Rent a warehousing & distribution center in the UK

David Benedik -

There comes a time when storage becomes an issue. To make room for cargo, the majority of these businesses will turn to a warehouse facility. There’s an alternative to basic warehousing that you may also be interested in, especially if you’re looking for more than just storage: fulfillment centers (distribution centers). But what exactly is a distribution center and where you can rent it? Let's take a look⤵️.

In this article you will read about:

  • What is a Distribution center?
  • The difference between a Warehouse & a Distribution center
  • 4 Benefits of using Distribution centers
  • How much does it cost to rent a warehouse in the UK?
  • [Tutorial] How to book on StoringCargo?

What is a Distribution center?

A fulfillment center aka distribution center serves as a centralized location for the inventoried product. Promotional product distributors partner with the fulfillment center to receive, process & deliver orders to end buyers. Additionally, a fulfillment center can provide value-added services such as packaging, repacking, logistics management, and many more.

The difference between a Warehouse & a Distribution center

There is still a great deal of confusion when we introduce the words distribution centers and warehouse. They both work in a similar way, so the confusion is understandable. The most important difference between distribution centers and warehouses is the type of customers they serve and the scope of their operations.

A warehouse is usually a place where inventory is just stored, while a fulfillment warehouse has many other jobs besides storage. Let's check the main differences.

CUSTOMERS:

  • Warehouse: They generally serve B2B customers
  • Distribution center: They are better known to work with e-commerce businesses and B2C, i.e. with customers directly.

OPERATIONS:

  • Warehouse: The warehouse is the storage of giant stocks of cargo.The majority of logistics operations that take place at warehouse concern a freight carrier
  • Distribution center: They store inventory for a minimal amount of time or till they can ship orders directly to the customers.

GOALS:

  • Warehouse: It is a safe solution for long-term storage of your inventory, usually from a few months to a year.
  • Distribution center: They are not designed for long-term storage of inventory. The aim is to maintain a minimum amount of inventory, process e-commerce orders, and try to ship them as soon as possible.

From the above comparisons, we can see that any distribution center can be called a warehouse, but a warehouse can never be called a distribution center. The difference is that warehouses do not process orders, while on the other hand distribution centers keep stock, take care of processing and shipping or

Fulfillment center vs Warehouse

4 Benefits of using Distribution centers

There are several advantages to using distribution centers. So I present to you the 4 that are most noteworthy.

1️⃣ Lower shipping costs: Storing inventory closer to your customers helps lower shipping costs because orders will travel a shorter distance.

2️⃣ Customers will receive the orders faster: Using multiple storage locations lets you significantly reduce delivery times. Ultimately, the quicker a customer gets their order, the happier they are.

3️⃣Eliminate storing inventory: Satisfaction providers help you spend less time caring for stock packaging and mailing lines and you won’t have to run to the post office every day as the distribution center will take care of that.

4️⃣ Automation: Technology is the center of fulfillment services. This means that every step of the fulfillment process is automatically documented in real-time. This is very important so the business knows the status of their inventory while they are not there.

How much does it cost to rent a warehouse in the UK?

There are currently more than 488 warehouses available on our platform StoringCargo.com, which, in addition to warehousing, also provides transport. I present to you the top 3 that are currently available in the UK. The prices below will be for 10pal and 30 days of storage.

📍 UNITED KINGDOM, Dagenham - This warehouse has the quickest booking response time that is only 5 minutes. This warehouse is also ideal for everyone that has more than 40 pallets because they have the option of quick reservation.

📍 UNITED KINGDOM, Cambridge - This warehouse is the cheapest one. You would pay only 156,00€ for 10PAL, for 30 days. That's an amazing price, right?😉

📍 UNITED KINGDOM, Bedford - This warehouse has available Indoor and Outdoor warehouse space. They also offer transport to your final destination if you need it.

How to book on StoringCargo?

You can reserve warehousing in just 3 easy steps. Let's take a look at how easy is that 👀⤵️:

1️⃣ Start with choosing the location where you are looking for a warehouse and choose the dates of storage. You can also choose which type of warehouse you are looking for. Then click the big orange button Search.

Step 1

2️⃣ After you find what you are looking for, you will have to add some more details. Again write down the dates of storing and quantity, but dimensions, height, and weight are important as well so don’t miss that. If you want to include transport in the booking, just choose it before you finish with the request.

Step 2

3️⃣ When you confirm the reservation, you will receive an email with all the warehouse details. You will get warehouse contacts, addresses, and a summary of the reservation that you can also check and manipulate on the dashboard of your profile on StoringCargo.com.

Step 3

And what is the best thing?

There are so many benefits that we don’t even know where to start 😅.

  • Completely free registration forever
  • More than 485 warehouses are available
  • There is an available chat that allows direct communication with the selected warehouse
  • StoringCargo.com website is available on phone, computer, etc.
  • You literally pay as much as you spend
  • You don’t need a forklift and your workers, that’s the job of a warehouse.

Summary

In this article, we learned what is Distribution center and what are the differences between Warehouses and Distribution centers. We also discussed what are the top 4 benefits of using Distribution centers. After that we checked our current prices for renting a warehouse in the UK on the StoringCargo.com platform and what can these warehouses offer besides storage. As we saw, the prices are amazing! In the end, we had a mini-tutorial on how to book a warehousing service in just 3 easy steps. If you still have any other questions, feel free to write us an email at support@storingcargo.com.