports and dispute errors fast
Roughly one in five credit reports contains an error. 850 scorers pull all three bureaus regularly (annualcreditreport.com is free) and dispute anything inaccurate immediately under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Do You Actually Need an 850?
No — and this is the part most people miss. Lenders top-tier you around 760–780. Past that, a higher number is bragging rights, not better terms. The real goal is a score that unlocks what you want to do: buy the house, get the business funded, qualify for the 0% card.
Turn the Score Into Capital
A strong personal score is the foundation for business funding — 0% APR business cards, credit lines, and loans all key off it. If you want to know what your current profile qualifies for, start at Funding-Advisor.com and I will tell you straight.
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A Clubhouse competitor you haven’t heard of
Clubhouse is trying to make a getaway from a growing list of big competitors.
We recently talked about how Twitter, Slack, and LinkedIn are all working on audio features. Then yesterday, news broke that Twitter was reportedly in talks to acquire #Clubhouse for $4B. Meanwhile, Facebook launched Hotline into beta testing — their audio experiment that looks like a cross between Instagram Live and #Clubhouse with a more formal Q&A and recording features.
Perhaps in a well-timed move to gain loyalty from the creator community early, Clubhouse introduced direct payments this week à la a new partnership with Stripe.
Clubhouse may have its first monetization feature but there have been skeptics. One of the biggest flaws they see — really in social audio in general — is lack of curation.
Yesterday Angle Audio launched and a few early adopters chimed applauding the product’s quality conversations:
“It’s one of the best ways to learn and discuss hot topics with experts – gotta love some quality curation AND chit chat…” – Mingle Padegimaite
“… it felt like much more intimate, curated, premium content and people were present… – Nick Ryde
Maker Matthias Strodtkoetter explained that Angle is a social audio app focused on intimate and intentional conversations. Unlike Clubhouse, Angle has no stage and includes text-chat, screen-sharing, and time-capped conversations.
One commenter mentioned she doesn’t see Clubhouse as a competitor and she makes a good point. On one hand, Clubhouse is good for contributors—ideal even for lurkers. Listeners can hear thought leaders dive into topics of interest. On the other hand, Angle is inclusive. You’re not on permanent mute when you enter a room because you’re welcome, perhaps expected, to contribute.
This is Angle’s second launch after rebranding and improving its core features since its beta launch. There’s more to come.
Social audio seems like anyone’s game at this point.
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Holiday Shopping Statistics: What to Expect in 2020
As the holiday shopping season approaches, there’s a sense of both opportunity and uncertainty on how the next weeks will unfold.
On one hand, sellers expect to receive more online shoppers than ever before. And, they’re looking to find creative ways to stand out among their competition. But, they also face uncertainty when it comes to inventory forecasting, supply chain challenges, and the ability to guarantee delivery dates during the current circumstances.
Here’s what we know so far to expect from this year’s shopping season.
Total Spend During the 2020 Holiday Season
Despite the pandemic, experts still forecast an increase in total retail sales, with a steep rise in online shopping as consumers avoid in-store shopping.
- Total US retail sales will rise 0.9% to $1.013 trillion.
- US retail eCommerce sales will jump 35.8% to $190.47 billion, accounting for 18.8% of total retail sales.
- US brick-and-mortar retail will decline 4.7% to $822.79 billion.
Unfortunately, many consumers are dealing with serious hardships this year with the pandemic, high unemployment, and ongoing economic uncertainty. Recognizing this, experts only see a modest increase in overall sales.
Holiday Shopping Has Already Started
This year’s shoppers have also already started their holiday spending.
The majority of consumers (38%) indicated that they are most likely to begin holiday shopping before the end of October. Next, 23% will start before Thanksgiving, followed by 22% who plan to start on/after Thanksgiving, and 15% waiting until December. [Statista]
For many, they’re shopping earlier to take advantage of sales or promotions. And unlike years past, Amazon Prime Day happened in October, which kicked off many deals from Amazon and others that rivaled Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.
The top three reasons for consumers to shop earlier than usual are:
- Sale or promotion — 53%
- Avoiding crowds — 37%
- Avoiding the stress of last-minute shopping -— 31%
- Worried that items I wanted were going to sell out — 26%
Surge of eCommerce
As indicated above, most experts expected an unprecedented amount of online shopping, even as double digit growth has been normal over the past few years.
