Disclosure before you read a word: this list is published by Shipo, a third-party logistics company in Wilmington, Delaware. We are on the list. We have not put ourselves first, and we have not given ourselves a score. Most “best FBA prep center” articles you will find are written by prep companies that quietly rank themselves number one. We would rather tell you up front and let you judge the information.

If you sell on Amazon and you also sell direct on Shopify, you have probably noticed a gap in the market. Plenty of companies will prep and forward your inventory to Amazon FBA. Plenty of others will pick and pack your DTC orders. Far fewer will do both from one building, on one inventory pool, for a seller who is not yet shipping tens of thousands of units a month.

This guide names the East Coast companies that genuinely do both.

How this list was built

Four rules, applied to every company here:

East Coast facility. The company operates a warehouse on the eastern side of the country, stated on its own site.
Both channels. It publicly offers Amazon FBA prep and direct-to-consumer or FBM order fulfillment.
Every fact comes from the company’s own website. Not from directories, not from other roundups, not from memory.
Where a company does not publish something, we wrote “not published.” We did not estimate. We did not guess. If you see a price below, that company printed it on its own site.

You will not find star ratings here. We have no defensible way to score another company’s operation, so we have not invented one.

Quick comparison

Company	Location	Publishes pricing?	Stated minimums
Smart Prep Center	Newark, DE	Yes	“No minimums”
Elite Prep Center	Franklinville, NJ	Yes	“No minimums”
TosPrep	Orlando, FL	Yes	$10 minimum on bundle/set orders
FastFBA3PL	Huntingdon Valley, PA	Partial	Not published
PrepMeisters	Central NJ (city not published)	Yes	$75 minimum invoice per shipment
FBA Prep Logistics	Bristol, PA	No	“No contracts, no minimums”
Prep Services FBA	New Jersey (city not published)	No	Not published
eWorld Fulfillment	St. Petersburg, FL and Carlstadt, NJ	No	Not published
Red Stag Fulfillment	Knoxville, TN	No	Not published
Shipo	Wilmington, DE	No — quoted per account	Not published

If you want published, predictable per-unit pricing

The single most useful thing a prep center can do for a small seller is print its rates. It lets you build a landed-cost model before you commit. Four companies here do it.

Smart Prep Center — Newark, Delaware

The closest direct comparison to our own operation, and worth looking at seriously. Newark is roughly fifteen minutes from our building, in the same 0% sales-tax state. Their published StartUp rates are $1.20 per unit for online-arbitrage FBA prep and $0.50 per unit for wholesale and private label, with FBM order fulfillment at $1.15 for the first unit and $0.50 for each additional. Pallet storage runs from $1.20 per pallet per day at low volume down to $0.70 at 100+ pallets. Container unloading is $300 for a 20-foot and $600 for a 40-foot. They state no minimums and 14 days of free storage, and they integrate with Amazon, Shopify, WooCommerce, Walmart, eBay and Etsy. Square footage is not published.

Elite Prep Center — Franklinville, New Jersey

Probably the most transparent rate card of anyone on this list. Standard prep is $1.00 per unit from 1 to 1,000 units a month, $0.85 from 1,001 to 5,000, and $0.70 above that. FNSKU labels are $0.25, polybagging $0.20, bundling $0.75. FBM pick and pack is $2.50 per unit. Carton receiving is $1.25, pallet receiving $12.00, pallet storage $40.00 a month, returns inspection $1.75 per unit, and a 40-foot container unload is $475.00. They claim a 28-hour turnaround and no minimums. Square footage is not published.

TosPrep — Orlando, Florida

Florida rather than the Northeast, so the delivery map is different, but the pricing is unusually granular. FNSKU work is $10 per order for 1–10 units per SKU, then $1.00 per unit at 11–20, $0.75 at 21–499, $0.65 at 500–1,000 and $0.55 above 1,001. Oversize adds $1.50, glass and hazmat add $0.50 each. FBM is $2.00 per order with additional units at $1.00 and then $0.50. Storage is $6 a month for a bin, $11 for a box, $35 for a regular pallet. They state no monthly fee and handle hazmat. Square footage is not published.

FastFBA3PL — Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

One of the very few companies on this list that publishes its warehouse size: 12,000 square feet. Prep starts at $0.60 per SKU, sets from $1.20, storage from $30.00 per pallet. They claim 24-hour order processing at any quantity and one-business-day transit into the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Amazon fulfillment centers, which matters more than most sellers realise when you are racing a Q4 inbound deadline. Minimums are not published.

If you are just starting and your volume is genuinely low

Two companies here lead with small-seller friendliness rather than with rates.

