We thank you all for allowing us to be a part of your lives, through our business and our personal selves. We look forward to serving you all with more inspiration, motivation, upliftment and rejuvenation. With incessant gratitude and resilient optimism, Fahim and Seema Mojawalla, Co-Owners Island Ship Center #SpaOfShipping #FahimFix #SeemaSolves

Our annual sale is back this year, and this time, to accommodate for social distancing, we are extending our 20% discount for the entire week, beginning 10 AM on Saturday, November 27th, 2021, which is Small Business Saturday, a day celebrating small businesses across the country. This year, we are extending our sale all week, until December 3rd, to accommodate for everyone to be able to enjoy our selection and the discount. Seema will be having a selection of purses availabl

Not long ago, we were all extremely conscious of cleaning our hands and making sure we were germ free, and rightfully so. We saw the benefit of that one action in preventing the spread of viruses. Let us implore you now to clean your houses, dorms, office spaces and businesses of all the clutter too so that you can destress your minds. Did you know that ID theft is a growing problem in the US and that shredding your old documents is great way to prevent that theft from occurr

As we try to streamline our printing processes, we have reached another crossroad: How to deal with Microsoft Office files, specifically Word and Excel documents. Since different versions of Word (and Excel) are used by different guests, we encounter many situations where files are sent as one size but the printed version differs (even slightly) from what's on screen (since our version of Word differs from our guest's version), thereby precluding any printing excellence for w

Have you ever traveled to an amazing destination and right before you leave, you realize that you have left something behind in your hotel room? Five years ago, we began picking up guest lost and found items from a couple of hotels in our area. This year, we have officially launched this service to include all of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. We are currently servicing almost two dozen hotels and the list is growing steadily. Twice a week, especially in the summer peak months, s

Fahim was invited at the end of May to speak to the Grand Island Rotary Club about building a community business through leadership and team building. He talked about seven main tips to success, as mentioned by one of his favorite speakers, Lewis Howes, who also hosts the successful podcast The School of Greatness. In his talk, Fahim also talked about the importance of being a servant leader and inspiring teams through character building and personal development, something we

Last year, we launched SeemaBoutique.com to showcase all our products in the store and bring them online for everyone to enjoy and purchase. After one year, we have modified our strategy to concentrate on Seema's own line of products, known as Seema's Naturals. Based on the past year's sales from SeemaBoutique.com, we have recognized the need to concentrate on Seema's handmade body care products, which are loved by everyone that has ordered and tried them. So, with help of R

For the past 22 weeks, with Anthony’s dedicated assistance, we at Island Ship Center have been posting videos on our YouTube channel every week and then sharing them with you through our blog and weekly emails. Despite our incredibly busy schedule, we have not failed to post one video every week for almost six months. We love what we do and love sharing our content with the world. However, now that summer is almost here, Fahim and Anthony’s schedules are getting even busier a

Seema and I have been married for almost 25 years (since Sept 1996). For 15 of those years, I have repeatedly asked her to give me permission to skydive. And, just like clockwork, she has repeatedly and emphatically said, “No!” This past February, as a surprise to her for our upcoming 25th Anniversary, I took her to Los Cabos, Mexico. It was a magical vacation, not only because it was with my beloved life partner, but also because it was the first vacation she and I took in

15 years ago, we began working on our dream to setup up a model community business by setting up Island Ship Center inside a storage unit on Baseline Road with three services: FedEx retail shipping, copies and faxing. Over the years, we continued to serve our amazing community, clients and friends with additional services and are now so thankful to have reached a milestone in our business. (Please be sure to check out the business growth timeline on this page). As we celebra

Two weeks ago, our store basement was quite filthy and disorganized. Let us provide the back story on this mess. We are normally very careful to clean, disinfect and sanitize our store and warehouse daily. However, our basement gets ignored many times because it's only used for storage and does not see many human visitors at all. Adam and Musa, our two warehouse experts, decided to finally clean and organize our basement because every time they went downstairs to get boxes or

In this video, Fahim talks to Anthony about three top tips to success, as mentioned by Les Brown: Proper mindset, OQP (Only Quality People), and learning clear, effective communication. He ends the video talking about Simon Sinek's principle (and the title of his newest book) The Infinite Principle, that people are finite but business is infinite and needs to be treated that way if it is to outlast the business owner. As first generation business owners, we are both very awar

In February, while visiting his brother in Phoenix, Anthony, one of our team members, also visited our dear friend Mike in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mike is the owner of Postal Max in Scottsdale, Arizona and has been in business since 1995. Anthony made an awesome video of his visit for all of you to enjoy. We have learned so much from Mike and we thank him for his trust and wisdom. Mike is a veteran store owner and he has taught us a lot about this industry so we were elated when

Sidney Tarver is one of our dear clients at the Island Ship Center. He’s an entrepreneur who also played a year in the National Football League. We were truly honored and grateful to host him for a few hours recently as he spoke some words of wisdom to our team, including the importance of authenticity, gratitude, discipline and consistency. He called his visits to the #SpaOfShipping​ as “therapeutic,” and we were elated. He began his talk by asking our team, “Would you be wi

At the end of January, we held a team meeting for our entire Island Ship Center family team members. It was four hours long and we had an amazing guest speaker plus amazing food so our team did not get bored! We discussed past strategies of our business, December's sales figures, forecast for 2021, character building, personal development, diversification strategies, and much more. Our guest speaker, Sidney Tarver, is an entrepreneur and business leader who is also an ex NFL

John and Denise from Minnesota are our dear friends. They own Postal Dispatch Business Center in Bloomington. We have learned so much from them over the years. A few years ago, we traveled to their store to study their operations so that we could grow our printing business. When we returned, we told them that we would be back because one visit was just not enough. Last year, due to the pandemic, we had to cancel our tickets to Minneapolis. A couple of weeks ago, a special gif

Recently, five of our ISC family team members took a 6 hour online certification class to become packaging experts. Due to the pandemic, the course, which is administered by AMBC, the Association of Mail and Business Centers, and taught by Marty Johnson, owner of Uncle Marty's Shipping Office in Ithaca, New York, was taught just as effectively online via Zoom. Our team members loved it. In fact, they shared their sentiments in a video. Take a look below (watch until the end t

After constantly debating with the Island Ship Center team, Fahim has finally decided to take the leap and purchase an iPhone for use at the store and for the business. He's been an Android user since 2008 so there was a significant learning curve. However, all the wonderful ISC family members, all of whom own iPhones, made this transition almost seamless. Watch as Fahim goes through the transformation. He especially loves the Facetime and Face ID features. He also loves the