Faire, Abound, NuOrder, direct wholesale, and EDI — 3PLCity handles every B2B fulfillment channel from our Los Angeles fulfillment center. Routing guide compliance for every major retail account, zero-chargeback execution, EDI 850/856/810 transactions, and the retail-ready pack-out standards your wholesale buyers demand from their suppliers.
Routing guide chargebacks
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850/856/810 supported
One inventory pool
A streamlined six-step process turns every PO into a routing-guide-compliant, ASN-confirmed shipment — with chargeback risk monitored from receipt to invoice and full payment visibility through delivery.
EDI 850 purchase order, Faire PO, Abound PO, NuOrder PO, or manual purchase order received and acknowledged within 4 business hours. PO data validates against your active SKU list, available inventory, and any account-level holds before confirmation. Discrepancies flagged immediately so they get resolved before pack-out begins, not after a chargeback hits.
Retailer routing guide pulled from our compliance library and reviewed against the PO. Carrier requirements, label placement, carton specifications, BOL format, ASN deadlines, palletization standards, and appointment scheduling all confirmed before any product moves. Every retailer's guide is different, and we maintain the current version for every account you ship to.
Products picked, packed to the routing guide's exact specification, and labeled per retailer requirement. Carton labels, palletization, shrink-wrap standards, GS1-128 carton labels, mixed-SKU pallet rules, and ship-to routing all verified at pack-out before the shipment moves to the dock. Compliance check happens before release, not after the chargeback.
Routed carrier scheduled per the routing guide — Target's preferred carrier, Walmart's Collect routing, Costco's specific LTL partners, or Faire Direct shipping. ASN generated and queued for transmission. Pickup appointment booked through the retailer's appointment system. BOL created per format spec.
EDI 856 ASN transmitted to the retailer ahead of the routing guide deadline. EDI 810 invoice submitted following delivery confirmation, or manual equivalents transmitted for non-EDI retailers. All transactions logged for audit and dispute defense. Late ASN transmission is one of the most common chargeback triggers — we monitor deadlines actively.
Delivery confirmation tracked and matched against the routing guide's required delivery window. Chargeback risk flagged if any compliance gap exists so you can defend the line with our documentation. Invoice paid by retailer with our compliance records supporting any disputed line — every shipment carries the paper trail it needs to win disputes that other 3PLs simply lose.
Purpose-built infrastructure, real-time technology, and hands-on service - all under one roof.
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Target, Walmart, Costco, TJX, HomeGoods, Marshall's, Nordstrom, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Home Depot — every major retailer has a routing guide, and each one is different. We maintain a compliance library covering every account you ship to, update guides whenever retailers revise them, and verify each shipment against the current guide before release.
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Chargebacks kill wholesale margins — a 2-5% chargeback on a routing guide violation can wipe out the entire profit on a PO. We track every requirement, verify compliance at pack-out, and document each shipment to defend against disputed claims. Most wholesale brands that switch to us cut their chargeback rate by 70-90% in the first 90 days.
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Direct API integration with Faire and Abound. Purchase orders sync automatically the moment they are placed by retail buyers, ship per platform requirements with same-day or next-day turnaround, and ASN/tracking flow back to the platform automatically to keep your buyer ratings high and your repeat-buyer rate green.
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EDI 850 (PO acknowledgment), 856 (ASN), and 810 (invoice) processed for major retail trading partners — Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Whole Foods, Kroger, and others. We work with your existing EDI provider (SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce, DiCentral) or manage transactions through our VAN connections if you don't have one yet.
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Run DTC and wholesale from a single inventory pool with real-time allocation. When a wholesale PO is confirmed, committed inventory is reserved and removed from DTC channel availability — preventing overselling against wholesale commitments and protecting your retailer relationships. One inventory, every channel, no duplicate-stock waste.
