Simplify Kitchen Appliance Fulfillment With the 3PL Network, Technology, and Expertise Your Brand Needs
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What kitchen appliance brands need from a fulfillment partner
Shipping mixers, blenders, attachments, and other kitchen appliances isn’t simple. Costs, inventory control, and multi-channel orders demand a fulfillment partner equipped to handle complexity at scale.
Rising transportation costs for heavy goods
Shipping costs for kitchen appliances, influenced by dimensional and actual weight, increase significantly when orders travel across more shipping zones. Work with a fulfillment partner that stores inventory across different US regions to reduce average shipping zones and keep shipping costs down.
Real-time control for a multichannel product catalog
Managing mixers, attachments, and product bundles across various channels like Shopify, Amazon, and retail makes it challenging to maintain a single source of truth for inventory. Choose a fulfillment partner with a platform that syncs real-time inventory levels across all sales channels and provides automated reorder notifications to prevent overselling.
Managing DTC parcels and large retailer orders from shared inventory
Fulfilling both direct-to-consumer (DTC) single-unit orders and bulk B2B retail orders necessitates distinct workflows while leveraging a shared inventory pool. Implement a unified fulfillment platform that automatically identifies order types (DTC or B2B), routes them through appropriate workflows, and maintains a single, synchronized inventory record to eliminate manual stock splits.
Accessory-heavy orders drive up pick complexity
Accessory-heavy orders increase complexity in managing product combinations. When selling multiple attachments, lids, or replacement parts, implementing ShipBob’s product bundling feature allows you to sell these grouped items as a single SKU while maintaining inventory levels for the individual units/SKUs. This simplifies order management and inventory tracking by automatically deducting individual units for a seamless purchase and delivery experience.
Seasonal peaks and demand surges require flexible fulfillment solutions
For brands facing Q4 gifting peaks or spring shopping demand, look for a scalable fulfillment network and proprietary WMS to help manage increased order volumes quickly and accurately while providing insights that support labor planning.
ShipBob’s fulfillment solutions that kitchen appliance brands care about
ShipBob’s fulfillment solutions are designed to solve the challenges kitchen appliance brands face—from managing heavy shipments to syncing inventory across every channel. Here’s how our 3PL supports growth at scale.
Distributed inventory network
ShipBob’s Inventory Placement Program (IPP) in the US strategically automates the distribution and replenishment of inventory across our fulfillment centers based on real-time data and proprietary algorithms. This approach places products closer to your customers to minimize shipping distances and reduce shipping costs by avoiding high-cost shipping zones.
Unified inventory management
ShipBob’s platform seamlessly syncs your inventory across all sales channels, providing a single source of truth for your entire product catalog. You can effortlessly manage products, product variants, and product bundles in real time, whether you sell on Shopify, Amazon, your ERP, or through retail partners.
Omnichannel fulfillment
ShipBob’s platform empowers brands to manage both direct-to-consumer (DTC) and B2B retail orders from a single, shared pool of inventory, eliminating the need for separate systems or 3PLs and manual stock splits. Our technology automatically identifies order types and seamlessly routes them through the appropriate DTC or B2B workflows.
Digital bundling made easy
ShipBob’s platform simplifies digital bundling, allowing you to group multiple products under a single SKU on the front end for easy sales management. When a customer orders a bundle, ShipBob’s system automatically identifies and deducts the individual products from inventory. This virtual bundling streamlines sales and inventory tracking, reducing manual steps and ensuring smooth operations as your product catalog expands.
Automated labor forecasting
If your brand uses its own warehouses, ShipBob’s WMS offers real-time insights and data-driven forecasting to optimize and prepare for peak seasons. Our WMS is built to handle demand surges, allowing brands to manage increased order volumes without permanent headcount. The WMS helps optimize labor usage and reduces training time for fulfillment associates, contributing to efficient scaling.
Types of kitchen appliance products that companies fulfill with ShipBob
- Beverage makers, such as:
- Coffee makers, espresso machines, and cold brew coffee makers.
- Electric kettles and electric tea infusers.
- Cooking and meal prep appliances like:
- Toasters, sandwich makers, waffle makers, electric grills.
- Blenders and processors such as:
- Mini food processors, electric choppers, and immersion blenders.
- Speciality and dessert appliances such as:
- Mini ice cream makers, compact popcorn makers, and electric crepe makers.
- Food prep tools like:
- Electric can openers, electric potato peelers, and electric cheese graters.
Success story: CRIMPiT: Scaling a Kitchen Tool Brand Globally
CRIMPiT, a UK-based kitchen gadget brand known for its sandwich toastie tool, partnered with ShipBob to support rapid international growth and omnichannel sales. By moving fulfillment to ShipBob’s network across multiple countries, CRIMPiT reduced US domestic shipping costs and saved significant time previously spent on in-house fulfillment.
ShipBob’s global infrastructure allowed CRIMPiT to easily expand into new markets, standardize processes across Shopify, Amazon, and TikTok Shop, and seamlessly handle massive spikes in order volume. The brand also benefited from localized inventory in the EU to solve cross-border shipping challenges, and received proactive support to ensure consistently fast, reliable delivery for their “CRIMPiTeer” community worldwide.
