How to Pick A Good 3PL – A MUST For Amazon Sellers - Marshall Taplits -Amazon Legends- Episode # 161

Today's guest is the Co-founder at NYNJA and ShipItDone. He is a highly qualified business and technical leader with proven experience in program management, e-commerce, supply chain, system implementations and integrations, fundraising, and business development. He has over 15 years of international telecom and ecommerce experience, with specific expertise in cryptocurrency and economics.

Takeaways:

~Try to find where to put the money in terms of the PPC. And I think if you look at three peels in a similar way, it's like, if you identify the products that a three PL can put you in another class, by having, then it's not just a cost, it's actually a revenue driver.
~Figure out how to increase your skews and increase your value that you're bringing to the customer.
~Whoever is fulfilling the order, they have to pick the master item, and then log into Seller Central, and then pull down the customization info, and then customize accordingly and then ship it.
~Make sure that your three PL is able to handle these complexities and keep being accurate.
~Look for operators that are running the warehouse where multiple customers can log in and have their own portals.
~If you have an order management system or inventory management system, they usually come together, make sure you start looking in there integrations of the three PL that they are integrated with.

Quote of the Show:

~If you find a 3PL and consider them like a supplier, you should ask what value add they can bring to the table. That is what you are looking for in a 3PL as much as you can not just a warehouse that can move pallets in and out.

Links:

~Personal – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshalltaplits
~ShipItDone – Website: https://shipitdone.com/
~ShipItDone – Twitter: https://twitter.com/shipitdone
~ShipItDone – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShipItDone/

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