Glossary

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COD stands for Cash on Delivery and enables customers to pay for their orders using cash or a credit card when their orders are delivered. COD is a preferred and most common form of payment method used by eCommerce shoppers other then UPI and Debit cards.

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Checkout

The final stage in a customer's online purchasing process is the checkout. Consumers have to provide shipping information as well as select the methods of payment availaible on the website. The simplicity of your online store checkout procedure will also affect your website conversion rate.

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E way bill

The EWay Bill is a digital document that must be created on the eWay Bill Portal for the movement of goods. If the value of the goods being transported in a single invoice exceeds Rs. 50,000, a GST registered person is required to generate an e-way bill on the website ewaybillgst.gov.in in order to transport the goods in a vehicle.

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Dimensional Weight or volumetric weight

Dimensional weight, often known as DIM weight, is the space that a package occupies while being shipped. Consider the amount of room there is in a truck or a plane. If your box occupies a little more room than the weight it is charged for, you will be charged for that extra room. You are charged either the real or dimensional weight whichever is higher. Dimensional weight is calculated by multiplying the length, width and height of the shipment and dividing it by a courier specific volumetric divisor.

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Drop-offs

Drop-off is an activity that happens in the purchasing journey of an online shopper. Whenever a customer goes through a bad experience like filling of long and verbose forms at checkout or multiple page redirects, customers leaves the site and does not complete the checkout journey.

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