You've outgrown your current 3PL
Service was great, but volume doubled and the relationship hasn't kept up. You need leverage — a real RFP in market — to renegotiate or move cleanly.
3PL RFP & Fulfillment Consulting · Commission-free
If you ship more than 50,000 orders a year, we run a data-driven RFP and audit to tell you — in plain numbers — whether to renegotiate, switch, or stay. Agnostic across DTC, B2B, and omnichannel. No preferred warehouse list, ever.
Drag to your annual order volume. We'll estimate what a competitive RFP typically recovers.
Directional estimate, not a quote. Real savings depend on your lanes, mix, and current rates — that's exactly what the audit measures.
When this is the right move
You do if even one of these is true right now.
Service was great, but volume doubled and the relationship hasn't kept up. You need leverage — a real RFP in market — to renegotiate or move cleanly.
You've already decided to leave. The question is who to move to, and how to manage the transition without breaking service for your customers.
Adding B2B wholesale, retail compliance, EDI, Amazon FBM, or international. Your incumbent isn't built for it — or wants a premium to handle it.
You're not unhappy, you just want a benchmark. We audit your invoices against the market and tell you the truth — sometimes it's "your rates are fine, stay put."
What you get
A full RFP-led engagement typically includes all of the following deliverables.
We pull your order data, SKU dimensions, ship-to ZIPs, and current invoices, then build a clean profile of what your fulfillment footprint actually costs today.
A standardized pricing template built around your specific volume, SKU mix, and service requirements — so quotes compare apples-to-apples, not vendor-favored math.
We pull from a directory of 5,000+ warehouses, 200+ fully vetted and authenticated, filter for fit on geography, service mix, vertical, and capacity, and surface a shortlist of three to five real candidates.
Coordinated 3PL meetings, technical Q&A, reference checks, and where it matters, in-person site visits. You stay in the driver's seat — we run the back-and-forth.
Every bid normalized into a single model so you can see true landed cost: receiving, storage, pick-and-pack, SLAs, value-added services, and stack each one scored against the others.
We read every line: renewal terms, minimums, GRI escalators, exit terms. Then we negotiate alongside you to close the gotchas before you sign.
If you switch, we project-manage the cutover: data migration, inventory transfer, parallel-run period, and post-go-live monitoring — so service to your customers doesn't break.
The process
Here's exactly what happens, week by week.
A 30-min kickoff, then we pull 12 months of order data, SKU master, current invoices, and carrier agreements. You don't need clean data — standardizing it is half of what we're here for.
We build a true cost model of your current fulfillment — pick & pack, storage, receiving, shipping, accessorials. This is what every future bid gets compared against.
Custom bid sheet, NDA package, vendor pre-qualification. We market the RFP to 3PLs that actually fit your profile — typically 8 to 12 invited, 3 to 5 finalists.
Structured 3PL meetings, reference checks, optional site visits for finalists. You see the same things they see — no black box.
Final scorecard, recommended pick with rationale, line-by-line contract review and negotiation. We push on rate amendments, escalators, minimums, and exit clauses on your behalf.
If you switch, we run the cutover: migration, inventory, parallel-run, monitoring. If you stay, you walk away with leverage you can use again next time.
Two ways to start
Sometimes a focused audit is enough. Here's how the two engagements compare.
You're seriously considering a move, or you want hard market data to renegotiate with.
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Working with Ryan was an extremely valuable experience — he advised us effectively on both strategic and operational matters when searching for a new 3PL partner. We reduced logistics costs by 20% and improved time to ship for end customers. He's the king of double wins.20% cost reduction + faster ship
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Self-serve, get matched, or work with us directly — pick the level of help you want.
Search 5,000+ vetted 3PLs yourself — filter by location, service, and vertical. No commissions, no pay-to-play rankings.
Open the directoryTell us your volume, channels, and where you ship. We'll hand-match you to 3 to 5 warehouses that actually fit — no spam, no sales floor.
Get matched freeA full data-driven RFP and audit, run end-to-end. We benchmark, market, negotiate, and manage the switch alongside you.
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No deck, no hard sell. We'll look at your volume, your channels, and your current setup, then tell you honestly whether an audit or a full RFP makes sense — or whether you're better off staying put.
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