Find and negotiate with an order-shipping warehouse
A hobby founder's agent picked warehouses near likely customers, sent specs, gathered terms and negotiated prices with seven contenders; she signed a contract after three days.
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What they did
The poster runs a hobby product project. She had her agent find order-packing and shipping warehouses close to likely customers, to cut delivery time. The agent sent them specs, gathered their terms and negotiated prices. She signed the final contract.
How it went
She says the agent compared 7 contenders and she signed a contract the same morning. The whole process took 3 days, mostly waiting on the warehouses.
Worth knowing
Most of the time went to waiting for the warehouses to reply, not to the agent's own work.
Try it yourself
I sell [your product] and need a warehouse to store, pack and ship orders. My customers are mostly in [regions]. Find 5 to 8 order-fulfillment warehouses close to those customers. Draft an email for each with my product specs: [size, weight, monthly order volume]. Show me the drafts and wait for my approval before sending. As replies come in, put each company's terms and prices in a spreadsheet. Suggest counteroffers, but ask me before sending any. Then recommend the best option and explain why.
Swap the highlighted [parts] for your own details.
Source: X · @aarthir · Oct 17, 2026
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