Examples of kitchen products that ShipBob can fulfill
- Coffee makers
- Espresso machines
- Cold brew coffee makers
- Electric kettles and electric tea infusers
- Toasters
- Sandwich makers
- Waffle makers
- Electric grills
- Mini food processors
- Electric choppers
- Immersion blenders
- Mini ice cream makers
- Compact popcorn makers
- Electric crepe makers
- Electric can openers
- Electric potato peelers
- Electric cheese graters
ShipBob services all customers benefit from
- Connectivity & integrations: ShipBob’s 50+ turnkey integrations with all major ecommerce channels and tools—including Shopify, Gorgias, Klaviyo, NetSuite, Loop, AfterShip, and more—enable you to grow your business smarter, faster, and stronger than ever before. In addition to the ShipBob App Store that lets you instantly connect your tech stack, you can also leverage ShipBob’s Develop API for custom builds.
- Transparent, cost-effective pricing: Unlike many 3PLs, ShipBob has easy-to-predict billing that makes it easy to plan for spend, without too many line items. ShipBob also negotiates rates with carriers and passes those savings on to you.
- Real-time visibility: Track shipments, orders, and inventory across locations from one dashboard. Manage one pool of inventory across sales channels and push stock levels back to your store so you don’t oversell.
- Full-stack fulfillment platform: With ShipBob, you get an all-in-one OMS, IMS, WMS, RMS, TMS, and analytics for a consolidated tech stack. ShipBob’s platform acts as a mini-ERP, being a single source of truth for your orders and inventory.
- Easy, comprehensive onboarding: We’ve onboarded thousands of ecommerce merchants and helped some of the fastest-growing brands scale effortlessly. Our implementation team sets you up for success with everything from configuring your ship options, to syncing your online store.
- Support for growth: ShipBob aims to be the last fulfillment partner you’ll need. Whether you’re shipping 1,000 orders per month or 200,000, we have you covered. With a large fulfillment network to scale into, new channels to expand into, and additional capabilities to tap into, you won’t outgrow ShipBob.
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How it works
How ShipBob goes from your online store to your customer’s door
1. Connect
Connect your store, import your products, then send us your inventory.
2. Store
We store your inventory in any combination of our fulfillment centers.
3. Ship
As soon as a customer places an order, we ship it from the nearest fulfillment center.
FAQs about kitchen appliances fulfillment
How does ShipBob handle the shipping of large or fragile kitchen appliances?
Our fulfillment centers handle kitchen appliance products within our max dimensions and weights range.
Additionally, ShipBob can predict product attributes and accommodate your preferences, for example, if we have approved your dangerous goods (e.g., appliances with batteries) or if you mark your products as fragile. From there, ShipBob works with a variety of carriers and offers zone-skipping to streamline your product shipping.
Can ShipBob help reduce shipping costs for heavy kitchen appliances?
Yes. ShipBob’s distributed inventory network allows you to store products closer to your customers, helping to reduce your average shipping zone and lower transportation costs for weighty goods, including leveraging the Inventory Placement Program (IPP) for domestic US shipments.
How does ShipBob provide real-time inventory tracking for kitchen appliances?
ShipBob’s technology platform syncs inventory across all your sales channels, giving you real-time visibility and control over stock levels, SKUs, and bundles. Automated updates and reorder alerts help prevent overselling and keep your operations running smoothly.
Can ShipBob manage both DTC and B2B orders for kitchen appliances?
Absolutely. ShipBob’s unified platform identifies order types and routes them through the correct DTC or B2B workflows, allowing you to fulfill single-pick consumer orders and bulk retailer shipments from the same inventory pool without manual intervention.
How does ShipBob handle complex orders with multiple accessories or bundles?
ShipBob’s digital bundling feature lets you group multiple SKUs under a single parent SKU, so a collection of individual products can be sold and fulfilled together as one unit, while each being stored separately at the SKU level. This simplifies selling product sets without requiring additional physical kitting or assembly.
How does ShipBob support returns management for large or complex appliances?
ShipBob offers basic returns processing where you can choose to restock, quarantine, or dispose of returned products (or allow you to have your returns sent elsewhere). For brands seeking a custom returns portal, ShipBob can integrate with solutions like Loop or Aftership, which enhances the ease of customers initiating returns and exchanges.
Can ShipBob help my kitchen appliance brand scale during peak seasons?
Yes. ShipBob is built to handle any surge in demand, including seasonal spikes, leveraging data-driven forecasting to prepare inventory across its network and keep operations running smoothly. This allows brands to scale throughput and optimize labor usage without increasing permanent headcount.
Does ShipBob support international shipping for kitchen appliances?
ShipBob can ship products to hundreds of locations around the world — we even offer simplified Delivered Duty Paid (DDP). If you decide to expand your brand internationally, you can reach customers worldwide with global fulfillment facilities for reliable, cost-effective shipping solutions.
What kind of support and technology integrations does ShipBob offer?
ShipBob provides dedicated support and integrates with dozens of ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, and retail partners. Our platform gives you a single view of your business, making it easy to manage orders, inventory, and shipments across all channels.
Shipping costs are variable in nature, based on weight, dimensions, destination, service, and more. Request your custom quote here: https://www.shipbob.com/quote/.
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