Glossary

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The shipping weight of a shipment refers to the maximum of the deadweight and the volumetric weight and is the final weight on which couriers bill sellers or end customers on.

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Shipping Label

A shipping label is a physical document that is very crucial for successful shipping. Shipping label consists of all the necessary information such as the origin address, a destination address, tracking Barcode, etc that guides delivery agents and various stakeholders from picking up the shipment to the final delivery, It is very important for the sellers to carefully stick the label on the shipment to avoid failed deliveries, missing or lost goods, stc.

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COD collection fee

This is the fee assocaited with collection of cash at the time of delivery levied by courier partners.This fee is used to incentivise delivery executives to collect and safegaurd funds collected at the time of delviery and is also used to cover the charges incurred by courier partners in facilitating collection either via electronic means or hard cash, safegaurding these funds and processing them for remittance. This is usually calcaulted as the maximum of a fixed value or a percetnage of the amount collected

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Auto-Complete

Auto-feature, also known as "auto-suggest" is a feature that automatically attempts and suggests to complete a word or a phrase based on the previously filled information or AI based. It makes searches faster

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Button Clicks

Websites often use buttons for actions like submitting forms, making purchases, or navigating to different sections. Button clicks indicate that a user is taking a specific action.

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