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Find a 3PL that fits your orders and products

Five questions, checked against what 20 fulfillment providers publish on their own pages. We show who fits, who we left out and why.

Your answers: Orders a month: 2,000 to 10,000 · What you ship: General products · Number of SKUs: Under 100 · Item size: Small and light · Where you sell from: US. Must-haves from those answers: a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country. We assumed the first answer for: what you ship, number of skus, item size, where you sell from.

Lowest cost and our pick

Postage billed on top

  • For your answers · must have a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country

    Our pick

    Amplifier $7,100 a month

    Lowest cost, and it has a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month and a warehouse in your country.

    Why not the others?

    Left out: Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) US, Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) US (fulfils only its own marketplace's orders); 4 others (delivery is included in its price).

    Can't confirm here (a must-have or the full price isn't published): Shopify Fulfillment Network (3PL partner directory), ShipBob, ShipMonk, Red Stag Fulfillment, ShipHero Fulfillment (now LVK), Rush Order Inc, eFulfillment Service (EFS), Fulfillrite, Saltbox, Shipfusion, ShipNetwork, Stord (incl. former Ware2Go by UPS), Ryder E-commerce Fulfillment (formerly Whiplash), Easyship Fulfillment, ShipTop.

How we picked

Pick and pack for single-item orders plus fixed monthly fees and minimums, before storage, receiving and postage, at regular-season rates. Our pick is the lowest cost option that has every must-have; within 10% of it, no contract, faster payouts and longer support hours win. Payment from a provider never changes it. How we pick

Delivery included in the price

  • For your answers · must have a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country

    Our pick

    None with a full price

    No option publishes every must-have with a full price.

    Lowest cost: Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) US $21,140 a month

    Cheapest overall. It doesn't publish whether it meets these must-haves: a minimum your volume meets and a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month.

    Why not the others?

    Left out: Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) US, Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) US (fulfils only its own marketplace's orders); 17 others (postage is billed on top).

    Can't confirm here (a must-have or the full price isn't published): Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) US, Flexport eCommerce Fulfillment, Simpl Fulfillment, Fulfyld.

How we picked

The fulfillment fee with delivery included, for single-item orders, plus fixed monthly fees and minimums, before storage and receiving, at regular-season rates. Our pick is the lowest cost option that has every must-have; within 10% of it, no contract, faster payouts and longer support hours win. Payment from a provider never changes it. How we pick

7 that fit

Every must-have is published on the provider's own pages. Neutral order: full published prices first (cheapest first within a price type), then the rest by name. Payment from a provider never changes it.

  • Amplifier

    $7,100 a month at 2,500 orders (postage billed on top)

    Its own pages publish: a minimum your volume meets; a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month; a warehouse in your country.

    The published wording
    • a minimum your volume meets: “Amplifier offers instant signup with no shipment minimums and no long term commitment.” source
    • a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month: “2,501 - 5,000 Monthly Orders” source
    • a warehouse in your country: “Amplifier is a full-service 3PL headquartered in Austin, TX. ... We operate simultaneously as a warehouse operator and as your system of record” source
  • ShipCalm

    $9,386 a month at 2,500 orders (postage billed on top)

    Its own pages publish: a minimum your volume meets; a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month; a warehouse in your country.

    The published wording
    • a minimum your volume meets: “We don’t have any type of minimum monthly order volume” source
    • a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month: “ShipCalm works with brands at all stages — from early-stage startups shipping a few hundred orders per month to established brands shipping tens of thousands.” source
    • a warehouse in your country: “Currently we have fulfillment centers that we operate located in Souther California servicing the west coast, along with Indiana” source
  • eFulfillment Service (EFS)

    Quote only: no full published price at your volume

    Its own pages publish: a minimum your volume meets; a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month; a warehouse in your country.

    The published wording
    • a minimum your volume meets: “No. eFulfillment Service has no order minimums, no setup fees, and no long-term contracts.” source
    • a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month: “EFS serves brands shipping from a few orders a week to tens of thousands a month, with 87,000+ SKUs handled across 800+ brands since 2001.” source
    • a warehouse in your country: “All orders ship from our fulfillment center in Traverse City, Michigan” source
  • Fulfillrite

    Quote only: no full published price at your volume

    Its own pages publish: a minimum your volume meets; a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month; a warehouse in your country.

    The published wording
    • a minimum your volume meets: states a floor of 250 orders a month, at or below 2,500
    • a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month: “On the high end, we comfortably serve brands up to about 45,000 orders per month” source
    • a warehouse in your country: “Our facilities are US-based, and we ship worldwide from the United States” source
  • Fulfyld

    Quote only: no full published price at your volume

    Its own pages publish: a minimum your volume meets; a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month; a warehouse in your country.

    The published wording
    • a minimum your volume meets: “Rates shown are for 0 - 250 orders/mo.” source
    • a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month: “Most of our customers ship roughly 500-5,000+ orders per month.” source
    • a warehouse in your country: “Fulfyld is headquartered in the Huntsville, Alabama metro (511 6th St, Madison, AL) ... One warehouse. Zero hand-offs.” source
2 more that fit
Who was left out, and what we can't confirm

Can't confirm (not published, so not ruled out): Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment (MCF) US (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); Easyship Fulfillment (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country); Flexport eCommerce Fulfillment (a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); Red Stag Fulfillment (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); Rush Order Inc (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country); Ryder E-commerce Fulfillment (formerly Whiplash) (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); Saltbox (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); ShipBob (a minimum your volume meets); ShipHero Fulfillment (now LVK) (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); ShipMonk (a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); ShipNetwork (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); ShipTop (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month); Shopify Fulfillment Network (3PL partner directory) (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country); Stord (incl. former Ware2Go by UPS) (a minimum your volume meets, a published rate, tier or case at 2,000 or more orders a month, a warehouse in your country).

Not comparable: Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) US, Walmart Fulfillment Services (WFS) US fulfil only their own marketplace's orders.

An unpublished term never counts as a fit and is never read as a no. How we pick

Published by Ian Chang. We may earn a fee from some providers. It never changes the prices we show or what we recommend. How we rank