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Engraved illustration of 3pl pricing china vs us vs europe: a tall US warehouse stack of boxes and coins, a medium European stack, and a small factory shipping directly to a house

3PL Fulfillment Pricing in 2026: China vs the United States vs Europe

Every 3PL bill is built from the same five components. What changes by region is the pricing model: published China rates near $0.99 per order, US surveys at $3.20 plus a storage meter, and Europe mostly quoting in private. All three priced from named sources, with the 2026 duty rules that changed the answer.

Bojan Dimov Aug 19, 2026 14 min read

Perry the Peregrine mascot placing a parcel into a US post office at the centre of concentric distance-zone rings, with the customer's house close by and the origin factory far off on the horizon, illustrating that USPS zones are measured from the induction point rather than the origin

Fulfillment

China 3PL vs US 3PL: The Real Cost and Speed Math

USPS prices by where a parcel enters its network, not by where the goods were made. The same 1 lb parcel to Manhattan is $7.61 inducted in New York and $10.67 inducted in Los Angeles. The whole comparison, worked from published rate cards.

Bojan Dimov Aug 11, 2026 16 min read

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