3PeeL
- North America
Brands about to choose a 3PL who want gifting written into the brief before they sign anything.
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Our verdict
Most brands pick a 3PL on cost per pick, then discover it cannot wrap, cannot insert a card, and prints prices on the packing slip. 3PeeL run the search for you: you describe the requirement, they issue the RFPs, assess their vetted US network and come back with a shortlist, often within hours. They publish an average of a month of search time saved and up to 30% off fulfilment cost. Tiers run from free consulting to around $599 for custom RFP creation and bid evaluation.
Gifting signal
3PeeL do not handle inventory, so there is nothing to assess on the packing bench. Their value is upstream: make gifting an explicit line in the brief, covering wrapping, branded inserts and message cards at pick-pack, plus suppressing packing-slip pricing on gift orders. A standard fulfilment RFP will not carry those requirements unless you put them there.
Strengths
- Runs the 3PL search, the RFP and the bid evaluation on your behalf
- Vetted network across United States warehousing and fulfilment providers
- Published claim of one month of search time saved on average
- Published claim of up to 30% saved on fulfilment cost
- Free entry tier, with paid RFP and bid evaluation from around $599
- Founded and run by operators with ecommerce and logistics backgrounds
Watch out
Give them your gifting requirements in writing at the start, since those lines decide the shortlist more than cost per pick does. Ask how they are compensated on a match so you can read the recommendations properly. Use the paid bid evaluation tier if you are comparing quotes, because that is the step most brands guess at.
The details
Everything below is taken from publicly published sources.
Countries served
- United States
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