China 4PL

One partner for your entire supply chain.

Kexlo's 4PL service makes one company accountable for your whole supply chain from China. Kexlo designs and sources your product, directs manufacturing at the factory, handles registrations, stores stock by SKU and ships every order worldwide at an all-in DDP price, with its own software and AI employees running the operation.

What is a 4PL?

A fourth-party logistics provider, or 4PL, takes responsibility for an entire supply chain instead of one part of it. A sourcing agent finds factories. A 3PL stores and ships stock that someone else made. A 4PL answers for the whole chain: what gets made, how it is checked, where it is held, how it ships and what each order costs.

For an ecommerce brand selling products made in China, that means one partner from the first sample to the parcel at your customer's door, and one place to go when something needs fixing.

Why choose one accountable partner?

When sourcing, production, storage and shipping sit with different suppliers, problems fall between them and nobody owns the result. With Kexlo, sourcing, production, storage, fulfillment and tracking are handled together by one team, so nothing falls between suppliers.

Your contract is with Kexlo directly, not a third party, and Kexlo answers to you for every step. You keep the commercial decisions: what to sell, which quotation to approve and when to scale. Kexlo runs everything in between, and you see all of it in one dashboard.

What does Kexlo do in-house?

Kexlo is the source, not a middleman. It does most of the work itself and directs production at the factory.

Product design

Your idea developed into a product a factory can make: materials, finishes and specifications.

Sourcing

Kexlo's own sourcing team finds, vets and quotes manufacturers. The sourcing work is Kexlo's, not outsourced.

Manufacturing direction

From the quotation you approve to finished goods in stock. Factory pricing is passed to you without hidden margin or profit added on manufacturing.

Registrations

GTIN barcodes registered, and FDA and VAT registrations handled where your products and markets need them.

Storage and fulfillment

Goods received and held by SKU, then every order checked, picked, packed and shipped with tracking.

Software and AI employees

Six optional workspaces and AI employees, built by Kexlo and free for clients (AI employees for fair use).

How is a 4PL different from a 3PL or a sourcing agent?

A sourcing agent's work usually ends when goods leave the factory, and a 3PL's work starts when stock arrives at its door. Kexlo covers both halves and what sits around them: it finds and vets the factory, follows production through to finished goods received by SKU, then stores and ships every order.

It also covers the work neither of them usually takes on: product design, custom branding and packaging, GTIN, FDA and VAT registrations, and the software your team runs the business from. Already have a manufacturer you trust? Keep it. Kexlo receives, stores and fulfills your stock like any other, and can coordinate your factory if you want.

How does Kexlo price the supply chain?

Every quotation states unit cost, MOQ and lead time in writing, and nothing is produced or shipped until you approve it.

One all-in DDP price per order covers pick and pack, shipping, duties, taxes, customs clearance, final-mile delivery and tracking, with the same published rates for every client and no volume tiers or negotiated discounts. You can price any order in the public shipping calculator before you talk to us. Automation keeps Kexlo's own running costs down, and the savings are passed on to you.

How can you check Kexlo before you commit?

Start with samples or a small pilot order and check sourcing, quality, communication, shipping and tracking on your own product before you scale. Open the live dashboard preview to use the real client dashboard with no account, and run your own product through the shipping calculator. Kexlo handles about 11,300 orders a month on average. Kexlo ships from 4 warehouses in China (Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Yiwu and Hangzhou). Orders are quality-checked before they ship. A lost parcel is reshipped free of charge, automatically. Every package is insured up to US$600 against damage or destruction.

Check it yourself

Questions and answers

What does 4PL stand for?

Fourth-party logistics: one partner responsible for the whole supply chain rather than a single step of it. With Kexlo that covers design, sourcing, manufacturing direction, registrations, storage, fulfillment and the software around them.

Is Kexlo a middleman?

No. Kexlo is not a factory, and it is not a reseller marking up other companies' products. It does the sourcing, design, registrations, storage, fulfillment and software itself, and your contract for them is with Kexlo. For manufacturing, Kexlo directs production at the factory from quotation to finished stock.

Can I keep my own manufacturer?

Yes. You choose how manufacturing works: Kexlo acts as your sourcing agent and directs production, or you keep your own manufacturer and inventory and Kexlo receives, stores and fulfills it.

Do I have to use Kexlo's software?

No. The workspaces, integrations and AI employees are optional and free for clients. You can use Kexlo for sourcing or fulfillment alone and keep your existing tools.

How do I start with a 4PL?

Samples and pilot orders are welcome and encouraged, so you can check quality before you scale. Tell us the product, the quantities and your markets, and Kexlo quotes in writing. Nothing is produced or shipped until you approve.

Tell us what you sell.

Share the product, the quantities and where your customers are. The platform is optional and free from day one.