When you start looking into working with a fulfillment partner, price quickly becomes a topic. Knowing the exact price of fulfillment is important for your calculations. Here’s a rough overview:
What is fulfillment?
Fulfillment covers all the processes that take place after an online purchase: storage, packing, shipping and even the handling of returns. Effective fulfillment improves the customer experience and strengthens brand loyalty.
How are the costs made up?
Costs are usually split into some fixed costs (such as for storage space) and variable costs (such as packaging per parcel). It always makes sense to convert the total costs into a cost per parcel. That way, you can calculate your prices more accurately.
But how much exactly does a fulfillment partner cost in Switzerland? It’s hard to give a blanket answer: the price calculation usually depends heavily on your shipping volume and the storage space you need, as well as on your requirements, e.g. whether you want your own branding on the packaging. That’s why it always makes sense to get an individual quote.
Prices
As a rough guide, you can expect costs of between 5 and 15 CHF per parcel with a fulfillment partner in Switzerland. The main factors are the storage space required and the number of products stored (SKUs). So the price also depends on product size: in general, smaller products such as cosmetics and clothing tend to be at the lower end of the scale, while large products such as grills or furniture tend to be at the upper end.
The rule of thumb is usually: the higher the shipping volume, the lower the costs. Special requests such as custom packaging usually increase costs somewhat.
Shipping costs usually become somewhat cheaper with a fulfillment partner than if you handle shipping in-house. Thanks to their large shipping volumes, fulfillment service providers often get better shipping terms, which they can pass on to you.
Conclusion
So if you’d like to enter into a fulfillment partnership, start by requesting a non-binding quote: Fulfillment price configurator: calculate your costs online with ease | fultastic
