Small parcel fulfilment is exactly what it sounds like: storing, picking, packing and shipping products that are small, light and boxable — with the packing and shipping setup matched to that order profile. Vareya runs that profile from Breda, in the Netherlands, for brands selling across Europe and beyond.
Profile A (Boxable Brievenbuspakket): complete packed dimensions up to 38 × 26.5 × 3.2 cm and packed weight up to 2 kg. Profile B (Non-Boxable parcel): outside Profile A, with L + W + H up to 900 mm, a longest side up to 600 mm and packed weight up to 2 kg. These are Vareya classification profiles, not universal carrier or shipping guarantees. Carrier, service, destination, handling, capacity, operational suitability and commercial viability require separate checks. Product fit is confirmed during qualification.
Within that range there is a further distinction worth knowing: a letterbox-friendly parcel is thinner still, so it can pass through a letterbox opening. Letterbox parcels are a subset of small parcels, not a separate service — the 900/600 profile is the overall small-parcel range, not a letterbox limit. We explain the difference in letterbox parcels and how they work.
Fulfilment for small parcels is not just "the same warehouse with smaller shelves". Three mechanisms make it different:
Small, light parcels can sit in lower bands: less actual and volumetric weight, fewer oversized surcharges. The same product in oversized packaging can cost a band more — which is why we always quote the packed parcel.
Compare the number of picks, packaging steps and checks required for your actual products. Small items do not automatically mean faster packing or fewer handling steps.
Small items can store more units per shelf and more units per pallet — stock can occupy less space, and space is a fulfilment cost.
These are structural differences in how costs build up. We do not publish savings percentages, because the result depends on your products, your packaging and your quotes.
This compact-product focus is what we describe as Boxable Fulfilment. The packed-order checks behind it are set out in the Boxable Product Framework and the shipping side in Boxable Shipping.
Vareya ships to the following destinations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States.
We support multiple webshops, product bundles, subscriptions and stock with batch numbers or expiry dates. We also handle B2B orders and stock transfers. If you sell cosmetics, supplements, phone cases, accessories or similar smaller products, you are in our core profile — see our cosmetics and supplements fulfilment page for that specialisation in detail. Have customs, tax or specialist handling requirements? Include them in the fulfilment scan so Vareya can confirm which parts of the proposed setup can be supported.
Vareya is generally best suited to brands shipping 500 or more orders per month. If you are smaller, or your product sits outside the usual profile, start with the scan and add the details when we follow up by email — fit is always confirmed case by case.
Step 1
Share your order volume, product types and destinations in the free scan. Packed dimensions and weights are requested by email in the follow-up, before any quote is prepared.
Start the free scanStep 2
Vareya will review your answers and send an initial fit response by email.
Step 3
We agree services and rates in a quote, connect your webshop to our WMS and set packing and returns rules together.
Step 4
Stock arrives, test orders run, and your orders ship from Breda.
If its packed size stays below the 900 mm combined / 600 mm maximum length profile, it likely is — product fit is confirmed during qualification.
Yes, as part of the small-parcel profile. Letterbox-friendly parcels must additionally fit through a letterbox opening.
Yes — to the published list of 41 destinations, with customs clearance support available for shipments into and out of Europe. Contact Vareya to discuss specific requirements.
Yes. Shopify integration is available. Vareya uses ShipHero as its warehouse management system, fully integrated with Shopify.
Share your order profile — volume, products and destinations — and Vareya will review your answers and send an initial fit response.