Blessed to have been recommended by The DTC Guy himself,
@mrsharma
🙌🏻🙏🏻
The unsolicited shoutouts keep on coming. What are you waiting for? It’s time to build with a 3PL who wholeheartedly cares about your brand as much as you do ✊🏻
Dear Competition,
While you may be off tomorrow, our entire team opted into working on the holiday. Not because it was a requirement, but because they wanted to to build and get better.
If you’re reading this, I just want you to know — we are building a team of solely A
Had a new girl start today. Within 30 minutes she quit. She said the music was too loud and we were too fast paced. Talk about getting chewed up and spit out of our lions den.
UPDATE: So the Regional Vice President of DHL walks in and says “I saw your tweet. Not sure if we can get you down 40%, but I got you a coffee to go.”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Bonusing my whole team in cash for their outstanding performance this past BFCM weekend.
Record-Breaking numbers for Tondo: Shipped a staggering 40,000+ orders worldwide. Couldn’t be more proud 🙌🏻
DHL is visiting today because the billables have been so fat. Telling them to cut my prices by 40% or they can take a coffee to go because I’m shifting all volume to another carrier. Odds are slim but shooters shoot. Wish me luck🤌
Alright, we can’t hold it back any longer…
Ecom Founders rented out the entire top floor of a casino for ShopTalk — a 21,000+ sqft penthouse with a massive wraparound balcony, pool, and the best views of Vegas.
We plan on having industry parties on 3/17 and 3/18, from 8pm to
You can’t make this stuff up! Real results from a family-owned/operated 3PL for DTC brands.
No VC money/backing allows us to focus on our partners’ success versus increasing shareholder value.
Partners’ success = our success 🚀
Surreal to think this will be Tondo’s newest HQ in 3 days. Blessed and grateful is an understatement. Humble, yet proud certainly holds true. We had our backs up against the ropes for a very long time, but kept on swinging. We remained calm, stuck to the basics, and landed a few
Just read
@moizali
newsletter on 3PLs. As an owner of a 3PL, I highly recommend reading it. He hit the nail on the head on several ways they can take advantage of you. The sad truth is, we hear these horror stories daily. Protect yourself, and don’t be afraid to ask questions💪🏻
For Ecom Founders — BFCM is the equivalent to a Super Bowl or a Championship game. I’m still mind boggled that a ton of 3PLs didn’t have staff in yesterday and today.
Tondo Fulfillment was in all weekend. We have no days off. As brand owners, we know how important it is to ship
For the past 3 years, I chose my business over my health. I promised myself in 2024 I’d compromise: Out of the office at the latest, 8:30pm — gym right after. Slim Jim is coming back😤
There’s 3 types of people in life:
1)People that make it happen.
2)People that watch it happen.
3)People that talk shit and don’t even know what’s going on.
Choose one.
Big thanks to everyone who blew my tweet up with hate and still commenting 3+ weeks later. You all drove
Just got off a call and the guy goes "are your rates actually real? I flashed them to our current 3PL and their jaw dropped. Even when we did our RFP – no one came close to your pricing."
That my friends, is called transparency. I wholeheartedly intend to fuck this market up.
Has your 3PL told you about USPS Ground Advantage – Cubic? If not, you should ask about it🗣
Major recent unlock for us with heavier parcels. Absolute game changer... especially in the beverage space. Delivery times and price👌
No April Fools joke here...
You want to be the best? You have to work with the best! Ranked
#1
3PL in the state of Delaware for the second year in a row 💪
I'm giving out crazy deals right now before we move into our new warehouse...
DM ME 📥
And remember...
Yesterday's
Our last Ecom Founders event was off the charts!!! In case you missed it, here's the recap vid from our Evolve Afterparty at NYC’s premier private social club, Maxwell. We've got an even bigger one in the works for Shoptalk in Vegas. Someone said something about a 21,000 sqft
Damn I think I went somewhat viral? 🤣
Thank you DTC fam for the amazing recommendations🙏🏻 I hope to connect with you all on a personal level at some point in time. If I can ever be of assistance, I’m always a DM away.
I think a DTC secret that the public doesn’t generally talk about is keeping things stupid simple. It’s such an undervalued concept, but so incredibly powerful when executed right.
For the first time in a long time, I’m turning my notifications off for the weekend. I need to relax & think outside of the box as I fight battles that are outside of my control. When there is a will there is a way & there will always be a workaround. I will move these mountains.
Proud partner alert 🤝🚨
June is completely booked, but July has a few spots open for onboarding. DM me if you want to work with the best 3PL in the space. Guaranteed!
Men lie. Women lie. Unsolicited shoutouts don’t.
And remember…
Yesterday’s price is not today’s price☝🏻
Everybody meet Jay.
Jay has been our driver since Tondo Fulfillment’s inception. He is the GOAT. Jay patiently waits for us, sometimes as much as 3 hours to make sure we get our orders out the door. What a beast — an exceptional team player.
