Holiday Season - are you prepared?

This year's Amazon Prime Day will not be the same as in years past. The dates announced are the 13th and 14th October, three months later than its usual July timeframe, with Black Friday falling on Friday 27th November and Cyber Monday on 30th November. While many tactical Prime / Black Friday / Cyber Monday preparations still apply, there are several considerations to you should bear in mind.

Below we have broken down a handy guide we recommend having in place before Prime Day.

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Staying on top of your inventory

Maintaining a good stock inventory is an important factor in generating sales on Amazon and your own website. With Blade - our own inventory Management Software, we are able to split inventory stock across marketplace platforms so you can clearly mange your stock levels. Especially during a high-traffic event like Prime Day. In addition, you can manage you inventory stock for various marketplaces in one place as well as track when orders come in, when they are dispatched and which courier has been used.

With Blade you will have a full view of your stock, market places, orders and shipping rules all in one place. You can download the Blade app on Android and iOS and track your orders on the go.

If at any point you need help our team of in-house specialists can support you whenever you need it.

Ordering stock - for the Peak Season

Importing your inventory through our seamless process will ensure you have the stock available for the holiday season. As soon as your stock arrives in our warehouse it will be checked in and processed in a timely manner. Meaning you have the stock available to sell as soon as its checked into Blade. Blade automatically updates your marketplaces.

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Our onboarding process

If you are currently looking for a Fulfilment provider to manage your fulfilment side of the business then talk to us. With established operations in place we can look to get you onboarded as soon as possible so you can focus your effort on sales rather than picking, packing and shipping.

Initial Consultation

Our Business Development Team will have an initial call with you to talk about your business. The aim is to understand how you currently operate, your existing pain points as well as your objectives and future plans. This provides us with an understanding of your business so we can see where we can add value and help you grow.

Our Proposed Approach

We value our Clients that's why we take the time to truly understand your business model and objectives. Every business we partner with is unique in terms of their resource on hand, their products and their aspirations. With that in mind it is key we develop a detailed understanding so we can provide the perfect set up for their brands to succeed.

Tailored to your business

Once we have agreed on the best bespoke approach for you we then create an implementation plan highlighting key dates and milestones to ensure you are set up for success from the start.

I-Fulfilment On-boarding

As part of your on-boarding process we put aside time to discuss in depth your packaging and shipping requirements. This will ensure your customers get a first class experience and that your shipping is optimised. We also plan in training for functions such as customer service at this stage if required.

Fulfilment Launch

You are now set up to provide an end to end efficient service to delight your customers. We can further enhance this with our other core services. Manage your orders, inventory and much more globally using the Blade App - available on iOS and Android

Working in Partnership

We work very closely with our Clients particularly over the first 2-3 months to ensure everything is working perfectly. Your Dedicated Account Manager will arrange regular account reviews and be on hand at any time to support you. They will always be looking for new opportunities to drive efficiencies, grow your business and keep you up to date with new releases as we continue to develop our software and infrastructure.
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99.9%

On time dispatch rate

98%

Client retention rate

99.97%

Blade up-time

99.98%

Order Accuracy

How we manage your products

We take great care of your products, from the minute they arrive to one of our many warehouses. Here is a snapshot of our efficient processes:
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Goods In

All goods are checked in and put away within 48 hours by our team of highly skilled staff. Any discrepancies are logged and are notified to you through Blade.
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Warehouse Storage

With modern secure facilities, all products are inventory bar-coded ensuring it can be controlled and monitored through Blade. Giving you concise stock control.
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Order Management

Orders can be controlled by you within Blade if required. Blade also assists by auto prioritising where required. (e.g. Prime orders). Blade works on 99.97% up-time.
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Pick, Pack and Despatch (PPD)

All orders received by 3pm are despatched the same day. Our dedicated trained staff work on all your sales channels. Blade ensures pick accuracy of +99.9%. You can track your orders via the Blade App 24/7 wherever you are in the world.
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Shipping

You can set shipping rules by Country or let Blade auto select based on your customer’s requirements (tracked / untracked / quickest / cheapest). Blade will leverage our high order volumes to obtain and pass on competitive shipping rates for both domestic and international orders from a specially selected panel of carriers.
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Fast Returns

We offer three different options to optimise your end user experience to your customers; Fast Returns - white label portal for use by end customers on your site, Self Service - manage yourself using Blade or Easy Returns - return label enclosed at despatch.

Fulfilment Model vs Self Fulfilment Model

Is now the right time to outsource your fulfilment business? Here are the advantages as to why many people and businesses prefer to outsource and simplify their operations with our I-Fulfilment team:

I-Fulfilment Model

  • Stores your stock freeing up space & cost
  • Shorter shipping times
  • Trained professional staff
  • Will pick and pack for you
  • Labels shipments & custom packaging
  • Dedicated customer service division
  • Own software that is fully automated
  • Fast returns process
  • Multi Lingual services
  • Marketing Support Services
  • E-Commerce services handling for Amazon

Self Fulfilment Model

  • Your company is expanding
  • Time consumed with picking, packing and shipping
  • Unable to manage your inventory across all channels
  • Scaling is proving to be difficult
  • Shipping costs can be costly
  • Time and effort is taken away from selling
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Our in house software

Blade has been designed with you and your business in mind. We’ve ensured it has all the elements needed to manage your business even whilst on the go.

Get orders out faster

Manage multi-channels orders with ease

Manage back orders and pre-orders

Fast returns integration that is white labelled

Professional reporting that can be created, by you

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What you say about us

  • David, A

    "Best fulfilment partner and managed services company in the UK. I outsourced a large portion of our business to
    i-Fulfilment and we were able to grow the company significantly as a result."


    David, A
    Phillips
  • Bob and Ant L , Co-Founders

    "Since moving to I-Fulfilment we have received a fantastic service in terms of both fulfilment and customer service. They are very supportive of the brands they work with and are always looking to evolve and improve their service with technology to offer a cutting edge solution. We enjoy working with them as our partners and have no hesitation in recommending them.”

    Bob and Ant L , Co-Founders
    June, 2020

  • “We have been working with the I-Fulfilment team over the last 4 years in starting up our distribution business and they have been instrumental to our success as our Operational, Logistics and Customer Service partner. They are professional, innovative and helpful in finding solutions for the challenges that come up.”

    Kelly C, Co-owner
    March, 2020