u/Murder-Goat

I have the infrastructure and warehouse in place for fulfillment of refrigerated/frozen items. I have one main customer that keeps this afloat, but I really love the business and think it has a lot of potential to be huge. My main business knowledge is wholesale distribution and I am also a web developer/engineer. We offer fulfillment as a service for our clients, but I would like to build this 3pl as a separate dedicated business.

I guess I am looking to maybe talk with someone who has experience with running a 3pl and maybe see if there are any partnership opportunities. This is a big market with a high barrier to entry (infrastructure cost).

I have the infrastructure in place and resources to handle much more business. I am just getting hung up on a few aspects of the business that is making me a little hesitant to dedicate full time into building this.

1. Getting clients - I have done cold outreach to companies that I think would be a good fit with no luck. My thinking would just be to try to rank on Google and do paid search advertising. I don't know if there might be a better way of connecting with potential clients.

2. Pricing - I'm not totally sure on how to price this. I would like to offer any and all services related to 3pl (at least to start). Storage, receiving, pick/pack, B2C/B2B shipping, repacking, kitting, etc. I feel like each client may have different needs and each with its own set of demands, and is hard to implement a rigid fee schedule. I also don't know what my competitors are charging.

3. Integrating into clients ecommerce software. Not sure on what software would be best for this. If clients even need this.

I know i'd like to offer no or low minimums. Have someone available 24/7 for the client. Set myself apart from the big companies. Make the client feel special and important whether they send 10 orders or 10,000 orders.

If anyone with experience would like to talk and explore partnering in something like this or just have any advice in general please feel free to reach out.

I have a distribution business and we offer refrigerated/frozen fulfillment as a service to our customers. We have one main client that keeps this part of the business fairly busy but we have the infrastructure and resources to really expand our fulfillment business. I really love fulfillment and think I am very good at managing this and would love to expand it. I just wanted to get your guys opinions on if you think there is a demand for such a service and if there is room for a new small player.

I know there are a ton of regular dry good 3pl fulfillment companies. There aren’t a ton that offer refrigerated or frozen fulfillment (products like food, flowers, supplements, medicine) because the cost to start something like this is fairly high. However the companies that do offer this are massive with many locations. So I’m not sure if there is room in the market for me with just my one location. I am in the fortunate position of having the infrastructure, space, and resources to operate something like this.

Right now this business doesn’t have its own website or its own business. It’s just a service we offer. I am thinking about making this a separate business, building a separate dedicated website and really promoting it to get new clients. I just wanted to see if you guys had any opinions on this type of business…thoughts…maybe you have a product that could use refrigerated fulfillment..how to get clients..

What do you guys think?

I have a distribution business and we offer refrigerated/frozen fulfillment as a service to our customers. We have one main client that keeps this part of the business fairly busy but we have the infrastructure and resources to really expand our fulfillment business. I really love fulfillment and think I am very good at managing this and would love to expand it. I just wanted to get your guys opinions on if you think there is a demand for such a service and if there is room for a new small player.

I know there are a ton of regular dry good 3pl fulfillment companies. There aren’t a ton that offer refrigerated or frozen fulfillment (products like food, flowers, supplements, medicine) because the cost to start something like this is fairly high. However the companies that do offer this are massive with many locations. So I’m not sure if there is room in the market for me with just my one location. I am in the fortunate position of having the infrastructure, space, and resources to operate something like this.

Right now this business doesn’t have its own website or its own business. It’s just a service we offer. I am thinking about making this a separate business, building a separate dedicated website and really promoting it to get new clients. I just wanted to see if you guys had any opinions on this type of business…thoughts…maybe you have a product that could use refrigerated fulfillment..how to get clients..

What do you guys think?