46% of shoppers will buy most of their holiday purchases online, and 77% intend to buy more than half of total purchases online.[Digital Commerce 360]
The Majority of Shoppers Plan to Buy from Marketplaces
When shopping online, most consumers (61%) also intend to turn to marketplaces like Amazon to make their purchases, which significantly outpaces the (21%) that will purchase directly from a brand itself. [Digital Commerce 360]
With this large difference, it’s important to know why many shoppers prefer marketplaces over buying direct from retailers. Their top reasons are:
- Better Prices — 67%
- Free and discounted shipping — 63%
- Speed of delivery — 45%
- In-stock products — 41%
- Finding very specific items — 40%
If you’re selling on marketplaces like Amazon, make sure you avoid these common seller mistakes this year that could get your account suspended.
A Note on DTC: Since the start of the pandemic, 52% of DTC brands experienced surges in demand. This trend is likely to remain well into the holiday shopping season as consumers and brands alike move toward the direct-to-consumer model.
Top Shopping Days
This year experts still predict Cyber Monday and Black Friday to be the biggest sales days of the year.
Cyber Monday will be the biggest online spending day in US history with sales of $12.89 billion, up 38.3% from last year.
Black Friday will follow with anticipated sales of $10.20 billion, an increase by 39.4%.
The biggest increase in sales from last year will be on Thanksgiving Day, predicted to increase 49.5% to $6.18 billion.
Small Business Saturday
During the holidays, Small Business Saturday tends to be an in-store event rather than online.
In 2019, Small Business Saturday sales reached $34.4 billion, and even surpassed Black Friday’s haul of $31.2 billion. [Retail Wire]
Even as consumers indicate that they’re not as likely to shop in-person this year, experts still see overall sales increasing year over year for Small Business Saturday to $4.76 billion. While this is a 35.6% increase, it does not rival Black Friday as closely as 2019. [eMarketer]
During the pandemic, there’s been a call to support small businesses as they face their own financial challenges. Sellers that revamped their online storefronts and upped their customer service over the past few months have put themselves in good position to perform well this holiday season.
Delivery Remains Biggest Uncertainty
One challenge of unprecedented online shopping is its impact on delivery. There’s already volume concerns, and it will only get worse.
At USPS, shipping and package revenue in Q3 increased by $2.9 billion, on a volume increase of 708 million pieces, or 49.9%, compared to the same quarter last year. [USPS]
And, the stakes are high for retailers. Despite these backend challenges, consumers still demand and expect on-time delivery. And when you don’t deliver, they may not buy from you ever again.
Foreseeing issues with delivery, most retailers are encouraging early shopping to help spread out deliveries over the entire shopping season.
Luckily, 42% of shoppers will shop earlier knowing that delivery times could be delayed this holiday season. [Digital Commerce 360]
Nonetheless, sellers do know that they will have to pay more with carriers this season.
Expected holiday shipping surcharges:
- FedEx and UPS: Between 5 cents and $5 per parcel
- USPS: Between $1 and $5 per package
These surcharges will cut into margins as sellers face intense pressure to offer free and fast shipping to win over more customers.
Here’s what consumers say are the most important factors when choosing an online retailer this holiday:
- Free shipping — 71%
- Competitive prices — 63%
- Product in stock and ready to ship — 53%
- Speed of delivery — 48%
With surcharges to think about, retailers have to be thoughtful when setting their shipping thresholds and prices. Otherwise, they risk draining their profits. Read more on why shipping is so expensive, and what you can do to lower your overall costs.
Alternative to Delivery: Curbside Pickup
Fortunately, some holiday shoppers will opt for curbside pickup during the shopping season, which helps alleviate some pressure from the significant increase in shipping online orders.
29% of consumers intend to place an order online and pick up in store this season, which was the second highest category after shopping on marketplaces (61%). [Digital Commerce 360]
This is good news for small neighborhood shops and big box retailers alike who already spent time this year promoting and revamping their curbside pickup to offer hassle-free and safe experiences during the pandemic. Now, they’ll see if their processes still hold up under holiday traffic.
Holiday Returns
A reality of online shopping, especially during the holidays, is the volume of returns that come during and after. And returns are another area where shoppers are more likely to ship versus heading in-store due to the pandemic.
67% of shoppers prefer to ship their holiday returns this year rather than return in stores because of the perceived risk of COVID-19 exposure. [Inmar Intelligence Survey]
Many retailers will likely see a higher volume of returns this year, and will need to adjust their processes and capacity to handle them. For more on this topic, here are some tips for how to improve your online return process and information on how to reduce chargebacks.
