Category: Fulfillment

6 Best Fulfillment Center for Ecommerce Startups in 2024

Joe Warnimont
Articles Ecommerce Fulfillment Fulfillment

Running a startup is tough work, and in the ecommerce business, it often means fulfilling products from your own office, home, or even a garage. But at some point, you’ll want to find a fulfillment provider to offer faster shipping, and to focus on other parts of your business. We found the best fulfillment center for startups after rigorous research. Below, you’ll learn about our top choice, along with the other top contenders. 

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Best 5 ShipStation Alternatives for 3PL and Shipping Success

Joe Warnimont
Articles Ecommerce Fulfillment Fulfillment Shipping

As one of the most popular shipping apps for ecommerce order fulfillment, ShipStation often gets recommended for managing shipments, finding great deals from carriers, and sending tracking codes. But ShipStation isn’t for everyone, whether it’s due to the ShipStation pricing, interface, or geographical support. That’s why we put together the best ShipStation alternatives, to not only show that there’s a wide range of shipping software to choose from, but to give you an idea of which ShipStation alternatives may work best for your ecommerce business. 

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Best ShipBob Alternatives for Ecommerce Fulfillment in 2025

Joe Warnimont
Articles Ecommerce Fulfillment Fulfillment Shipping

If you’re running an ecommerce store and ShipBob isn’t quite cutting it—whether it’s pricing, delivery times, or support—you’re not alone.

Plenty of brands are exploring alternatives, especially as ecommerce becomes more global, faster-paced, and margin-sensitive.

We tested, compared, and reviewed 10 of the top fulfillment solutions based on:

Cost transparency Shipping speed Software integrations International capabilities Custom branding and packaging Support quality

Here are the best ShipBob alternatives right now based on our 2025 research.

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Best Fulfillment Center in Florida (Tampa)

Joe Warnimont
Articles Ecommerce Fulfillment Fulfillment Shipping

If you intend to ship ecommerce products to Florida, or anywhere in the Southwest region of the United States, it’s best to use a fulfillment center in Florida, or at least within the surrounding area. This way, you’re more likely to provide fast shipments to customers, and you don’t have to worry about expensive shipping rates when compared to shipping from further away. 

Whether it’s a fulfillment center in Tampa Bay, Orlando, Miami, or even a city from the nearby states of Georgia and Alabama, these locations will assist you in meeting customer demands throughout the Southeast. 

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ShipBob vs Red Stag Fulfillment: A Comparison of Top 3rd-party Logistics (3PL) Providers

Joe Warnimont
Articles Ecommerce Fulfillment Fulfillment

Running an efficient online store requires seamless order fulfillment, and often that means upgrading to a 3rd-party logistics (3PL) provider. This outsourcing of the fulfillment process works by sending products to the 3PL, where they store, pick, package, and ship the items as orders come in through your store.

Two of the best 3PLs are ShipBob and Red Stag Fulfillment, so we want to compare ShipBob vs Red Stag Fulfillment for merchants to understand which one works best for them. 

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Fulfillment Center Chicago: Which Windy City Fulfillment Company is Best?

Joe Warnimont
Articles Ecommerce Fulfillment Fulfillment

Chicago, and the entire Midwest region, has significant speed and cost advantages for ecommerce shipping and fulfillment. Not only is Chicago in a centralized location for access to the entire United States (and Canada), but it’s a bustling city with major airports and an attractive environment for companies. Furthermore, Chicago typically boasts lower costs than its Los Angeles and New York cousins on the coasts. Because of all these reasons, Chicago has become a hub for ecommerce fulfillment companies. In this article, we’ll explore how to choose a fulfillment center in Chicago, along with our favorite services. 

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Best Fulfillment Center in California (Primarily the Los Angeles Area)

Joe Warnimont
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The West Coast has a myriad of speed and cost advantages when it comes to shipping for ecommerce. Due to those benefits, it makes sense to consider finding an ecommerce fulfillment center in California. 

To begin, much of California is close to Pacific Ocean ports, notably the ports of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. This gives merchants direct access to incoming goods, and costs for drayage decrease. Furthermore, fulfilling products (or at least some of your items) from California gives you immediate coverage to the entire West Coast. And it’s one of the few locations in the United States where fulfillment companies have more direct access to the states of Hawaii and Alaska. 

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Best Fulfillment Centers in Texas (Specifically Dallas)

Joe Warnimont
Articles Fulfillment

Everything is bigger in Texas, so it makes sense that ecommerce warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment have become commonplace in the Lone Star state. Not only is there an incredible amount of space for fulfillment companies to set up warehouses in Texas, but the state has its benefits when it comes to taxes and real estate costs. If you’re looking for the best fulfillment centers in Texas, this is the place for you, as we outline the top 5 fulfillment companies in Texas cities like Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston. 

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