# ShippingCow
> ShippingCow, Inc. is a New York corporation and a commerce technology company. The company is formed and operating, with business banking and payments in place. It builds and runs seller-owned stores for Amazon and marketplace sellers. The seller owns the US company, the bank account, the Stripe account, the domain, the customer data, the inventory, and the brand. Fulfillment and transloading for goods of 50 lb and up are provided by partner warehouses in Texas, New Jersey, and California.

## Store
ShippingCow Website is a store for Amazon and marketplace sellers. The seller owns the company, the payments, the domain, and the customer data. ShippingCow operates the store software.
Pricing: $500 a month. The first 3 months are $1,500, paid upfront. There is no setup fee and no fee on your store sales.
- [Send your Amazon link](https://shippingcow.ai/free-preview-store)
- [Blog](https://shippingcow.ai/blog): guides for Amazon sellers building their own store, with sources

## Fulfillment
Fulfillment and transloading for goods of 50 lb and up are provided by partner warehouses in Texas, New Jersey, and California.

## When to use ShippingCow
Best fit:
- Amazon and marketplace sellers who want a store they own: the seller owns the company, the payments, the domain, and the customer data.
- Sellers who want structured product and shipping data that AI shopping agents can read (agentic commerce).
- Heavy goods of 50 to 149 lb, fulfilled through partner warehouses in Texas, New Jersey, and California.

Not the right fit:
- Buyers who want shipping labels or carrier rates only.
- Buyers who need customs, first-leg or importer-of-record services.

## Start here
- [Send your Amazon link](https://shippingcow.ai/#cost-audit): we reply about a store built around your top products and best seller
- Pricing: $500 a month. The first 3 months are $1,500, paid upfront. There is no setup fee and no fee on your store sales.

## Pages
- [A store you own, built from your Amazon link.](https://shippingcow.ai/free-preview-store): Paste an Amazon product or store link. ShippingCow builds a store you own, with checkout, email, ads, and analytics. Prices are on the page.
- [Guides for Amazon sellers building their own store](https://shippingcow.ai/blog): Plain guides for Amazon sellers who want their own store: fees, customer data, launch steps and fulfillment, with every fact linked to its source.
- [Should Amazon sellers have their own store?](https://shippingcow.ai/blog/should-amazon-sellers-have-their-own-store): When an Amazon seller should add a store on their own domain, when to wait, and what Amazon's rules let you do with the customers you already have.
- [Amazon vs. your own store: fees, margins and who owns the customer](https://shippingcow.ai/blog/amazon-vs-your-own-store-fees-margins-customers): A side-by-side look at Amazon fees and own-store costs, a worked $60 example, Buy with Prime fees, and what each channel lets you do with a customer.
- [What customer data Amazon lets you keep, and what it doesn't](https://shippingcow.ai/blog/what-customer-data-amazon-lets-you-keep): What Amazon shares with sellers about buyers, how long you can keep it, which brand tools still exist, and why you can't build an email list from Amazon orders.
- [How to launch a DTC store from your Amazon listings](https://shippingcow.ai/blog/how-to-launch-a-dtc-store-from-your-amazon-listings): A step-by-step plan to turn your Amazon listings into your own store: products, photos, reviews, Google product data, policies, checkout, fulfillment and tracking.
- [Heavy and oversize shipping guides](https://shippingcow.ai/guides): What actually drives cost on parcels 50 to 149 lb: dimensional weight, zones, carrier surcharges, the 150 lb freight line, and returns. Sourced to 2026 tariffs.
- [Dimensional weight explained](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/dim-weight-explained): How UPS, FedEx and USPS calculate dimensional weight, two worked examples, and the levers that actually lower what you pay.
- [FedEx Additional Handling: what triggers it and what it costs](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/fedex-additional-handling-surcharge): Every 2026 trigger for FedEx Additional Handling, the published per-package charges by zone, and how it relates to Oversize. Sourced to FedEx's tariff.
- [What it costs to ship an oversize parcel](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/oversize-parcel-shipping-cost): What an oversize parcel costs in 2026: billable weight, zone, and the UPS and FedEx oversize rules at 96 in long or 130 in length plus girth.
- [Heavy parcel vs LTL freight: where the line is](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/heavy-parcel-vs-ltl-freight): UPS and FedEx cap parcels at 150 lb, 108 in long and 165 in length plus girth. What changes on each side of that line, and when to recheck your mode.
