Why We Built KAK Sourcing & Fulfillment

We built KAK because 3PL invoices kept surprising people

KAK Sourcing & Fulfillment was founded by Sohail Ahmed and Kanwar Khan, logistics operators who'd already spent years inside DTC fulfillment before starting the company. Seven-plus years of building fulfillment infrastructure taught one lesson we still run the business on: the price a seller is quoted and the price a seller pays are usually two different numbers, and the gap between them is where trust breaks.

That gap isn't an accident at most 3PLs. A base per-unit rate looks competitive on a sales call, and then the invoice shows up with a receiving surcharge, a peak-season multiplier, an account-management fee, or a "storage overage" nobody walked through beforehand. None of that is illegal. It's just designed to be easy to miss until you're already moved in.

KAK exists to remove that gap structurally, not promise it away. Every rate we charge — FBA prep, FBM pick-pack-ship, storage, receiving, returns — is published on this site before you ever talk to us. We treat anything outside that list as something we quote you honestly and confirm before it touches an invoice, not something we bury in a PDF.

We own the warehouse we ship out of — we don't broker space in someone else's

KAK operates one physical facility: a 32,000 sqft climate-controlled warehouse at 6117 Long Dr, Houston, TX 77087, monitored 24/7. We're not a software layer routing your inventory to whichever regional partner has space that month, and we're not reselling space we don't control. That distinction is the reason a published rate card works at all — a company that doesn't own its warehouse can't guarantee what that warehouse will charge it next quarter, so its "published rates" are usually a starting point, not a ceiling.

Because we own the building, we can lock rates and mean it. Want to see it yourself? Walk-ins are welcome with 24 hours' notice, Monday through Saturday, 9am–6pm CT. Call +1 (832) 759-1368 or email sales@kaksourcing.com to set up a time, or read more about how the facility runs on our 3PL warehouse service page.

Every rate we charge is published — here's the actual card

This is the same rate card new sellers see on day one. Nothing changes once you're in the building.

Full breakdown at /pricing/ and /kak-price-list/.

What a month actually costs — a real example, not a promise

Say you're a skincare brand launching with 500 units on Amazon, plus you're shipping roughly 150 orders a month direct-to-consumer through Shopify, storing 4 pallets of backstock. Here's what the invoice looks like using only the rates above:

Launch month total: $862.50. Every month after that, with prep already done: $407.50 — storage, fulfillment, and returns only. No minimums, no setup fees, no contracts, and no peak-season surcharge get layered on top — every line above comes straight off the published rate card. If your order volume or pallet count is different, the math still runs the same way off the same four numbers.

The questions every buyer asks before switching 3PLs — answered here

Every RFQ we get asks some version of the same list. We'd rather answer it on the page than make you email for it.

• Minimum order volume or spend? None. We take sellers starting with a single unit and scale with them.
• Setup, onboarding, or software fees? No setup fees. We don't publish a separate software or platform fee; anything outside the rate card above is custom-quoted.
• Contract or cancellation penalty? No contract. We run month to month, and you can leave with 30 days' notice.
• How is storage billed, and is it climate-controlled? $25 per pallet per month, in a climate-controlled building — you pay for the fraction of the month you actually use.
• Do you track lot numbers and expiration dates? Yes, available through KAK WMS, our real-time inventory dashboard.
• Preassembly or pick-on-demand for bundles? Bundles are picked and packed per order at the flat rates above by default — no forced preassembly. Kitting is available if you want it, custom-quoted.
• What packaging is included? Packaging materials are billed at cost — standard mailers from $0.25, polybags $0.20, never marked up. Branded inserts, thank-you cards, and custom packaging are custom-quoted.
• Carrier rate markup? None. USPS, UPS, and FedEx rates are passed through at our discounted cost.
• Turnaround and cutoff? Inventory or orders in before the 2pm CT cutoff, Monday–Saturday, ship or get prepped the same day.
• Platform integrations? We fulfill orders from Shopify, TikTok Shop, Walmart, eBay, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Etsy, Magento, and Amazon FBM, with real-time inventory tracked in KAK WMS.

Anything not on our published list — kitting at scale, container devanning, LTL freight, white-glove handling — gets custom-quoted at negotiated carrier cost. Tell us the specs on /contact-us/ and you'll have a number in 24 hours.

How onboarding actually works

1. Send your SKU list, current costs, or invoice through /get-a-quote/ and we'll put together a side-by-side breakdown against what you're paying now.
2. Ship inventory to 6117 Long Dr, Houston, TX 77087. Receiving runs $20/pallet ($5/carton).
3. Your inventory goes live in KAK WMS — real-time counts, lot numbers, and expiration tracking from day one.
4. Orders and inbound in before the 2pm CT cutoff, Monday–Saturday, ship or get prepped same day.

Who we work with today

We still run on the same rule we started with: publish the number, hold the number.

We're Trustpilot-reviewed, and inventory in our custody is insured up to $500,000 per occurrence — KAK is fully liable for its own handling. If you want to see the fit for your business specifically, our storage and warehouse service pages break down the operational detail, or you can just call.

Frequently asked questions