Last-Minute Prep for Holiday Marketing
While overall sales look positive, especially for an unprecedented amount of online shopping, there’s still a lot of uncertainty of how sellers will hold up under these tough circumstances.
Sources and Citation Info:
To be clear, none of the statistics above are based on research by Payability. This post is a compilation of statistics from various web sources that are cited throughout the article. We hope to give you one, convenient place to find data about 2020 holiday shopping trends.
For any formal or academic purposes, please cite the original source of the data.
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You Only Get One Life – Gary Vaynerchuk
You Only Get One Life… Make it Count! This is one of the most anticipated and most requested interviews of all time! I’ve been asking you all who you would like to see next on the Ed Mylett Show and I heard you! My guest today has become one of the MOST influential entrepreneurs and marketing minds in the world! Most recently he helped start the popular “All In Challenge” and has raised over $13M to help feed those in need during this unprecedented pandemic. Get ready for a mind-blowing interview with Gary Vaynerchuk! Make sure you are ready to take notes as this interview is FULL of golden nuggets that you can use to increase your productivity and optimize the quality of your entire life! Gary and I dive deep into how to create a life that leads to happiness AND financial success. We talk about how to create and optimize your MOMENTUM and break down what it REALLY means to hustle! We share tips on how to overcome DOUBT, lack of MOTIVATION and how to truly LOVE the life you live. For the business people out there, Gary drops his forecast on what he thinks will be the next big wave in technology and where marketers and entrepreneurs should be focusing their energy. I’ve never met anyone who loves life the way this man does. His life isn’t just about him or the money but it’s about HAPPINESS, KINDNESS, and COMPASSION for others! In this interview, Gary breaks down how you can be selfish and selfLESS at the same time and achieve beyond your wildest dreams AND how you can use this COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to create the greatest force for GOOD in the world! This interview is PACKED with so much wisdom I can’t even explain it all in this caption. It will fill you with hope and empower you to TAKE ACTION despite anything standing in your way!Related Reading
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8 Shipping Platforms to Help You Self-Fulfill Your Amazon Orders
1. Shippo
Shippo is more than just a shipping partner. They streamline the entire fulfillment process no matter what e-commerce platform you use or how many products you sell. When a customer makes an order, that order automatically syncs with Shippo so you can seamlessly handle fulfillment and print the shipping label (plus any necessary documentation, like customs forms, for example). When the order is fulfilled, that information is updated on Shippo as well as the platform where the order originated. The great thing about Shippo is that they allow you to track ALL of your shipments, even those that were not created on Shippo.
Other details include:
- Price
- Pay-As-You-Go: 5-cents per shipment plus postage
- Professional: Ranges from $10/month for up to 60 labels to $125/month for up to 5,000 labels
- Premier: If you generate more than 5,000 labels a month, contact Shippo for pricing
- Capabilities
- Channel Syncing: Seamlessly connect your entire ecommerce business by syncing all channels you sell on, including Square, Shopify, Wix, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, ChannelAdvisor, Magento 2, ePages, Magento, Weebly, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Amazon, Etsy, and eBay. In addition to syncing, you can also do a CSV upload or API integration to access order details and prevent manual entry errors.
- Smart Labels: Shippo pre-fills a lot of information for you, like insurance amount, package weight, delivery documentation, and more. If any of the pre-filled information is incorrect, you can easily make in-line edits without leaving the workflow so fulfillment remains seamless.
- Order Batching: Fulfill orders faster by creating batch labels.
- Rate Comparison: Create shipping labels with the lowest-possible rates from USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, and more
- Branded Communications: Notify customers in real-time so they can plan for their order’s arrival. Customize these notifications with your branding for a seamless customer experience.
- Easy Returns: Easily generate scan-based return labels, so you only pay when they’re actually used.
- Global Reach: Shippo works with a network of international carriers so you can expand your reach to new audiences.
- Who It’s Best For: Multi-channel sellers looking to streamline their shipping efforts, create a cohesive customer experience, and reach global markets.
2. Shipware
Shipware uses its audit technology and expert consulting services to help shippers optimize their fulfillment and shipping practices, get refunds from carriers, and reduce costs by 10-30%. Share your invoices and contracts with Shipware and they will audit them to ensure that you are not paying for unnecessary fees, billing errors, etc.
Other details include:
- Price: Depends on your specific needs. They offer a free 30-day trial, no obligation.