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PO status by account, on-time ship rate, on-time delivery rate, fill rate, chargeback history, ASN compliance rate, and account profitability — all visible in your dashboard with alerts the moment any metric drifts toward a threshold that affects your retailer scorecards. The data you need to defend your account standing and win the next PO.
Whether you ship a handful of POs a month or fulfill for hundreds of retail accounts, our infrastructure scales with your wholesale program.
Independent brands selling on wholesale marketplaces who need professional fulfillment, fast same-day or next-day ship for small initial orders, and the routing compliance that turns first-time buyers into repeat accounts. Faire and Abound metrics directly determine whether buyers reorder — and on-time fulfillment is the metric that matters most.
Brands shipping purchase orders directly to retail accounts — boutiques, regional chains, specialty retailers, and big-box buyers — where routing guide compliance and on-time delivery directly determine whether you keep the account. A single chargeback can kill the margin on a PO; repeated violations can kill the account entirely.
Brands selling into major retail accounts (Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Whole Foods, Kroger, TJX) that require full EDI integration with 850/856/810 transactions, vendor compliance scorecards, ASN deadlines measured in hours, and the operational discipline that big-box retailers expect from every supplier on their floor.
Brands running both channels who need a single inventory pool, a single fulfillment partner, and real-time allocation that prevents DTC orders from cannibalizing wholesale commitments. One operations partner, one dashboard, one invoice — no juggling between a DTC 3PL and a wholesale 3PL with different systems.
Brands supplying private label, white label, or co-branded products to retail partners where strict packaging, labeling, palletization, and routing requirements differ from your own retail SKUs and need separate workflow handling per account. Custom prep specs maintained per retailer.
Brands that import containers from overseas manufacturers and distribute to retail accounts across the U.S. Our Los Angeles facility, 8 miles from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, receives containers directly via local drayage, saving 5-7 days and significant cost versus distributing from a Midwest or East Coast facility.
Wholesale fulfillment is fundamentally more complex than DTC. Each retail account operates under its own routing guide, and the guides differ on nearly every dimension — carrier selection, label placement (front-left corner, top-right, mounted on a specific pallet face), carton specifications and dimensions, palletization standards and stack heights, BOL format and required data elements, ASN transmission deadlines measured in hours, appointment scheduling rules, mixed-SKU pallet rules, GS1-128 carton labeling, and chargeback policies that punish even minor deviations. Missing any single requirement triggers a chargeback that erodes your already-thin wholesale margins and damages your retailer scorecard for future POs.
3PLCity manages this complexity as its own discipline. We maintain a routing guide compliance library covering every retail account you work with, update guides whenever retailers revise them (and they revise them frequently), and verify compliance at the unit and shipment level before any PO leaves the dock. Our B2B fulfillment team operates with workflows separate from our DTC team — these are wholesale specialists who understand the operational difference between shipping to a customer's home and shipping to a retailer's distribution center, and who have seen every kind of chargeback risk and know how to prevent it.
Faire and Abound have transformed wholesale for independent brands. These platforms connect you to thousands of retail buyers who discover your brand, place small initial orders, and reorder if the experience meets their expectations. Fulfilling these orders correctly — on time, with proper documentation, at reasonable per-order cost, with the right packaging presentation — directly determines whether buyers reorder and whether they recommend your brand to other store owners in their network. Faire's repeat-buyer rate is one of the most important metrics on the platform, and it is almost entirely driven by fulfillment quality.
3PLCity integrates directly with both Faire and Abound via API. Purchase orders sync automatically the moment they are placed, our team ships same-day or next-day per platform requirements, ASNs and tracking flow back to the platform without manual entry, and your Faire metrics — on-time rate, repeat buyer rate, fill rate — stay green. We have fulfilled tens of thousands of Faire and Abound orders for brands across beauty, food, home goods, apparel, accessories, and specialty categories. The brands that scale on Faire are the ones whose fulfillment never becomes the reason a buyer doesn't reorder.
