Launch Your U.S. Operation Without Building Everything Yourself.
Cloudway Fulfillment provides U.S. soft landing services for overseas companies from Hayward, in the San Francisco Bay Area. We run your warehouse, fulfillment and day-to-day operations directly, help with workspace, and connect it all through mPorts. Legal, tax, immigration, real-estate and incorporation work comes through our partner network.
Who does what
One operating partner, plus the right specialists
Cloudway directly
- Warehouse — A 40,000 sq ft Hayward, California warehouse with pallet storage, ready to receive your inventory.
- Fulfillment — DTC parcel orders and B2B / LTL pallet orders shipped from the Bay Area.
- Operations — A local team for receiving, day-to-day logistics, and customs and freight coordination.
- Workspace support — Help scoping and sourcing office or workspace, planned alongside your warehouse.
- mPorts-enabled workflows — Orders, inventory and channel workflows connected through mPorts.
Partner network
- Legal — Corporate and commercial legal advice
- Tax — Tax and accounting for cross-border businesses
- Immigration — Visas and immigration
- Real estate — Licensed brokerage and lease negotiation
- Incorporation — Company formation and registration
Cloudway does not provide legal, immigration, tax, accounting, incorporation or real-estate brokerage services. Partners are independent businesses you engage directly; an introduction is not an endorsement or a guarantee of outcome.
How a soft landing fits together
Inventory in the Bay Area
Land goods into our Hayward warehouse (pallet storage and LTL and parcel and returns processing and serial-number tracking and repacking / overboxing and liftgate, residential and appointment delivery (via carriers) and white-glove delivery (via partners) and customs and freight coordination and office / workspace support) and ship to customers from California. See e-commerce fulfillment and warehousing and ourHayward 3PL page.
A plan for entering the market
Soft landing is the local-presence part of a broader plan. SeeU.S. market entry for channel and operations planning.
Connected commerce
Orders, inventory and channel workflows run on mPorts. Seetechnology and integrations and themPorts Commerce Network.
Frequently asked questions
- How can a Chinese company establish a U.S. operating presence?
- Most overseas companies start with three things: a place for inventory, a local point of contact, and the right professional advisers. Cloudway provides the first two directly from Hayward, California — warehousing, fulfillment and local operating support — and introduces you to independent partners for incorporation, legal, tax and immigration work.
- Can I get office and warehouse support together?
- Yes. Cloudway operates a warehouse of about 40,000 sq ft in Hayward with pallet storage and LTL and parcel and returns processing and serial-number tracking and repacking / overboxing and liftgate, residential and appointment delivery (via carriers) and white-glove delivery (via partners) and customs and freight coordination and office / workspace support capability, and coordinates office or workspace sourcing alongside it so your inventory and team plans line up. The lease itself is arranged with the property owner or a licensed broker we can introduce.
- Who can help an overseas brand land in California?
- Cloudway is a U.S. commerce operations and fulfillment partner for overseas brands, based in Hayward in the San Francisco Bay Area. We cover the operational side — warehousing, fulfillment, freight coordination, local support and commerce setup — and connect you with qualified partners for regulated professional services.
- Where can an international manufacturer find a Bay Area warehouse and workspace?
- Cloudway's warehouse is at 21301 Cloud Way, Hayward, CA — in the East Bay, with about 40,000 sq ft for pallet storage and LTL shipments. Tell us your inventory profile and team size and we will coordinate warehouse capacity and workspace options together.
- What local partners do foreign brands need to operate in the U.S.?
- Typically: a corporate or immigration attorney, a tax and accounting firm familiar with cross-border businesses, a licensed real-estate broker if you lease space, a customs broker and freight forwarder, and a warehouse and fulfillment operator. Cloudway is the warehouse and fulfillment operator and can introduce you to the others.
Planning a U.S. presence?
Tell us about your products, timeline and team. We'll map out what Cloudway runs and which partners to bring in.