A SoCal 3PL You Can Visit Anytime
Most Southern California 3PLs ask you to hand over the operation and trust the process. Handled gives you something different: a Riverside warehouse near the LA/Long Beach ports that you can visit, a team you can reach directly, and fulfillment built around your brand. Outsource the work without disappearing from the operation.
A Southern California 3PL that keeps you in control
Choosing a 3PL shouldn't mean giving up visibility, flexibility, or access. Handled keeps your Southern California operation close enough to see, flexible enough to fit your brand, and supported by people who know how you want it run.
Minutes from the LA/Long Beach ports
Keep imported inventory close to the ports that matter. Less distance from container to warehouse means less drayage and a shorter path to sellable stock.
Visit your SoCal warehouse anytime
Come to Riverside, walk the floor, inspect inventory, watch kits or packaging being built, and meet the people responsible for your orders.
Dedicated eyes on the warehouse floor
Your brand ambassador stays close to the work, watches exceptions, and makes sure your standards are followed before small issues become customer problems.
Fulfillment customized to your brand
Your packaging, kitting, carrier rules, retail requirements, and workflows shape the operation — not a one-size-fits-all 3PL template.
Your SoCal warehouse today. East Coast capacity when you need it.
Riverside is the operating center of your Southern California fulfillment network — close to the LA/Long Beach ports and open to you in person. If your customer mix eventually calls for an East Coast node, add Carlstadt without changing fulfillment partners.
Built around Southern California imports
Keep imports close to the LA/Long Beach ports.
Your warehouse isn't off limits
Visit Riverside, inspect inventory, and meet your team.
Add a second coast when it pays
Add Carlstadt when East Coast volume justifies it.
A Southern California 3PL built around your operation
What other 3PL companies in Southern California standardize, Handled can customize. Your fulfillment requirements should shape the warehouse process — not the other way around. Handled supports the details that matter to your customer experience, from branded packaging and kits to retail routing and returns. Built for growing brands with complex, custom, omnichannel fulfillment needs.
Ecommerce Fulfillment
Pick, pack, and ship DTC orders with the presentation, inserts, and handling rules your brand requires.
B2B & Retail
Route wholesale and retail orders to each account's compliance, labeling, and delivery requirements.
Branded Packaging
Use custom boxes, tissue, inserts, and assembly steps without being forced into a standard packout.
Kitting
Build bundles, subscription boxes, and multi-SKU kits to the exact bill of materials for each campaign.
FBA Prep
Prepare, label, and forward Amazon inventory to current FBA requirements.
Returns
Receive, inspect, disposition, and restock returns according to your policy.
If you can describe it, we'll handle it.
A SoCal 3PL team that actually knows your brand
Your account isn't handed to a rotating support queue. A named brand ambassador knows your products, SOPs, packaging, and priorities — and stays close to the warehouse work every day.
Your brand has an owner
A named person learns how your operation is supposed to run and holds the floor to those expectations.
Problems get caught on the floor
Inventory shortages, packaging issues, address exceptions, and operational mistakes can be flagged before they turn into customer problems.
Talk directly to your team
Reach the people closest to your operation by Slack, phone, or in person — without opening a ticket and waiting for someone unfamiliar with your brand.
Southern California 3PL performance, guaranteed in writing
Control also means knowing what happens when fulfillment misses the mark. Handled's core operating commitments are written into your agreement, with a clear remedy when we miss.
100% Same-Day Shipping
Orders received by 12 PM ship the same day — or we make it right.
100% Order Accuracy
If we pick or pack it wrong, we cover the cost to fix it.
100% Same-Day Restocks
Out-of-stock items are restocked the day inventory arrives.
Scaling brands trust Handled with the details
Brands choose Handled when they want the capabilities of a 3PL without losing the responsiveness and visibility of an in-house operation.
If you want top notch service and reliability, Handled Commerce is for you. We have used Hook Logistics/Handled since 2020 and are so happy we made the change. What a difference a great partner makes!
Fantastic team! I wanted to have a 3PL that was transparent, responsive and priced fairly. Handled Commerce covered everything I was looking for.
I've had challenging experiences with fulfillment since we started our company over a decade ago. But Handled is the first logistics company that I have been impressed with, that has provided consistent service, and has integrity.
10/10 — would recommend to any of my brand friends with a fast growing DTC business! Everything from kitting projects to small parcel shipments to pallet deliveries, they have got you covered.
Extremely satisfied, very happy for the end to end service they provide and the personal touch by Claudia, Shawn and Kevin is always much appreciated.
Built for brands where the delivery experience is the brand
Some categories live or die on presentation, accuracy, and careful handling. Handled runs fulfillment to your spec — packaging, kitting, inserts, returns — so the unboxing your customers get is the one you designed.