- Capabilities:
- Invoice Audit & Recovery: Shipware will use its audit technology to analyze your weekly shipping invoices to identify billing errors and recover refunds
- Contract Optimization & Negotiation: Let Shipware get you the best pricing from USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL, regional parcel carriers, and/or LTL carriers.
- Spend Analysis & Logistics Assessment: As an expert in Third Party Logistics (3PL) contract negotiations, Shipware will help improve your pricing package to ensure you’re getting the best service and value. In addition, they’ll look at your overall logistics efficiency to see if there are any areas of improvement.
- Modal Optimization: Find the most desirable carrier so you can improve service times and lower shipping costs
- Who It’s Best For: Online sellers that rely on Third Party Logistics for inventory management, fulfillment, and shipping and/or that want to quickly generate bottom line savings by reducing parcel and LTL shipping costs without disrupting current operations.
3. Shipstation
Shipstation allows you to sync, manage, and ship your orders no matter where you sell or how you ship. By integrating with major carriers and ecommerce platforms, Shipstation helps sellers with order processing, label production, and customer communication.
Other details include:
- Price:
- Starter: $9 per month for 1 user and 50 shipments
- Bronze: $29 per month for 1 user and 500 shipments
- Silver: $49 per month for 2 users and 1,500 shipments
- Gold: $69 per month for 3 users and 3,000 shipments
- Platinum: $99 per month for 5 users and 6,000 shipments
- Enterprise: $159 per month for 10 users and 10,000 shipments
- Capabilities:
- Channel Syncing: Shipstation connects to 100 marketplaces, carts and stores so you can easily manage fulfillment from one place.
- Rate Comparison: See prices and estimated delivery times to find the best offer for each shipment.
- Branded Communications: Send tracking notifications to customers and create tracking pages with your branding.
- Hassle-free Customer Returns: Easy returns process for you and your customers.
- Inventory Management: Get low-stock alerts when you reach a certain level of inventory so you never have to worry about actually stocking out.
- Mobile App: Manage and ship orders, check reports, communicate with customers, and more right from the Shipstation mobile app.
- Automation: Many multi-step shipping tasks are automated — like product lists, filters, presets, tags, rules, auto-routing for fulfillment, and more — so you can save time and prevent errors.
- Global/International Shipping: Includes free $100 package coverage, option for 2-day delivery to select worldwide cities, better rates, refunds and tracking, and more.
- Real-time Analytics: Get data on everything from pending orders to email performance to returns page visits to employee productivity and more, so you can make better business decisions.
- Real Human Support: Free comprehensive onboarding support from a team of shipping experts
- Who It’s Best For: High-volume online sellers who want the best on-the-go access to all their fulfillment and shipping needs, whether orders are domestic or international; need multi-user management; and have inventory across multiple warehouses.
4. Easyship
Easyship’s mission is to “tear down the last barrier of eCommerce: shipping. We believe that any business, regardless of size, should be able to sell worldwide.”
Their cloud-based solutions are tailor-made for eCommerce, with 250+ shipping solutions, rates discounted up to 70%, and more. Just pick a courier with the best rate, arrange pickup day and time, track shipments and send branded notifications to your customers.
Easyship’s features go beyond standard fulfillment needs and are designed to improve the customer experience so you get more conversions — and more sales. For example, you can integrate their rate comparison into your POS to let customers choose their shipping option at checkout (more on this below).
- Price:
- Free: $0/month for 100 shipments
- Plus: $29/month for 500 shipments
- Premier: $49/month for 2,500 shipments
- Enterprise: Custom pricing depending on your needs
- Capabilities:
- Channel Syncing: Integrate all your ecommerce channels, including Amazon, Shopify, Magento, eBay, and BigCommerce.
- Label Generation: Create a single shipment, upload an Excel file with your orders, or sync your store. Get pre-filled docs, like address labels, customs forms and commercial invoices. Their auto-fill feature will help you avoid errors and prevent delays.
- Rate Comparison: Compare shipping rates and choose from 250+ shipping solutions. Easyship will show you delivery time, tracking event frequency, insurance and number of delivery attempts
- Link Your Courier: If you have your own courier account and want to use your rates, just simply connect your account.
- Shipping Rules: Create shipping “rules” for certain types of shipments, for example “For all shipments from Amazon, use UPS” or “For all shipments containing sneakers, always add insurance.”
- Tracking: Know exactly where your shipment is at all points of its delivery journey.