Jay asked me to take this picture
Has anyone else’s DMs been flooded with solicitation? What’s your thoughts on this channel? For me - it’s an auto reject because 9/10 looks automated. I respect cold outreach if it’s genuine, but does automation actually work or are the sheep just buying the guru’s snake oil.
Sometimes you have to give out a stupid low deal to get a big name in the door, but having that name behind your brand will pay 10x over the course of time.
So, the FDA came knocking on the
@drinkbrez
HQ door... 😳 srsly.
First literally, then via email, launching a full investigation triggered by an ingredient complaint from an anonymous law firm (shoutout to our mystery competitor 👀).
They then proceeded to peel back EVERY
10:51pm on a Saturday night. Been at it since 8am with these guys and several other team members not in this Kodak moment. Beautiful skys, Phillies on in the background about to get a W…
It’s a privilege to be here right now. Big news on the way 🤐
That was the most rigged game I’ve ever seen in my life. I should’ve went with my intuition and hammered the Chiefs. NFL is in the business of entertainment, and having Tswift at the Super Bowl means big $$$$. Congrats to all who took the Chiefs.
Bumped into this little guy on my way out of the office tonight. I believe in little signs, so I googled it and it says good luck, prosperity and growth is on the way! Sending these positive vibes to all of you too🙏🏻🤞🏻
Prediction: USPS is going to win back the entire market in due time. You’ll start seeing the changes as early as next year with major price increases from DHL, UPS, other final mile delivery companies etc. USPS’s angle will be increasing their prices to partners, but offering
Had 4 more merchants board the Tondo train this past week. Remember DTC Founders: yesterday's price, isn't today's price. I've got some super exciting news coming up, and I'm giving out deals you simply can't say no to🗣
#donofdeals
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Generally I stay out of politics, but what’s happening right now is flat out wrong. It brought a tear to my eye to watch this poor, innocent family suffer. They didn’t do anything to deserve this or have an agenda - they’re simply stuck in the middle of it!
Praying for peace &
Who else is attending the
@ecommercefuel
meetup on 10/19 in NYC? I’m trying to rally the troops and thinking about having an Ecom Founders event the night before if there is enough interest. Please let me know if you’ll be in town 💪🏻
On my way to NYC and forgot my charger. Phone is on 1% and 45 minutes left to go. I can't operate like this 😅I offer the lady next to me $5 if I can borrow her charger, and the woman behind her spoke up and offered hers. She said I can keep it.
Oftentimes, I lose my faith in
My favorite part about the 3PL business is meeting people in real life and grabbing a nice dinner to celebrate our fruitful partnership, but more importantly — a lifelong friendship. It’s such an amazing experience and I couldn’t be more grateful 🙏🏻
My life has consistently been revolved around work and business. It's who I am as a person. It genuinely makes me happy, and I tend to put it above all. It's put severe strains on my personal relationships with friends and family, but if I'm being honest with my self –– it's my
Stoked to announce Tondo Fulfillment was awarded a gold medal of logistics excellence by
@joespeezy
+ team & recognized as one of the top 3PLs in Delaware!
S/O to our entire team, partners, and clients for making this happen 💪🏻
When I was a kid, I used to LOVE when it snowed because I’d go door to door offering to shovel driveways for money.
I live in a pretty big neighborhood filled with kids and Friday was our first somewhat serious snow storm. I was surprised I didn’t get one knock on my door to
Saw a tweet today about how a vendor mistreated them. From my own experience, flexing spend and attacking them doesn’t do anything. You’re just another fish in their pond. Instead, try greasing the wheels! It goes such a long way… but maybe that’s just the Italian in me? 🤷🏻♂️
Doing a warehouse move is probably one of the most challenging things I’ve ever had to go through. There is so much to do and just not enough time in the day.
eCommerce sellers — need capital for Q4? Don’t fall into the trap of Shopify, Wayflyer or Clearco financing with their “low fees”. Run the APRs on those options…
Highly recommend looking into
@HighbeamApp
. Just got an email saying they increased my line of credit by $25k.
@heykiro
@obviceo
@AaronJNosbisch
@iamshackelford
Thanks for reaching out my man! I’m sure you’re aware - every scope of work is different (and transparently I have a specific ICP), but I’ll give you a general example:
I just had someone reach out saying they’re paying $9 to ship a 10oz product…
My rates are in the $4-$5
I feel like a lot of people don’t talk about cashflow, yet it’s such an important component to your business. If you know how to leverage it, you can make magic happen.
The most exciting developments in eCommerce aren't happening in DTC... They're in B2B.
And, for the past 6 months, I’ve been secretly working on a new project. Today, I get to share that project with the world.
Let me tell you about Brand Caffeine's new Wholesaler Toolkit ☕️
Happy Valentine's Day to the love of my life, the game. No matter how much stress you may cause, paired with the long restless nights –– I just can't seem to get enough of you baby! You're irreplaceable ❤️