Suggestions on good fulfillment company

[PopEmersen]

I've started dropshipping some items in a niche from Aliexpress to gauge demand for that niche and i've found that there is substantial demand. Now I need to order inventory but I want to be able to have it shipped to a fulfillment company to pack and ship. Any ideas on a good company?

I am in Atlanta, most of my customers are in high density areas i.e. NY, LA, Chicago and I have customer in London. My products will come from China. So the process in my head looks like this:

I order from supplier in China
Supplier ships to Fulfillment Center
I send orders to Fulfillment Center via Shopify
Fulfillment center packs and ships items
Shopify inventory updates

I don't want to use Amazon because my experience with their seller support as been horrid. They still have $800 of my money from Dec. that they refuse to disburse to me. So, if you guys can recommend a company, please do.

 

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[PopEmersen]

Anyone?

 

[theag]

How many fulfillment companies have you called so far?

 

[PopEmersen]

How many fulfillment companies have you called so far?

I've spoken to two. The CEO of one is in a shopify fb group im in, the other by email, but i wanted to hear from other entrepreneurs on their experiences or recommendations.

 

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[PopEmersen]

No one has any experience with any fulfillment companies? No recommendations?

 

[Denim Chicken]

No one has any experience with any fulfillment companies? No recommendations?

Shipwire, Fulfillrite work with shopify

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I use PSSC is Michigan, not sure if they do anything else other than books or media materials. Been using them for 5 years and completely satisfied.

 

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[lovecharm]

Ok, let me tell you my idea.

I have a warehouse and manager in Delaware, I also have corporate Fedex account set up (plus USPS as well), now my retail sales is not that high, most of my sales are wholesale, so my manager is quite free most of the time, I was actually thinking of maybe use part of my warehouse as a fulfillment centre.

I don't know how much to charge or anything yet, I guess whatever is the market rate I will do it slightly cheaper than that.

@PopEmersen let me know if you are still looking for the fulfillment centre, send me a PM and will discuss further, let's see if it's something I can help you with.

 

[PopEmersen]

Shipwire, Fulfillrite work with shopify

Thanks. Do you have any experience with either of them?

 

[Denim Chicken]

Thanks. Do you have any experience with either of them?

I dont yet but I looked into it. It's about $2.90 or so per pick meaning 1 item. If there's additional items in the order it's extra couple cents I forget, maybe like $.85? It's on their website. If you do more orders per month, this rate goes down. They also can put in label or cards for you for extra.

I dont know the weight limit on shipwire though. but you can also send inventory to multiple warehouses so your shipping time across the US is spread out. Shipping is calculated based on your specific dimensions which I didn't put in. but I think it could be on par with amazon FBA depending on what you sell and the weight. Amazon fba is at least $4 on the low end and only goes up with price.

In terms of reliability im not sure how good they are but theyve been around for at least a year and seem to be a decent sized operation. I think they give a free trial

 

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[PennyAlbritton]

I almost drowned fulfilling my very own product from my garage. Then i was told about Velocityship! The did a outstanding process hand holding me to get my product up and running with them. It surely made the whole manner computerized. we are now the use of it for Amazon, website, and ebay achievement. We just opened a united kingdom center too and look ahead to our growth. I highly recommend Velocityship!