Where customers can drop off returns
Every drop-off point for returns, on a map and in a sheet.
What it does
Every quarter: post offices and shipping services in each city you sell in, nearest to the busiest blocks, on a returns map and in a sheet for the customer service team.
In one sentence: Monthly on the 1st at 08:00, in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, find post offices, shipping and mailing services and courier services in the area, remove duplicates, then show them on a map, email the list to you and add row in Google Sheets.
Why it is useful
Easy returns sell more. Customer service can point every shopper to a drop-off near them.
Who it is for
E-commerce & D2C brands. Online stores and direct-to-consumer brands choosing pickup points, stockists, pop-ups and cities, and keeping deliveries on time. Every use case for e-commerce & d2c
Best use cases
- An online fashion store
- A marketplace
- A D2C brand
What each run gives you
- A map
- A Google Sheet
The time it saves
Monthly on the 1st at 08:00. Doing the same work by hand takes about 60 minutes each time; it runs about 1 time a month, so it saves about 1 hours a month (an estimate). It is medium: 7 blocks.
The flow, block by block
- On the 1st of every monthTrigger · ScheduleStarts the flow on a timetable.
- Cities we sell inWhere · Area of interestSets where the flow looks: countries, cities or specific places, or areas you draw on a map.
- Drop-off pointsxMap data · Nearby placesPlaces around a point from xMap’s own places database (300M+ places, refreshed every month): pick the types of place (more than 5,000, such as Restaurant, Cafe, Pharmacy, Hospital or Gas station, or a whole group of them) and how far to look.
- Each point onceLogic · Remove duplicatesKeeps one of each item when the same one arrives more than once, for example from two searches that overlap.
- Show them on a mapAction · Show on a mapShows the results as points on a map, with the area of interest.
- Update the returns sheetApp · Google SheetsCreate, edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets online
- Email me the resultsAction · EmailSends one email per run with all the items, or one email per item.
Every block can be changed after you use the template: the city, the type of place, the score, where the results go.
Use it now
Answer a few questions, enter your work email, and it runs in your own account, kept running until you pause it. Use this template.
How to set it up
- The xMap Flows browser extension: what is around this business: On a company’s website or a place on a map, one click shows its market and the AI employees to hire for it.
- Build your first flow in ten minutes: From a blank page to a flow that emails you a ranked list every morning.
- What xMap remembers about your company: Your city, industry and what you sell, filled in for you and always yours to change.
- Ask the map a question: How many of a kind of place, how many people for each, and where the gaps are, answered on the spot.
- Location intelligence: Using where things are, and what is around them, to make business decisions.
- POI data (points of interest): Records of places such as shops, clinics and offices, with their category, position and details.
- Catchment area: The area a store or service draws its customers from.
More for E-commerce & D2C brands
- Pickup point partners near where people live: Shops near the most people, scored as parcel pickup partners.
- Independent beauty boutiques to stock my brand: Independent boutiques with their owner and an approved wholesale pitch.
- Where to run my next pop-up store: The malls with the most young adults nearby, for a pop-up.
- Independent shops to sign up as marketplace sellers: Independent shops graded as marketplace sellers, with the owner.
- A rival brand’s new physical stores: A rival brand’s new stores and what is around them.
- Gift shops and home stores to stock my products: Independent gift and home stores graded as stockists, in a sheet every week.