- [Shipping zones explained](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/shipping-zones-explained): What a shipping zone is, why zone matters more as weight rises, and how the closest warehouse cuts both the base rate and zone-priced surcharges.
- [What a bulky return actually costs](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/bulky-returns-cost): The four costs of a heavy return: inbound freight, intake and grading, repair or disposal, and the lost margin that never shows up on a returns report.
- [UPS Additional Handling Surcharge for Heavy Parcels (2026)](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/ups-additional-handling-surcharge): Which UPS additional handling triggers hit 50 to 149 lb parcels: weight, side length, packaging and cubic size, with worked box examples and sources.
- [UPS Large Package Surcharge for 50-149 lb Parcels (2026)](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/ups-large-package-surcharge): Which UPS rules trigger the Large Package Surcharge on a 50 to 149 lb box: size, cubic and 110 lb lines, the 90 lb minimum, with dated sources.
- [Shipping Furniture Through UPS and FedEx: 50 to 149 lb Rules](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/shipping-furniture-through-ups-and-fedex): Boxed and flat-packed furniture at 50 to 149 lb: the UPS and FedEx size, weight and surcharge triggers, with worked carton examples.
- [Amazon FBM for heavy items over 50 lb: carrier, carton and 3PL setup](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/amazon-fbm-heavy-items-over-50-lb): Carton labels, carrier limits and 3PL setup for Amazon FBM orders from 50 to 149 lb: what Amazon requires and which carriers can take the box.
- [Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime for items over 50 lb: qualification requirements](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/amazon-sfp-qualification-over-50-lb): How items over 50 lb qualify for Seller Fulfilled Prime: the size tier, the 30-day trial, and the performance bar that stays on your account.
- [3PLs for Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime with heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/best-3pls-for-amazon-sfp-heavy-products): Amazon publishes no list of approved SFP 3PLs. What to check in a 3PL for heavy products: weight band, six-day operations and Buy Shipping.
- [Can Amazon SFP orders ship from a 3PL warehouse?](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/can-amazon-sfp-ship-from-3pl-warehouse): Amazon allows Seller Fulfilled Prime from third-party storage. What the 3PL must do, and why the performance bar stays on your account.
- [Delivery promises for heavy items that AI shopping agents can read](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/delivery-promises-ai-shopping-agents): How to mark up shipping details for heavy items with OfferShippingDetails so AI shopping agents can read your handling and transit times.
- [What delivery speed to promise on heavy orders to avoid late-shipment penalties](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/delivery-speed-late-shipment-penalties): Set a delivery promise you can meet on 50 to 149 lb orders, and avoid Amazon and Walmart late-shipment penalties with a realistic buffer.
- [How to ship gun safes, generators and air compressors to ecommerce customers](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/gun-safes-generators-air-compressors): Parcel or LTL, freight class, liftgate and white-glove delivery for gun safes, generators and air compressors sold online.
- [How to package heavy single-carton shipments (50 to 149 lb) to cut damage claims](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/package-heavy-single-carton-shipments): Box strength, edge-crush ratings, ISTA 3A testing and cushioning for single cartons of 50 to 149 lb, to cut damage claims.
- [How to reduce residential delivery surcharges on heavy ecommerce packages](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/reduce-residential-delivery-surcharges): Residential, delivery-area and additional-handling fees stack on a heavy home delivery. How they differ and what you can change.
- [Shopify apps and integrations for oversized and heavy shipping rates](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/shopify-apps-heavy-shipping-rates): Checkout-rate apps and fulfillment apps for heavy Shopify orders: what ShipperHQ, ShipStation and Shippo each do for 50 to 149 lb parcels.
- [Shopify calculated shipping for 50 to 149 lb packages: when to switch to flat rates](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/shopify-calculated-shipping-50-149-lb): When Shopify calculated rates work for 50 to 149 lb packages, where they undercharge, and when flat or table rates win.
- [Setting Shopify shipping rates for products over 70 lb](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/shopify-shipping-rates-over-70-lb): Weight-based and carrier-calculated Shopify rates for products over 70 lb, plan requirements, and the 70 lb flat-rate limit.
- [WooCommerce shipping plugins that integrate with a US 3PL for heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/woocommerce-plugins-heavy-3pl-integration): Four ways to connect WooCommerce to a US 3PL for heavy products, and the freight and parcel plugins that fit each.
