In the initial period of your ecommerce business, you'd better do the fulfillment logistic works by yourself, for this is the most economic method. You can make sure 100% guaranteed the customer experience.

Along with your online store orders growing, the in-house fulfillment works will take your more and more time. It's better to outsource the fulfillment works to a professional 3PL.

There are 3 benefits by doing this. 

1. Save your efforts and time.

The logistics will occupy a lot of time, while your time is always limited. Your time should be used for the more valuable areas.

2. Get flexible warehousing fulfillment capacity.

Your orders quantity may keep changing. Your own capacity maybe off load, when peak season. If you increase the warehouse and related staff, it maybe wasted, during off season.

The 3PL keep cooperating with many online stores. So their capacity will be more flexible facing this kind of situation.

3. You can focus on more important things, like marketing and branding.

When your energy is occupied by the logistics issues, you will be busy every day. It's hard to care the long time development works, like marketing and branding.

Are there any other benefits?

But it's important to find a really reliable 3PL partner. Then your supply chain efficiency can be really improved, and your customers experience, which is very important for your store growth, will be not affect on the logistics point.