| B2C
Services
Coast to Coast's business to consumer (B2C) division receives direct-to-consumer
orders daily from leading telemarketing centers, including West
Telemarketing and Convergys, for orders generated in response to
television, print, and other media. In addition, Coast to Coast
Fulfillment receives consumer orders via Electronic Data Interchange
(E.D.I.) protocols for direct-to-consumer shipments for TV shopping
networks and other direct-marketing retailers. Orders are usually
picked, packed and shipped the same business day they are received.
Receive
Consumer Orders
We download or input consumer orders from the following
primary and secondary sources:
• Television
• Internet
• Print
• Direct Mail & Catalogs
• Telemarketers
• E.D.I. V.A.N.'s (consumer drop-ship)
Process
Consumer Payments
• Authorize credit cards & deposit into merchant accounts
• Process Checks-by-Phone
• Process Checks & Money Orders
• Process Refunds, Returns, & Credits
Pick
& Pack
• Assemble all components of orders
• Light assembly
• Shrink-wrapping
• Custom Packaging & Displays
Ship
Products
• Assemble all components of orders
• Light assembly
• Shrink-wrapping
• Custom Packaging
• Post-office on premises (largest U.S. Postal Service customer
in Rhode Island
• Bulk mail consolidation
• C.O.D. Tracker™
• U.S.P.S.
• FedEx
• UPS shipping options
Database
Management
Consumer orders are merged into centralized databases to record
transaction and shipping history by customer. Services for importing
and exporting names from the databases include the following:
• Import, or input orders for database consolidation
• National Change of Address (N.C.O.A.) cleaning
• Code Accuracy Support System (C.A.S.S.) for mailing lists
• Zip+4 encoding
• Bar-coding of mailings
• All routine list management operations
Customer
Service
Coast to Coast's Customer Service department is staffed
from 8:30am until 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. We handle thousands
of calls each week related to orders processed by Coast to Coast
Fulfillment. We handle questions about billing and about the status
of orders. We handle credits and refunds, and we even offer limited
tech support for electronic products. We also will take orders,
especially reorders from satisfied customers. Direct-response products
are assigned toll-free customer service numbers for each campaign
fulfilled by Coast to Coast.
Services include:
• Toll-free inbound customer service
• Online access to customer order history & status
• Product information
• Returns refunds and processing
Returns
Processing
Coast to Coast's PackageTracker® technology automatically updates
consumer databases with return information. Returns processing includes
the following services:
• Customer service
• Issue return tags
• Update databases
• Refurbish returns
• Return products to inventory
• Disposal of damaged/defective products
Activity
Reports
Coast to Coast provides over 100 standard reports, and can customize
reports to reflect all aspects of product sales, inventory and shipping.
Case
Histories
Our fulfillment services on behalf of our clients for retail stores
can be as varied as the stores and the products themselves. See
a few case histories.
The
B2C Distribution Process
See the Coast to Coast direct-to-consumer distribution flow process
at a glance.
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A Quote
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run, but will take more time initially. The mini-survey could give
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