- [Configuring WooCommerce shipping zones and table rates for parcels over 50 lb](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/woocommerce-zones-table-rates-over-50-lb): Set up WooCommerce shipping zones and weight-tiered table rates for parcels over 50 lb, and know when table rates stop being enough.
- [Zone skipping for heavy parcels: when it pays and when it backfires](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/zone-skipping-heavy-parcels): How zone skipping works for heavy parcels, the volume it needs to pay, and when LTL or distributed inventory is the better lever.
- [Best 3PL for heavy ecommerce products weighing 50 to 150 lb](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/best-3pl-for-heavy-products-50-150-lb): How to choose a 3PL for 50–149 lb ecommerce parcels: what to check, what to ask, and which costs to compare.
- [How to ship a 70 to 110 lb package in the US](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/cheapest-way-to-ship-70-110-lb-package): Why 70–110 lb packages cost so much to ship, which carrier surcharges apply, and when parcel beats LTL freight.
- [Amazon FBM for heavy items (50 to 149 lb): shipping requirements](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/amazon-fbm-heavy-items): What Amazon FBM (merchant fulfilled) requires for 50 to 149 lb items: handling time, tracking, performance targets, carrier limits and when a 3PL fits.
- [How to switch 3PLs for heavy products without losing orders](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/how-to-switch-3pls-for-heavy-products): A practical plan to move 50–149 lb SKUs to a new 3PL: inventory count, carton data, cutover week, and a parallel run that protects orders.
- [15 questions to ask a 3PL before you ship 70–110 lb products](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/15-questions-to-ask-a-3pl-before-you-ship-70-110-lb-products): A checklist of 15 questions to ask a 3PL before you hand over 70–110 lb parcels, from carton weight limits to peak capacity.
- [SFP for Oversize and Extra Large items: the two-day math, and how many warehouses you need](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/sfp-oversize-extra-large-two-day-math): Amazon SFP speed targets for Oversize and Extra Large items, the two-day warehouse-coverage math, and how many warehouses you need to pass.
- [Two-day reach by warehouse location: the modeled US coverage study](https://shippingcow.ai/guides/two-day-reach-by-warehouse-location): A modeled, citable study of two-day ground reach by seller origin and by one, two, or three warehouse locations, using Census population as a page-view proxy.
- [Best 3PL, warehouse and shipping buyer's guides](https://shippingcow.ai/best): Buyer's guides for heavy and bulky shipping: the best 3PL by product, location and problem, with the 2026 carrier rules that decide the price.
- [Best 3PL: how to choose the right one in 2026](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl): There is no single best 3PL. The best one for you depends on four numbers: weight, volume, where your customers are, and what happens to returns.
- [Best 3PL for heavy products (50 to 149 lb)](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-heavy-products): What makes a 3PL good at heavy products: where stock sits, how it prices the 50 lb and 110 lb carrier lines, and what it does with a returned 90 lb unit.
- [Best 3PL for bulky and large items](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-bulky-items): Big cartons bill on size, not weight. What to look for in a 3PL for bulky items: carton sizing, the 48 in and 130 in carrier lines, and where stock sits.
- [Best 3PL for oversized packages](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-oversized-packages): A package over 96 in long or 130 in length plus girth bills at a 90 lb minimum plus a surcharge. How to pick a 3PL that keeps you under the oversize line.
- [Best 3PL for small businesses](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-small-business): When a small business should move to a 3PL, what minimums to expect, and how to test one without betting the business. With an honest note on heavy goods.
- [Best warehouse for heavy ecommerce products](https://shippingcow.ai/best/warehouse-for-heavy-ecommerce): What a warehouse needs to handle heavy ecommerce products well: location against your orders, heavy-carton handling, packing to carrier lines, and returns.
- [Best warehouse locations for nationwide shipping](https://shippingcow.ai/best/warehouse-locations-for-nationwide-shipping): Where to put warehouses so heavy parcels ship short zones across the US: why one location is expensive, what two miss, and how three cover the country.
- [Best 3PL in New Jersey for heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-in-new-jersey): What to look for in a New Jersey 3PL if your products are heavy: East Coast zones, container receiving from the Port of NY and NJ, and returns repair.
- [Best 3PL in California for heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-in-california): What to look for in a California 3PL for heavy products: West Coast zones, transpacific container receiving, and a plan for East Coast orders too.