Apparel & Accessories
Size and color variants, high SKU counts, branded unboxing, and easy exchanges — handled to your spec.
Health & Wellness
Supplements and wellness products picked and packed accurately, with careful handling and your packaging rules.
Cosmetics & Beauty
Brand-defining unboxing, careful handling, and consistent presentation — the experience your customers expect.
Food & Beverage
CPG-ready handling and packaging built around your product’s needs, with the accuracy and speed to match.
Pet
Bulky and bundled pet products handled with workflows shaped to your catalog, not a one-size template.
Home & Lifestyle
From fragile to oversized, your home and lifestyle goods get packaging and handling tuned to your brand.
Your channels stay connected to your SoCal operation
Orders, inventory, tracking, and returns stay synchronized across the systems you sell through, while your warehouse team remains close enough to act when something needs attention.
Straightforward pricing for a custom operation
No surprise fees. Usage-based pricing scales with the work your operation actually requires, without forcing a growing brand into a generic fulfillment package.
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
Every order is picked and packed with care, with per-order pricing your costs rise only when your volume does.
- Same-day shipping by 12 PM
- 100% order accuracy guarantee
- Branded packaging & inserts
- Returns processing included
- Real-time order & inventory sync
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.
Southern California 3PL questions, answered
01Where is your Southern California 3PL warehouse located?
Our Southern California 3PL warehouse is at 250 Palmyrita Ave, Suite 1 in Riverside, CA 92507. The physical facility is near the LA/Long Beach ports, but it is not in Los Angeles. You can visit the warehouse, walk the floor, inspect inventory, and meet the team responsible for your operation.
02What makes Handled different from other 3PL companies in Southern California?
Handled combines warehouse access, custom operating workflows, a dedicated brand ambassador, direct communication, and written performance guarantees. You can see how the Riverside operation runs and work with people who know your brand instead of adapting to a standardized process or rotating support queue.
03What does a third-party logistics provider in Southern California actually handle?
Third-party logistics in Southern California can cover inbound receiving, inventory storage, ecommerce fulfillment, B2B and retail orders, pick and pack, kitting, branded packaging, returns, and outbound shipping. Handled connects those services in one Riverside operation configured around your products and channels.
04Can I visit your SoCal 3PL warehouse before moving inventory?
Yes. You can tour the Riverside warehouse before committing inventory, inspect storage and work areas, see packaging or kitting processes, and meet the people who would run your account. The visit gives you direct evidence of provider fit before planning a switch.
05How close is your Riverside warehouse to the LA/Long Beach ports?
Handled's warehouse is physically located in Riverside, not Los Angeles, and is positioned near the Ports of LA/Long Beach for Southern California import flows. That proximity can reduce unnecessary inland movement and shorten the path from container receiving to sellable inventory. See our Los Angeles fulfillment page for the complete LA-area geographic story.
06What fulfillment services does your Southern California 3PL provide?
Handled provides DTC ecommerce fulfillment, B2B and retail fulfillment, branded packaging, kitting and bundles, FBA prep, returns processing, inventory visibility, and carrier management from Riverside. Brands seeking broader statewide coverage can also review our California fulfillment capabilities.
07Is Handled a good fit for a growing omnichannel brand?
Handled is designed for growing brands with meaningful order volume, multiple sales channels, custom requirements, and a customer experience worth protecting. One connected omnichannel fulfillment operation can support DTC, marketplaces, wholesale, and retail while preserving branded packaging and workflow rules across channels.
08Can you customize fulfillment workflows that other 3PLs won't?
Yes. Handled can configure packaging, kits, inserts, carrier rules, retail routing, receiving steps, returns disposition, and other operating details around your brand. The team documents those requirements in your SOPs and runs the warehouse process to the agreed specification.
09How difficult is it to switch from another Southern California 3PL?
Handled plans the transition around your inventory, systems, SOPs, packaging, carrier rules, and launch schedule. A named team coordinates integrations, receiving, inventory validation, and cutover milestones so you retain visibility while moving from the previous provider into Riverside.
10What ecommerce platforms and marketplaces does your SoCal 3PL integrate with?
Handled supports platforms and channels including Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, Wix, Squarespace, Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok Shop. Orders, inventory, tracking, and returns remain synchronized across supported systems so the warehouse and your team work from the same information.
11When does it make sense to add an East Coast fulfillment location?
Add an East Coast node when order concentration, parcel zones, delivery targets, or capacity needs justify splitting inventory. Handled can add the Carlstadt, NJ facility while keeping Riverside as your primary SoCal warehouse, with one partner and one operating model across both locations.
Tour the SoCal warehouse before choosing your next 3PL
Walk the Riverside floor, meet the people who would run your operation, and see how Handled would execute your packaging, workflows, and standards before you move inventory.
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