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What lifestyle brands need from a fulfilment partner
Fast-growing lifestyle brands face unique fulfilment challenges, and the right partner can make the difference between scaling seamlessly and struggling to keep up with customer expectations.
Protecting a premium brand experience at scale
Customers expect every order to reflect a premium experience. As order volume grows, maintaining custom packaging, inserts, and gift notes can be challenging. Partner with a fulfilment provider that manages branded packaging as SKUs, supports personalised gift notes, and can pre-kit sets to ensure every unboxing impresses.
Staying in stock and controlling shipping costs during demand swings
Seasonal spikes or sudden demand surges can quickly drain inventory in one location, leading to longer delivery times and higher costs. Choose a provider with real-time inventory visibility and automated inventory distribution to help keep delivery fast and affordable.
Orchestrating inventory across DTC, marketplaces, and retail reorders
Juggling separate systems for Shopify, Amazon, social stores, and retailer POs often causes overselling and manual work. A unified platform that aggregates orders, syncs stock counts instantly, and supports marketplace feeds plus EDI retail workflows keeps every channel accurate.
Streamlining returns and exchanges without inventory headaches
High return rates can overwhelm operations and affect inventory counts. Partner with a fulfilment provider that integrates with returns portals, applies clear SKU-level disposition rules, and updates inventory as soon as each parcel is processed to streamline returns and exchanges.
Fulfilling boutique reorders and flash-sale DTC drops from one hub
Switching between parcel shipments to consumers and pallet loads to retailers with different providers can drive up costs and create routing errors. Partner with a single fulfilment provider that handles small-parcel DTC, bulk B2B, and EDI orders side by side to simplify operations.
Reaching global fans without long transit times or surprise duties
International shipping can cause delays and surprise fees that hurt conversions. Select a 3PL that offers Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) shipping options so international customers enjoy a quick, transparent experience. Also consider a 3PL with in-country inventory storage across global markets for more streamlined global fulfilment.
ShipBob’s fulfilment solutions that lifestyle brands care about
ShipBob’s fulfilment platform is built to help lifestyle brands scale without compromise, combining premium unboxing, smart inventory placement, and global reach in one solution.
Branded unboxing at scale
ShipBob helps brands deliver a premium, memorable unboxing experience at scale. Our Customisation Suite supports custom branded packaging, marketing inserts, and personalised gift notes. Custom packaging and inserts are managed as SKUs, and gift notes are supported by on-demand printing.
Smart inventory distribution
ShipBob’s advanced analytics and fulfilment network enable you to strategically distribute inventory around the world, and across key regions of the US with the Inventory Placement Program (IPP). This helps you stay in stock where demand surges, while automated tools optimise placement to reduce your average shipping zone and costs.
Automated returns management
ShipBob facilitates automated returns management by integrating with leading returns platforms like Loop and AfterShip, streamlining the process from initiation to disposition. Once a returned parcel is processed, ShipBob’s system updates inventory, applies your chosen SKU-level return action (restock, quarantine, or disposal), and provides full visibility into every return’s status. You can also choose to have returns sent to another (non-ShipBob) location if preferred.
Omnichannel B2B & DTC fulfilment
ShipBob enables brands to fulfil DTC orders, including handling demand surges, and various B2B shipments such as boutique reorders and bulk wholesale orders, all from a single platform. Our network supports DTC, bulk wholesale, and retail EDI-compliant shipments from a shared inventory pool.
Global fulfilment network
Expand your brand’s reach with ShipBob’s dozens of fulfilment centres in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia. By storing inventory locally or offering DDP shipping options, you can give international customers faster delivery and upfront cost clarity.
Types of lifestyle brand products that companies fulfil with ShipBob
- Wellness and beauty
- Skincare, face masks, bath bombs, scented candles, essential oils, diffusers, and more.
- Fitness and mindfulness
- Yoga mats, meditation cushions, resistance bands, compact fitness gear, water bottles, sleep masks, blue light glasses, and more.
- Home and decor
- Blankets, pillows, art prints, calendars, plant care kits, and more.
