Storage that flexes with your season
Stock levels are not flat across the year. Your storage cost should not be either.
Stock levels are not flat across the year. You build before peak, you run down afterwards, and a supplier delay can leave you holding twice what you planned for a month.
Storage pricing should follow that curve rather than lock you to your busiest month.
How storage is charged
Australian 3PLs typically charge storage per pallet space per week or per month, with some using cubic metre or shelf pricing for smaller inventories.
For a brand holding a few cubic metres of small, light products, pallet pricing can be a blunt instrument. That is a conversation worth having at quote stage rather than discovering on an invoice.
What storage includes
- Inbound stock received and counted against your delivery
- Stock held in known locations rather than a general pile
- Visibility of what we actually hold, not what the paperwork says
- Space that can flex up before peak and back down afterwards
Common questions
- How much storage do I need?
- As a rough guide, a pallet space holds around two cubic metres. If you are unsure, give your best estimate in a quote request and we will refine it with you.
- What happens if my stock grows?
- Storage scales with what you hold, so there is no penalty for growing and nothing holding you at a level you have moved past. Parcelo is designed for small and growing ecommerce brands. Any account-specific minimum or commercial requirement is disclosed clearly before onboarding, in the rate card you agree to, so you will never meet one for the first time on an invoice.
Further reading
What Clothing Warehousing Costs in Australia
Clothing takes more warehouse space than its weight suggests, and the cost is driven by pick locations rather than volume. How to estimate your own footprint.
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Using a 3PL Alongside Amazon FBA in Australia
Holding stock outside Amazon and feeding it in as space frees up: how the split works after the 2025 self-delivery change, and where small drops get expensive.
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What ecommerce storage actually costs in Australia
Storage is billed in units that have nothing to do with how you think about your stock. How pallet, shelf and cubic metre pricing works, and what you will pay.
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Not sure what your fulfilment would actually cost?
Work out a realistic range first, then get a quote based on your real numbers.