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Prohibited goods

Prohibited items are the goods that are completely banned and cannot be shipped at any cost. None of the courier partner accepts these goods, for example: Human remains or ashes, Complete firearms, ammunition, explosives / explosive devices, illegal goods, such as counterfeit goods and narcotics, etc.

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Payment failure

Payment failure in e-commerce refers to a situation where a customer's attempt to make a payment for a product or service on an online store is unsuccessful or declined. Payment failures can occur for various reasons, and they are a common challenge that e-commerce businesses need to address to ensure a smooth and successful transaction process.

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Kitting

Kitting refers to compiling separate but related products in a ready-to-ship kit. This saves a lot of time, and cost for the sellers and streamlines order fulfillment. For example, when a customer orders a computer, he may also order a mouse, hard disk, headphones, etc. In such cases, all these products are shipped in a single piece rather than shipping them separately.

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Cross Dock

Cross docking is one of the techniques to bring down distribution costs significantly in logistics. It refers to the direct unloading of goods from one mode of transportation to direct customer or another mode of transportation, eliminating the need of keeping inventory in storage. Thereby. reducing reducing costs. Cross docking takes place at distribution docking terminals where activities like sorting, consolidating, distributing takes place.

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