- Easy Returns: One-click return labels that Easyship can email directly to your customers (or you can send yourself if you prefer).
- Real-Time Shipping Rates Plugin: Let your customers have a choice with this plugin, which recommends the cheapest, faster, and best value options at checkout.
- Duties & Taxes: For international orders, Easyship will handle the duty and tax charges so you know upfront how much to pay.
- Who It’s Best For: If you are global — or plan on going global — Easyship might be a good fit for you. They’ve focused a lot of their features and offerings on making worldwide shipping easier and less expensive.
5. ShippingEasy
ShippingEasy helps online merchants streamline shipping and save money in the process. Their solution is all about automating your shipping workflows so you spend less time on fulfillment and more time on growing your business. Such workflows include rate selection, tracking, returns, even inventory management/re-supply orders.
ShippingEasy uses its software to access orders from all your selling channels in real-time and then automatically selects the best shipping option from USPS, UPS, and FedEx. The “best” depends on specific preferences, rates, and delivery. From there, just print your labels, pack and pick slips, and other necessary forms, schedule pickup, then monitor tracking. ShippingEasy will auto-populate tracking numbers and delivery status in both your ShippingEasy dashboard as well as the store where your order originated.
Other details include:
- Price:
- Free 30-day trial
- Starter: $0/month for 50 shipments
- Basic: $29/month for 500 shipments
- Plus: $49/month for 1,500 shipments
- Select: $69/month for 3,000 shipments
- Premium: $99/month for 6,000 shipments
- Capabilities:
- Save up to 46%: Commercial Plus Pricing, exclusive rate discounts and insurance savings.
- Channel Syncing: Seamless integration with all major shopping carts, platforms, and marketplaces.
- Email Marketing: Access email templates to send automated campaigns like tracking/shipment notifications and product review requests
- Your Branding: Add branding to customer communication/tracking notifications as well as packing slips.
- Inventory Management: By keeping track of your inventory levels, ShippingEasy uses its automation tools to communicate with suppliers so you can more efficiently place re-supply orders and avoid stocking out.
- Easy Returns: Choose between scan-based or prepaid return labels that will be emailed as a PDF to your customer.
- Alexa for Shipping: Say it, ship it. The ShippingEasy skill on Amazon Alexa will allow you to track orders, find out how many orders need to be fulfilled on a given day, get info on outstanding orders, etc.
- Customer Support: Need more help? ShippingEasy offers real customer support (you know, from actual humans).
- Who It’s Best For: Everyone from new sellers to businesses with large shipping volume who want more a one-stop-shop for their fulfillment, customer engagement, and inventory management needs.
6. ShipWorks
ShipWorks is the longest-standing eCommerce shipping partner, having been in operation since 2000. They provide shipping software, technology, service and support for high-volume sellers that sell across multiple platforms and with a variety of carriers. According to their website, their purpose is “to enable our customers to focus on their business growth and success by providing them a worry-free shipping solution that ‘Just Works’.”
Their platform is smart — in that their technology “learns” your shipping behaviors and preferences so forms are pre-filled, shipping tasks are automated, and your overall fulfillment process is fast, efficient, and error-free. By automating several order processing tasks, you can print labels faster than cloud-based solutions.
Other details include:
- Price:
- 30-day free trial
- Basic: $25/month for 600 shipments
- Advanced: $49/month for 1,200 shipments
- Elite: $99/month for 3,600 shipments
- High-Volume Pricing Plans available for monthly shipments over 3,600.
- Capabilities:
- Channel and Carrier Integrations: Nearly 100 built-in integrations so you can connect to your ecommerce channel, system and carrier of choice.
- Advanced Order Routing and Automation: Save on shipping costs by routing orders to a fulfillment center based on business rules, compare rates and services across carriers.
- Customer Support: Get unlimited phone and email support as well as access to a community forum.
- Rate Comparison: Compare rates across carriers so you always get the best price
- Manifest Management: Including end-of-day close out reports, carrier manifest, and more
- Single Scan Barcode-Drive Shipping: Make a single barcode scan to complete your most common shipping tasks, like weighing packages, applying shipping profiles, printing packing slips, and more. You can even run quality control with a single scan.
- Easy Returns: Choose between UPS Print and Mail, UPS Return Plus, USPS Prepaid Return Shipping Labels, include RMA Number/Reason Fields, and email return labels.
