3PL Fulfillment for Columbia Sellers, Shipped From One Houston Warehouse

Why Columbia, SC sellers fulfill through Houston instead of a local warehouse

Because the rate doesn't change based on your zip code. KAK Sourcing & Fulfillment runs one facility — 32,000 sqft, climate-controlled, 24/7 monitored, at 6117 Long Dr, Houston, TX 77087 — and prices every seller off the same published rate card, whether you're based in Columbia, SC or you've never set foot in Texas. Our founders, Sohail Ahmed and Kanwar Khan, have spent 7+ years building fulfillment infrastructure for DTC and Amazon sellers, and 180+ ecommerce brands run inventory through the Houston facility today — a good share of them without a single employee in Columbia, SC or anywhere near it.

We won't invent a claim specific to Columbia to sound local — no made-up drive times, no imaginary regional hub. The honest pitch is simpler: one flat, published rate nationwide, no minimums, no setup fee, no contract, and the same 2pm CT same-day cutoff for every seller we work with, Columbia, SC included.

What it actually costs a seller in Columbia, SC

Every Columbia, SC seller pays off the same rate card below — no quote-dependent pricing, no "call for Columbia pricing." Packaging materials from $0.25 in both lines.

Postage — USPS, UPS, FedEx — is passed through at our discounted carrier rate, no markup, regardless of whether the package is headed to Columbia, SC or anywhere else in the country. See the full breakdown on our pricing page or the price list.

A Columbia, SC seller's monthly bill, worked out

Say you’re a brand in Columbia, SC running 500 FBA units through prep and 300 FBM orders a month, all under 5 lb, with 2 pallets of inventory received and held in storage that month. Here's what that actually costs at our published rates:

That's the whole bill — no setup fee, no minimum spend, no contract stacked on top, because the published rate card above is the total. Postage is separate and billed at carrier cost. Scale the FBM line up or down and the rest of the math holds: 50 orders runs $100, 150 orders runs $300, 300 orders runs $600 (plus $0.25 per mailer) — flat, linear, no volume penalty for a smaller Columbia, SC shop and no special break you have to negotiate for once you grow.

Kitting, bundling, subscription-box assembly, custom inserts, container devanning, LTL freight, and white-glove handling are all available but custom-quoted against your specs — we won't invent a number for those here. Tell us what you need and you'll have a real price in 24 hours.

What Columbia, SC sellers ask before they switch

These are the questions that come up in nearly every RFQ we get from a seller in Columbia, SC, answered straight:

• Minimums and new-brand volume: no minimum order volume, no minimum spend, no minimum SKU count. We take on brands launching with a few hundred units the same way we take on sellers already moving thousands.
• Setup and onboarding fees: none. There's no setup fee and no minimum order to start.
• Contracts: month-to-month, no cancellation penalty, no peak-season surcharge sprung on you in Q4.
• Receiving and time-to-available: $20 per pallet ($5 per carton) to receive. Inventory in before the 2pm CT cutoff, Monday through Saturday, is processed the same day.
• Storage billing basis: $25 per pallet per month, climate-controlled — you pay for the fraction of the month you actually use, not a flat monthly minimum.
• Lot and expiration tracking: available through our real-time inventory dashboard (KAK WMS), same system every Columbia, SC client logs into.
• Preassembly vs. pick-on-demand: bundles are picked and packed per order at the flat rate above by default — no forced preassembly. If you'd rather have kits pre-built, that's available, custom-quoted.
• Carrier mix and markup: USPS, UPS, and FedEx, passed through at our negotiated cost with no markup added on top.
• Returns: $1.50 per return, inspection included.
• Insurance: coverage up to $500,000 per occurrence; KAK carries liability for its own handling.

Getting inventory from Columbia, SC to Houston, and orders back out to your customers

Inbound, you ship your product to the Houston facility the same way you'd ship to any other warehouse — by pallet, carton, or container, using whatever carrier or freight arrangement you already have from Columbia, SC. We won't publish a transit time specific to Columbia, SC because we're not going to guess at one; send us your shipment details and we'll tell you what to expect on the receiving side.

Outbound is where the flat rate pays off. Every order — whether it's going to a customer near Columbia, SC or three states away — ships through the same USPS/UPS/FedEx network at the same $2.00-and-up rate. We won't claim a regional carrier hub or highway advantage we don't have. What we do have is one facility, real-time tracking through KAK WMS, and a 2pm CT Monday–Saturday cutoff that applies to every order regardless of where it's headed.

Read more on how the warehouse operates on our 3PL warehouse service page, or check current storage terms before you commit inventory.

Ready to move Columbia, SC fulfillment to Houston

If you're running a brand out of Columbia, SC and want a straight answer on what switching would cost, send your current SKU count, order volume, and pallet count. We'll run the same math shown above against your numbers and reply within 24 hours — not a discovery-call invite, a real quote.

Columbia, SC fulfillment — frequently asked