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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Sterling WMS

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Sterling Warehouse Management System (WMS) supports management of distribution and fulfillment processes across multiple warehouses and their inventory from a central hub.N/A

    ShippingEasy

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AShippingEasy, an Auctane (formerly Stamps.com) company, offers their cloud-based ecommerce shipping platform, providing full support for USPS, UPS, FedEx and integrating with online marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Volusion, and others. ShippingEasy allows automated order tracking with fulfillment data, and inventory levels to populate in real time.

    $5

    per month 50 shipments per month

    Pricing
    IBM Sterling WMSShippingEasy
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $5.00
    per month 50 shipments per month
    Basic
    $29.00
    per month 500 shipments per month.
    Plus
    $49.00
    per month 1,500 shipments per month.
    Select
    $69.00
    per month 3,000 shipments per month.
    Premium
    $99.00
    per month 6,000 shipments per month.
    Enterprise
    $159.00
    per month 10,000 shipments per month.
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Sterling WMSShippingEasy
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IBM Sterling WMSShippingEasy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Sterling WMSShippingEasy
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    Like I previously mentioned, this software fits our needs right now because it allows us to control inventory and remove items when needed from our participating retailer's websites. The price is reasonable. Our traffic and shipping teams have also used this software to create fewer touch points in shipping and make the process more digital. That has been a big winner for us. You'll definitely want an internal IT team to support this software. The implementation process is long and tedious and you will need to restructure to fit your needs. That is difficult to do when you are a smaller business with cross-functional employees.
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    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    ShippingEasy is perfect for a small business that needs the inventory system but doesn't want to pay through the nose. The customer service is excellent - they help you in set up, making changes, and make sure you understand how to use it. They save me time in managing our inventory and save me time when there is a problem - I call and get an answer right away. Plus if there is a system wide problem, which there rarely is, they make announcements and keep us up to date during and after
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Pretty straight forward for entering new items or deleting items not needed in the feed anymore.
    • Able to match vendor models to retailer SKU's without issue.
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    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    • ShippingEasy makes it very easy to set up shipping rules for various scenarios so that shipping is fairly automated. It really is a click and ship type set up.
    • ShippingEasy integrates into our BigCommerce platform very well. We very rarely have any issues with ShippingEasy syncing orders and shipping status to BigCommerce and vise versa.
    • ShippingEasy's marketing service is very easy to use. It makes email campaign design extremely easy and aesthetically pleasing and it also makes automated emails very easy to set up as well.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Not able to export lists to excel. This is a big negative for me personally. It makes it harder and more time consuming to clean up accounts.
    • Doesn't warn you if the same sender and receiver code are on another list.
    • The dashboard is not the best. The next button that you would assume takes you to the next page actually doesn't, it ends up showing past interactions with the software. You have to click on the tiny numbers at the top to navigate. Super annoying. Not very user-friendly or appealing to the eye.
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    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    • Fails to sync with the store consistently.
    • Integration with Stamps.com is problematic.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    ShippingEasy customer support is excellent. We rarely have to wait on hold, the reps are knowledgeable, well trained, well spoken, and understand technical issues. They listen carefully to make sure they understand the issue and check if they do not know something. I feel confident that I am getting correct information and rarely have to make more than one phone call to get an issue corrected.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
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    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    ShippingEasy works well across multiple apps and offers better interface, in my opinion
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • The overall impact has been good for us and I do feel like the software is worth the money they just need to do a lot of updating and making the software more user-friendly.
    • As a ecommerce account manager, it is important that we are able to remove and add items quickly to our retailer sites. This software has allowed us to do that.
    • Would like to see a more knowledgeable support staff that are able to work through issues in a timely matter.
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    Auctane (Stamps.com, Inc)
    • ShippingEasy has really had a positive impact overall on our business. It is very simple to use and the flexibility of the shipping rules has more or less automated shipping. So for a small organization like ourselves, it allows us to reduce overhead by not having to have multiple employees to ship.
    • It also has helped reduce overhead significantly by switching our email marketing from Constant Contact. It is about a 10th of the price and has more functionality. So that was definitely a no-brainer
    • All in all, ShippingEasy helps us reduce overhead the most in labor. It is extremely easy to use so a lot less of our time is devoted to shipping concerns such as manually entering shipments like before and making sure shipment information is transferred over to BigCommerce, or doing return labels. Everything integrates so well it is essentially automated.
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