A community for 3PL operators.

01 / What this community is

A community for 3PL operators,
built by 3PL operators.

Shippers is a private community of 3PL operators trading real answers since 2021.

When something breaks at 6pm on a Friday, a client asks for something you have never seen before, or your WMS starts behaving strangely, this is where you go. Direct access to people who have already been through it, or who are going through it with you right now, ready to give candid honest feedback.

No vendors pitching. No consultants farming leads. Just operators communicating openly, in a closed room, where trust and discretion are mandatory.

That is the whole product. It is also why we screen everyone who comes in.

02 / Background on the community

Shippers was founded by Chad Carleton, CEO of Good Company, in 2021.

Prior to being CEO of Good Company, Chad ran a large ecommerce brand, a retail aggregator, and did fulfillment in house. One of the most popular brands on the roster kept hearing from their customers how well their orders showed up. So they asked him to handle all of their fulfillment.

He had always done his own fulfillment, but he had never done it for anyone else. He had a hundred questions.

A few people in the industry were kind enough to entertain every one of them. That turned into this group. Notes got traded, hard lessons got shared, wins got celebrated, and operators who wanted the same thing kept getting added. Operators answered each other honestly because they wanted to see other people win, the same way others helped them win.

For years the community was funded out of pocket and was all for charity. The group outgrew that setup. Keeping the integrity of what had been built, and keeping the ability to do good with it, meant the infrastructure had to change. In November 2026 Shippers converted to a private paid community.

Membership subscriptions fund community resources, events, and advocacy for the industry. The room stays closed, the community maintains integrity and the answers stay honest.

03 / Join

Apply for a seat

We are selective about who joins. That is not a marketing line. It is what maintains the integrity of the community, trust between its members, and quality of the conversations.

Shippers is a group of real operators swapping real stories and giving each other real honest help. That is why every application is read by a real person.

Monthly
$150 / month

Billed monthly, per company. Two members included.

AnnualSave $360
$1,440 / year

Works out to $120 a month. Per company, two members included.

Need more than two people from your company in the room? Extra members are $75 a month each, or $720 a year each, which is $60 a month.

Everyone is approved before they get in

No application is waved through. We look at who you are, what your company does, and whether you will add something to the room. If it is not a fit we will tell you. You are not charged anything while your application is being reviewed.

  1. Apply. A short form about you and your company, and what you are hoping to get out of the group.
  2. We review it. A real person reads every application. You hear back either way.
  3. You are approved and you pick your billing. Monthly or annual, then your Slack access turns on.
Apply to join

Takes a few minutes. No payment until you are approved.