Lara GuevaraSupply Chain expert (Product and Service)

You’re Probably Overpaying Your 3PL

13 May 2026 · 1 min

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Lara Guevara says brands overpay 3PLs because they don't question line items like pick-pack, storage, and special handling. One brand paid $0.25 per unit for a special-handling fee that totaled $20,000 yearly for a service no one could identify. She's releasing a guide to audit every fee category and recover overcharges.

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Your 3PL invoice has line items you have never questioned: pick-pack, storage, receiving, special handling, returns, minimums. Some necessary, some negotiable, some profit padding. Most vendors look at the total cost. Smart ones question every line. I audited a brand's invoice last year. They had a special handling fee, $0.25 per unit, ATK unit, that's $20K a year. I asked what it covered, nobody knew, not the brand, not the 3PL rep. Turned out it was a fee from onboarding 2 years earlier that never got removed. They had been paying for nothing for 24 months. This week, the full 3PL audit, every fee category, every questions to ask, and how to get your money back. Tomorrow, the 7 fee categories and what normal looks like.