STUDY: Shipping Issues Plague Flash Sales On Facebook

Ecommerce sites that run flash sales on Facebook must still deal with offline logistical issues, such as shipping, which accounted for 49 percent of negative comments in a study of 2,776 conversations on the social networks between customers and flash-sale sites conducted by fulfillment and logistics solutions provider Dotcom Distribution.

Ecommerce sites that run flash sales on Facebook must still deal with offline logistical issues, such as shipping, which accounted for 49 percent of negative comments in a study of 2,776 conversations on the social networks between customers and flash-sale sites conducted by fulfillment and logistics solutions provider Dotcom Distribution.

According to Dotcom Distribution, 22 percent of comments were related to negative shipping experiences, accounting for 49 percent of all negative comments.

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