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Every line is shown
Most estimators hand back one number. This one prints the rate card: each fee, the quantity it is charged on, and the arithmetic behind it.
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QUOTE ESTIMATOR
Price your operation before you call anyone.
Most 3PLs make you book a call to learn what a pallet costs. Move the sliders and watch the rate card build itself, line by line, on our published rates.
RATES
PUBLISHED
CALL NEEDED
NO
LINE ITEMS
SHOWN
UPDATED
LIVE
YOUR OPERATION
STORAGE BASIS
// ESTIMATED MONTHLY RATE CARDLIVE
MONTHLY
$21,161
PER ORDER
$17.63
PER UNIT
$7.35
ANNUAL
$253,933
COST MIX9 LINE ITEMS
INBOUNDSTORAGEOUTBOUNDVALUE ADDEDPARCELACCOUNT
- Receiving24 pallets × $9.00
- $216.00
- Inbound inspection2,880 units × $0.25
- $720.00
- Pallet storage60 pallets × $22.00
- $1,320.00
- Pick & pack — first item1,200 orders × $1.85
- $2,220.00
- Pick & pack — extra items1,680 picks × $0.35
- $588.00
- Standard packaging1,200 orders × $0.55
- $660.00
- FBA prep1,152 units × $0.85
- $979.20
- Returns processing48 returns × $2.75
- $132.00
- Parcel & surcharges1,200 labels × $11.94 (incl. 22% discount, 12% fuel)
- $14,325.89
VS TYPICAL 3PL — FULFILMENT ONLY, EX-POSTAGE−$3.90 / ORDER
OURS$6,835
TYPICAL$11,520
≈ $56,218 A YEAR BACK IN THE BUSINESS
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ESTIMATE ONLY — YOUR SKU PROFILE SETS THE FINAL RATE CARD
WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM
Every rate in the estimator is what we actually charge on this floor — the same receiving, storage, and pick fees that appear on a client invoice.
HOW THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT
A rate card, not a lead magnet.
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Storage both ways
Pallet or cubic foot. Bulky, slow-moving goods price very differently on the two bases — switch and watch the total move.
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Postage kept separate
Carrier postage is a pass-through, so it is excluded from the comparison. You are seeing fulfilment work against fulfilment work.
3PL PRICING, ANSWERED
What fulfillment actually costs.
Straight answers to the questions buyers ask before they book a call — no gate, no form.
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How much does a 3PL cost per order?
Most US 3PLs land between $4 and $10 per order for fulfilment work before postage. That covers the pick, the pack, packaging materials, and a share of receiving and storage. Our published rates work out around $5.70 per order on a typical 1,200-order month with 2.4 units per order.
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How is 3PL warehouse storage priced?
Two ways. Per pallet position, typically $15 to $40 a month, or per cubic foot, typically around $0.46 a month. Pallet pricing suits dense, fast-moving stock; cubic-foot pricing suits bulky or slow-moving goods. Our calculator lets you switch between both.
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What does Amazon FBA prep cost?
FBA prep is charged per unit and usually runs $0.50 to $1.50 depending on the work — FNSKU labelling, polybagging, suffocation warnings, bundling, and carton compliance. We charge $0.85 per unit on the share of volume you send to Amazon.
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What hidden fees do 3PLs charge?
The common ones are receiving per pallet, a monthly minimum spend, account management, packaging upcharges, and parcel surcharges — fuel at 10 to 15 percent of the label, residential delivery around $4 to $5, and peak-season surcharges. Every one of those appears as its own line in our calculator rather than being folded into a single number.
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Is there a minimum volume to use a 3PL?
Not with us. We take a few pallets as readily as a full container programme. There is a monthly account minimum of $450, which most operations clear in their first month.
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How long does 3PL onboarding take?
About a week. Two days to scope volumes and issue a rate card, three days to connect storefronts, carriers, and SKUs to the WMS, then your first receipt goes live on the dashboard.
WHAT IT ASSUMES
Read this before you quote it to your board.
The estimate is honest but generic. It assumes standard-sized, non-hazardous goods on standard pallet positions, and it cannot know your SKU dimensions, seasonality, or carrier mix — the three things that move a real rate card most.
- RECEIVING
- Per pallet, unloaded and put away
- STORAGE
- Billed monthly on occupied positions
- PICK & PACK
- First item plus each additional pick
- FBA PREP
- Per unit on the share you send to Amazon
- RETURNS
- Per returned order, graded and dispositioned
- PARCEL
- Discounted label plus fuel and residential
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