Amazon just dropped its holiday calendar. USPS is grounding packages. AI is helping shoppers decide what to buy, while MIT is wondering if any of it works. Plus, BigSummit brought the eCommerce world to our front porch. Grab your beverage of choice and dig in. This Commerce Corner has timelines, trendlines, and a few lines that might make you rethink your Q4 playbook
đŹ Amazon Holiday Shipping Deadlines Just Dropped
Prime Big Deal Days are coming fast. Amazonâs holiday calendar is live and missing a date could cost you a cart. We pulled the key deadlines so you donât have to.
Sync your calendar with Santaâs â
đŚ USPS Delivery Suspension Could Shake Up Your Q4
Even if you donât ship overseas, USPS suspensions canl throw off your timelines. These disruptions ripple through the network and impact more than you think.
See whatâs grounded before it grounds you â
đď¸ How Shoppers Are Using Generative AI to Shop Smarter
AI is helping people decide what to buy faster than ever. If your products donât show up in the right places, youâre invisible to the bots and the buyers.
Get your brand in front of the bots â
đ Bulk Importing and 3PL Fulfillment Are on the Rise
Merchants are skipping one-by-one shipping and shifting to bulk with local 3PLs. Itâs faster, more cost-effective, and built to scale.
See if itâs time to think bigger â
đ§ Are Generative AI Pilots All Hype? MIT Thinks So
MIT says most AI pilots flop. But in eCommerce, the right tools still cut through the noise and deliver real results.
Learn how to skip the pilot and scale smarter â
ORDORO IN THE WILD
BigSummit returned to our own backyard at ACL Live. We caught up with the BigCommerce community, talked shop with Ccommerce pros, and swapped ideas about whatâs next in shipping and fulfillment.
Want the highlights? We pulled together what stood out, what people were really talking about, and a few things still stuck in our heads.
See what we brought back from BigSummit â
FROM THE FULFILLMENT FILES
Your inventory isnât frozen in time, so why should its value be?
Prices shift. Deals happen. Cost of goods gets weird. Thatâs why inventory revaluation matters. It helps you track what your stock is really worth and keep your numbers clean as things change.
We walk through what revaluation means, when itâs worth doing, and how to handle it without turning your ops into a spreadsheet nightmare.
Check out the guide to revaluing like a pro â
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Our friends at Zappy just dropped a fresh write-up on how we work together to simplify shipping for eCommerce brands, especially those growing in New Zealand and Australia.
They handle the local delivery magic. Ordoro keeps the backend organized. Together, it adds up to faster fulfillment, fewer delays, and a lot less stress for merchants scaling across borders.
Read Zappyâs take on what makes shipping smarter â
CUSTOMER SHOUTOUT âď¸âď¸âď¸âď¸âď¸
We love a good win, especially when it comes with fast onboarding and better shipping rates. Big thanks to our friends at Home & Garden Supply for this one.
“Great support and onboarding. Rates are better than our contracted rates with UPS and FedEx and USPS rates are excellent. “
Got the warm and fuzzies too? Share the love.
Thatâs a wrap on this Commerce Corner. Whether youâre racing toward Q4 deadlines or just trying to figure out if your AI tools are doing anything useful, weâve got your back.
Labor Day weekend is almost here, and if your version of rest involves ignoring emails and aggressively doing nothing, we support that strategy. Come back recharged.
Weâll be here with smarter shipping, tighter inventory, and fewer fulfillment woes.
You run the business. Weâll help it move.
The Ordoro TeamÂ
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