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Beauty fulfillment

Beauty Fulfillment Built Around Your Brand

Growing beauty brands need more than basic pick and pack. Handled runs fulfillment around your products, storage and handling requirements, traceability, packaging, channels, and customer experience — with warehouse access and a dedicated brand ambassador who knows your operation. Your cosmetics 3PL should protect product integrity as carefully as it protects the customer experience.

Why Handled for beauty fulfillment

A beauty 3PL built for product integrity and control

Health and beauty fulfillment has requirements a generic 3PL can miss — temperature sensitivity, traceability, regulated products, fragile packaging, and presentation standards. Handled builds the operation around those requirements.

01

Temperature-controlled storage

Help protect temperature-sensitive beauty inventory with storage conditions designed around product handling requirements.

02

Lot and expiration tracking

Track inventory by lot and expiration date to improve traceability and visibility into affected or aging inventory.

03

Hazmat-ready fulfillment

Support qualifying fragrances, aerosols, nail products, and other regulated beauty SKUs with the storage, handling, labeling, and shipping workflows they require.

04

Fragile and leak-safe handling

Protect glass, pumps, droppers, liquids, and premium packaging with handling and packing rules built around the product.

Services

Cosmetics fulfillment services built for every channel

Run ecommerce fulfillment, retail fulfillment, B2B fulfillment, branded packaging, kitting, special projects, and returns through one beauty fulfillment operation — with each channel executed to its own requirements. Most cosmetics fulfillment companies standardize the process. Handled builds it around your brand.

If you can describe it, we'll handle it.

In-warehouse support

A dedicated brand ambassador who knows your beauty brand

Your brand ambassador learns your cosmetics catalog, handling requirements, packaging, workflows, launches, channels, and priorities — and stays close to the warehouse floor so you have someone who knows how your operation should run.

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Dedicated to your brand

Your brand ambassador learns your products, handling requirements, packaging rules, workflows, channels, and priorities.

02

In the warehouse

They stay close to receiving, inventory, kitting, packaging, and order exceptions so issues can be handled where the work happens.

03

Directly reachable

Reach your dedicated contact by Slack, phone, or in person instead of opening a ticket with someone unfamiliar with your operation.

9:41
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Shawn · Handled
Your Handled brand ambassador
Today
Morning! The serum gift set is down to 40 units, and carton inventory is getting low.
Thanks! Replenishment arrives Thursday. Can you prioritize receiving and kit assembly?
On it. I'll receive the inventory and stage the kits to your packaging spec.
I also held two units after catching a leaking pump during packing.
Perfect — thank you for catching that before it shipped.
Message Shawn…
Locations

One beauty fulfillment partner, one coast or both

Run your cosmetics fulfillment from Riverside, CA or Carlstadt, NJ — then add the second warehouse when customer geography and shipping economics justify it. Either way, your operation stays accessible in person.

Riverside, CAWest Coast fulfillmentCarlstadt, NJEast Coast fulfillment
01 — IMPORTS

Keep imported inventory moving

Move beauty inventory from nearby port infrastructure into receiving and sellable stock.

02 — CONTROL

Walk your warehouse anytime

Inspect beauty inventory, watch kits or branded packaging get built, and meet the people responsible.

03 — SCALE

Add the second coast when it pays

Split inventory between Riverside and Carlstadt when customer geography and shipping economics justify it.

Guarantees

Beauty fulfillment performance, guaranteed in writing

Your beauty customers expect the right products to ship correctly and on time. Handled puts its core fulfillment commitments in writing so your brand knows what to expect.

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100% Same-Day Shipping

Orders received by 12 PM ship the same day — or we make it right.

02

100% Order Accuracy

If we pick or pack it wrong, we cover the cost to fix it.

03

100% Same-Day Restocks

Out-of-stock items are restocked the day inventory arrives.

Integrations

Beauty ecommerce fulfillment connected across every channel

Orders, inventory, tracking, and returns stay synchronized across ecommerce carts, marketplaces, retail channels, and carriers so your beauty operation stays visible as it scales.

ShopifyWooCommerceBigCommerceSquarespaceWixMagentoAmazon
Target
eBay
Etsy
TikTok Shop
Square
USPS
UPS
FedEx
DHL
AfterShip
Pricing

Pricing built around a growing beauty operation

No surprise fees. Usage-based pricing scales with the storage, fulfillment, shipping, and custom work your operation actually requires.

Storage
Per Pallet Per Month

Your inventory is stored securely and efficiently, with monthly pallet-based pricing you only pay for the space you need.

  • Pallet, shelf, and bin storage
  • Climate-controlled, secure facility
  • Real-time inventory visibility
  • Scale up or down anytime
Shipping
Per shipment

We optimize every order for speed and savings, with per-shipment pricing based on the carrier and service level used.

  • USPS, UPS, FedEx & DHL
  • Carrier rate shopping per order
  • 1–2 day ground across your home region
  • Tracking writeback to your store

Special Projects: From kitting to custom prep work, our per-project pricing is based on the complexity and scope of each project.

FAQ

Beauty fulfillment questions, answered

01How much does beauty fulfillment cost?

Beauty fulfillment pricing depends on storage, receiving, order volume, pick-and-pack requirements, product handling, packaging, sales channels, and workflow complexity. Handled prepares a quote around the work your operation actually requires rather than forcing every brand into one standard rate.

02How do I choose a cosmetics fulfillment company?

Compare cosmetics fulfillment companies on category-specific handling, traceability, accuracy, customization, warehouse access, dedicated support, integrations, and written guarantees. Our guide to protecting fragile beauty packaging explains one of the category-specific workflows worth evaluating.

03How difficult is it to switch cosmetics fulfillment providers?

A successful transition covers inventory transfer, supported integrations, SOP mapping, packaging rules, channel setup, and a coordinated receiving plan. Handled assigns a dedicated contact to map those requirements and reduce disruption as the new operation goes live.

04What size beauty brands are the best fit for Handled?

Handled is designed for growing beauty brands with meaningful fulfillment volume, multiple SKUs, several sales channels, branded requirements, custom workflows, or other operational complexity. It is a strong fit when product integrity, presentation, and direct operational control matter across every order.

05How does beauty order fulfillment work across ecommerce and retail?

Ecommerce beauty orders can flow directly into DTC pick and pack while retail and B2B orders follow each partner’s routing, labeling, and compliance rules. Handled keeps those workflows connected to the same inventory view while executing each channel to its requirements. Our multichannel beauty fulfillment guide explains how these channels work together.

06Can Handled support skincare brands as well as cosmetics brands?

Yes. Skincare fulfillment can use the same configurable storage, handling, packaging, kitting, channel, and support workflows available to other beauty operations. Handled maps the process around the products and requirements of each qualified beauty 3PL program.

See how your operation would run

Get beauty fulfillment built around your brand

Tell us about your cosmetics catalog, storage and traceability requirements, channels, packaging, order volume, and the details your current provider can't get right. We'll show you how Handled would run the operation.

Storage and handling requirements mapped before go-live
Traceability, packaging, and channel workflows documented to your spec
Direct warehouse access in Riverside or Carlstadt

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