Keep Your Delivery Operations Streamlined amid COVID-19

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Keep Your Delivery Operations Streamlined amid
COVID-19
Ever wondered that a small virus invisible to
naked eyes could wreath havoc beyond bounds?
Yupp, you guessed it right - the Novel
Coronavirus a.k.a. COVID-19. At first sight,
anyone would only say this - the virus has
disrupted lives. And nobody can deny that!
Though this pandemic has positive sides too -
improved air quality, reduced noise pollution,
healing environment, one cant ignore its
widespread impact. Online businesses too are
facing the brunt. Nevertheless, as Einstein said
- In the midst of every crisis, lies great
opportunity., online business owners also have
the
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opportunity to Wondering how?
innovate
their
business
operations.

• Read on to know how you can prevent problems from
  arising in your business operations - especially
  the problems with delivery services and keep
  your business operations streamlined amid
  COVID-19.
• Tips to Manage Order Deliveries Efficiently
• - Zero-contact delivery
• In the times of this pandemic, everyone is
  concerned about the possibility of infection
  from Corona. Several ecommerce companies like
  Amazon, BigBasket, etc. have already started
  offering zero-contact deliveries. It is high time
  you also offered the option of Zero-Contact or
  contactless delivery to your customers to
• Mitigate the chances of Corona spread.
• Win their trust and instill a sense of safety in
  their minds.
• You can display this option for customers to
  opt-in on your product page or checkout page.
  You can also view the list of orders with the
  condition of contactless delivery along with
  specific instructions from customers from your
  backend for more efficient management.
• A feature-rich plugin like Delivery Date
  Scheduler that integrates with your estore can
  help you step up to the

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• occasion. Also, make sure that you take proper
  steps to ensure that the zero-contact delivery
  is seamless.
• Coming soon Our team of developers is working to
  add this functionality to our Magento 2 Delivery
  Date Scheduler. To explore more, click here.
• Let customers select delivery date and time slot
• With the lockdown scenario prevailing across
  various areas of a country, customers know
  better about their regions. And they have a
  better idea about when the lockdown would
  probably be over or relaxed and deliveries would
  resume - especially if they are in red zone
  areas. Even in other areas with mild lockdowns,
  they would know the fixed hours during which the
  administration might allow outsiders including
  delivery men to enter. You can let them use this
  knowledge to choose a suitable delivery date and
  time slot with a delivery date picker to reduce
  the chances of delivery issues like delivery
  returns to a minimum.
• Personalize customers shopping experience
• By letting your customers add delivery comments
  regarding the packaging style specifications or
  the Call before Delivery option, etc. This
  way, you can engage them better.
• Stay on top of order management

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• With a summarized view of orders and delivery
  statuses, stay on top of your customers orders.
  Keep your customers in tune with order statuses
  through email notifications or text messages
  using a feature-rich plugin.
• Display non-working days and non-operative hours
• To ensure full transparency, specify working and
  non-working days and display them on the
  checkout page so that customers not only get a
  clear idea of them but also place orders
  accordingly. You can also define operative and
  non-operative time-slots to make the checkout
  process even more transparent through a Delivery
  Date Scheduler. This will help customers choose
  the most suitable time slot from operative slots
  in accordance with the lockdown guidelines in
  their regions.
• This will help reduce chances of delivery issues
  like delivery delays, order returns, confusion,
  and miscommunication, or poor delivery
  experiences, or other grievances to a minimum.
• Manage grace period, cut-off time and daily quota
  per customer
• To streamline your delivery operations and
  mitigate the possibility of delivery problems or
  grievances, you can
• - Specify the min. count of days it takes to
  process several particular orders (grace period)

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• Mention the point of time beyond which any order
  placed would count in the orders as the next-day
  (cut-off time)
• Add the maximum number of items a customer can
  order daily(daily quota per customer)
• etc. on your store.
• It wont only help you add more transparency but
  also manage orders more efficiently and
  seamlessly.
• Are You Ready for Streamlined Delivery
  Operations?
• Now that you know that one of the important steps
  towards sustaining your e-business amid the
  Novel Coronavirus pandemic is streamlining your
  delivery operations, it is high time you
  followed the above-mentioned tips and retain your
  business with the help of an efficient plugin
  like our Magento 2 Delivery Date Scheduler.
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