Warehouse Services in Chicago

Warehouse services in Chicago, sorted by what your inventory actually needs

Most sellers don't wake up wanting a "3PL." They want a specific problem gone. Cartons sitting in a garage. FNSKU labels that keep getting rejected. Orders that need to go out today, not Thursday. Our warehouse services in Chicago are built around those jobs, and we run all of them from one building at 5673 W Howard St in Niles, Illinois, right at the edge of the city.

So instead of one giant menu, we split the work into four groups. Prep work that gets inventory ready for a marketplace. Fulfillment that gets orders out the door. Storage and movement for everything sitting, arriving or leaving on a pallet. And recovery work for the stuff that comes back. You can use one service, or chain a few together (that's what most accounts end up doing, honestly).

Below you'll find every service we offer, what it covers, and where to read the details. Prices for each are listed on our services and pricing page, and nothing here is a mystery fee that shows up later.

Our 3PL warehouse services, group by group

Marketplace Prep

This is the work that happens before inventory ships to Amazon, Walmart or a customer. Labels, bags, bundles, inspections, carton builds. Our marketplace prep center page explains how it all fits together, and each service has its own page:

• Amazon FBA prep: receiving, FNSKU labeling, poly bagging, bubble wrap and carton prep for FBA shipments.
• Walmart WFS prep: the same careful prep, set up for Walmart Fulfillment Services inbound rules.
• Inspection and quality control: visual QC, grading, measurements and proof photos.
• FBM and DTC fulfillment: pick, pack and ship for merchant-fulfilled and storefront orders.
• Kitting and bundling: multipacks, sample packs and subscription box assembly.
• B2B and wholesale fulfillment: case picks, retail carton labels and mixed-SKU pallets.

Fulfillment & Dispatch

Same warehouse, different question: which channel are the orders coming from? Each sales channel has its own quirks around labels, packing slips and timing, so we wrote a page for each. Start at order fulfillment services or jump to your platform:

• Amazon seller fulfillment for orders you ship yourself instead of through FBA.
• Walmart fulfillment for seller-fulfilled Walmart Marketplace orders.
• Shopify fulfillment for branded storefront orders.
• TikTok Shop fulfillment for creator-driven order spikes.
• eBay fulfillment for listings that need fast, accurate handling.
• Etsy fulfillment for makers who've outgrown the kitchen table.

Storage & Movement

Inventory that's waiting, arriving or passing through. Read the overview on 3PL warehousing in Chicago, or go straight to:

• Warehouse storage: box, pallet, cubic-foot and container storage.
• Inbound receiving and inventory control: carton and pallet receiving, unit counts, lot and serial capture.
• Freight forwarding and cross-docking: box forwarding, pallet cross-dock and container unloading.

Recovery & Projects

Returns, removals and the odd jobs nobody else wants to quote. See warehouse rework services for the full picture, plus returns, removals and refurbishment for the details on grading, restocking and disposal.

How a fulfillment services account actually starts

Here's the thing about warehouse work. The mistakes almost always happen at the start, when nobody wrote down what "prep it" was supposed to mean. So we're a little stubborn about the first steps.

1. 01

   You share the details

   Products, sales channels, rough volume and the services you think you need. If you're not sure which service fits, say that. It's a normal answer.

2. 02

   We confirm a work order

   Handling, packaging, labels, storage and destination get written down before inventory moves. This is also where onboarding verification happens.

3. 03

   Your inventory arrives

   Boxes, pallets or containers come in through receiving, and we check them against what you told us to expect.

4. 04

   We prep, store, ship or forward

   The work gets done to the work order, and inventory heads to its next stop, whether that's Amazon, a customer's porch or a pallet rack.

One honest note. You'll be asked for verifiable U.S. company information during onboarding (legal name, address, EIN or registration, an authorized U.S.-based signer and photo ID). Please don't ship inventory until that's approved and you have inbound instructions. Freight that shows up unannounced is the fastest way to slow everything down. The full list is on our terms page.

Who uses our prep center services

A pretty wide mix, which is part of why the services are split the way they are.