- Internationship Shipping: Get the right customs forms, certificate of origin, commercial invoices, shipper export declaration, and AESDirect filing.
- Customized Customer Communications: Including HTML shipment notification emails, pick lists and packing slips, and shipping label messages
- Insurance: For all carriers and all shipping services
- Data & Analytics: Order reports, expense tracking, and fulfillment insights to help you optimize your shipping processes and cost.
- Who It’s Best For: High-volume sellers who want to automate the often time-consuming tasks involved with order processing and fulfillment, and who also want to get analyses of current operations to see where improvements can be made.
7. 2Ship
2Ship prides itself on getting you the best carrier service for the best price. With 2Ship, you can compare carrier rates and select the best option — or have 2Ship select it for you automatically. You can even auto-print labels and all necessary shipping docs (customs invoice, bill of ladings, FCC, FDA, Nafta, carton labels, content labels, packing slips, distribution reports, even packing guides for large freight shipments) with 2Ship’s plug-in.
Other details include:
- Price:
- 30-day free trial
- Low Volume:
- Basic: $25/month for 100 labels
- Enhanced: $50/month for 200 labels
- Ultimate: $75/month for 500 labels
- High Volume:
- Basic: $139/month for 1,000 labels
- Enhanced: $249/month for 2,000 labels
- Ultimate: $449/month for 5,000 labels
- Capabilities:
- Compare Real-Time Rates: Sort by cheapest price or fastest delivery so you never have to worry about which carrier to use for your shipments.
- One “Ultimate Ship” Screen: Access all aspects of your shipments on ONE screen.
- Order Tracking: Know exactly where your order is in real-time and use automatic email notifications to update your customers of ETA and Proof of Delivery.
- Returns management
- Analytics: Get reports on your shipping performance so you can identify areas of improvement.
- Who It’s Best For: Sellers who are really looking for the best carrier service and rates, with streamlined and mobile-friendly access to all shipping information.
8. Desktop Shipper
DesktopShipper is a cloud-based solution that helps you streamline and automate your shipping, so you can print and ship in seconds. Not only that, you can centralize orders from multiple marketplaces to seamlessly filter, create batches, and print customized packing slips. To start, just import orders from where you sell, connect your carrier and seller accounts, and compare prices to get the best, most discounted rates.
Other details include:
- Price:
- Free one-on-one product demos
- Starter: $25/month for 500 shipments
- Medium: $75/month for 1,500 shipments
- Premium: $150/month for 3,000 shipments
- Enterprise: Unlimited shipments – call for pricing
- Capabilities:
- Rate Shopping: Compare rates across USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL and DHL Express.
- Order Management: Link to marketplaces and pull orders in in real-time
- Custom Profiles for Each Integration: Define unique shipping requirements, like origin and return locations, to help automate and streamline label processing.
- Custom Pack Slips: Create a branded experience for your customers.
- Batch management: Perform shipping requirements on multiple orders at once.
- Real-Time Address Validation: DesktopShipper will automatically verify addresses to avoid shipment delays or errors.
- Seller-fulfilled Prime: Display the Prime badge on your listings
- Who It’s Best For: DesktopShipper is designed for any type of business model from start-ups to enterprise businesses to fulfillment companies. Their solution works for Amazon sellers, as well as sellers on eBay, Shopify, Magento, Groupon, Woocommerce, and more. If you want to display the Prime badge on your listings, DesktopShipper offers seller-fulfilled Prime benefits.
Next Steps:
Hopefully you’ve found a shipping solution that will help you manage label printing with ease and get the best possible carrier rates. To help you run a seamless fulfillment operation, check out our guide on fulfillment companies, coming soon.
In the meantime, and if you need a boost in cash flow to help you make the transition from FBA to FBM, be sure to check out Payability’s financing solutions. Designed specifically for marketplace sellers like you, we have a variety of options to meet your needs, from daily payments, to large advances, to real-time, on-the-go payout access.
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ClickFunnel Platinum and What you Need to Know
I just got done watching Russell’s big announcement from earlier today about the future of ClickFunnels…As I scroll through the CF Official FB Group, I see a TON of people are posting their summaries of what happened, but a lot of those posts have way too much info, going into every little story and micro-detail he shared……when all I really care about knowing is the bottom line…What’s changing at CF that I need to know about?So for everyone else like me, here’s a straight-to-the-point summary of what Russell announced on his FB live today:
Changes to the CF platform & focus:
- ClickFunnel is putting all of its focus into the core software. That means they’re shutting down other things like Backpack & Actionetics (to be replaced by partnerships/acquisitions with category leaders in those areas). CF’s focus will be 100% on becoming the best sales funnel platform in the world & maintaining that.
