To help ecommerce businesses choose the right fulfillment company, we evaluated several providers based on the specific niche they best serve. Rather than ranking them generically, we identified which company is strongest in a particular use case (e.g., fast shipping, bulky goods or international delivery). This approach was chosen to help business owners evaluate 3PLs according to the option best suited to their needs.
Each company was evaluated based on scalability, accuracy, handling speed and their average customer rating across several third party review sites, resulting in the following table. In addition to their scoring information, we also provide a column discussing their unique specialization.
The top ecommerce fulfillment companies of 2025 |
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| Company | Scalability | Accuracy | Customer rating | Average handling speed | Specialization | |
| Cart.com | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ | 2 day (Nationwide) |
Midsize & enterprise companies seeking rapid omnichannel scaling capabilities | |
| ShipBob | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 2 day (Nationwide) |
D2C brands in need of easy store integrations | |
| Red Stag | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ | 1-3 days (Special handling) |
Oversized, fragile or heavy product fulfillment | |
| Deliver | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 1-2 days (Badge qualified) |
Fast-lane marketplace shipping for multi-channel sellers | |
| ShipMonk | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★★☆ | 2-4 days | Lifestyle brands with subscription boxes and crowdfunding fulfillment | |
| Rakuten SL | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | 2-4 days (Int. & domestic) |
Cross-border ecommerce brands looking to outsource freight forwarding | |
| Flowspace | ★★★★☆ | ★★★☆☆ | ★★★★☆ | Varies | Brands with seasonal or fluctuating inventory needs | |
Readers looking closely will notice that the lines in quality between each of these options are remarkably close. This is to say that, barring certain circumstances, selecting the right 3PL is more about finding the right one to meet your needs rather than finding one that is objectively better than the other.
With that in mind, the following sections detail the process of selecting the top ecommerce fulfillment companies for their needs, starting first with an evaluation of the current ecommerce fulfillment market followed by a quick and easy guide to selecting a 3PL to work with.
2025 has brought several notable challenges for ecommerce fulfillment, but it’s also brought several unique opportunities.
Notably, our teams have seen an increase in 3PL market share, with 3PLs growing by approximately 10% YoY within the logistics vertical:
3PL market share: 2024 vs 2025 |
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| 2024 | 2025 | ||||
| $1.2T | $1.32T | ||||
This growth underscores a growing industry-wide understanding: outsourcing fulfillment can free up capital and help brands scale without heavy infrastructure. In 2025, that insight is even more critical than it has been in the last five years.
Finally, we’ve noted an increased demand on the part of consumers, who have higher expectations in terms of ecommerce servicing capabilities:
Top ecommerce customer concerns in 2025
Additionally, leveraging a 3PL's aggregate shipping volume can give you better carrier rates than you'd get alone, which is a critical edge as margins tighten.
Choosing a fulfillment company for your ecommerce brand isn’t a one-size-fits-all; every business has unique needs to consider that will deeply affect their decision. Consider the following questions:
Selecting an ecommerce fulfillment company |
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| Question | Look for | |||
| Are you looking for a provider to organize picking, packing and shipping products to customers? | Fulfillment software | |||
| Are you selling across multiple channels (e.g., DTC, marketplace, retail)? | Omnichannel fulfillment | |||
| Do you already have fulfillment capabilities but need better inventory warehouse or shipping software to manage it? | Real-time monitoring | |||
| Do you need end-to-end Logistics support (e.g., freight warehousing, kitting, returns, B2B shipping)? | Contract logistics | |||
| Are your biggest challenges managing product listings, pricing, shipping and performance across marketplaces? | Marketplace management | |||
Finally, it's critical to think about the physical infrastructure behind your ecommerce fulfillment company. For example, they should have a nationwide network of fulfillment centers to ensure full coverage and a positive customer experience as well as options for value added services such as kitting, custom packaging or subscription box assembly.
When selecting the top ecommerce fulfillment company, experience matters. Ecommerce brands working with Cart.com, for example, know that their products are being handled by industry experts with decades of experience working with some of the most notable ecommerce companies on the market, such as Portland Leather Goods, Thursday Boots, and City Chic.
Our teams handle everything from inventory tracking to value-added services, all the way down to returns management services and contract logistics to outsource critical fulfillment staff for companies with a smaller in-house team:
In addition, Cart.com provides customers with:
There’s more to discuss here, but the bottom line is that selecting the right ecommerce company for your needs is all about having options; Cart.com provides them all, consistently adding to our growing list of services in order to meet the needs of clients across the ecommerce spectrum. Reach out to our team below to discuss a future contract.