Holiday Season - are you prepared?
With Black Friday falling on Friday 27th November and Cyber Monday on 30th November, Retailers predict selling far more items online than they do during the rest of the year. That puts pressure on the whole supply chain, from inventory to delivery, as goods travel faster and further than ever.
What you can do to ensure you are ahead of the game this Peak Season is to plan. Plan with the data you have available. From last year's peak season to the recent Amazon Prime Day. How efficiently are your processes at present? How quickly did your inventory arrive? Your data will reveal what went right and what could be improved.
Next, you should complete an inventory. Once you have a view of what stock you have available as well a prediction of how fast your products will sell then you can optimise accordingly. Finally, review holiday dates, from Thanksgiving to Christmas holidays, what dates are carriers working.
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 Black Friday.


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.


Our onboarding process
Initial Consultation
Our Proposed Approach
Tailored to your business
I-Fulfilment On-boarding
Working in Partnership

On time dispatch rate
Client retention rate
Blade up-time
Order Accuracy
How we manage your products
Goods In
Warehouse Storage
Order Management
Pick, Pack and Despatch (PPD)
Shipping
Fast Returns
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

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.
