3PLs are easy to start but difficult to grow. The typical journey consists of three stages: garage, client/tech expansion, and fulfillment at scale. It’s the middle phase where 3PLs experience the most pain, as ShipStation, Google Sheets, and QuickBooks don’t work for more than a few customers. Watch our video below to understand this journey and where Luminous fits in.
The easy warehouse management system for 3PLs
Made to take away the pain of growing your 3PL
The three stages of the 3PL business journey
- Most start in a home garage
- Low barrier to entry
- Often servicing a friend or someone they
know with an ecommerce company - 1-2 clients
- 10-500 shipments a day
- Not hugely profitable
- Handling at least 3 clients
- ShipStation, Google Sheets, and QuickBooks are the tech stack
- Manual billing from QuickBooks takes too much time
- Constantly answering client questions about inventory and stock levels
- Hired a picker, but sometimes they pack the wrong stuff
- This is where Luminous comes in
- Creates custom tech that further automates the business
- Becomes experts in their sector
- Expands to new client types
- Differentiates based on their tech and industry expertise
Taking your 3PL from garage to growth
During the expansion stage, 3PLs find themselves needing a comprehensive warehouse management system that integrates with everything they already use. Luminous is a simple solution that has everything 3PLs need to take on more clients and inventory.
Become more efficient and profitable
Once you start growing, things get complicated and you need to streamline operations to stay profitable. Luminous helps you reduce costs and improve turnaround times with easy-to-use tools for pick and pack and QC verification. You’ll also get detailed analytics and reports that inform you on how to get even more efficient.
Take back your time
Manually billing clients in QuickBooks and answering questions about stock levels are both major time sucks for 3PLs. Also, you might hire a picker but they’ll often ship the wrong stuff without a good system. These problems drain your resources. Luminous sets things right and gives you back your time to focus on growth.
DTC brands that love Luminous
An affordable option to fuel your growth
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Edgar Z
Andes ProductionThe setup process is very hands on from the wonderful team at Luminous, they walk through every step to ensure you understand it and more than anything they customize the system to our needs.
Brad S
Sweets KendamasLuminous has any feature you could hope for!
Allison D
GobeGreat product for inventory management.
Devin B
Revamped FulfillmentFantastic Product. They have every feature that I'm looking for.
Jared
MF9I like how much Luminous has to offer. From managing inventory to channels, it feels like it can do almost anything. I primarily manage inventory, and it is effortless and straightforward.
Kyle W
Andes ProductionFantastic. Once you get an understanding of how it all works its great for keeping inventory accurate especially when keeping track of inventory is huge here.
Edgar Z
Andes ProductionGame changer! Overall: Our warehouse and inventory management got a major facelift. Customer service is the best, they are there every step of the way.
Ben Peterson
KnafsI’m confident this will transform how we do business
Karina G.
Blaze Vapor"I am the product developer for Blaze Vapor. We started the company a year ago and since we hired the services of Luminous we are much more organized and much more efficient with more time to take care of the sales department."
Brendon
MF9If there are any issues, support is on it right away. They always value user feedback and are always accessible for all of your needs.