The MarginChief blog
Running out of space, time or shipping speed? The signs it's time to move your Shopify store to a 3PL, what 3PLs charge, and how to switch without disruption.
Landed Cost Seven practical ways to cut landed cost: DIM weight packaging, freight consolidation, HS code audits, carrier negotiation, distributed inventory and more.
Import Guide De minimis is gone in the US and EU. How to calculate international landed cost, and why DDP beats DDU for cross-border conversion rates.
Logistics ABC analysis, reorder points, safety stock and demand forecasting: the inventory planning methods that keep Shopify sellers between stockouts and dead stock.
Logistics Free shipping is never free. How to use landed cost to set minimum order values, pick a pricing strategy, and keep your margin intact while offering it.
Landed Cost From booking freight as OPEX to allocating costs evenly across mixed shipments, five accounting mistakes that quietly distort your per-unit profitability.
Import Guide All eleven Incoterms 2020 rules explained for importers, with the cost and risk transfer point for each and guidance on which to use when.
Landed Cost A complete map of what sits between the factory invoice and your warehouse shelf: freight, duties, port charges, insurance, FX and the fees nobody quotes.
Landed Cost Shopify locks Cost per item onto each order at the moment of sale. Here's what belongs in that box, and what it costs you when the wrong number goes in.
Logistics What a freight forwarder actually does, the five stages of moving inventory from factory to 3PL, and what to look for when choosing one for your Shopify brand.
Landed Cost Demurrage, detention, chassis splits, peak season surcharges and customs exams: the line items that turn a tidy landed cost estimate into a surprise.
Landed Cost Three defensible ways to split a freight bill across SKUs, worked through one 40 ft container, and why your choice reorders which product looks most profitable.
Logistics Air is fast, ocean is cheap. How each affects cash flow and margins, and how brands blend the two with launch splits and emergency restocks.
Logistics DDP shipping removes the surprise customs bill that kills international orders. How to set it up, price it, and present duties at checkout.
Import Guide EXW, FOB or DDP changes who pays for what and where your risk starts. What to check in a supplier contract before you agree to a three-letter code.
Logistics Last mile can be over half of your shipping cost. Regional inventory, hybrid carriers, local delivery and branded tracking cut that cost and keep customers.
Accounting Explore the accounting talent shift. Learn how automation, data science, and the CPA Evolution are transforming accountants into strategic business advisors.
Practical guidance for turning supplier, freight, and duty bills into unit costs you can defend.
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