FBA Prep Logistics — Bristol, Pennsylvania

States “no contracts, no minimums,” and offers Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime alongside standard FBA prep and DTC, shipping to Prime customers within two days. Integrates with Amazon, Shopify, Walmart and ShipStation. No pricing is published, so you will need to request a quote.

Prep Services FBA — New Jersey

Positioned near Port Newark and the major Amazon FCs, though the exact city is not published. Claims no setup costs, no monthly fee, no long-term contracts, a one-hour receiving SLA and 48 hours from onboarding to first shipment. Handles Amazon FBA and FBM, Walmart WFS, Shopify, TikTok Shop, eBay, Etsy and WooCommerce. No pricing published.

One claim worth checking yourself

PrepMeisters, in central New Jersey, advertises “No Volume Minimums” on its homepage. Its own pricing page states a $75.00 minimum invoice per shipment, and its published tiers begin at 401 units a month, with anything under 400 requiring you to contact them. Both statements are on their site. We are not calling it dishonest — there may well be a distinction between a volume minimum and an invoice minimum — but if you are shipping 100 units a month, that $75 floor is the number that will actually appear on your bill. Their published pick and pack is $3.50 for the first item on the Starter tier, dropping to $2.25 on Scale, with storage at $1.00 per cubic foot or $50.00 per pallet per month. They are Amazon SPN certified and cite an 18-hour average prep turnaround.

This is the general lesson of the category: read the pricing page, not the headline.

If you ship heavy, bulky, or higher volume

Red Stag Fulfillment — Knoxville, Tennessee

Credible and well known, with FBA prep, FBM, Seller Fulfilled Prime for extra-large items and Vendor Central. They specialise in heavy and bulky goods over 10 lbs and publish an unusually strong service guarantee: zero shrink, zero mispicks, zero late shipments, or they pay you. No pricing, square footage or minimums are published — everything runs through a quote form. Best fit if your product is large and awkward rather than small and light.

eWorld Fulfillment — St. Petersburg, FL and Carlstadt, NJ

Multi-site, with climate-controlled storage, same-day prep options and a stated 48-hour dock-to-stock. Integrates with Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and Magento. No pricing, minimums or square footage published.

If you sell food, beverage or supplements

Shipo — Wilmington, Delaware

Our own entry, and we will keep it to what is verifiable. Shipo’s Wilmington, Delaware warehouse reaches about 20% of the U.S. population overnight and about 48% within two days by ground, which is the practical reason to hold inventory on the I-95 corridor rather than splitting it across two coasts. Delaware charges 0% state sales tax. Those coverage figures are Shipo’s own estimates, derived from ground transit bands out of Wilmington, DE and U.S. Census population data (341.8M, July 2025). They are not carrier-published figures.

The specific thing we can point to that most of this list cannot: Shipo’s Delaware facility is registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a food facility under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, registration number 15630823908, verified effective through 31 December 2026. If you sell supplements, food or beverage, that registration is not a nice-to-have — it is a legal requirement for the facility holding your stock, and it is worth asking every company on this list whether they have one.

We run FBA prep and DTC fulfillment from the same building on the same inventory, with Shopify and WooCommerce integrations. We do not publish a public rate card, because our pricing depends on product size, weight and volume — which, in fairness, is exactly the answer the other non-publishing companies on this list would give, and you should treat all of us with the same mild scepticism and ask for a written quote.

Frequently asked questions

Can one 3PL really handle both Amazon FBA prep and my Shopify orders?

Yes, and it is usually cheaper than using two. The saving is not in the per-unit rate, it is in receiving. If you use separate providers you pay to receive the same shipment twice, you split your inventory before you know which channel will sell it, and you cannot move stock between channels without a transfer. One building means one receipt and one pool.

What is a fair FBA prep rate for a small seller in 2026?

Based only on the rates published by the companies above, standard prep sits roughly between $0.55 and $1.20 per unit depending on volume and whether the work is arbitrage or wholesale, with FBM pick and pack between about $1.15 and $3.50 for the first item. That is a description of what these ten companies publish, not an industry benchmark.

Why do so few prep centers publish their prices?

Partly because real costs depend on size, weight and volume, and partly because quoting privately protects margin. Neither is sinister, but a published rate card is a genuine advantage for a seller trying to model landed cost, and the companies above that publish one deserve credit for it.

Does a Delaware or New Jersey warehouse actually ship faster?

To the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, yes, because those regions fall inside one or two carrier zones from the I-95 corridor. If most of your customers are in California, an East Coast warehouse is the wrong answer.

Do I need an FDA-registered warehouse?

If your product is food, beverage or a dietary supplement, the facility storing it generally needs to be registered with the FDA. Ask for the registration number, and check it. Do not accept “we handle supplements” as an answer.

East Coast FBA Prep Centers That Also Do DTC Fulfillment (2026)