Etsy 3PL in Canada: two hubs for shops that have outgrown the dining table, and for pieces that will not fit in a mailbox.
DelGate is an Etsy 3PL for sellers who need ecommerce fulfillment in Canada. We hold your finished goods at fulfillment centers in Vancouver and Toronto, pick and pack your orders, and send tracking back so you can complete the order in Etsy. For furniture, large décor, vintage pieces, and other big-and-bulky items, a 2-person crew can deliver to the room of choice, with white-glove unpack, placement, assembly if required, and packaging removal. Rates, booking, tracking, and proof of delivery run online.
- Fulfillment hubs in Vancouver and Toronto
- 2-person room-of-choice and white-glove delivery across Canada
- Online rates, booking, tracking, and proof of delivery
- Ecommerce pick and pack for finished, ready-to-ship stock
Vancouver serves British Columbia, Alberta and the West. Toronto serves Ontario, Quebec and Eastern Canada.
- 2fulfillment hubs: Vancouver and Toronto
- 2-personroom-of-choice and white-glove crews
- Nationwidebig & bulky delivery across Canada
- 65,000+carriers in the DelGate network
- Onlinerates, booking, tracking, and proof of delivery
Two Canadian hubs
Where your Etsy orders ship from: fulfillment centers in Vancouver and Toronto
DelGate hub, Vancouver, BC
Stock here serves British Columbia, Alberta, and the rest of Western Canada. Inbound freight can land at the hub for receiving and storage. See our Vancouver 3PL.
DelGate hub, Toronto, ON
Stock here serves Ontario, Quebec, and Eastern Canada. See our Toronto 3PL.
Etsy requires listings to show, accurately, where the item ships from. If your stock leaves Vancouver, Toronto, or both, those ship-from locations in Shop Manager should match.
Nationwide 2-person and white-glove last mile is in-house, not only a handoff to Canada Post or a courier.
DelGate vs a typical parcel 3PL
| Typical parcel 3PL | DelGate | |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian stocking | Often one city (usually the GTA) | Vancouver and Toronto hubs |
| Small parcels | Yes | Yes: pick, pack, and carrier shipping |
| Oversized / bulky items | Often limited or referred elsewhere | Built for furniture, appliances, fitness equipment |
| 2-person delivery | Rare | In-house 2-person crews: a lead offer, not a footnote |
| Room of choice / white-glove | Curb or door | Room of choice; unpack, assemble if required, remove packaging |
| Delivery-day updates | Carrier tracking link | Tracking, live ETA, POD, furniture delivery photos |
The problem
Etsy does not give you a fulfillment network. The warehouse still has to fit the shop.
Etsy is the marketplace. Shipping is yours. There is no Etsy equivalent of FBA. Orders wait on the processing time you set in the shop until someone (you, or a 3PL) packs them, hands them to a carrier or a delivery crew, and submits tracking. Most Canadian pages that mention Etsy are courier warehouses in one city, or a blog about avoiding customs by stocking in Toronto. That leaves three problems.
A lot of Etsy catalogs are not lettermail.
Handmade furniture, large wall pieces, vintage cabinets, and oversized home goods do not belong in a small-parcel network. If the last mile cannot carry the item into the room, the buyer’s review will say so.
One warehouse, one coast.
A single Toronto, Ottawa, Etobicoke, or Richmond node makes the near side of the country easy and the far side slow or expensive. Two stocking hubs fix the geography.
The shop still has to follow Etsy’s rules.
A 3PL that only ships your finished goods is not a loophole for dropshipping commercial products, and it is not automatically a production partner. Listings must tell the truth about who made the item and where it ships from. Tracking and ship-by dates still sit on your seller metrics.
This is a warehouse-and-last-mile problem, plus a clean, policy-safe connection. Put finished stock in Vancouver and Toronto, submit tracking on time, and give oversized orders a 2-person delivery.
No obligation
See what Etsy fulfillment from two Canadian hubs would cost.
Three things, with no obligation.
- Rate card
Rate card for your mix
Send SKU dimensions and weights, monthly order volume, and whether orders are parcel, LTL, or 2-person / white-glove. We come back with a line-by-line rate view.
Usually within two business days.
- Free
Shop and catalog review
Ready-to-ship vs made-to-order, ship-from locations, how orders and tracking should move, and whether you also sell on a website.
We will not tell you that a 3PL replaces Etsy’s handmade or seller policies.
- 15 minutes
A 15-minute operations call
West and east stock split, parcel vs bulky SKUs, kitting, and returns to the hub.
No newsletter.
Prefer to talk? Email rates@delgate.ca or call +1 833-335-4283.
Get my rateHow it works
From a paid Etsy order to a delivered package. You make (or curate). We ship.
Finished inventory lands
You send ready-to-ship goods to the Vancouver or Toronto hub. We receive, count, and put away. This is for items already made, vintage already sourced, or supplies you are allowed to sell, not for us to manufacture a listing.
