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Warehouse-as-a-Service for Ecommerce Shops and Websites<\/strong><\/h1>\n

No matter what stage of growth your ecommerce company is in, one of your biggest concerns is inventory storage. Even though your store is online, your inventory needs to be stored somewhere that is organised and makes it easy to pick items and track inventory levels. To achieve this, many ecommerce businesses turn to a third-party logistics<\/a> (3PL) provider like ShipBob that offers WaaS: warehousing-as-a-service. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to learn more about WaaS and how a 3PL like ShipBob can help support your warehousing needs. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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What is a warehouse-as-a-service (WaaS)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Warehouse-as-a-service, or \u201cWaaS,\u201d is a logistics service that offers flexible, affordable, and scalable inventory storage solutions<\/a> for ecommerce businesses. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do many startups turn to WaaS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The ecommerce industry is experiencing a period of rapid growth, and as more and more ecommerce businesses are seeing heightened success, WaaS is becoming an increasingly popular solution \u2014 particularly for small to midsize ecommerce shops. Here are just a few of the reasons why so many businesses rely on warehousing services to help them grow faster.  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not enough money for a warehouse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Investing in your own warehouse<\/span><\/a> requires a tremendous amount of capital and startups can rarely afford to invest in this when they\u2019re still growing. Partnering with a 3PL that offers WaaS is cost-effective way for ecommerce businesses to store their inventory and outsource time-consuming fulfilment tasks<\/span>. And since many 3PLs include additional services beyond warehousing, WaaS allows businesses to spend less time on logistics while keeping costs down.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lacking logistics expertise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the ecommerce industry, the learning curve for new business owners is steep \u2014 and when you\u2019re trying to navigate inbound and outbound logistics<\/a> without the proper distribution infrastructure and technology, it becomes difficult for a startup to <\/span>forecast inventory<\/span><\/a>, fill orders accurately, and ship orders out on time. With WaaS, businesses benefit by outsourcing logistics operations<\/a> to the experts. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Need for flexibility and scalability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With a WaaS solution, you can easily expand your business and scale faster. <\/span>As your businesses grows, logistics will become more complex and require expansions. Making sure you have enough space for not only current needs but also future growth will help prevent you from outgrowing the warehouse immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ShipBob provides this flexibility. For example, ShipBob has fulfilment centres across the US, including international locations, which allows brands the ability to distribute inventory<\/a> and take advantage of the extensive geographic footprint to broaden their customer reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t want to hire and manage a warehouse team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the most important hires for your ecommerce business, you\u2019d like to prioritize roles that would grow your business (such as marketing roles or partnerships) rather than roles that can be easily outsourced. Hiring full-time labour to run a warehouse or <\/span>fulfilment centre <\/span><\/a>can be a waste of your money and time, especially if your business only needs the extra help seasonally. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t want to spend time on logistics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most business owners want to focus on promotions and product development instead of managing inventory and packing boxes. With a WaaS provider, you can spend more time on money-making tasks functions while delegating warehousing, inventory management<\/a>, and order fulfilment to the experts. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you get with an experienced WaaS solution?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An experienced WaaS solution is the best, not-so-secret weapon that gives burgeoning ecommerce companies a competitive edge, as WaaS doesn\u2019t just offer storage. Rather, WaaS solutions usually encompass a wide array of value-adding services, all of which improve your business\u2019 bottom line, satisfy your customers, and reduce your stress. Here are just some of the enhancements that you\u2019ll experience when you partner with a 3PL for WaaS.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cheaper storage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Leasing a warehouse can be costly and it takes up time to manage yourself. While few startups can afford to make such an investment early on, 3PLs offer the best warehousing solution at a lower cost while providing additional services including fulfilment and automated shipping<\/a>. These warehousing services and the value adds offer more flexibility for a brand to grow while keeping logistics and fulfilment costs<\/a> low. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faster processing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With ShipBob, orders placed on your store are automatically sent to one of our warehouse locations and the order automation process can begin. From there, our fulfilment experts pick, pack, and ship orders and tracking information is automatically pushed to your store, where it can be shared with your customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most experienced ecommerce WaaS? ShipBob.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ShipBob<\/span> provides best-in-class WaaS for its merchants. ShipBob\u2019s mission is to help direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands be more successful online by offering an Amazon-like logistics experience. We\u2019re dedicated to finding ways to improve order accuracy and provide more capabilities and solutions for our customers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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