Fulfilment service for larger product

[Susiestartup]

Hi community,
I'm looking for some advice and recommendations. I am a start up company that will be importing items from China (can't get them made to the same quality any closer). I would love a fulfillment service to handle the stock, storage, pick and pack etc but I'm struggling to find a fulfillment house as my product is quite large- each individual product is 150cmx20cmx20cm (though they come boxed in 12s). Anyone know where I should be looking or any other advice?!

Thanks in advance,
Susie

 

[WebshopMechanic]

Hi Susie,

I would always suggest you have a fulfilment centre nearby where you live just in case you need to go there and sort out some labelling / quality control, etc. However, a company I can recommend is Mentfield.

These guys are based in Hounslow and manage the handling, fulfilment and shipping for a luggage client of mine. As you can imagine, luggage is not a small thing to ship but they seem to take care of it and are relatively affordable.

Matt

 

[Susiestartup]

Thanks Matt- I'll look into them.

 

[Iain Hill]

HI Susiestartup,

I am from a fulfilment company and this is something that we may be able to help with. We are used to receiving over sized items from China in containers and dispatching them straight to the consumer. We also normally integrate direct with our customers sales channels.

I somewhat agree and disagree with Matt's comments on proximity to the fulfilment house. Depending on the stock and your own preferences some customers we have are form the local area and being able to visit whenever they want (within reason) suits them and they wouldn't have it any other way. However, we do have customers here who are based abroad and even a few in the UK who have never actually been here as they don't feel the need to. It just depends on what is important to you.

If you have any questions on fulfilment please feel free to get in contact by sending me a message.

Thanks,

Iain