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Calculating storage costs

Learn more about how your storage charges are calculated at Warehut

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Our guide to how we calculate storage costs. Read this if you want to learn more about how your storage charges are calculated.
 

🤔 Storage costs for regular brands

Regular brands are billed weekly for storage costs. However, in line with industry standards, storage costs are quoted monthly. This may cause some confusion.

Let’s say your monthly quoted storage cost is $0.99/cubic foot. Storage will be calculated on a daily basis, by the monthly storage cost per cubic foot divided by the number of calendar days in the month.

If you’re using Warehut Wallet and maintain a qualifying balance throughout the preceding 6 months, you’ll be billed at the end of each week. If you’re paying with credit card or do not maintain a qualifying Warehut Wallet balance, you’ll be billed for the next week in advance.

Week 1: Lets say that you’re paying for Warehut with credit card and your initial batch of stock arrives at Warehut on 10 March, which is a Wednesday. Your first weekly invoice (normally on a Friday) will include a storage charge for the week ending 12 March, for the 3 days 10, 11 and 12 March. Your invoice will also include a storage charge for the next 7 days of storage, to 19 March, based on your storage volume on 12 March, multiplied by 7 days.

Week 2: On 19 March, you’ll be billed storage for the week ending 26 March, based on the quantity of goods in stock on 19 March.

Week 3: On 26 March, you’ll be billed storage for the week ending 2 April, based on the quantity of goods in stock on 26 March. However the charge will only be for 5 days of storage - up until 31 March.

Week 4: On 2 April, you’ll be billed storage for the week ending 9 April, based on the quantity of goods in stock on 2 April, however the charge will be for 9 days of storage.

 

🤔 Storage costs for micro brands

If your total stock volume in storage at Warehut has never exceeded 10 cubic feet, you may be charged a flat monthly storage fee, to simplify your billing.

Micro brands are billed monthly for storage costs. If you’re using Warehut Wallet and maintain a qualifying balance throughout the preceding 6 months, you’ll be billed at the end of each month. If you’re paying with credit card or do not maintain a qualifying Warehut Wallet balance, you’ll be billed for the next month in advance.

Your flat monthly storage fee is based on your maximum recorded stock volume over the past year, rounded up to the next cubic foot (up to $9.90/month). For example, if your maximum total stock volume over the past year is 2.3 cubic feet of goods, you would be charged for 3 cubic feet of storage per month ($2.97/month), regardless of whether or not your stock volume reduces over the course of the month as your goods sell.

 

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