“When I started this business, I did everything myself,” Rita said. The owner of a South Shore apparel and accessory company, Rita specializes in truly unique handcrafted items. She has customers all around the world – far more than she’d ever expected. “My emphasis – what I love to do! – is create these jewelry items for my customers. I can spend every hour of the day in my studio! But you have to sell things, and then, when they are sold, you have to ship them.”
Shipping merchandise was taking up too much of Rita’s time. “I thought, no problem, I will hire a neighborhood kid to help me.” That arrangement didn’t work out. The person Rita hired wasn’t very careful or detail oriented. “Orders were mixed up badly! The necklace that was supposed to go to this one went to that one; nobody was happy.” Worse yet, because Rita’s helper didn’t understand how to pack items carefully for shipping, many one-of-a-kind jewelry items were damaged. “I had to get rid of them before my business was completely destroyed.”
Rather than taking a chance with her business again, Rita decided to choose the shipping pros at Boston Pack and Ship. “When you have a company who does nothing but shipping, they understand how important it is to do things right.” Using special cardboard mailers and a combination of packing materials completely eliminated the breakage problems Rita had been having. “I can’t even explain how much stress is gone now that I don’t have to worry my email will be full of complaints about broken jewelry!”
Choosing Boston Pack and Ship has also saved Rita money. “When you hire someone, there is lot of expense involved,” she explained. “When I go to Boston Pack and Ship, I pay for the services I need, and that’s it. It’s been great for my business, and my bottom line!”
