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What is the best delivery method for you to use? What is the fastest method of sending packages, Should you be using the postal service or another courier service? It starts to get confusing. Delivery is eating into your margins, and you also realize that the spare bedroom you converted into a warehouse is running out of space fast for all your product.That side hobby now looks like a full-time job, and you need to find some help! That’s where third-party logistics can come into play and help you with your overall supply chain and logistics as needed.What is third-party logistics?Commonly referred to as 3PL, it’s a full-fledged logistical and warehousing solution to ensure that you can focus on marketing and sales of your product while your 3PL partner helps to ensure the product gets to where it needs to go in a prompt manner.Pick, Pack and ShipThe pick, pack, and ship feature is one of the best advantages of working with a third-party logistics company for those who have their own e-commerce site or even work with marketplaces like Etsy, Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Walmart, and so on. We can connect your store to our state-of-the-art warehouse management system, and whenever an order is placed, the details can be routed to us, where we pick the item, pack the item and ship the item.But, of course, this doesn’t only work well with e-commerce businesses but also when you finish a crowdfunding campaign, and you need that one-time service of getting those goods out to the people who earned rewards.FBA prepRather than letting Amazon prepare and sticker your items, We can help you prepare and label your items prior to sending them to Fulfillment by Amazon, which will help you better manage costs and margins and speed up the process before they reach FBA distribution centers. Rather than having Amazon prepare your items, we can do it faster and for a fraction of the cost. Additionally, a full prep center can be used to bundle or kit items, something that Amazon does not offer. Returns managementReturns can also be handled by a provider such as ourselves. We can take the return and assess if the product is viable to be resold as ‘like new’ or used or whether it needs to be returned to you, the business owner, directly. So that whole end-to-end process is another service you don’t have to worry about handling yourself. Warehouse managementThis is one of the best elements of working with a 3PL business, all that warehouse management space. Since you will only be using a portion of a public warehouse, based on the area you need, you won’t have to pay for the entire warehouse itself, adding yet another cost-effective measure and margin improvement to your business.In addition, pallet storage helps for heavier items, as well as for better optimization with your items, and helps us to move your items in bulk format when necessary. By partnering with a third-party logistics company, you get goods in and out as needed, increasing your revenues without the headache.Click to learn even more about pick , pack and ship.