- Existing members will still have access to Actionetics & Backpack. You don’t have to worry about losing everything if you’re relying on those features. They just won’t be available for new members.
- ClickFunnel is upgrading its support to resolve tickets faster. They’re introducing a new AI aspect to handle the most commonly asked questions which will serve as the first layer of support. The second layer will be their “community experts” program which they’re expanding. Then the third layer for all leftover tickets will be official CF support reps.
Announcing “ClickFunnels Platinum” and “FunnelFlix”:
As part of their goal to be the #1 sales funnel platform, they’re also investing heavily into the education they provide to help you get results.To do that, they’ve replaced the old pricing / membership of ClickFunnel. Now you’ll be able to join ClickFunnel under 2 different membership levels:
- ClickFunnels basic (the $97/month plan we’re already familiar with)
- ClickFunnels platinum (details below)
With ClickFunnels Platinum, you get the following:
- Unlimited everything (funnels, visitors, etc)
- Access to daily virtual hack-a-thons. This is where you’ll get live support to get your funnels finished and ready to launch. Every day they’ll cycle through the different core funnel types (webinars, books, course, list building, etc) and work with you to get your funnel up and running in a single day. Super valuable considering people often go months without completing their funnels.
- Access to FunnelFlix 🔥 (this is a game changer & the primary reason I’m now going to be pushing this package as my go-to recommendation for my audience moving forward – details on what’s offered below)
📽️ What is FunnelFlix? 📽️
It’s basically the “Netflix of digital marketing & business.”Russell has loaded pretty much all of his best material and trainings for you to watch FREE as a bonus to your CF Platinum membership.This includes stuff like Funnel Builder Secrets (normally $2,997), Traffic Secrets, the OFA Challenge, the new Affiliate Bootcamp, Funnel U, and more.Not only that, but he partnered up with many other industry experts to add their own premium courses and content for free……including Tony Robbins to help you with mindset, AdSkills to help you master paid advertising and media buying, Garrett White’s The Warrior’s Way, and other courses around everything from mindset to marketing to business-building to give you tons of support at whatever stage you’re at.He’s also adding new content to it every month.In other words, it’s a priceless resource that you get as a part of your membership to CF…The price for ClickFunnels platinum is $697/month…BUT, right now CF is allowing us to get access to it for $297/month.If you’re already on the old $297/month plan, then you don’t need to do anything. You’re automatically going to get access to everything above.And if you don’t have a CF account already, then I have some good news for you
:)It’s been a long time since I’ve offered any bonus stacks for CF’s recent launches (because honestly I don’t enjoy competing in all of the noise that goes on during these CF launches)……but because I’m genuinely impressed by this offer from CF & I know it’s going to help a LOT of people… I’ve decided to offer one this time
:)I’m going to add some of my own stuff to sweeten this offer (but I’m only making it available to a limited # of people).I’ll be going live very soon to unveil what you’ll get if you decide to go with CF Platinum through me…So if you want a heads up before I pull the curtain on what I’m offering, then let me know below & I’ll update you with what time the live will be so you can mark it in your calendar.I’m pretty excited with this new direction CF is taking & can’t wait to see how it impacts the community!
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Break Mental Barriers – David Goggins
WIN The War In Your HEAD And Find PEACE
What does the TOUGHEST MAN ALIVE have to say about suffering? Victory in Suffering – With David Goggins You have been asking to see David and I together and that day has finally arrived! This interview is intense and we dig very deep into a variety of topics. It’s even better than you probably can imagine! (Very strong and adult language warning!)
David Goggins, author of best-selling book Can’t Hurt Me – is the only member of the U.S. Armed forces to complete Seal Training (including 3 hell weeks), the U.S. Army Ranger School and Air Force Tactical Air Controller Training. He is the EPITOME of pushing the limits!
There wasn’t just one breakthrough that course-corrected Goggins’s life forever, but in this episode, we take a deep dive into the accumulation of moments that ended up cultivating the mindset needed to become the toughest man alive! Accountability is everything. What are you telling yourself in the mirror every day?
Are you living up to your full potential? Quitting is a choice. Taking the path of least resistance is a choice. But you can never lie to yourself, you always know when you aren’t being the person you know you can be and there’s only ONE thing that’s getting in between you and the YOU that you know you can be… MINDSET!