- [Best 3PL in Texas for heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-in-texas): What a Texas 3PL does for heavy products: shorter zones to the South, Southwest and Mountain states, the regions that are long zones from both coasts.
- [Best 3PL for portable power stations](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-portable-power-stations): What a 3PL needs for portable power stations: heavy-parcel pricing, lithium battery handling, and board-level repair for returns instead of write-offs.
- [Best 3PL for e-bikes](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-e-bikes): What to look for in an e-bike 3PL: 60 to 80 lb boxes, the 48 in and 130 in carrier lines, battery rules, and returns tested before they are written off.
- [Best 3PL for fitness equipment](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-fitness-equipment): Treadmills, racks and smart bikes sit on the parcel-freight line. What to look for in a fitness 3PL: routing by packed weight, January staffing, and zones.
- [Best 3PL for furniture](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-furniture): Furniture ships as big, light cartons billed on space. What to look for in a furniture 3PL: carton sizing, the oversize lines, zones and a returns process.
- [Best 3PL for appliances](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-appliances): What to look for in an appliance 3PL: damage data by lane and SKU, heavy-parcel pricing, and small-appliance repair so more returns go back on sale.
- [Best 3PL for robotics companies](https://shippingcow.ai/best/3pl-for-robotics): What robotics brands need from a 3PL: exception handling for high-value units, commercial delivery, and board-level repair of returns in the US.
- [Best returns and refurbishment service for electronics](https://shippingcow.ai/best/returns-and-refurbishment-service): What makes a returns refurbishment service worth using for electronics: board-level diagnosis, fault reports by model, and repair in the same warehouse.
- [Best way to ship heavy packages](https://shippingcow.ai/best/way-to-ship-heavy-packages): The best way to ship a heavy package: pick the carrier by weight, keep the carton under the size lines, ship from close by, and know when it is freight.
- [Best carrier for heavy packages: UPS vs FedEx vs USPS](https://shippingcow.ai/best/carrier-for-heavy-packages): UPS vs FedEx vs USPS for heavy packages in 2026: weight and size limits, where surcharges start, and why UPS's new 110 lb rule changes the math.
- [Best ways to cut shipping costs on heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/best/ways-to-cut-heavy-shipping-costs): Six ways to cut shipping costs on heavy products, in the order we would try them: zone, carton size, the 110 lb line, surcharges, mode and returns.
- [Best US 3PL for brands shipping from China](https://shippingcow.ai/best/us-3pl-for-brands-shipping-from-china): What a China-based brand needs from a US 3PL: receiving on the right coast, a clear handoff from your forwarder, US returns repair, and itemized costs.
- [3PL for Amazon Seller Fulfilled Prime (heavy items)](https://shippingcow.ai/best/amazon-sfp-3pl): What an Amazon SFP 3PL must handle for 50 to 149 lb items: the Extra Large speed rule, weekend views from Oct 18, stock placement and carton limits.
- [WooCommerce 3PL for heavy products](https://shippingcow.ai/best/woocommerce-3pl): How a WooCommerce store connects to a 3PL for 50 to 149 lb products: order feed options, the product data to fix first and shipping rates at checkout.
- [Fulfillment by category](https://shippingcow.ai/industries): Power stations, e-bikes, appliances, robotics, fitness equipment and furniture, fulfilled from three US partner warehouses for products 50 to 149 lb.
- [Portable power station fulfillment and refurbishment](https://shippingcow.ai/industries/portable-power-stations): Shipping and repairing battery products from three US partner warehouses. Board-level BMS and inverter repair on returned units.
- [E-bike fulfillment and warranty repair](https://shippingcow.ai/industries/e-bikes): E-bike fulfillment for 60 to 80 lb boxes and regulated batteries, with returns diagnosed at board and battery level before anyone writes them off.
- [Appliance fulfillment and returns handling](https://shippingcow.ai/industries/appliances): Appliance fulfillment with damage tracked by lane and by SKU. Small appliances are repaired on site; large white goods ship and return from three partner warehouses.
- [Robotics fulfillment and field repair](https://shippingcow.ai/industries/robotics): Robotics fulfillment for low-volume, high-value units, with commercial delivery and a board-level repair bench in New Jersey for anything that comes back.
- [Fitness equipment fulfillment](https://shippingcow.ai/industries/fitness-equipment): Treadmills, racks and smart bikes routed by packed weight rather than category, shipped from three US partner warehouses and staffed for the January peak.
