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Name: Jenni-Lyn Williams, Chief Snark Officer
\nBusiness: Snarky Tea
\nYear founded: 2016
\nBased in: Philadelphia, United States
\nSolutions: Shopify Shipping, order management, fulfillment, inventory management, return management
Snarky Tea was born in 2016 after working mom Jenni-Lyn Williams switched from coffee to tea as a way to cut down on caffeine. Williams found that the tea brands available in stores weren’t functional, and they also didn’t appeal to her personality. To change this, she decided to build a company that creates tea blends and other products that speak to women, empowering them to take on the world each day.
\nWhat started as a small operation producing charismatic tea blends with snarky names in Williams’ garage, quickly grew into a successful online business. Thanks to publicity opportunities through Vogue and the Oscars, and an appearance on Shark Tank (with two sharks investing), Snarky Tea exploded into a thriving direct-to-consumer company with hundreds of products.
\nWith such fast, massive growth, Williams needed a way to manage and scale her fulfillment operations—quickly. That’s when Shopify entered the scene.
\nAs a result of moving to Shopify, Snarky Tea has been able to:
\nWith too many systems, Snarky Tea didn’t have an accurate view of inventory across its supply chain. Data would not sync correctly, which led to selling out-of-stock items. It was also difficult to streamline fulfillment as order volume grew. “We’re printing 500+ shipping labels in a day,” says Williams. “The printer can only hold so much paper, and of course, it always needs ink right in the middle of a print job. So things would not print and there’d be a batch of 30 unprinted orders that we didn’t know about.”
\nSnarky Tea needed a reliable way to improve efficiency and simplify fulfillment processes. That’s when the company turned to Shopify’s built-in order management and delivery solution. With Shopify, Snarky Tea is able to manage inventory, fulfill orders quickly, and reduce shipping costs—all within one centralized ecommerce platform.
\nWhen it comes to inventory, Snarky Tea uses inventory transfers to keep track of incoming products. “We use Shopify’s native inventory management capabilities to track our production as it moves from our manufacturing facility to the fulfillment center,” says Williams. “We also use it to manage all of the components on our kitted items and sampler sets. It’s truly a game changer and keeps us from having to spend $250+ a month on an outside system.”
\n\nWe use Shopify’s native inventory management capabilities to track our production as it moves from our manufacturing facility to the fulfillment center. It’s truly a game changer and keeps us from having to spend $250+ a month on an outside system.
Having accurate information about inventory, as well as the real time status of items, helps Snarky Tea remain organized and keep things running smoothly. Williams says, “Shopify saves us so much time. We don’t have to take manual inventory counts until month end, and we can trust that the data in Shopify’s inventory system is accurate and up-to-date.”
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When it comes to fulfillment and shipping, Snarky Tea chooses industry-leading rates with USPS from Shopify Shipping. From within the admin, Snarky Tea can view orders for the day, buy labels at a 30% discount, then print labels and packing slips.
\nSnarky Tea also uses the shipping labels index to fix anything that may have been missed during batch printing. Thanks to this helpful Shopify feature, Snarky Tea can see the print status of each order label. “Having a status that can show whether a label was printed or not seems like a small thing, but it’s saving us from unnecessary headaches and stress,” says Williams.
\n\nHaving a status that can show whether a label was printed or not seems like a small thing, but it’s saving us from unnecessary headaches and stress.
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Once orders are picked, packed, and ready for pickup, the company uses USPS manifests in Shopify. “Manifests make pickups with our local USPS delivery person easy,” says Williams. “They need to scan one form to see all the shipping details for a batch of orders instead of scanning each order individually.”
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“The more that I can do in Shopify’s ecosphere and not have to leave it, the better. Things happen in the transition from one system to the other … anything that Shopify does, they do it well.” —Jenni-Lyn Williams, Chief Snark Officer, Snarky Tea
\n\nThe more that I can do in Shopify’s ecosphere and not have to leave it, the better. Things happen in the transition from one system to the other … anything that Shopify does, they do it well
Thanks to Shopify, the company is able to centralize its inventory management and order fulfillment, as well as purchase shipping labels from one place.
\nIn a 30-day period, the company saved more than $25,000 in shipping costs alone. “By using Shopify for postage rather than a regular post office,” Williams says, “we are seeing, on average, a 30% discount on shipping rates.” Leveraging Shopify to manage its shipping labels will save the company approximately $305,000 per year in shipping costs.
\n\nBy using Shopify for postage rather than a regular post office, we are seeing, on average, a 30% discount on shipping rates. This saves us more $305,000 in shipping costs per year.
In addition, Snarky Tea is saving time (and avoiding frustration) by using the Shopify platform. Since employees no longer have to manually perform certain tasks or check multiple systems for information, the company now saves over 360 hours per year.
\nLooking to the future, Snarky Tea is dedicated to fostering connections with its shoppers, turning them from one-time buyers into repeat, lifelong customers. The company’s new rewards program has helped with this, as has its Facebook group, in which Williams hosts tea-time live chats to talk with the community about both the company and life.
\n“We have a community, and with everything we do, we think about them,” says Williams. “If you build a relationship with your customer, that is the #1 most incredible feeling—it gives you purpose and meaning.”
\nhttps://www.shopify.com/blog/case-study-snarky-tea
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A new AI service for “parsing” music tracks.
\nThe Mikrotakt neural engine can split any track into vocals, instrumentals, bass, drums, and other audio tracks.
\nIn addition, you can upscale vocal tracks to clean up the voice and adjust the pitch. This feature is ideal for musicians and content makers.
