3PL Near Me — Houston, TX
"3PL near me" — Houston is closer than your next order ships.
Searching for a 3PL warehouse near you? For ecommerce, the nearest warehouse isn't the one down the street — it's the one that reaches your customers fastest. A single, well-placed Houston warehouse ships nationwide on standard UPS/FedEx ground. Here's the pricing, the real math on what a month costs, and the three cases where local still wins.
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Tell us what you sell and your monthly volume. A real person replies within one business day with exact numbers.
Before you request a quote
Know the cost. Check the fit. Plan your first shipment.
Start with a small shipment or an established operation. There is no minimum volume. Tell us what you sell so we can confirm the handling, space and shipping you actually need.
What will my first month cost?
Example: 500 single-item orders under 5 lb × $2.00 full-service handling = $1,000. At $0.25 per mailer add $125; two full billable pallet-months add $50 and one inbound pallet adds $20. Total: $1,195 BEFORE postage, returns or extra work.
Examples use standard storage in the first three months. Long-stay pallet rates are $28/month in months 3–6 and $32/month after six months. Your written quote separates receiving, storage, handling, materials and shipping. Build your own estimate.
Why are there two handling prices?
Under 5 lb, Lean FBA is $0.50/unit and Lean FBM is $1.75/order when goods arrive pre-packed and ready to label. Full-service handling is $0.75/FBA unit or $2.00/FBM order; materials and postage are separate. These are service tiers, not automatic volume discounts.
Heavier items use different weight bands; over 15 lb or bulky items need a written quote. See the complete rate card.
Can you handle my products and platform?
Share your product type, packed dimensions and weight, sales platform and expected volume. Small batches and returns-only enquiries are welcome. Batteries, liquids, food, supplements, temperature-sensitive, hazardous or oversized items need acceptance and handling requirements confirmed before you ship.
For Shopify, Amazon, Walmart or another platform such as Amboras, tell us how orders and inventory are exchanged. The team confirms the connection or file workflow before onboarding; a platform name alone does not guarantee a supported integration.
How do I send inventory?
- Send your SKU list, dimensions, weights and carton/pallet count.
- Receive the written scope, rates and product-acceptance confirmation.
- Confirm account setup, labeling and receiving instructions with the team before dispatch.
- Send shipment details and tracking; agree the first prep job or order workflow.
Receiving location: 6117 Long Dr, Houston, TX 77087. Confirm inbound instructions before sending goods.
What about shipping and storage dimensions?
For a shipping estimate, send origin and destination ZIP codes, packed dimensions, weight, parcel count and desired delivery speed. Handling prices do not include carrier postage. Storage is charged only by carton or pallet. Bin and shelf storage is included in our standard pick-and-pack rate, with no separate charge. Send product dimensions and quantities so the team can confirm usable space, availability and the applicable carton or pallet storage rate in writing.
After you enquire: a real person from our Houston team replies within one business day, confirms any missing details and sends itemized pricing. You can ask for a written quote without booking a sales call. Unsure of volume? Select “Not sure yet” in the quote form.
Why "3PL near me" is the wrong question for ecommerce
If you're shipping to your own front door, distance matters. If you're shipping to customers scattered across the country, it doesn't — reach does. A warehouse two miles from your house in, say, Chicago gets a package to your neighbor in a day. It doesn't get a package to Los Angeles, Miami, or Seattle any faster than a warehouse three states away. What matters is how reliably your orders move on standard ground shipping, not how many miles sit between you and the building.
We run a 32,000 sqft climate-controlled warehouse at 6117 Long Dr, Houston, TX 77087, monitored 24/7. Every order ships on standard UPS/FedEx ground at standard rates — one node serving customers nationwide instead of a local pickup counter.
That's the case for treating "near me" as a reach question instead of a mileage question. Below is what it costs to prep and ship through us, what a real month of orders actually adds up to, and the three situations where a literal local warehouse still beats us.
