What is eCommerce
fulfillment?
eCommerce fulfillment is the operational process of managing inventory, picking, packing, and shipping products from online orders for delivery directly to consumers, and processing customer returns. eCommerce fulfillment can be done manually in-house by eCommerce brands, or, more commonly, outsourced to an experienced eCommerce fulfillment centre or 3PL (third-party logistics) provider, such as Autofulfil.
Why outsource eCommerce fulfillment?
In-house fulfillment often makes sense for new startups.
Most new eCommerce brands start out fulfilling online orders themselves from home, an office, or a retail store. In the beginning of a new startup business, this can be the most cost-effective option to manage inconsistent and low-volume order fulfillment.
Once you’re shipping 100+ orders per month in-house fulfillment quickly becomes too difficult to manage.
But as your online store grows, the fulfillment process can quickly become an operational nightmare if you don’t have the know-how, capital, space, experience, staff, software systems, equipment, and processes in place to scale your eCommerce fulfillment operation.
Every minute spent on operations and logistics is a minute not spent growing your business.
Perhaps most importantly, in-house fulfillment takes precious time – and a lot of it. Every minute wasted on the operational complexities of managing eCommerce fulfillment in-house is a minute your team could be focusing on product development, sales, and marketing efforts that grow your business.
Outsourcing fulfillment enables brands to quickly and effortlessly scale.
Outsourcing your eCommerce fulfillment to an experienced 3PL partner with the capacity for high-volume order processing takes away the operational headaches and gives you your time back so you can grow your business to a larger scale faster, easier, and more affordably.
How it works
Other benefits of outsourcing fulfillment to a 3PL partner include:
No significant financial investment required for warehouse real estate, warehouse management software, equipment, or warehousing staff.
Instant access to experience – no need to spend time and resources developing team knowledge and skills in logistics.
Better shipping discounts negotiated by a 3PL than you would be able to get from the shipping carriers yourself (by leveraging the 3PL’s higher collective shipping volumes).
Autofulfil’s eCommerce fulfillment services include:
Autofulfil provides full-service fulfillment solutions, so you can chill while we fulfill. Our fulfillment services include:
Want to learn more about eCommerce fulfillment with Autofulfil?
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