\nThe new Chinese model DeepSeek-V3 becomes a competitor to ChatGPT:
\n– registration requires only your email and password
\n– the neural is quite fast: answers are generated in seconds
\n– Thinking mode, where AI turns into an academic on any topic
\n– the model can read diagrams and generate any texts
\n– files of different sizes can be uploaded
\n– the neuron is good at working with code
\n– absolutely free
\nHailuo AI from China can clone any voice without censorship in a few seconds. Its library includes more than 300 voices in different languages and intonations. The model also allows for full customization: you can change the tone, speed, and timbre and add sound effects.
\nThe Chinese have released a worthy competitor to ChatGPT.
\nThe Qwen2.5-Plus chatbot provides accurate answers, can read documents and images, and is completely free of charge.
\nKrea allows rotating models in its “Photoshop”
\nKrea developers have come up with an incredible feature for their neuro-Photoshop: you can drop any object and edit its position in 3D space.
\nThe Upscayl neuron has received a 16x upscale, so now it can save even the most hopeless photos. The download is free.
\nThe Wegic neural network has become even cooler.
\nNow websites are generated in seconds, and all your edits can be made with simple queries.
\nYou just throw in a promo and you have a perfectly(?) designed website.
\nA working AI meme generator.
\nThe Brainrot neuron follows trends, selects relevant images, and produces memes that are even funny to read. And all this is free.
\nGoogle has released a top free guide to AI agents.
\nIt contains everything: basic knowledge, tools, architecture, training methods, and a step-by-step recipe for creating agents on LangChain and LangGraph.
\nIt is a cool service for learning languages with an AI interlocutor.
\nThe Lingocat neuron imitates the native speaker, gives feedback, and has tasks to improve skills. And all this is free of charge.
\nThe free neural from the Chinese outperforms(?) ChatGPT.
\nA new model called R1 has been released that outperforms the best version of ChatGPT. R1 is twice as powerful as the previous version and it has literally everything you need: programming, math, rewriting, and everything else. It’s worth noting that if you look at the graph of how it “outperforms”, it doesn’t encourage you to switch from OpenAI to the Chinese neural.
\nUniversal AI photo editor.
\nGenerating, replacing, or deleting details, styling, changing the background, and upscaling – and this is not the whole list of functions of the new and free Dzine neural.
\nPrompt generator for ChatGPT
\nPromptEngine works according to the official recommendations of OpenAI. The service also supports other language models: Claude, Gemini, LLama, and Mistral, which can be selected from a list.
\nOpenAI President showed a feature for the o1 model.
\nAccording to Greg Brockman, the o1 model works a bit differently than other types of AI, and to achieve high performance, you need to follow a certain plan in writing promos:
\nthe goal, response format, warning, and context.
\n(The Anatomy of an o1 Prompt attached an example image)
\nChatGPT can now write first.
\nThe neuron will remind you of important things like a real assistant. For example, in the morning, it can provide a ready-made excuse for being late for work, and in the evening, a convincing explanation for a deadline shift.
\nSo far, only 10 regular tasks are available, but by the end of the week, all paid users will receive the new feature.
\nOpenAI offers free tokens for ChatGPT.
\nHowever, there is a caveat: in exchange, they ask for permission to use your promos to train models.
\nThe offer lasts until the end of February. Pro users can get up to 1 million tokens per day, and mini-version users can get up to 10 million!
\nTrump has canceled Biden’s decree on control over AI development.
\nThe document, signed in 2023, required developers to share test results with the government to reduce risks. However, Republicans insisted that this restricted freedom of speech and hindered progress. Now, AI development is unrestricted again.
\nChina will organize a competition between robots and humans
\nIn April, China will host the world’s first half marathon where people will compete with robots. The race will involve 12,000 runners and dozens of androids. Technology versus biology is a real race of the era.
\nAI tokens soar after the Stargate project announcement.
\nOn January 23, Trump announced a $500 billion investment from the private sector in the development of AI infrastructure in the United States. As part of this project, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle will create a joint venture called Stargate. Immediately after this announcement, the AI and big data token market showed significant growth:
\n– AI16Z and AI Rig Complex (ARC) grew by 30% per day
\n– GRIFFAIN and ZEREBRO tokens doubled in price
\n– MetamonkeyAi (MMAI) showed an increase of 152.25%
\n– FLock.io (FLOCK) – by 57%
\nThe smartest o3-mini model will be free!
\nSam Altman said that this neural will be able to solve complex problems in programming, math, and data analysis – all for free.
\nFeatures of o3-mini:
\n– advanced analytical abilities
\n– accelerated data processing speed
\n– ease of use for everyone
\nThe release is planned for the near future.
\nOracle founder supports AI totalitarianism
\nBillionaire Larry Ellison stated that the total surveillance system with artificial intelligence based on cameras, drones, and police recorders will force citizens to “behave in the best way possible”.
\nOracle has recently entered into a partnership with OpenAI and Softbank. Digital dystopia is becoming a reality.
\nThe first Chinese base for robot training was opened in Shanghai
\nThey will learn to help around the house, play football, and assemble cars.
\nThe data obtained in the process will be shared with various companies.
\nCurrently, the center has more than 100 androids and plans to expand to a thousand by 2027.
\nChatGPT can now create any kind of application – a new Canvas feature has been released that runs the code right in the browser.
\n– There are no limits to ideas – we invent and ask AI to draw up a detailed project description.
\n– Copy and paste the request into the chat with the neuron, but add the “/canvas” command at the end.
\n– AI will produce a fully working application in React and HTML in a second – you can test it right away!
\n– There are no limits or restrictions – you can even clone YouTube in your browser.
\nThe feature is free.
\nTop 5 promos for working with any amount of information – the neural will squeeze out all the “water” from the source and give you only concise, verified facts:
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