How Fulfillment Pricing & Onboarding Work for High-Volume Brands

Tell Us Your Volume — We’ll Tell You What It Costs

The fastest way to get a real number is to tell us your current daily or monthly order volume, your channel mix, and what’s not working today. The form below asks for exactly that, and it goes straight to a person, not a queue.

High-volume brands at KAK Sourcing & Fulfillment start from the same published rate card as every account — $2.75 per order for pick-pack-ship on items up to 5 lb, $1.00 per unit for Amazon FBA prep, and $25 per pallet for biweekly storage — and pricing scales through negotiated volume terms layered on top of that card, not a separate, undisclosed “enterprise tier.”

That distinction matters more than it sounds. A lot of 3PLs quote low up front and reserve their real pricing logic for a sales call you can’t screenshot. KAK’s base rates are published and locked through Q1 2027 on our pricing page and explained in general terms in our 3PL cost calculator uses these same numbers.

For accounts with meaningfully larger volume, additional onboarding concessions beyond the standard 15-day storage and 50-pallet receiving terms can sometimes be negotiated — that’s a conversation for your account contact once we understand your actual volume, not a number we’ll quote blind on a landing page.

What We Need to Scope a Volume-Based Quote

We can give you a directionally useful number fast, but an accurate, written quote for an established account depends on a handful of specifics:

• Current order volume — daily or monthly, broken out by channel (Amazon FBA/FBM, Shopify, Walmart Marketplace or Walmart Seller Fulfilled, TikTok Shop, eBay, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, or wholesale)
• Approximate active SKU count and how often your catalog turns over
• Your case-pack or wholesale mix — if a real share of your volume is B2B distribution to retail accounts rather than pure DTC, see our dedicated page on signs you’ve outgrown your 3PL goes deeper on this if that’s what’s driving the search
• Target go-live date and any hard deadlines, like a peak-season cutoff

If chargebacks or routing-guide compliance from a big-box retailer are part of what’s pushing you to evaluate fulfillment partners, our page on quote request page or the form on this page.

Three to four weeks is a realistic planning range for most established accounts. Brands with very large SKU counts, complex kitting requirements, or a hard peak-season deadline should raise timing early — it’s a scoping input, not a surprise we discover mid-onboarding.

What’s Included vs. What Costs Extra

Established brands have usually been burned by a 3PL that quoted a low headline rate and then billed a dozen line items nobody mentioned up front. Here’s the actual breakdown.

Included in the base rates:

• Pick, pack, and ship at $2.75 per order all-in, for items up to 5 lb
• Amazon FBA prep — FNSKU labeling, polybagging, cartonization — at $1.00 per unit all-in
• Real-time WMS sync across Amazon (FBA and FBM), Shopify, Walmart Marketplace and Walmart Seller Fulfilled, TikTok Shop, eBay, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, and DHL eCommerce
• Inventory insurance up to $100,000 per shipment while in KAK’s custody
• A dedicated account contact for accounts scoped through this onboarding process
• No setup fee, no forced order minimum, no peak-season surcharge
• 15 days of free storage for new clients, and free receiving at 50+ pallets

Billed separately, and always disclosed in writing before you’re charged:

• Outbound carrier shipping cost, passed through at cost — often lower than national published rates on regional lanes through our SpeedX, and OnTrac last-mile partnerships
• Non-standard kitting, bundling, or custom packaging
• Oversized or overweight items beyond the 5 lb standard pick-pack-ship rate
• Storage beyond your negotiated free period or pallet allowance, at $25 per pallet biweekly
• Returns processing outside of what’s specifically covered in your written terms

The line that matters most in that second list: nothing on it gets added to an invoice without your prior written agreement. That’s not marketing language — it’s the same transparent-pricing guarantee that applies to every account, and it’s the specific commitment the verified customer reference below is speaking to.