Stock is stored and visible
SKUs sit in the hub and can be seen in our platform. If you also sell the same items on another channel, packing rules belong in the SOP so one channel is not oversold.
The buyer orders on Etsy
Your shop’s processing time starts. Only orders that are paid and released to ship should be picked.
The order reaches the warehouse
DelGate’s platform already takes orders from shopping-cart integrations, EDI, or the WMS. Some shipping apps cannot auto-submit tracking or mark an Etsy order shipped; in that case the handoff must be written into the SOP.
Pick, pack, and ship
We pick and pack from the hub that holds the stock, inside the processing and ship-by window you set. Small parcels go out with carriers. Oversized and fragile items can move on our 2-person and white-glove last mile across Canada: room of choice, unpacked and placed, assembled if required, packaging removed. Tracking and proof of delivery, including delivery confirmation photos where the furniture service applies, come back to you.
Tracking is submitted to Etsy
Buyers, and Etsy’s on-time shipping and tracking metrics, depend on this step.
Returns, if you want them here
Canadian buyers can return to the hub for inspection and restock, including furniture returns, instead of mailing a sofa back to a kitchen workshop.
Made-to-order
Personalized work stays with you
Made-to-order or personalized listings stay with you until the piece is finished and sent in, or until we have a written kitting SOP for components you have already produced. We do not “make the order” on your behalf.
Why DelGate for Etsy
We already fulfill Canadian ecommerce and move the bulky items many Etsy shops actually sell.
Etsy fulfillment is ecommerce pick and pack plus, when the SKU needs it, home-goods and furniture delivery, including white-glove service.
We already run ecommerce fulfillment, home-goods and furniture delivery, and white-glove service across Canada, and fulfill for brands selling through channels such as Amazon, Costco, Home Depot, and Walmart.
We store and ship inventory you already made, designed, or legitimately listed (including vintage and craft supplies). We are a shipping warehouse, not a production partner and not a dropship factory of ready-made wholesale goods. Online rates and booking.
Etsy seller requirements
What the shop and the warehouse have to get right.
These are public Etsy rules and ordinary 3PL practice. Your Shop Manager settings and Etsy’s current Help Centre and seller policies are the final word. They change; confirm them before you go live.
| Requirement | What Etsy publishes | What this means at the warehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Who may use a 3PL | Third-party shipping providers may process and ship your orders | DelGate can be the Canadian ship-from warehouse for your finished goods |
| Not dropshipping | Selling ready-made goods you did not make or design, shipped from a third-party supplier, is not allowed (limited supply exceptions) | We will not source or dropship commercial products into your Etsy shop |
| Not automatically a production partner | Production partners physically produce items from your designs and must be disclosed | Shipping only is not production. Do not list DelGate as a production partner unless we actually make the item (we do not) |
| Ship-from accuracy | Listings must say, accurately, where the item ships from | If stock leaves Vancouver and/or Toronto, the listing must say so |
| Processing and ship-by times | You must honor the times in your shop | We need those windows in the SOP and must be able to meet them |
| Tracking | Submit tracking so the buyer (and seller metrics, including Star Seller tracking usage) can see the shipment | Our deliveries already carry tracking and proof of delivery |
| Ready-to-ship vs made-to-order | Personalized or made-to-order work is finished by the shop | Send finished goods in, or agree a kitting SOP. We do not manufacture listings |
| Connection | Partnered shipping apps (currently ShipStation and Chit Chats for Canada, per Etsy Help) or other apps / APIs, some with manual tracking | DelGate’s platform already takes orders from shopping-cart integrations, EDI, or the WMS |
| Returns | Honor your shop policies | We already process furniture and fulfillment returns at the warehouse |
Sellers remain responsible for handmade, vintage, and supply eligibility, and for any bilingual packaging rules that apply to their products.
FAQ
Etsy fulfillment FAQ
Can I use a 3PL for Etsy fulfillment in Canada?
Is using DelGate the same as dropshipping? Do I have to list you as a production partner?
Do you fulfill Etsy orders from both Toronto and Vancouver?
Can you deliver furniture, vintage pieces, or other oversized Etsy orders inside the home?
I sell made-to-order or personalized items. Can you fulfill those?
Will tracking go back to Etsy, and does that help Star Seller?
What shipping does Etsy use in Canada?
Are there Canadian sellers on Etsy?
Is Etsy reliable in Canada?
What is white glove delivery?
What is ecommerce fulfillment in Canada?
Something else? Ask it in the form below. One person from our fulfillment team answers.
Get started
Get an Etsy fulfillment rate from Vancouver and Toronto.
Rate card back within two business days. A 15-minute call if you want to walk through hubs, bulky vs parcel SKUs, and how orders will reach the warehouse. No newsletter.
- Rate view for your dimensions, volume, and delivery type
- Free shop and catalog review (ready-to-ship vs made-to-order, ship-from locations, connection plan)
- No commitment to start
Prefer to talk? Call +1 833-335-4283 or email rates@delgate.ca.