A lot of sellers email us asking the same thing: "Do you have a minimum for storage, or can I just send you 3 boxes for a couple months?" Yes. You can. No minimum unit count, no minimum pallet count, no minimum term. That's not a marketing line — it's literally how our invoicing works, because we bill by the cubic foot, not by some tiered plan that punishes small sellers.<\/p>\n
We built the storage pricing this way because most of our clients are not moving 500 pallets a month. Some are testing a new SKU with 40 units. Some are seasonal sellers who need somewhere to park inventory from September through December and then go quiet. A rigid minimum doesn't fit either of those situations, so we don't use one.<\/p>\n
Here's the actual math. Storage runs $1 per cubic foot per month, or $40 per pallet if you're shipping in bulk on pallets rather than loose cartons. The first 30 days are free — one time, for new clients, not a recurring thing every time you send in a new shipment. After that it's straight billing based on the space your inventory actually occupies in our Lebanon, Ohio facility, which is 1,200 square feet, climate-controlled year-round. No setup fee. No long-term contract. <\/p>\n
### What "no minimum" actually means in practice<\/p>\n
When pallets come in, we receive them on our warehouse at $40\/pallet or $0.1 unit if you're sending loose cartons instead. Either way, Oleg or Tatiana logs the exact count against your PO before anything goes on a shelf — this matters because a lot of prep centers just take your word for the unit count on the packing slip and reconcile later, if at all. We check at receiving, not at pick time, so if there's a shortage or an overage from your supplier, you find out within a day or two, not three weeks later when you're trying to figure out why your FBA shipment didn't match.<\/p>\n
Cubic footage billing means a small pallet of lightweight, compressible product — think apparel or soft goods — can cost noticeably less per month than a pallet of bulky, low-density items like oversized packaging or large electronics accessories, even if both are "one pallet" in your head. We measure actual cube, not a flat per-pallet rate across the board unless you've opted into the $40\/pallet rate specifically. Sellers storing dense, small SKUs sometimes do better on cubic foot pricing; sellers with bulky, air-heavy product sometimes do better on the flat pallet rate. Ask which works out cheaper for your specific product before you commit — we'll run the numbers with you.<\/p>\n
### Where storage fits with everything else we do<\/p>\n
Storage rarely happens in isolation for our clients. Inventory sits with us, then gets pulled for FBA prep (FNSKU labeling, poly bagging, whatever's needed) at $1.00\/unit for smaller quantities down to $0.35\/unit once you're above 1,000 units, or it gets picked and packed for FBM orders with same-day shipping on anything placed before our 11:59am cutoff, Monday through Friday. The point is storage isn't a standalone product you buy and forget — it's the holding tank between "inventory arrived" and "inventory shipped," and we price it so it doesn't become the expensive part of that chain.<\/p>\n
New clients also get to pick one welcome perk: 50 units of FBA prep free, or 10 FBM orders free. Doesn't affect the storage terms either way, but worth mentioning since most people ask about storage and fulfillment pricing in the same email.<\/p>\n
Everything sitting in our warehouse — units, cubic footage, current storage cost — is visible in real time through Ysell, the WMS we run our warehouse on. It's not something we built ourselves; Ysell.pro is developed by Fulfillmentbox.com, and we just happen to run our whole operation on it. You get your own login and a personal ID (login link) at Ysell.pro once your intake is complete, so you're not emailing us every week asking how many units are left or what your current storage bill looks like. You can just check.<\/p>\n
### Why we don't do tiered storage minimums<\/p>\n
Frankly, a lot of prep centers set minimums because it's easier to plan warehouse space around predictable, large accounts. We get it. But we started this business as Amazon sellers ourselves — I've been selling on Amazon for about ten years before co-founding this place — and the accounts that get squeezed out by minimums are usually the ones testing a new product line or running a seasonal push, which is exactly the kind of flexibility a small-to-mid seller needs most. So we built the pricing around actual space used, not around a plan tier that assumes you're already at scale.<\/p>\n
If you're comparing us against a center that requires a minimum pallet count or a monthly contract, run the numbers both ways. For low-volume or seasonal storage, cubic-foot billing with no minimum almost always comes out cheaper, and you're not locked in if your volume drops.<\/p>\n
Is there really no minimum for inventory storage? Correct — no minimum unit count, no minimum pallet count, no minimum contract length. You're billed at $1\/cubic foot\/month or $40\/pallet based on what you actually store. <\/p>\n
How long is the free storage period? First 30 days are free for new clients, one time. After that, standard storage rates apply based on cubic footage or pallet count.<\/p>\n
How do I check my current storage costs and inventory levels? Through Ysell, the WMS platform we run our warehouse on. You get your own login and personal ID (login link) at Ysell.pro once your intake with us is complete — typically within 24 hours. If you haven't received it within 24-48 hours of finishing intake, email us and we'll resend it.<\/p>\n
Do you charge extra to receive pallets versus boxes? Pallets are received on our warehouse at $40\/pallet; individual boxes are $0.1 product each. Either way we count and verify against your PO at receiving, not later.<\/p>\n
Can I store inventory without also using your FBA prep or FBM fulfillment services? Yes. Storage is priced and billed independently. Plenty of clients use us purely for overflow storage and handle their own prep or fulfillment elsewhere.<\/p>\n