Cloud9 Cost Calculator · Ecommerce Intelligence 3PL

01 Job basics

Tell the engine what's arriving and its risk profile. Everything below adapts to this.

Shipment format

SKU profile

Total units Inbound cartons Outbound cartons Number of SKUs

Product risk flags

Hazmat Dangerous goods (DG) Age-restricted

02 Carton dimensions

Used to suggest the right storage tier and estimate cartons-per-pallet. Enter one carton's size.

Units

Length Width Height Weight (kg)

03 Inbound receipt

How the stock lands at Goods In. Pallets over 1.2m are reworked at ad-hoc labour rates.

Pallet receipt — single SKU £7.50 per pallet · max 1.2m Pallet receipt — multi-SKU £5.00 per pallet + £0.65 per carton · max 1.2m Carton receipt — loose £0.65 per carton Container devan — 20ft £225.00 Container devan — 40ft £350.00 Container devan — 40ft HQ £385.00

04 Storage

Charged per week. 180+ days (≈26 weeks) adds the +85% long-term surcharge automatically.

Estimated storage duration of this shipment (weeks) Number of storage locations

Storage tier

Standard (ambient) pallet £3.25/wk · max 1m × 1.2m × 1.2m Shelf / pickface — 30×60×100 £0.90/wk Shelf / pickface — 30×30×100 £0.60/wk Cubby £0.40/wk · smallest tier

Warehouse photo / verification inventory checks, batch photos, SKU audits

05 FBA prep & compliance

Tick what the job needs. Quantities pre-fill from units/cartons above — override any of them.

FNSKU labelling £0.40/unit · £0.65 hazmat

Polybagging incl. suffocation-warning bag

Bubble wrap £0.65/unit

Expiry date labelling £0.20/unit

Box content labels £1.25 per outbound carton

DG labelling £0.20 per label

Bundling / kitting

Kits (£0.60 each) Items in kits (£0.15 each)

06 Outbound to Amazon

Pick one route into FBA. Cloud9's SPD admin fee and courier rates are mutually exclusive — never both.

Cloud9 courier (SPD) you pay the courier rate below · no SPD admin fee Amazon shipping labels (SPD) £0.75 per label admin · Amazon bills the freight separately Palletised LTL freight £22.50 pallet build/wrap each · freight is POA

Courier service Parcels

Peak-season surcharge (RM £0.20 / DPD £0.15 per parcel) Saturday Prime dispatch (£0.35/parcel)

Amazon labels processed

⚠ This covers Cloud9 printing/processing only. Amazon's partnered-carrier freight is billed by Amazon and isn't in this total.

Pallets built & wrapped

⚠ LTL freight is POA — depends on destination FC and carrier market rates, so it's excluded from the total. Ask Cloud9 for a freight quote.

07 Returns, admin & extras

Ad-hoc labour only applies to work outside the standard flow (e.g. a full itemised stock count), rounded to the nearest 15 minutes.

Age-verification delivery (Royal Mail) £2.50 per carton

Graded returns

Return orders (£1.00 each) Returned items (£1.00 each)

Labour & account

Ad-hoc labour (hours) · £28.50/hr Add account management (£90.00/mo)

＋ Client carton sheet (optional)

Upload a client's carton list (.csv / .xlsx). The engine reads dimensions & weights, converts units and suggests a storage tier per carton. Click any row to load it into the calculator above.

Drop a spreadsheet here, or click to browse Looks for columns like SKU · length · width · height · weight · cartons

3PL cost calculator

01 Job basics

02 Carton dimensions

03 Inbound receipt

04 Storage

05 FBA prep & compliance

06 Outbound to Amazon

07 Returns, admin & extras

＋ Client carton sheet (optional)

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