In 2020, nearly six in ten U.S. e-commerce merchants didn't charge delivery costs for orders from a minimum value. The second-most common delivery option was the two-day delivery, while only a limited share of merchants (12 percent) could filfill and deliver orders within the same day.
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Saddle Creek. (February 1, 2020). Main delivery options offered by U.S. e-commerce merchants in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219915/delivery-options-in-e-commerce-united-states/
Saddle Creek. "Main delivery options offered by U.S. e-commerce merchants in 2020." Chart. February 1, 2020. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219915/delivery-options-in-e-commerce-united-states/
Saddle Creek. (2020). Main delivery options offered by U.S. e-commerce merchants in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219915/delivery-options-in-e-commerce-united-states/
Saddle Creek. "Main Delivery Options Offered by U.S. E-commerce Merchants in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219915/delivery-options-in-e-commerce-united-states/
Saddle Creek, Main delivery options offered by U.S. e-commerce merchants in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219915/delivery-options-in-e-commerce-united-states/ (last visited October 02, 2023)
Main delivery options offered by U.S. e-commerce merchants in 2020 [Graph], Saddle Creek, February 1, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1219915/delivery-options-in-e-commerce-united-states/