What it costs to run through a Houston 3PL
One flat rate card, no setup fee, no contract. Full breakdown on our pricing page, price list, and storage rates.
| Service | Rate |
|---|---|
| Amazon FBA prep | $0.75 per unit under 5 lb for full-service handling, with materials separate (FNSKU labeling, polybagging, bubble wrap, cartonization) |
| FBM / DTC order, up to 5 lb | $2.00 per order, packaging materials from $0.25 |
| FBM / DTC order, 5–8 lb | $2.75 per order |
| FBM / DTC order, 8–15 lb | $4.00 per order |
| FBM / DTC order, over 15 lb | Custom quote per order |
| Pallet storage | $25 per pallet, billed monthly, climate-controlled |
| Receiving | $20 per pallet ($5 per carton) |
| Returns processing | $1.50 per return, inspection included |
| Postage (USPS/UPS/FedEx) | Passed through at carrier cost, no markup |
What a month actually costs
Take a mid-size DTC brand shipping through Houston: 10 pallets of inventory on the shelf, 300 orders a month, average package under 5 lb.
| Line item | Calculation | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Storage — 10 pallets | $25/pallet × 1 month × 10 pallets | $250 |
| Receiving — 10 pallets (one inbound) | $20 × 10 | $200 |
| Order fulfillment — 300 orders | $2.00 × 300 | $600 |
| Total | $1,050 |
That's roughly $3.50 per order all-in once storage and receiving are folded in — and it drops further as order volume climbs, since storage and receiving stay flat while the per-order rate doesn't change with scale. An Amazon-only seller prepping 1,000 units a month at $0.75/unit adds $750 flat, with no separate storage tier to negotiate.
Carrier postage isn't in this total — it's billed at the discounted rate the carrier charges us, passed through at cost.
When a warehouse near you actually beats Houston
We'll say it plainly: a local warehouse is the right call in three situations.
- You drop off pallets yourself, often. If you're manufacturing or wholesaling near your own location and making weekly runs to the warehouse, the drive time is real money. A nearby dock wins.
- Almost all your customers are local. If the large majority of your orders ship within a tight radius of one metro, a warehouse in that metro will usually beat a single Houston node on transit time for that traffic.
- You ship oversized freight. Once a shipment moves past standard parcel size and into freight territory, a local LTL terminal can sometimes soften that. Get a quote either way — we handle container devanning and LTL freight through our 3PL warehouse service at negotiated carrier cost.
Outside those three cases — standard ecommerce, multi-channel DTC, Amazon FBA/FBM — your customers aren't near your warehouse no matter where you put it. A single, well-placed Houston node beats a warehouse chosen for its zip code.
What buyers actually ask before they switch 3PLs
Every itemized RFQ we get asks a version of the same questions. Here's the honest answer to each, with numbers where we publish them.
- Minimum order volume, spend, or SKU count? None. We take brands launching with a single pallet and brands running thousands of SKUs the same way — no minimum order volume, no minimum spend, no SKU cap.
- Setup, onboarding, software, or account-management fees? No setup fee — that's the one we publish.
- Contract or cancellation penalty? Month-to-month, no term contract — cancel with 30 days' notice, no fee.
- Receiving cost and time-to-available? $20 per pallet ($5 per carton). Inventory or orders in before the 2pm CT cutoff ship or get prepped the same day.
- Storage billing basis and climate control? Billed per pallet, monthly — you pay only for the fraction of the month you actually used. The whole 32,000 sqft facility is climate-controlled.
- Lot and expiration-date tracking? Available through our real-time WMS dashboard, alongside standard inventory counts.
- Pick-pack pricing and bundle rules? A flat per-order rate by weight tier — $2.00 to $4.00 (custom-quoted over 15 lb), see the table above. No forced preassembly; every order is picked and packed to order at that flat rate. If you want items preassembled into kits ahead of time, that's available and custom-quoted.
- What's included in packaging, and what do branded inserts cost? Standard packaging materials are billed from $0.25 per order. Branded boxes, custom inserts, and thank-you cards are available and custom-quoted — tell us the spec and you'll have a number in 24 hours.
- Carrier mix and rate markup? USPS, UPS, and FedEx at discounted rates, passed through at cost. No markup on postage.
- Returns — fees, inspection, restocking? $1.50 per return, inspection included.
- Platform integrations and real-time inventory? Shopify, TikTok Shop, Walmart, eBay, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Etsy, Magento, and Amazon FBM all run through the same per-order rate, with inventory synced in real time.
- Turnaround, cutoffs, and support? Orders and inbound received before 2pm CT, Monday–Saturday, ship or get prepped the same day. Call +1 832 759 1368 or email sales@kaksourcing.com — walk-ins are welcome with 24 hours' notice.
Anything above that we don't publish a flat rate for — kitting, freight, custom packaging — gets a real number within 24 hours once you send specs. See the full breakdown on our 3PL pricing guide, or reach out through contact us and start with a free quote.
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Lean handling under 5 lb: FBA $0.50/unit or FBM $1.75/order for pre-packed goods. Full service: $0.75/FBA unit or $2.00/FBM order. Materials and postage are separate; storage is $25/pallet/month.