The short answer
If most of what you sell is big, heavy or bulky, Red Stag is built for you. Its homepage asks brands with products "bigger than a toaster or heavier than 10 pounds" to get in touch, and every account is priced by custom quote. If you ship everyday ecommerce parcels and want to know your cost before a sales call, Simpl publishes a per-order rate starting at $7/order and ships from Austin, TX.
About Red Stag Fulfillment
Red Stag pitches itself to "enterprise & fast-growing brands" and lists big, heavy and bulky fulfillment among its core services. Its ShipBob comparison page describes its expertise as handling "big, heavy, or high-value items."
Red Stag also publishes written service guarantees: it says it reimburses your cost for lost or damaged items and will "make it right" for late parcels and order mistakes. Its locations page adds that when it gets something wrong it will "reimburse your full costs, pay you compensation, or both." When you quote, ask what that works out to in dollars for a late or wrong order.
About Simpl Fulfillment
Simpl Fulfillment is a 3PL for ecommerce brands, based in Austin, TX. Most of our clients are founder-led teams of one to three people, and every client gets a dedicated account manager you reach by email, with same-day responses.
We connect to Shopify, Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Squarespace, plus marketplaces including Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy and TikTok Shop. Beyond pick and pack, we offer Amazon FBA Prep, Kitting and Assembly, B2B Wholesale Fulfillment and Returns Management. If you need something specific on packaging, ask about the options when you quote.
Pricing and minimums
Red Stag doesn't publish its rates. Its pricing page is a quote form, headed "Pricing as unique as your business," that asks for your product type, average package weight and monthly volume. We found no published minimum on that page either, so ask about one when you request a quote.
Simpl publishes its pricing. Our pricing page sets a flat rate per order, based on weight, starting at $7/order, and that rate covers 3 picks, postage, pick-and-pack and packaging with no hidden fees.
Standard ecommerce fulfillment accounts carry a $750/month minimum, billed pay-the-difference: if your order fees for a month come in under $750, you pay only the gap. For light packages on standard shipping that works out to roughly 90–100 orders a month; heavier, larger or faster shipments reach it with fewer orders. FBA-prep-only accounts have a 1,000-unit monthly minimum instead.
Product fit
This is where the two differ most. Red Stag is built for the big and heavy end of a catalog, and its whole pitch starts there.
Simpl's published per-order pricing is built around everyday ecommerce parcels. We also take on heavy and oversized products on a custom quote, though some items may be limited by size, weight or material, so send us the specifics first.
If your catalog is mostly everyday parcels with a few large items, you can start from our published rate and get the big SKUs quoted separately. If most of your catalog is heavy or bulky, get Red Stag's quote and ours and compare them line by line.
Where each ships from
Red Stag ships from two warehouses: a flagship facility in Sweetwater, TN and a Western U.S. location in Salt Lake City. Its ShipBob comparison page claims "two-day or same-day ground shipping across 96% of the U.S."
Simpl ships from Austin, TX with UPS, USPS and FedEx. 98.8% of orders received by 12pm CT on a business day ship the same day, measured from September 21 to October 23, 2026. Delivery time depends on where your customers are, so ask either 3PL for transit estimates to your top shipping states.
Questions to ask either 3PL when you quote
- Is there a monthly minimum, and how is it billed? Ours is $750/month on standard fulfillment accounts, pay-the-difference.
- How are heavy or oversized items priced, and are there size or weight limits?
- What packaging options do you offer, and what do they cost?
- How long does receiving take once inventory arrives? Ours is 1–3 days.
- Where will my orders ship from, and what is the same-day cutoff?
- What do you pay back, in dollars, when an order ships late or wrong?
Choose Red Stag if…
- Most of your products are big, heavy or bulky. That is the catalog Red Stag is built for.
- You want written service guarantees. Red Stag's cover lost or damaged items, late parcels and order mistakes.
- You want inventory in the East and the West. Red Stag's Tennessee and Utah warehouses give you both.
Choose Simpl if…
- You ship everyday ecommerce parcels. Our published rate starts at $7/order and covers 3 picks, postage, pick-and-pack and packaging.
- You want to know your cost before a sales call. The rate is published, and the $750/month minimum on standard accounts is pay-the-difference, so in a slow month you pay only the gap.
- You sell on more than one channel. We connect to Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, Squarespace and marketplaces like Amazon and TikTok Shop, and ship from Austin, TX with a 12pm CT same-day cutoff.
More on Red Stag
For a closer look at Red Stag on its own, read our Red Stag Fulfillment review. If you're weighing other options too, see Red Stag Fulfillment alternatives or our Simpl vs ShipBob vs Red Stag comparison.
Get a quote from Simpl
Simpl Fulfillment wrote this comparison, so weigh our side of it with that in mind; the Red Stag facts above come from Red Stag's own pages, linked below. If a published rate and an Austin ship point fit your catalog, tell us your SKU mix, package weights and monthly order volume, and we'll send a quote built on our published rates. Get started.
Sources
- Red Stag Fulfillment: homepage
- Red Stag Fulfillment: Red Stag vs ShipBob
- Red Stag Fulfillment: fulfillment service guarantees
- Red Stag Fulfillment: locations page
- Red Stag Fulfillment: get pricing page
- Simpl Fulfillment: pricing page and oversized and heavy product fulfillment
Updated October 2026.
FAQs
What is the difference between Red Stag Fulfillment and Simpl Fulfillment?
Red Stag focuses on big, heavy and bulky goods, prices by custom quote and ships from Sweetwater, TN and Salt Lake City. Simpl publishes a per-order rate starting at $7/order for everyday ecommerce parcels, quotes heavy and oversized items separately, and ships from Austin, TX with a 12pm CT same-day cutoff.
Does Red Stag Fulfillment publish its pricing?
No. Red Stag prices by custom quote, and its pricing page is a form that asks for your product type, average package weight and monthly volume. Simpl publishes its pricing: a flat rate per order, based on weight, starting at $7/order, so you can estimate your cost before you talk to anyone.
What types of products does Red Stag Fulfillment handle?
Red Stag says its expertise is "big, heavy, or high-value items," and its homepage invites brands with products "bigger than a toaster or heavier than 10 pounds" to get in touch. Simpl also handles heavy and oversized products on a custom quote, though some items may be limited by size, weight or material.
How many warehouses does Red Stag Fulfillment have?
Two, according to Red Stag's homepage: a flagship facility in Sweetwater, Tennessee and a Western U.S. location in Salt Lake City, Utah. Red Stag's ShipBob comparison page says it offers two-day or same-day ground shipping across 96% of the U.S.
How does Simpl Fulfillment's pricing compare to Red Stag Fulfillment?
Simpl's pricing starts at $7/order and covers 3 picks, postage, pick-and-pack and packaging, with no hidden fees. Standard ecommerce fulfillment accounts have a $750/month minimum billed pay-the-difference, so if your order fees come in under $750 you pay only the gap. For light packages on standard shipping that is roughly 90–100 orders a month; heavier, larger or faster shipments reach it with fewer orders, and FBA-prep-only accounts have a 1,000-unit monthly minimum instead. Red Stag prices by custom quote, so ask about minimums and heavy-item rates when you request one.