This episode will teach you how to go down into the dungeon and fight the war with yourself. You’ll learn how to make it all the way to the finish line even when you feel as if you can’t go any further. It’s time to close the gap between just being “inspired” to actually ACCOMPLISHING your biggest dreams. Goggins reveals how you can use your suffering as a catalyst instead of an excuse to stop! What if all of your sufferings were a clear sign of you becoming stronger because you are forcing yourself to endure what you thought you never could?
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👑 types of entrepreneurs
Much of the business world is kinda getting carried away with the word “entrepreneur”…
And many are calling themselves an entrepreneur when they’re really not…
AND, not everyone is an entrepreneur, nor should we expect everyone to be.
Free Market Capitalism needs different roles…
AND THAT’S OK!
But –
I wanna share some insights on the differences (because an “investor”, “fast food franchise owner”, or “copy cat” isn’t an entrepreneur).Here follows my small, non-definitive list of different types of business people:
en·tre·pre·neur noun /ˌäntrəprəˈnər,ˌäntrəprəˈno͝o(ə)r/a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so. NOTE: the following definitions are purposefully stereotyping
Entrepreneur, VC-Backed:
Own: Partial
Control: Partial
Risk Tolerance: Highest
PERSONAL Cashflow Level: Moderate until an IPO, if it happens
Time to Personal Cashflow: Once funded, immediate
They’re a creator, imaginary, disruptor, truly new Eg: Entrepreneurs that take cash on Shark Tank. I’m very against this. It’s freaky. I want the market to give me my paycheck when I’m selling something of worth, and not before that.Entrepreneur, Non-VC Backed:
Own: Full
Control: Full
Risk Tolerance: High (less likely to lose their shirt if it fails, they own it all)
PERSONAL Cashflow Level: Low for a while, then grows big
Time to Personal Cashflow: Soon after traffic is consistent
They’re a creator, imaginary, disruptor, truly new, and a bit more scrappy than the VC-backed chaps. Requires moderate skills in marketing and sales.
Eg: Steve Jobs(He tried to get financing but was turned down. So he sold his car for $750 and Steve Wozniak sold his calculator for $500. Get after it)
Eg: Russell Brunson(He used funnels to sell funnels (imagine that, a product of his product) so his own money wasn’t at risk. Get after it)Business Owner, Copy-cat:[not an entrepreneur]
Own: Full, dependingControl: Full
Risk Tolerance: Moderate (but they’re just copying someone else)
PERSONAL Cashflow Level: Moderate, they didn’t create anything
Time to Personal Cashflow:
They’re usually not very creative. They can make good money “hacking” all the time but I’ve found those that stay there usually remain worried about money. It’s not that they don’t make money, they just constantly need to see what others are doing so they know how to act next, which takes focus off their own creativity, so they stay in a “hacking” loop.
Eg: Any product that was ‘second’ to a market or off-brandBusiness Owner, Franchisee:[not an entrepreneur (includes all working under commission)]
Own: Yes
Control: “Yes” (but it’s an illusion, so no)
Risk Tolerance: Low
PERSONAL Cashflow Level: Low
Time to Personal Cashflow: Slow, with little ‘perks’
Franchise Owners, in my opinion, are most desperate to be included as an entrepreneur. They are stuck in a business model that focuses their role solely on the product and operations, not actual marketing as it’s out of their hands. They bought a job and ‘entrepreneur’d’ nothing. The original builder was the only entrepreneur here.
Eg: Practically any fast food chainInvestor:[not an entrepreneur]
Own: Depends if it’s an equity, asset, or cashflow deal
Control: Depends how the business was valued and what type of contribution the investor is making (cash, talent, assets, relationships, etc)
Risk Tolerance: Low
PERSONAL Cashflow Level: Willing for low, but secure, with big exit plan
Time to Personal Cashflow: Usually needs cashflow back regardless of business health
It’s the other side of the “Entrepreneur, VC-Backed” coin. I have no problem when someone chooses to take on an investor to move faster, but only AFTER the market has said yes to them by paying the business lots of cash. An investor doesn’t have the option of simply giving cash. I’ve heard investors say that the only time when their investments in existing companies has worked well is when they’re personally involved (not a fund-and-dash), or there’s a brand new talent brought in for the company.
Eg: Warren Buffet (who kinda ‘entrepreneur’d’ his style of investing)Related Reading