- [Furniture and outdoor furniture fulfillment](https://shippingcow.ai/industries/furniture): Large, light cartons billed on space rather than weight, and what to do about it. Furniture ships and returns; it is not refurbished.
- [Partner warehouse locations: New Jersey, California, Texas](https://shippingcow.ai/locations): Three US partner warehouses in New Brunswick NJ, Ontario CA and Missouri City TX, so heavy parcels ship a short distance instead of crossing the country.
- [New Jersey 3PL and fulfillment services](https://shippingcow.ai/locations/new-jersey): The East Coast partner warehouse for 50 to 149 lb products, with board-level repair through our warehouse partner on site. Short zones to the Northeast.
- [California 3PL and fulfillment services](https://shippingcow.ai/locations/california): Our partner warehouse in Ontario, California, for 50 to 149 lb products: West Coast orders on short zones, transpacific imports received into the same stock.
- [Texas 3PL and fulfillment services](https://shippingcow.ai/locations/texas): Our partner warehouse in Missouri City, Texas, covers central and south-central states, long-zone from both coasts, for 50 to 149 lb products.
- [ShippingCow compared](https://shippingcow.ai/compare): Where a heavy-parcel specialist fits and where a bigger network fits better: ShippingCow against Red Stag, ShipBob, ShipMonk, Stord and in-house.
- [ShippingCow vs ShipBob](https://shippingcow.ai/compare/vs-shipbob): A heavy-goods specialist against a national standard-parcel network: where each one wins for products 50 to 149 lb, and when ShipBob is the better fit.
- [ShippingCow vs ShipMonk](https://shippingcow.ai/compare/vs-shipmonk): A heavy-goods specialist against a multichannel fulfillment provider: where each one wins for products 50 to 149 lb, and when ShipMonk is the better fit.
- [ShippingCow vs Stord](https://shippingcow.ai/compare/vs-stord): A heavy-goods specialist using three partner warehouses vs. a large owned-and-partner network: when specialization wins for 50 to 149 lb goods.
- [ShippingCow vs Red Stag](https://shippingcow.ai/compare/vs-red-stag): Red Stag ships heavy goods from two inland sites on quote-only pricing. A 50 to 149 lb specialist compared with it: who fits, and what to ask each.
- [3PL vs in-house warehouse](https://shippingcow.ai/compare/3pl-vs-in-house-warehouse): Fixed costs against variable ones: when running your own warehouse beats a 3PL, and what changes in the math when your products weigh 50 lb or more.
- [Heavy and bulky fulfillment services](https://shippingcow.ai/solutions): Three US partner warehouses built for products 50 to 149 lb: forward fulfillment, returns recovery, and board-level refurbishment. New Jersey, California, Texas.
- [Heavy parcel fulfillment services](https://shippingcow.ai/solutions/bulky-fulfillment): Fulfillment for products 50 to 149 lb from New Jersey, California and Texas. Ship from the closest warehouse and cut long-zone cost on every heavy parcel.
- [Ecommerce returns refurbishment services](https://shippingcow.ai/solutions/returns-and-refurbishment): A returned power station is an asset on a repair bench and a write-off anywhere else. Board-level repair and resale in the warehouse that holds your stock.
- [50 to 149 lb heavy parcel fulfillment](https://shippingcow.ai/heavy-parcel-fulfillment): Fulfillment for 50 to 149 lb parcels is provided by partner warehouses in NJ, CA and TX. Carrier rules for this band, and how a store request works.
- [Heavy parcel shipping statistics 2026 (50 to 149 lb)](https://shippingcow.ai/data/heavy-parcel-shipping-statistics): Dated 2026 carrier thresholds for 50 to 149 lb parcels: UPS, FedEx and USPS limits, handling triggers and dim divisors, plus our modeled 2-day reach.
- [About ShippingCow](https://shippingcow.ai/about): ShippingCow builds stores for Amazon and marketplace sellers. You own the company, payments, domain, and customer data. Jay and Andy Gor founded the company.
- [This week's carrier and marketplace changes](https://shippingcow.ai/alerts): This week's carrier and marketplace changes that move 50–149 lb parcels, summarized from official pages and linked to the source. Get the next one by email.

## Not offered
- We do not sell shipping labels or carrier rates. Customs, first-leg and importer-of-record services are not part of this offer.

## Optional
- [Full text](https://shippingcow.ai/llms-full.txt): every page's facts in one plain-text file