Brought to you by serial entrepreneurs, Laurence Guy of Pentagon and Al Gerrie of ZigZag. Warehow was formed to offer fulfilment solutions as part of the We Are Pentagon group. Now they’ve opened the doors for business for all online retailers and there’s a lot to like about their fulfilment operations, designed with the fashion and small home retailer in mind
First up, and the question everyone always wants to know is what does it cost? That’s probably the last question you should be as service is what really matters, but Warehow are one of the very few fulfilment businesses that transparently publish their rates up front. Even better, while there are obvious unavoidable costs such as delivery, storage costs could be waived entirely depending on your sales volumes – Warehow want you to succeed and the more successful you are the less you’ll pay.
Having address costs, service is what you would expect from a business built to support their own operations – it’s second to none! While a classic third party fulfilment offering is available for larger retailers, they have thought of every one so there’s a white label solution for marketplace and they also have subscription levels that are appealing to fast growing smaller sellers.
You’ll want to make sure that Warehow can support the channels you sell on and that shouldn’t be a problem. With Pentagon clients selling on a wide range of channels you’ll find support ranging from the best known marketplaces including Amazon, eBay, Fruugo, and OnBuy, to the channels that are more sector specific such as Debenhams, Next, Secret Sales and Very.
Outsourcing your fulfilment is always a very personal decision for a small business – you’ve built your own success and now you’re trusting a third party to take over the one part of your online business where there is a physical interaction with your customer – the delivery of their purchase. You’ll want to thoroughly check out any fulfilment business you partner with and the good news is that Warehow looks like it stacks up in all the right places.
From a small independent business to large household name retailers, if you’re considering a fulfilment solution and want a partner that can onboard you in time for Q4, now is the time to be having the conversation. You can contact Warehow through their website, email at [email protected], or give them a call on 020 8940 5392.
