19 December, 2005
Order Fulfillment for Photographers
While not written specifically for photographers, Joel Spolsky’s article How To Ship Anything has some good tips for photographers trying to streamline their order fulfillment processes.
I especially liked the info about bar codes and bar code scanners, label printers, and how to print customs forms (aren’t they a pain to fill out manually!?). Technology to the rescue!
Shipping an international order now takes about 35 seconds, down from 3 minutes, and can be done by anyone, whether or not they have SQL and Mail Merge skills. Domestic orders are even faster since they don’t need customs forms. Most of all, it’s all really fun.
Post your tips for streamlined order fulfillment in the comments below. I’d be especially interested to hear tips about low-cost improvements – not all of us are able to throw the amount of money at equipment that Joel has!
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