What fulfillment options work best for low-volume direct-to-consumer alcohol sales on Shopify?

For low-volume D2C alcohol fulfillment on Shopify, members recommend working with specialist fulfillment companies or handling fulfillment in-house with proper licensing.

**Fulfillment companies:** - **Blue Cloud** — praised for flexibility on pricing for low-volume businesses; contact Howard to discuss rates - **Promotional Handling** — recommended for great rates and service for small businesses - **Haul and Store** — members report good performance; intros available - **Codestorm** — currently used for D2C fulfillment with acceptable performance levels, though some report shipping issues on trade (non-D2C) cases

**In-house fulfillment:** - Members successfully handle their own fulfillment using **DPD** alongside proper licensing — processing 60–100 orders per week is doable - **DPD integration via app** makes label creation simple (a few clicks); request their free label printer to streamline the process - DPD offers cheap app integration for label creation

**Important caveat:** Doing fulfillment yourself with DPD as an untrained operator "would cause both logistical and legal headaches." You must have all required alcohol licenses in place before shipping, regardless of method. The licensing setup is non-negotiable for any alcohol D2C operation.