#ops-3pl
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This is worth a shot, found in a thread online.
“All you need to do is to create a custom shipping profile for the item you want exempt from free shipping. Settings > Shipping and Delivery > Create new profile > Add only that specific product to the profile and its rate..”
Hey <@U07QQ683H1A> 👋
I can tell you that @Michael Tucker and his team at Hook are terrific!
The good news is there are many great 3PLs on the west coast for 200 monthly orders, but before I drop a bunch of names on you, I'd love to learn a little more about your specific needs ... things like the product type, order volumes, SKUs, planned sales channels, etc, to better help qualify a handful of options.
As I say all the time, the relationship between a brand and a 3PL is kinda like a marriage - there are many variables that go into identifying a great partner. That "dating" work is exactly why I built , a free AI-powered platform that helps brands like yours discover and connect with qualified 3PL partners.
Feel free to check it out, and I'm happy to chat and answer any questions!
Awesome- saw that. Chat next week!
We'd love to help you at - we have a Riverside, CA location. DM me and we can jump on a call anytime
Hi All - Can anyone provide a rec for a 3PL for a ~1M revenue brand?
Roughly 1.5K orders per month. 50ish SKUs. Currently using a 3PL that has 2 locations across the US. Something similar for inventory splitting purposes would be ideal.
Thank you!
Hey - Anyone have a rec for a 3PL in the northwest that they trust?
Hive as well
ShipEssential
Hi Everyone, any experience with using Hive () for 3PL in Europe? Good, bad?
Jack, would love help! Helping brands like yours discover and connect with 3PLs is exactly what I do.
Do you have any preferences within Europe? UK, or central, or eastern?
Also, is this mostly DTC or retail as well?
Happy to make a few connections if you want to DM your info.
Just a random drop to help those in search: don’t use AP Express (near LA). Found them through a connection and they were the worst. We ship some weird things but they missed their SLA in month one. I thought we fixed it and got to a good rhythm this year, and then they tried to double our monthly fees outside of our contract. Granterion was awesome but I think they’re about to close. 1Click is our new 3PL that has some Granterion folks. Have only been there 2 months but so far so good (as far as anything in logistics can be).
Hey all! For anyone using NetSuite, does anyone know if there’s a way to set up an order tracking landing page within Shopify?
Looking for a Shopify shipping consultant to help us optimize ShipStation, free shipping strategy, real-time rates, and pricing. Not a 3PL. We want to build smarter in-house systems. Know anyone?
📌 Welcome to #ops-3plPlease Read Before Posting
Channel Purpose:
This space is for DTC founders and operators to trade notes on third-party logistics, fulfillment, and warehousing.
Whether you’re scaling to a new 3PL, navigating ops headaches, or optimizing your fulfillment stack, this is where we talk shop.
What belongs here:
✅ Candid reviews or feedback on 3PLs and warehousing partners
✅ Fulfillment workflows, software setups, and shipping strategies
✅ Real-world lessons from scaling, switching providers, or fixing ops bottlenecks
What doesn’t:
❌ Salesy vendor pitches
❌ Generic advice without firsthand experience or details
Need a recommendation?
Ask away, but give context (order volume, region, product type, etc.) so others can help meaningfully.
Shin
set the channel description: Third-party logistics, fulfillment, and warehousing.
has renamed the channel from "wholesale-tariffs" to "ops-3pl"
Hey all! If you need help with sourcing packaging and hard goods shoot me a DM. The team I've been working with 3 offices in China and have done an amazing job of locating new partners in Vietnam and Cambodia to ease the volatility of tarrifs.
They always come with EXTREMELY competitive pricing and can't recommend them enough.
Hi all. Wondering if anyone has worked with before. I had some from the brand reach out for wholesale opportunity.
Hey, just curious if anyone here is looking at selling in Europe as a way to de-risk? Either expanding or going harder if you’re already there.
Can anyone confirm, does the tariff apply to the date goods leave the country of origin, or the date they land in the US?
This is what I was just advised from Australia Post here in Australia which I found interesting.
Country of Origin can be country of shipment, not country of manufacture. They have even published it on their website.
I still am struggling to find any backup information to prove this is the case.
Curious what others here are seeing in their D2C worlds. Are your brands or partners feeling the tariff pressure? Are you/they making moves—or waiting it out? Here's a quick snapshot of what we’re hearing across our eComm network this week:
How It’s Playing Out Across Our eCommerce Network:
• Some saw it coming. A few merchants stocked up early—especially those with lighter SKUs that could be flown in quickly via air freight. That speed let them land inventory before the new, higher tariffs took effect. It was a smart move for the right products.
• Others are hitting pause. Uncertainty is driving some to stop importing altogether. For those with agile supply chains, this leaves room to pivot fast when/if tariffs ease.
• Tariff Roulette. Some merchants have goods somewhere on the Pacific right now—shipped before the latest announcements, but arriving after. They’re unsure what duties will apply when containers land, and there’s been little clear guidance. It’s a wait-and-see situation.
• Price hikes incoming. One customer shared their tariff math (170% 😳), citing layers of increases they can no longer absorb. They're warning their customers now.
• Reevaluating sourcing—but cautiously. Many have explored alternatives for years but couldn’t justify the switch. Today, the unknowns are so great that change feels riskier than ever—especially for brands with specialized products.
• Renegotiation season? Some merchants are using this moment to reprice with suppliers. If tariffs drop later, those who locked in new rates might end up with a serious margin win.
<@U07UXLNTEMA> by no means an authority but have imported a lot of products to the USA, including products where inputs purchased from many different suppliers make up the imported finished product. Commercial invoices should reflect the full value of the goods being imported, including any materials provided free of charge by the buyer to a supplier. As such, I don't think you can make a faithful declaration to CBP if you omit raw materials purchased in a different country and supplied FOC to the supplier making the fininshed product. Whether some people would still make declarations on that basis is another matter!
If your supply chain partners can support it’s a great option. Some of our brand partners are doing it for their overseas POs. It starts to strain with the extreme tariff levels we’ve been seeing.