International labels eat margin
Every return crosses a border. One parcel, one label, full international rate. The math gets worse with every return.
Cross-border returns drop from 7-14 days to 1-3 days when the hub is in your customer's country. National labels instead of expensive international ones.
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The same things break the moment a marketplace seller goes international. We hear them in every conversation - and they get worse the higher your return volume goes.
Every return crosses a border. One parcel, one label, full international rate. The math gets worse with every return.
Spreadsheets, email threads, staff chasing tracking numbers. It works until volume doubles. Then it doesn't.
Every major marketplace now expects a local return address in the country you sell in. Sometimes it is spelled out in the rules, sometimes your ranking is the first you hear of it. Without one you carry the full international return cost and risk listing penalties or forced free returns. That quietly drains your margin.
Amazon calls it Refund at First Scan: the buyer gets their money the moment the carrier first scans the parcel. The return closes itself while the parcel is still moving. That only works with a local return address on file. Without one, the refund waits for a border crossing.
Set up your merchant account after activation and confirm the address of your destination warehouse.
Enter the hub address everywhere: Amazon, Otto, Kaufland, Cdiscount, your own shop, your ERP. It also takes in undeliverable parcels.
Order and return data flow in automatically.
National labels, local drop-off, parcels reach the hub in 1-3 days.
The hub inspects and grades each item and the refund triggers automatically. Every return and every item stays traceable in the merchant portal.
Returns ship to your destination country consolidated, not as individual international parcels. Items can be liquidated or disposed of locally where it makes sense (damage or economics).
Your customers return through the carriers they already know... and the ones marketplaces actually allow. We negotiate volume rates with each local hero, so returns clear faster and cost far less than booking a cross-border carrier yourself.
We pool returns across many sellers and bargain with each local carrier. That saves up to 50 percent against the rates you would get alone.
Marketplaces define which carriers are allowed for returns. The hub uses exactly those, so every return stays compliant.
Amazon only refunds at first scan on its own prepaid label with a supported carrier. We give you that exact setup, out of the box.
The basis is two fixed fees plus a per-parcel/item rate that depends on country and volume. Further services such as grading are agreed with you upfront. You know every line item before you start. No multi-year contracts. No commitment.
Billed once when your account is set up - regardless of how many countries you start in.
One local return address, in every marketplace you sell on.
A short call, usually within one business day. We look at your marketplaces, countries and return volume, and tell you what a local hub would cost you per return. No obligation and no lengthy onboarding to sit through first.
France, Italy, Spain and Germany are live right now. You can be up and running in any of them within a day. BeNeLux, the Nordics, Poland, Austria and the U.S. follow.
Within a day. If you already run one of the integrations we support, going live means replacing the return address in your sales channel. That is the whole change on your side. Setting up and activating the connection take a few hours on top.
Cross-border returns typically drop from 7-14 days to 1-3 days, because the parcel travels to a hub in your customer's country instead of back across the border. Refunds trigger on grading at the hub.
Amazon, Otto, Kaufland, Cdiscount, eBay, Zalando and bol.com, plus middleware and shop systems such as BaseLinker, plentymarkets, Rithum and Shopify. Anywhere you can set a return address, or connect through your ERP, works.
Not mandatory everywhere, but worth it everywhere.
The hub either keeps you compliant or protects your visibility. Usually both.
No. You add the hub as a local return address per marketplace and activate the connection. Order data then flows in automatically - no development work required.
Full visibility, from announcement to shipment back. Order data flows in as soon as you activate the connection, so you know what is coming before it arrives. In the merchant portal you then see the current state of every return and every single item, track parcels and consolidated shipments, review the inspection photos and raise claims.
You decide per grade, and anything that no longer justifies the freight is liquidated or disposed of locally. Disposal in-country is markedly cheaper than sending an unsellable item home first. Only the goods actually worth having back make the trip, consolidated.
The hub handles the cross-border return leg and consolidates shipments back to you or your 3PL - it complements existing fulfilment rather than replacing it.
The sweet spot starts at roughly 15 returns per week per country. Below that, a local hub rarely pays for itself yet, since the model builds on pooled volume and consolidated shipments. Above it, your savings grow with every additional return.
Tell us where you sell and how many returns you handle. We will show you what a local hub saves you - and how fast you can be live.