3PL and contract logistics in Europe matched to your scale
For teams that think in pallets and SLAs: get matched to European third-party logistics providers built for your volume, your carriers and your integrations.
The difference
Less procurement guesswork, more providers that fit
Choosing a 3PL usually means a stack of decks and a spreadsheet of half-comparable quotes. Here the providers carry the same structured fields, so you shortlist on capability and capacity rather than on who sent the glossiest proposal.
Compared on capability
Warehouse footprint, carrier accounts, WMS and platform integrations, COD and VAT/IOSS support, all as structured fields. You compare providers like for like instead of decoding twelve different proposals.
Matched to real capacity
Providers surface for the volume and countries they can genuinely take on, so you are not opening a tender with firms that were never going to have room for you.
How it works
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Set your requirements
Countries, carriers, monthly volume, storage type and any hard requirements like hazmat, oversized, bonded or temperature control.
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Shortlist on fit
Providers are filtered to those that can serve you, then scored on how closely they match. Footprint and integrations are visible at a glance.
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Open the conversation
Send a request to the providers worth a call. They see your profile, so a tender starts from real numbers rather than a discovery deck.
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Publish your footprint
List your warehouses, countries served, carriers, WMS and integrations, and the storage types and volumes you handle.
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Match to real demand
Your listing surfaces for the brands whose requirements and volume you can genuinely meet, not for anyone who typed a keyword.
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Take qualified tenders
Requests arrive with countries, volume and requirements attached, so your sales time goes on deals that fit your capacity.
Find a 3PL built for your volume
Start from the directory, or publish a profile and let the matching work against your countries, carriers and capacity.
What is a 3PL?
A third-party logistics provider (3PL) is a company that runs logistics operations on behalf of others: warehousing, inventory management, order fulfilment, carrier management and often returns and value-added services. In ecommerce it usually means storing a merchant's stock and shipping their individual orders; in a wider B2B setting it can extend to pallet-level distribution, contract logistics with dedicated space and agreed SLAs, and freight coordination. The term is used more broadly than fulfilment centre, which specifically describes the outbound, order-by-order operation.
Also called: third party logistics, third-party logistics provider, contract logistics, fulfilment provider
Common questions
What is the difference between a 3PL and a fulfilment centre?
A fulfilment centre describes the outbound operation specifically: storing stock and shipping individual orders. 3PL is the broader term for a provider that runs logistics for others, which can include that fulfilment work plus pallet-level distribution, contract logistics and freight. Most ecommerce fulfilment centres are 3PLs, but not every 3PL is focused on ecommerce order flow.
What should I ask a 3PL before signing?
Which countries they have real carrier rates for and the delivery window for each, how they handle VAT and IOSS, whether the store integration is a genuine API connection or a scheduled file transfer, who you contact out of hours, and what broke during their worst peak season and what they changed afterwards.
How is 3PL pricing structured?
Typically storage per pallet or bin per month, a handling or pick and pack fee per order, and the carrier cost, with inbound, returns and special handling charged separately. Contract logistics may instead price dedicated space and labour. Compare on the same volumes and assumptions rather than on a single headline rate.
How long does onboarding a new 3PL take?
Plan four to eight weeks from signing to live volume for standard ecommerce, longer for complex contract logistics. Most of the time goes on integration, agreeing the packing and SLA specification, moving stock and running test orders end to end.
Explore further
Fulfilment in Europe
The broader view of finding and comparing a European partner.
VAT and IOSS fulfilment
Cross-border tax handled properly, without surprises at the door.
Browse the directory
Filter every provider by country, carrier, platform, COD and VAT/IOSS.
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