Why does packaging matter? Whether you’re selling small, portable items like water bottles or big, heavy ones like treadmills, packaging your product properly allows you to save money and retain more customers. Generally, the longer the package is in transit, the more mishaps it can encounter. Good packaging protects your shipment until it reaches your …
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Freight packaging is one of the most important parts of your freight shipping experience. Bad packaging can introduce you to damaged freight, expensive and time-consuming claim processes, and additional reclass fees. Conversely, using correct freight packaging practices can protect you from these things. If you’re going to get the most out of your LTL, truckload, …
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One of the harsh realities of the shipping industry lies in Damaged Freight. The fact is, no matter what you do to avoid damaged freight, chances are you’ll experience it eventually in LTL shipping. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about what to do when damaged freight shows up at …
If you’re a shipper you want to cut down on Freight Cost. It’s not rocket science. Cutting costs is part of running a successful business. The tricky part, however, is making sure that these cuts don’t include dropping your level of service. Crappy service means losing customers, which means…well…you get it. At FreightPros, we may …
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TV shipping is tough. You’re dealing with a very expensive item that’s also very fragile, and you’re trying to move it from one place to the next without bumping, dropping, flipping, hurting, shattering, or destroying it. There are ways to ship your television. LTL is not one of them. When I recently bought a new …