Simplicity, speed, and savings.
Ship to Pattern and save big.
“FBA shipments that are processed with Pattern are checked into Amazon FCs a lot quicker than shipments we send directly. This is a big value-add for us when we’re running low on inventory and need our replenishment to get checked in and become Prime-eligible ASAP.”
How Pattern Middle Mile works.
Prep, label, and ship your products to a U.S.-based Pattern warehouse. We fast-track your Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) shipments to the right Amazon fulfillment centers.
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Create a free account.
Signing up is easy and takes just a few minutes.
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Link your 3P Seller Central account.
Seamlessly integrate with your Seller Central account so you can select shipments.
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Select and send us your shipments.
Prep and label your shipments and send them to Pattern's warehouses.
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Let us send your shipments faster.
We fast-track your inbound shipments to the right Amazon FCs across the U.S. with no placement fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
These are the most commonly asked questions about Middle Mile. Can't find what you're looking for? Contact us at middlemile@pattern.com.
What is Pattern Fulfillment?
Pattern accelerates brands on global ecommerce marketplaces leveraging proprietary technology and AI. Utilizing more than 46 trillion data points, sophisticated machine learning and AI models, Pattern optimizes and automates all levers of ecommerce growth for global brands, including advertising, content management, logistics and fulfillment, pricing, forecasting and customer service. Hundreds of global brands depend on Pattern’s ecommerce acceleration platform every day to drive profitable revenue growth across 60+ global marketplaces—including Amazon, Walmart.com, Target.com, eBay, Tmall, TikTok Shop, JD, and Mercado Libre.
Starting in 2024, we made our fulfillment capabilities that power our core business available to customers who may not want to use our wholesale buy/sell model. This means that all the technology and processes that we’ve built to scale our business are now available for your business. We are the best in the business for marketplace fulfillment, with Pattern Marketplace Prep, Pattern Middle Mile, and Pattern DTC.
What is Pattern Middle Mile?
Pattern Middle Mile answers the seller's dilemma about Amazon's inbound placement fees: do you pay Amazon a hefty fee to send FBA orders into one Amazon fulfillment center or do you increase shipping costs by splitting shipments to many fulfillment centers? Middle Mile provides a simpler solution: send your orders into Pattern's 3PL warehouses with optimized pricing, and we'll take it from there. It's a faster, lower-cost solution that removes the complexity from the equation.
How does Middle Mile work?
After creating your orders on Amazon Seller Central, ship your labeled cartons into Pattern's cross-dock warehouses and we'll deliver them to their destined Amazon fulfillment centers for you, with low pricing based on regions we ship to, fulfillment center type, and the originating warehouse location.
What does Pattern gain from Middle Mile?
First and foremost, Amazon inbound fees have created challenges for all sellers and at Pattern, we want to be part of the solution. With our world-class warehouse tech and automation, we are able to take on significant volume to help sellers using the network we've already built. We already have significant volume that we ship all over the US, so adding your shipments to our volume is a win-win for everyone. Working together, we can all reduce costs and provide better inventory placement and speed.
How do I send a shipment to Pattern’s warehouses?
You can either schedule a delivery appointment using GoRamp, or we can work with you to pick up your product and deliver it to our warehouses.
How long does it take for my products to arrive at Amazon?
Our average time from Pattern’s outbound dock to Amazon’s inbound dock in fewer than 2 days. During peak season, our average is 4.3 days.
How am I charged for shipments?
We calculate charges based on source warehouse, destination FC zone, and FC type. For more information, please see our pricing details.
While we show you estimates within the console, we won't charge your card until those cartons are first scanned through a vision tunnel at our facility to get an accurate volume calculation and then departed on an Amazon-bound truck. Your credit card on file will be charged weekly for all your shipments that leave our warehouse. You may see a temporary hold on your account to verify your credit card.
How much volume can your warehouses handle?
Our warehouses are built for volume and scale. We process more than 100 million units each year, and our technology will allow us to grow even more.
What other 3PL services do you offer?
We also offer Pattern Marketplace Prep, which provides faster shipping and helps you avoid inbound placement fees by shipping your product to Pattern’s cross-dock warehouse and letting us take care of splitting shipments and transportation.
We also offer comprehensive, carrier-agnostic Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) fulfillment.
Features that go the extra mile.
Expand your capabilities with end-to-end fulfillment solutions for every stage of your operation. Pattern offers features like returns and seamless transportation to help you maximize value and efficiency at every step.
