Red Stag Fulfillment is a third-party logistics provider based in Knoxville, Tennessee, with a second warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. The company built its name on heavy and oversized goods, the kind of products most ecommerce 3PLs would rather not touch. Think large parcels and freight-weight SKUs that need careful handling and dedicated storage.
Red Stag works with B2C and DTC brands that ship large items, and it leans hard into accuracy and accountability. The company backs its service with financially-backed guarantees and publishes those terms as part of its pitch. Two warehouses on opposite ends of the country give it broad two-day ground coverage across the US.
Red Stag does not publish a standard rate card. Pricing is quoted per account based on your product profile and volume. For brands shipping heavy goods at higher volumes, that model fits well. For brands shipping standard ecommerce parcels, it is worth weighing against a published flat rate.
Simpl Fulfillment is a DTC 3PL based in Austin, Texas. We pick, pack, and ship standard ecommerce orders same-day, with a 12pm CT cutoff. Anything that lands before the cutoff goes out the same business day.
Pricing starts at $7/order, and that rate is published. It covers three picks, postage, and packaging, so the number you see is the number you plan around. There is no quote-by-email step to find out what fulfillment will actually cost you.
We work with growing brands shipping anywhere from 50 to 5,000+ orders a month, across DTC storefronts and multiple sales channels. The account minimum is $750/month. Beyond standard pick and pack, we handle FBA prep, kitting, and custom packaging, so brands that need more than a basic parcel-out service can run it all from one warehouse. Our central Texas location keeps inventory within efficient ground range of most of the US.
Red Stag prices by custom quote. You tell them your product profile and volume, and they build a rate from there. That approach can make sense for heavy or oversized goods, where storage and handling vary a lot from one SKU to the next. The tradeoff is that you cannot see your per-order cost until you go through their sales process.
Simpl publishes its pricing. Fulfillment starts at $7/order, and that rate includes three picks, postage, and packaging. You can model your fulfillment cost before you ever talk to us. The account minimum is $750/month, which keeps the math simple for brands shipping from roughly 50 orders a month and up.
Red Stag tends to set higher volume requirements that suit larger heavy-goods shippers. If your catalog is standard parcels and you want to know your cost up front, a published flat rate is the more direct path.
This is the clearest line between the two. Red Stag specializes in heavy and oversized goods. If you ship items that are large, bulky, or freight-weight, their warehouses, racking, and processes are built for it, and that specialization is a real advantage.
Simpl is built for standard ecommerce parcels. We ship DTC orders for apparel, beauty, supplements, and consumer goods that move in normal box sizes. That focus is what lets us hold a flat $7/order rate and a same-day cutoff, because the handling stays consistent from one order to the next.
The question is not which 3PL is better in the abstract. It is which one matches your catalog. Heavy and oversized goods point toward Red Stag. Standard parcels and multi-channel DTC volume point toward Simpl.
Red Stag runs two warehouses, one in Knoxville, Tennessee and one in Salt Lake City, Utah. Splitting inventory east and west lets them reach about 96% of the US within two days by ground. For brands with national volume and the inventory to stock two nodes, that coverage earns its keep.
Simpl ships from a single warehouse in Austin, Texas. Central Texas sits within efficient ground range of most of the country, which keeps transit times and zone costs reasonable from one location. You hold inventory in one place instead of splitting and forecasting across two.
If two-day coverage to both coasts is a hard requirement and you can support dual-node inventory, Red Stag's footprint has the edge. If you would rather run lean from one central location, Austin reaches most of the US without the overhead of a second node.
Tell us your SKU mix and monthly order volume, and we will build a real quote from our Austin warehouse. If your catalog runs standard parcels, you will have a published per-order rate to compare in a single conversation.
Simpl Fulfillment is a DTC 3PL in Austin, Texas, built for standard ecommerce parcels. Fulfillment starts at $7/order with a published rate that covers three picks, postage, and packaging. Orders received before 12pm CT ship the same day. Red Stag specializes in heavy and oversized goods, so brands shipping standard parcels often find a better fit with a parcel-focused 3PL.
No. Red Stag prices by custom quote based on your product profile and volume. You cannot see a per-order rate until you go through their sales process. Simpl Fulfillment publishes its pricing at $7/order starting rate, so you can model fulfillment cost before talking to anyone.
Red Stag specializes in heavy, oversized, and high-value goods. Their warehouses and handling processes are built for large, bulky, or freight-weight items that most parcel-focused 3PLs avoid. For brands shipping standard ecommerce parcels, Red Stag's specialization is more than you need.
Red Stag operates two warehouses: one in Knoxville, Tennessee and one in Salt Lake City, Utah. This East and West Coast footprint gives them roughly 96% two-day ground coverage across the US for brands that can split inventory across both nodes.
Simpl publishes a flat $7/order starting rate that includes three picks, postage, and packaging, with a $750/month account minimum. Red Stag prices by custom quote and does not publish a standard rate card. If you want to compare fulfillment costs before a sales call, Simpl's published rate gives you a number to start from.
