YouStock vs e2b: pay-as-you-store, or a full 3PL contract?
e2b and YouStock both store your goods, put your inventory online and deliver it when you need it. They work at different scales, though: e2b is a large fulfilment and events 3PL built around e-commerce brands, while YouStock runs your storage and logistics end to end, from collection through to on-site installation, billed by the space you use. Here is how they compare.
Both let you track your stock through an online account
e2b spreads its online visibility across two systems: an event portal for branded assets and a separate warehouse platform for fulfilment stock, so brands can check order and asset status around the clock. YouStock keeps everything in one place. Every item you store is photographed and sits in a single account your whole team can open in real time, so you are looking at your actual boxes and equipment, not a line on a stock report.
That one view also does the accounting. Your invoice follows the space your stored goods take up, read straight from the same inventory you are looking at, so there is never a separate quote to reconcile against what is really in the warehouse.
YouStock charges for the space you use, not a fixed contract
Taking on a 3PL like e2b usually means a bespoke quote, an onboarding process and a service agreement built around your fulfilment or event programme. That is the right setup for a brand shipping thousands of orders a month, but it is a commitment to sign up to.
YouStock strips that back. Your cost is simply the volume your goods occupy in square feet, and it tracks your stock up and down: add pallets before a busy stretch and it rises, clear them afterwards and it drops. No fixed footprint to pay for, no minimum term, and nothing to renegotiate when your needs shift.
Both pair storage with delivery, not just a locked unit
Neither service is a self-storage unit you drive to. e2b keeps its own fleet and runs deliveries nationally, including next and same-day; YouStock manages the chain end to end, collecting from your premises or receiving goods straight from your suppliers, storing them under round-the-clock security, then preparing, delivering and installing them on site when you need them. In both cases storage and transport sit with one provider, so moving stock in or out is something you request rather than do yourself.
YouStock builds its whole service around that back-and-forth for your own goods. Ask for a single box or a full pallet and we deliver it to your London premises, or install it on site, then collect it again when you are done. It works around your schedule, not a warehouse counter’s opening hours.
YouStock comes to you, and works for any business, not just brands
e2b runs nationally from one large site outside London, and its model assumes you are a brand there to ship orders or deliver an event programme. YouStock is built the other way round. We come to your London premises, or receive goods straight from your suppliers, then take it from there: digitising your inventory, storing it securely, and delivering or installing it on site when you need it, out of hours if that works better for you.
You also do not have to be an e-commerce brand to work with us. A hotel mid-refit, a law firm archiving case files, a retailer clearing seasonal stock and a marketing team between activations all draw on the same service, with one dedicated account manager across the lot. Storage that climbs before a busy stretch and falls back afterwards is the everyday case for us, not a special arrangement.
| YouStock | e2b | |
|---|---|---|
| Online photo inventory, portal and real-time tracking | ✅ | ✅ |
| E-commerce order fulfilment (pick, pack, ship, returns) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Large-scale event build, install and de-rig | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pricing by the volume you occupy (sq ft) | ✅ | Bespoke 3PL quotes |
| Goods collected from your premises into storage | ✅ | Sent in for fulfilment, kit from events |
| On-site installation and fit-out (FF&E and OS&E) | ✅ | Event builds only |
The two services, side by side
The two services overlap on storage and event material, but they are built for different jobs.
e2b is a large, accredited fulfilment and events 3PL: if you need full e-commerce order fulfilment, or large-scale event builds and trade show stands delivered nationally, it is a heavyweight choice with 40 years behind it. YouStock is a managed, end-to-end storage and logistics service: it collects from your premises or receives from your suppliers, digitises your inventory, then stores, delivers and installs on site, priced on the space you actually use and open to any business rather than tied to a fulfilment contract or an event programme.
If your core need is storage and logistics that flex with you, run from collection to installation, YouStock is the better fit. If your core need is shipping online orders or running a national event operation, e2b is built for that.
Not sure whether you need a full 3PL or simply somewhere flexible to store and move your goods? A short call will settle it. Tell us what you are storing and how often you need it back, and we will say plainly whether YouStock fits, or point you to e2b if a full fulfilment or event contract is what you actually need.
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YouStock vs e2b FAQs
e2b is a large third-party logistics provider whose core business is shipping e-commerce orders and running national event logistics, taken on through a bespoke contract. YouStock is a managed storage and logistics service billed by the volume you occupy: it collects or receives from your suppliers, stores, delivers and installs on site, for any business rather than only brands doing fulfilment or events. Both put your inventory online, but they solve different problems.
Yes, if what you mainly need is flexible storage and logistics, collected from your door, installed on site if needed, and billed on the space you use. If you need to ship online orders or run large national event builds, e2b is purpose-built for that, so the right choice depends on your core need.
No. YouStock is a managed storage and logistics service, not a pick, pack and ship fulfilment house. If you need orders picked, packed and shipped to your customers with platform integrations and returns handling, e2b covers that and YouStock does not.
YouStock stores and moves your event and marketing stock, exhibition kit, point-of-sale and branded assets, and delivers or installs it when a campaign calls for it. e2b works at a different level on the production side: with its own crew it builds, installs and de-rigs stands at national scale, so for heavy live-event delivery it does more. Where YouStock fits is keeping that material managed alongside the rest of your business, ready to go out and come back on demand.
YouStock runs the chain end to end. It collects from your premises or receives deliveries from your suppliers, photographs and digitises your inventory, stores it under monitored security, prepares and delivers on demand, and installs on site, including out of hours. It also handles full business relocations. One dedicated account manager coordinates all of it, so you validate rather than coordinate.
If you want goods collected from and returned to a London address on demand, YouStock’s collect-and-deliver model is local by design. e2b operates nationally from a large warehouse outside London, which suits national fulfilment and events but is less geared to local, on-demand London collection.