This page covers pallet storage UK-wide: palletised and container-scale storage, pallet racking, bulk consignments, and container unloading. If you're storing individual items or smaller parcel volumes for day-to-day ecommerce orders, our ecommerce storage page covers that instead.
Storing pallets or bulk stock yourself comes with a running list of overheads that are easy to underestimate until they're recurring, month after month. Storeship provides bulk pallet storage across our UK warehouses, with container unloading and quality checks built into the process, so you're not paying separately for the premises, equipment, and staff that storage on this scale otherwise requires.
Storing pallets or bulk stock in your own space, rather than outsourcing it, means carrying costs across several areas:
Those are just some of the costs of running your own warehouse space for pallets and bulk stock. Outsourcing removes each of them from your overheads: you pay for the storage you actually use, not for the premises, equipment, and staff required to provide it. This matters more at pallet scale than it does for a handful of small parcels, since the space, racking, and handling equipment required to store pallets safely and efficiently tend to be the first things a growing business has to invest in, and the first things it can hand over instead.
Our Nottingham warehouse includes a dedicated container unloading bay, so full container deliveries can be unloaded directly on site rather than needing a separate handling step before storage. Pallets and bulk consignments are checked in against barcoded records, with quality checks carried out as goods arrive, giving you a clear record of what's come into storage and when, visible in real time through our free fulfilment software. The same check-in process applies whether your stock arrives as full single-SKU pallets, mixed pallets carrying several product lines, or a shipping container that needs breaking down before it goes into racking.
Storage itself uses racking and shelving suited to palletised and irregular-sized stock, with loading bays for goods moving in and out. This sits within Storeship's wider 3PL fulfilment services, alongside our ecommerce fulfilment centre operations, also based in Nottingham. The same software connects to Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and more than a hundred other platforms, so stock stored this way still feeds directly into your usual sales channels.
Storeship has operated independently since 2009, and is registered under HMRC's Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS: XZFH00000100040). We currently process stock for over 700 UK and international ecommerce sellers, having handled more than 971300 orders. Full company details are on our About Storeship page.
Pallet and container storage doesn't have a single flat rate, because the right price depends on how many pallets you're storing, for how long, and how they need to be handled on arrival. As a guide, standard pallet storage is typically around £6 per pallet, per week. Larger, ongoing consignments may qualify for a lower rate: get in touch to check what's available for your volume.
For an accurate figure tailored to your own consignment, request a free quote below, or see the pricing page for our standard per-item storage rates.
Pallet and container storage suits bulk, wholesale, or high-volume stock arriving on pallets or in containers, including businesses stocking up ahead of a seasonal peak or importing goods in bulk rather than shipping smaller, more frequent deliveries. If you're storing individual items or smaller ecommerce parcels instead, our ecommerce storage page covers per-item pricing and the day-to-day storage most online sellers need. Once your bulk stock is with us, our inventory management services page covers how it's tracked and controlled day to day. If your order volumes are still small and you're weighing up outsourced fulfilment more generally, our small business fulfilment page may be a more useful starting point than pallet storage specifically. And if you're new to outsourcing storage and fulfilment altogether, our guides on what 3PL means and what ecommerce fulfilment involves cover the fundamentals.
If you're storing pallets or bulk stock and want an accurate cost for your business, request a free, no-obligation quote based on your pallet count, storage duration, and any handling you need.
Pallet storage is arranged per consignment rather than against a fixed minimum, so tell us your volume and we'll confirm what works for your business.
Yes. Our Nottingham warehouse has a dedicated container unloading bay, so full container deliveries can be unloaded and checked in on site.
Pricing depends on your pallet count, storage duration, and how goods need to be handled on arrival. Request a free quote for an accurate figure based on your own consignment.
Goods are checked in against barcoded records with a quality check on arrival, then stored on racking or shelving suited to palletised and irregular-sized stock until they're needed.
That depends on how your stock arrives and moves. Pallet and container storage suits bulk or wholesale consignments; day-to-day ecommerce storage for individual items and smaller parcels is covered on our ecommerce storage page instead.
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