This blog post is sponsored by Fulfillrite.
Do you want help shipping out your perks to your backers?
It’s a big job to do it all yourself. You have to package the orders, figure out shipping, and hope and pray they arrive on time.
More and more creators are outsourcing this aspect of their project to professional Kickstarter fulfillment that can handle the entire job for you.
They act as your fulfillment partner. They do all of the legwork that goes into getting those reward and perk orders out on time.
I want to share a list of some of the top companies in this industry that help with crowdfunding fulfillment. Hope you find it to be helpful.
1. Fulfillrite
I might be biased, but I’ve found Fulfillrite to be the best fulfillment company in this industry. They are very reliable, easy to work with, and flexible for different kinds of campaigns.
In my dealings with them, I’ve always found them to be responsive and have answered all or most of the questions I’ve had about the fulfillment phase of a campaign.
They’ve put an emphasis on education and also sponsor my podcast. They include:
- Discounted USA & International Shipping rates.
- Personal Service & Quick response time to inquiries.
- Volume pick & pack discounts + no long-term contracts
2. Easy Ship
Easy Ship is another crowdfunding fulfillment company that will help you ship out your perks and rewards to backers.
They can help you track your inventory, deal with international taxes and duties, and manage your orders.
Backers will get tracking updates for your orders. This company includes:
- Shipping management tool dashboard
- Shipping rates and checkout plugin
- Multiple warehousing partners
3. Floship
Floship helps you get your perks in the hands of your Kickstarter supporters. They work with projects that have at least 500 backers. They are headquartered in Hong Kong
This company will assist you by assigning you an account manager and get down to helping you with pick and pack, storage, and shipping.
Floship could be a good choice for international fulfillment, as they are based in Hong Kong. They include:
- Dedicated account manager
- Bulk discounts for big campaigns
- Access to fulfillment portal
4. Shipwire
Shipwire is a large fulfillment company that deals with many other types of projects aside from crowdfunding. They have fulfillment centers in different countries and offer global fulfillment.
Being a larger company, they have more resources than a small company, but they also tend to have less personalized attention. They’ve helped big companies like Soylent get on the map.
I would read this doc which is specific to their crowdfunding fulfillment. They include:
- Cross-border fulfillment
- Return shipping optimization
- Ground and expedited delivery
5. Shipbob
Shipbob is an ecommerce fulfillment company that also helps fulfilling orders from Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns.
They will store your inventory and then do the pick & pack and shipping to get the product out there in the hands of your backers. You can then track and manage your orders with their software.
Along with offering basic fulfillment, they also offer:
- Integrations and APIs for your store
- DHL, USPS and UPS shipping
- Onboarding assistance
6. InterFulfillment
InterFulfillment is a Canadian order fulfillment service that’s based in Toronto, Ontario. They assist with inventory storage, fulfillment, and shipping.
This can be a great option if you’d like to expand your business into the Candian market or if you have backers that are based in Canada.
There are no long-term contracts, so it’s easy to get started. Here are some other features:
- Same day shipping
- Real-time updates
- Easy on-boarding process
7. Shipmonk
Shipmonk is an order and ecommerce fulfillment company that also helps with crowdfunding campaigns.
These guys give you inventory management software to batch process your orders and get on-boarded quickly.
Along with pick and pack, shipping, and tracking, they also assist in:
- Cost effective and flexible shipping
- Tracking notifications
- Missing inventory
Which is Best?
These are all great solutions for Kickstarter fulfillment. I hope you take the time to look into each of them.
I talk a lot about the fulfillment and cost-estimation phase of a project in my book, the Kickstarter Launch Formula. This is available on Amazon and Audible.
Along with sharing tips in my book, I also do a newsletter which you can join down below where I provide advice on crowdfunding, ecommerce, and more.
Hope you liked this article and found it to be helpful.