Questions to Ask Before You Switch at Scale

Whether you end up with KAK or someone else, ask any 3PL you’re evaluating these questions in writing before you sign anything:

• What is the exact per-order and per-unit rate, in writing, not a verbal estimate?
• What specifically triggers an additional fee, and does it require your written approval before it’s billed?
• Who is your dedicated point of contact once you’re live — not just during the sales process?
• How is peak-season capacity handled, and do surcharges apply?
• How is inventory insured while in their custody, and up to what dollar amount?
• If you’re shipping several thousand orders a day across multiple U.S. regions, does a single-hub model actually fit your network? That’s a fair question to ask KAK too — we run one 32,000 sq ft Houston facility, not a multi-node network, and we say so directly on our ShipBob alternative guide. Well under that range, a single well-run hub is often faster and cheaper than a network built for hyperscale DTC; for true hyperscale volume, it isn’t the right fit, and we’d rather say so now.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does KAK price fulfillment for high-volume brands?

Every account, regardless of size, starts from the same published rate card: $2.75 per order for pick-pack-ship (items up to 5 lb), $1.00 per unit for Amazon FBA prep, and $25 per pallet for biweekly storage, all-in with no setup fee. As volume grows, we layer on negotiated terms — storage concessions, onboarding support, and a dedicated account contact — on top of that same card rather than moving you to a separate, opaque “enterprise” price list.

Do established brands get different rates than the published rate card?

The base per-order and per-unit rates are the same for every account — that’s the transparent-pricing guarantee. What changes at higher volume is the terms around the rates: storage and receiving concessions, capacity planning support, and a dedicated account contact, discussed directly with your account contact rather than published as a fixed grid.

What information do you need to give us an accurate volume quote?

We need your current daily or monthly order volume by sales channel, approximate SKU count, the mix between direct-to-consumer and case-pack or wholesale orders, and the specific pain points pushing you to look at a new 3PL. If you’re switching providers, your current cost per order and any recurring surprise fees are useful context too.

How long does onboarding take for a larger account?

For most established accounts, plan on roughly three to four weeks from signed terms to a monitored go-live: volume review and written terms in week one, inventory transition and system or channel integration in weeks two and three, and a supervised go-live with your dedicated contact in week three or four. Timelines shift with SKU count and how much inventory has to move at once, which is why we scope a specific plan per account rather than quoting one number for everyone.

Is there a minimum order volume or long-term contract required?

No. KAK doesn’t require a minimum order volume or a long-term lock-in contract for any account size — that flexibility is part of the same written terms every client gets, not a special concession for high-volume brands. New clients also receive 15 days of free storage, and accounts receiving 50+ pallets get free receiving.

What’s included in the $2.75 per-order rate, and what costs extra?

The $2.75 per-order rate covers pick, pack, and ship for items up to 5 lb, real-time WMS sync across your connected channels, and standard packaging. Carrier shipping costs are passed through (often lower than national rates on regional lanes through our SpeedX, and OnTrac partnerships), and items like special kitting, oversized cartons, or storage beyond your negotiated terms are billed separately and disclosed in writing before they’re charged.

Can pricing change after we sign on?

Not without your written agreement. KAK’s transparent-pricing guarantee means no fee is ever added to an invoice without prior written approval — this applies to every account regardless of size, and it’s one of the specific things we’d encourage you to get in writing from any 3PL you’re evaluating.

What should we ask before switching 3PLs at scale?

Ask for the exact per-order and per-unit rates in writing, what triggers an additional fee and how it’s approved, who your dedicated account contact will be, and how peak-season capacity is handled. If you’re shipping several thousand orders a day across multiple regions, also ask directly whether a single-hub model fits your network — that’s a fair question for KAK’s single Houston facility, not just for us.

Proven at Real Volume

The written commitments on this page are contractual, not aspirational — they appear in the service agreement you review and e-sign before any inventory ships: same-day dispatch for FBM orders received on a business day, FBA and WFS shipments out within the same business week that inventory and the shipment plan arrive, native WMS integration across Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, eBay and Etsy, inventory insured up to $100,000 per shipment while in KAK’s custody, and the transparent-pricing guarantee that no fee is ever invoiced without prior written approval. Onboarding runs 5–7 business days. The sensible way to verify a fulfillment partner is to hold the first shipment against those written terms.

Get a Written, Volume-Based Quote

Tell us your current daily or monthly volume, your channel mix, and what’s not working today. You’ll hear back from a person who can talk rates, onboarding timing, and terms — not a form confirmation email. If you’d rather start with the broader picture of what “high-volume ready” means at KAK before requesting numbers, read our Get my quote in 24 hours →