{"id":25590,"date":"2020-04-02T12:28:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipstation.com\/?p=25590"},"modified":"2022-01-04T10:00:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T16:00:36","slug":"how-chattanooga-beard-co-grew-online-with-shipstation","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.shipstation.com\/en-gb\/stories\/how-chattanooga-beard-co-grew-online-with-shipstation\/","title":{"rendered":"How Chattanooga Beard Co. Grew Online with ShipStation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cWhen Black Friday hit\u2026 We all stood around the label printer and watched 80 orders print and they\u2019re just spilling out all over the floor and it was the first time we\u2019ve ever had that many orders at one time ever.\u201d
<\/p>Todd Preston, Chattanooga Beard Co. <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Matt Patty started Chattanooga Beard Co.<\/a> in 2017, wanting to offer better-smelling, quality beard products to his clients. He started selling in his own barbershop and at the Chattanooga Market\u2014 a local arts and farmers market. The success Chattanooga Beard Co. achieved locally inspired Matt to further grow the business, but there was one challenge standing the way: shipping to Chickamauga, 20 minutes away from Chattanooga, cost them $14. <\/strong>Outrageous shipping prices were keeping Matt from expanding the business to a wider market. About six months ago, he brought on Todd Preston to help.
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Todd knew they needed a solution if they were going to create a sustainable ecommerce business. One day when opening a package, Todd saw a packing slip with ShipStation\u2019s name.  He looked into ShipStation and found the cause of their high shipping costs: \u201cWe were using UPS for items that were under a certain weight\u2026 so I realized that USPS was better built for our product line with it being so lightweight\u201d. When Todd decided ShipStation was the solution they needed to make their ecommerce store happen, connecting everything was easy. They were able to connect their existing Squarespace site with ShipStation, as well as create a new Stamps.com account to save close to ten dollars per shipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After connecting his accounts with ShipStation, Todd needed help getting started. He was connected with an account manager: \u201cShe walked me through the entire setup in four or five minutes maybe, and I was literally like, \u2018That\u2019s it?\u2019 She\u2019s like, \u2018That\u2019s it\u2019… \u2018All I do is push this button and everything just prints out and I put it on a box and sticker it?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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