Most brands shipping wholesale also import from overseas manufacturers. Your containers arrive at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach before they go anywhere else in the country — roughly 40% of all U.S. ocean freight enters through these two ports. Our facility sits 8 miles from the ports, which means we receive containers directly via local drayage and stage inventory for wholesale distribution within hours of port release. A Midwest warehouse adds 5-7 days of cross-country transit and $4,000-$8,000 per 40-foot container in drayage cost before your wholesale POs can even ship.
For brands that ship wholesale to West Coast retail accounts — Costco, regional grocery chains, specialty boutiques across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada — Los Angeles fulfillment is dramatically faster and cheaper than inland distribution. For brands shipping wholesale to East Coast accounts, our negotiated freight rates and same-day pack-out keep total landed cost competitive even on cross-country LTL shipments. The geographic math has flipped for most brands: California-first wholesale distribution wins on total cost almost every time, unless you have extremely concentrated East Coast retail volume that justifies a second-warehouse model.
A routing guide is the document a retailer publishes that specifies exactly how you must ship products to them — which carriers to use, how to label cartons and pallets, palletization standards, BOL format, ASN transmission deadlines, appointment scheduling, packaging specifications, and mixed-SKU pallet rules. Violating any requirement triggers a chargeback that typically costs 2-5% of the invoice value, and repeated violations can suspend or terminate your retailer account entirely. We follow every routing guide exactly and maintain a compliance library covering every retail partner you work with, updating guides whenever retailers revise them.
Yes. We process EDI 850 (purchase order acknowledgment), generate EDI 856 (advance ship notice) ahead of routing guide deadlines, and submit EDI 810 (invoice) for major retail EDI partners — including Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Whole Foods, Kroger, TJX, HomeGoods, Marshall's, Nordstrom, Sprouts, and most regional retailers. We work with your existing EDI provider (SPS Commerce, TrueCommerce, DiCentral, others) or manage EDI through our own VAN connections if you don't have one yet.
Yes. We have direct Faire API integration, direct Abound API integration, and NuOrder PO import workflows. Purchase orders sync automatically into our WMS the moment they are placed by retail buyers, ship per platform requirements (typically same-day or next-day), and ASNs are submitted through the platform portals. Tracking flows back automatically to update buyer dashboards, protecting your repeat-buyer rate and on-time score. For NuOrder line-sheet orders, we maintain account-specific prep specifications and routing rules.
Routing guide compliance review happens at three stages: when a new retail account is onboarded (we read the entire guide, configure our WMS to enforce it, and train pickers and packers on requirements), at the PO confirmation stage (we verify carrier, label, and packaging requirements before product moves), and at pack-out before shipment release (we verify the actual shipment against the guide one final time). We also track chargeback history by account to identify recurring patterns and address root causes before they repeat. Most wholesale brands switching to 3PLCity see chargeback rates drop 70-90% within 90 days.
Yes. We maintain a single inventory pool with real-time allocation across DTC orders, Faire and Abound POs, EDI wholesale POs, Amazon FBA prep shipments, Amazon FBM orders, TikTok Shop orders, and any other connected channel. When a wholesale PO is confirmed, committed inventory is reserved and removed from DTC channel availability — preventing accidental oversells against wholesale commitments and protecting your retailer relationships. One inventory pool eliminates the duplicate-stock waste of running separate channel-specific operations.
Major retail EDI partners including Target, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, Whole Foods, Kroger, TJX, HomeGoods, Marshall's, Nordstrom, and Sprouts. Independent and regional retailers via direct PO or our routing guide compliance library. Wholesale marketplaces Faire, Abound, and NuOrder via direct API integration. Private label and co-branded wholesale programs with custom packaging and labeling requirements. Our Los Angeles facility, 8 miles from the Ports of LA and Long Beach, receives containers from overseas manufacturers within hours of port release — cutting 5-7 days and significant drayage cost out of the wholesale distribution timeline for brands that import.
