Garden catalogs are built from things warehouses dislike: blades that cut their own packaging, handles longer than any standard carton, and a selling season that arrives all at once in March. ProShip3PL sheathes the sharp stuff before bagging it, packs long tools to their honest dimensions, screens agriculture-adjacent items case by case, and stages your spring inventory in winter so the surge finds you stocked.
Pruners, shears, saws and stakes get guards verified or sleeves added, so sharp steel travels sealed instead of sawing through its own bag mid-network.
Shovels, loppers and trellises boxed to their genuine length and depth, with anything near a size boundary flagged — the full lane is on our oversize prep page.
Seed, soil, fertilizer and pest-control SKUs reviewed individually before shipping — a clear yes, no, or condition on each, never a shrug.
Container-worn units — scratched powder coat, soiled packaging, bent tines — pulled and photographed at receiving; details on our product inspection page.
Glove-trowel-kneeler sets and similar starters assembled with tools isolated from soft components, set-marked and FNSKU'd per our kitting service.
Winter containers received, prepped in rolling batches, and released to FBA in tranches timed against the March–May demand snap.
Containers unloaded and reconciled against the PO months before demand, with transit wear photographed carton by carton.
Bladed SKUs to the guard bench, long and odd items to measurement, review-list items held for your case-by-case decision.
Edges sheathed, tools boxed to true dimensions, FNSKUs applied and scan-verified, kits assembled where the catalog calls for them.
Opening stock checked in ahead of March; reserve follows in replenishment tranches as the surge burns through it.
The blade did what blades do. We verify guards and add sleeves before bagging, so the poly survives the network and the product lands sealed instead of loose in a tote.
Long tools live on tier boundaries. Measuring the packed unit at our intake — and adjusting the pack where inches can honestly be saved — turns the reclassification surprise into a known number before you commit.
That's the standard garden clock, and it's workable: rolling prep through late winter, opening stock at Amazon before March, reserve tranches chasing sell-through. The season gets met instead of missed.
Not blind. Seeds and soil-adjacent goods carry rules that vary by product and destination, so we review those SKUs with you first. You get a definite answer per item before freight moves, not an improvisation after.
Garden freight is received and counted against your PO, then sorted by hazard and shape: bladed tools get edge protection before they're bagged or boxed, long-handled goods get measured and packed to their true dimensions, and standard items move straight to FNSKU labeling with scan verification. Anything agriculture-adjacent — seeds, soil, treatments — is reviewed with you before it ever ships to our dock, and cleared inventory rolls out to a carrier inside 24–48 hours.
Point first, bag second. A blade that can slice a poly bag in transit will, so cutting tools get their edges sheathed or wrapped — blade guards kept in place, cardboard sleeves added where the factory sent none — before any bag or box closes around them. The unit that reaches Amazon can be handled, binned and delivered without opening anyone's knuckles, and without arriving in shredded packaging.
Yes — the long-and-skinny problem is half of garden prep. A 60-inch handle refuses every standard carton, so these SKUs get measured at intake, packed in boxes that match their real length, and flagged when the packed dimensions push them into a larger size class. Our oversize prep page covers the big-and-long lane in detail; garden tools are among its most frequent visitors.
Only after a case-by-case review. Agriculture-adjacent goods sit under layers of rules — some carry state-level restrictions, some carry marketplace ones, and chemical treatments raise questions we won't answer with a guess. Send us the exact products and ASINs before shipping anything in this group and we'll go through them together; items that don't fit our workflow get a clear no upfront rather than a problem later.
In winter. Garden demand breaks upward the first warm week and doesn't wait for stragglers, so the working plan is: freight lands at our dock by late January or February, prep completes on rolling batches, and FBA holds selling stock before March opens. We stage the remainder on our racks and push replenishments as sell-through accelerates, because a stockout in April costs a garden seller the year's best weeks.
Shape by shape. A coiled hose wants a band and a bag; a ceramic planter wants cushioning; a boxed arbor is long, flat and heavy in a way parcel networks punish. We choose the packing method per SKU at intake — bag, wrap, box or overbox — and measure the result, because odd geometry is exactly where estimated dimensions and Amazon's measured ones part company.
Yes. Garden starter kits sell well precisely because buyers don't want to hunt down five separate items, and we assemble them into single sellable units: components gathered, packed together so nothing rattles or pokes through, marked as a set, and given the kit's dedicated FNSKU. Assembly standards sit on our kitting service page, and garden builds get extra edge protection inside the pack wherever a tool shares a box with a glove.
They get caught at the door. Garden freight rides rough — outdoor factory yards, sweaty containers, powder-coat scratches — so our receiving pass photographs condition carton by carton and reports the same day. Units too scuffed or soiled for a customer get pulled and documented; you decide between cleaning, repacking or a supplier claim while the evidence is fresh, and only presentable stock carries your FNSKU into Amazon.
That's our home lane. Your forwarder clears the container and delivers it to Medley — about 25 minutes of drayage from PortMiami — and we unload 20 to 53 foot boxes whether palletized or floor-loaded, reconcile carton counts against your PO, and file the day-one condition report with photos. Garden importers timing a winter arrival for a spring launch lean on that short dray window hard.
Describe the line: how many SKUs are bladed, how many are long-handled or oddly shaped, whether anything is seed-, soil- or chemical-adjacent, and your expected monthly units through the season. You'll get per-unit rates inside one business day — there's no setup fee or minimum — plus a straight answer on any item that needs the case-by-case review.
Send the shape of your line — bladed SKUs, long-handled counts, anything agriculture-adjacent, seasonal volume — and per-unit garden prep rates arrive within one business day.
