Any good recommendations for Fulfillment Centres in USA?

[isabelle2001]

I'm living outside of USA, in Southeast Asia actually..
And I'm planning my eBay selling in USA, can anyone pls advise any fulfillment Centres I can use? Besides Amazon FBA

[dallis]

I'm not aware of anything else serves this purpose...

[isabelle2001]

What do you mean? I don't understand

[rsot]

What about using eb fulfillment? Is it cost-ineffective?

[dallis]

He/she wants someone to store and ship products in the US on demand, like Amazon does.

I'm not aware of EB fulfillment. Not sure there is any such thing, and wouldn't trust them if there was.

[isabelle2001]

I have found Evolve Fulfillment for fulfillment services in USA... They are good for startups.. Their website is : www.starter.evolvefulfilment.com

[GhostOfAmazon]

Link is invalid.

Here's a good one.

http://www.evolutionfulfillment.com/

[GhostOfAmazon]

What's their price range? I hate it when companies won't tell you the price without giving over your information. It usually means they need to have a dedicated salesperson to sell their service because it's expensive.

[isabelle2001]

The correct link should be: www.starter.evolvefulfillment.com

[GhostOfAmazon]

Thanks for the correction. Looks like the first link had a typo.

Anyone used them? Are they trustworthy? Reliable? Do they steal your products?

[rsot]

Hsh theft - terrible, hopefully not

[dallis]

Just mail your own stuff... seriously, what's with trying to outsource everything in life... nobody will handle your business like you will.

[GhostOfAmazon]

As OP said, he/she is living outside of the USA, hence it's not possible to both live in Asia AND "mail your own stuff" as the shipping times and cost would be enormous. Not everyone wants to be stuck in the rat race.....I'm actually going back to SEA in August as well. Warm weather, friendly people, not such a consumerist mentality.

[AK81]

You can use a service like shipito, send all your goods ready packed and ship it on when they sell. Note these services are costly.

[GhostOfAmazon]

AK:

Have you even checked the service you just recommended? This is for buying stuff, not fulfilling orders.

[yankee]

Originally Posted by dallis

Just mail your own stuff... seriously, what's with trying to outsource everything in life... nobody will handle your business like you will.

It is called hiring and ALL major businesses do this. If one ships there own stuff all they did is create a ****ty job for themselves. what happens if you get sick, want to take a year off etc.... rhetorical. Also they OP is not in the USA. They are looking for a service that can handle that aspect of business while they focus on transactions for abroad.

[jakobrockz]

Although some people aren't big enough to hire employees yet

I enjoy packaging my own packages everyday. It gives structure to my day and keeps me on my task of growing my business. I hope to have an employee by the end of the year.

[toml3030]

Originally Posted by GhostOfAmazon

As OP said, he/she is living outside of the USA, hence it's not possible to both live in Asia AND "mail your own stuff" as the shipping times and cost would be enormous.

So the OP wants to directly compete against massive Chinese drop ship operations with US presence. This isn't going to be cheap.

[GhostOfAmazon]

Let's stick to the topic.

Recommendations for fulfillment centers.

Looks like no one uses them.

That Evolve Fulfillment site seems shady. I can't find any info on them online, no reviews or anything. And it's too cheap.

[isabelle2001]

Ok, I'm shipping some items over.. Will keep you guys updated on their services.. I'll be the guinea pig first Ooooo... can't wait for my first fulfillment from orders in the USA!!!

[GhostOfAmazon]

Good luck Isabelle. I tried calling them several times and just got a busy signal. I contacted them via email and asked them to call me and they just replied to my email but never called.

It's a pretty website but the low price and lack of information makes me think it's a scam.

Do let us know though.

[dallis]

yankee...

They're not 'hiring', they're handing over the heart and core of their business, along with their inventory and future prospects, to a completely unknown third party in an entirely different country that nobody in this eCommerce forum, (which includes some extremely intelligent and experienced individuals), has ever used, without references or background checks, based solely on price.

That's what I call 'stupid'. Would you do the same thing if the unknown service were in Asia, given the above facts?

At least AZ has a reputation earned through billions of successful transactions over decades of business.

Ghost... isn't everybody always complaining that you can ship from China cheaper than the US because the Chinese government subsidizes the cost of the mail? So what exactly, other than the possible time lag, which can be minimized by quick packaging, is the advantage to doing this?