Private-label brands sending repeat SKUs into FBA, where the main ask is consistency. Online and retail arbitrage sellers with mixed products, retail stickers to peel and a lot of one-offs. Shopify and TikTok Shop sellers who need orders packed the same day a video takes off. Wholesale suppliers shipping cases and pallets to retailers with strict carton labels. Importers with a 40-foot container and no dock. And plenty of sellers who just need returns opened, graded and dealt with before they pile up.

If you sell on Amazon, Walmart, Shopify, eBay, TikTok Shop, Temu, Etsy, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Target Plus, SHEIN Marketplace or Wayfair, we have a workflow for it. Just so we're clear, that means we support the workflow. It doesn't mean we're a partner or official provider for any of those platforms.

Why sellers pick this warehouse

Nobody needs another page of "we care about quality." So here's what's actually true about the operation.

• Real volume. The building processes approximately 1,000+ parcels a day, so busy weeks aren't a surprise to the team.
• Speed where it counts. 24-hour FBA prep is available for qualifying work orders, and same-day fulfillment is available for qualifying orders.
• Carrier pickups. Scheduled pickups run Monday through Saturday for GOFO, UPS, USPS and FedEx.
• Insurance. We maintain up to $5 million in insurance coverage for qualifying warehouse operations (subject to policy terms, so ask before you ship).
• Public pricing. Rates are posted, from $0.70 a unit for standard FBA prep to $2.75 for a first-item FBM order at lower volume.
• People you can reach. Phone, email or WhatsApp, Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM Central.

That last one matters more than it sounds. When a carton arrives crushed or a label prints wrong, you want a person who can walk over and look at it. Not a ticket number.

Ecommerce warehouse services for Chicago and the rest of Illinois

The warehouse sits in Niles, just outside Chicago's northwest city limits. That makes it a practical drop-off point for sellers across the Chicago area, and an easy inbound destination for freight coming from anywhere in the country.

We've written separate pages for 3PL services in Chicago, 3PL services across Illinois and our home base, 3PL Niles IL. They cover what working with a nearby warehouse looks like in practice, including dropping off inventory, visiting the operation and coordinating pickups. All three are listed on our locations page.

Not local? That's fine too. Plenty of accounts never see the building. They ship inbound, send instructions and let the work happen.

What to send us so the quote is actually useful

A quote is only as good as the information behind it. "I have some products, how much?" gets you a polite reply asking for more detail. Which is fine, but it costs you a day.

If you can, include these:

• What the product is, roughly how big and heavy, and whether anything is fragile, liquid or oversize.
• How many SKUs and how many units, or how many orders a month if it's fulfillment.
• Where it's selling (Amazon, Walmart, your own store, all of the above).
• What needs doing: labels, bagging, bundling, storage, pick and pack, returns.
• Where it goes next and how soon. An FBA shipment next week is a different job from pallets that'll sit for three months.

Don't have all of it? Send what you've got. The team would rather start a conversation with half the picture than have you wait until everything's perfect.

A few things we don't do

Worth saying up front, because it saves both of us time.

We don't accept hazardous materials, chemicals, canned soda, or anything counterfeit, stolen or unsafe. Dietary supplements need proper U.S. sourcing paperwork, and supplements shipped directly from overseas suppliers aren't accepted at all. We also don't handle shipping labels that weren't legally purchased. Sounds obvious. It still comes up.

And we don't pretend to be something we're not. We're a physical warehouse with a team on the floor. If your plan depends on a specific software integration, ask about it directly during the quote so you get a straight answer instead of a sales pitch.

What it costs (the short version)

Every service has posted starting rates, and the full table lives on the pricing page. A few common ones, so you have a feel for it:

Amazon FBA prep (wholesale, 20-500 units)

$0.70/unit

FBM / DTC order, first item (1-250 orders/mo)

$2.75/order

Standard pallet storage

$35/pallet/month

Basic return receive + scan

$3.50/unit

Box forwarding (1-20 boxes)

$5.00/box

Standard hourly labor

$40/hour

Volume tiers bring most of these down. Anything that can't be priced per unit (odd projects, rework campaigns) runs on hourly labor, and we tell you that before the work starts, not after.