- Travel and everyday essentials
- Tote bags, shopping bags, coffee cups, lunch boxes, food wraps, travel organizers, umbrellas, and more.
- Fashion and accessories
- Wallets, key organizers, sunglasses, hair accessories, socks, slippers, and more.
See how lifestyle brands are scaling their operations and delighting customers with the right fulfilment partner.
Our Place transforms global kitchenware fulfilment with ShipBob
Our Place, the kitchenware brand known for products that inspire cooking together and celebrating cultural traditions, turned to ShipBob to streamline operations as demand skyrocketed. Managing fulfilment in-house was limiting their growth, so they needed a scalable partner to help them deliver faster while protecting their premium brand experience.
With ShipBob, Our Place expanded from two to four warehouses, saving $1.5 million in freight costs and cutting average fulfilment and shipping times from 5–6 days down to just 2.5 days. ShipBob’s distributed inventory and advanced platform gave them real-time visibility into stock levels, automated order routing, and the ability to manage both DTC and retail channels from a single source of truth. The partnership empowered Our Place to keep up with surging demand, reduce logistics costs, and deliver a brand experience that reinforces their mission of bringing people together through food.
ShipBob services all customers benefit from
- Connectivity & integrations: ShipBob’s 50+ turnkey integrations with all major ecommerce channels and tools – including Shopify, Gorgias, Klaviyo, NetSuite, Loop, AfterShip, and more – enable you to grow your business smarter, faster, and stronger than ever before. In addition to the ShipBob App Store that lets you instantly connect your tech stack, you can also leverage ShipBob’s Develop API for custom builds.
- Transparent, cost-effective pricing: Unlike many 3PLs, ShipBob has easy-to-predict billing that makes it easy to plan for spend, without too many line items. ShipBob also negotiates rates with couriers and passes those savings on to you.
- Real-time visibility: Track shipments, orders, and inventory across locations from one dashboard. Manage one pool of inventory across sales channels and push stock levels back to your store so you don’t oversell.
- Full-stack fulfilment platform: With ShipBob, you get an all-in-one OMS, IMS, WMS, RMS, TMS, and analytics for a consolidated tech stack. ShipBob’s platform acts as a mini-ERP, being a single source of truth for your orders and inventory.
- Easy, comprehensive onboarding: We’ve onboarded thousands of ecommerce merchants and helped some of the fastest-growing brands scale effortlessly. Our implementation team sets you up for success with everything from configuring your ship options, to syncing your online store.
- Support for growth: ShipBob aims to be the last fulfilment partner you’ll need. Whether you’re shipping 1,000 orders per month or 200,000, we have you covered. With a large fulfilment network to scale into, new channels to expand into, and additional capabilities to tap into, you won’t outgrow ShipBob.
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How it works
How ShipBob goes from your online store to your customer’s door
1. Connect
Connect your store, import your products, then send us your inventory.
2. Store
We store your inventory in any combination of our fulfilment centers.
3. Ship
As soon as a customer places an order, we ship it from the nearest fulfilment centre.
FAQs about lifestyle and fashion fulfilment
Get quick answers to the most common questions lifestyle and fashion brands have when it comes to scaling fulfilment.
How does ShipBob help brands deliver a premium unboxing experience?
ShipBob offers a Customisation Suite that supports custom branded packaging (provided by the client), marketing inserts, and personalised gift notes (along with the ability to set rules when it comes to packaging). Custom packaging and inserts are managed as SKUs, while gift notes are supported for on-demand printing. This ensures every order reflects your brand’s aesthetic and quality standards, even as you scale.
Can ShipBob handle seasonal spikes and sudden increases in demand?
Yes, ShipBob’s fulfilment network and real-time inventory visibility help you distribute inventory strategically, so you stay in stock and maintain fast, affordable shipping during peak seasons or viral moments.
How does ShipBob support omnichannel fulfilment for lifestyle brands?
ShipBob’s unified platform aggregates orders and inventory across DTC stores, marketplaces, and retail partners, syncing stock counts in real time. This eliminates oversells and manual work, letting you manage all channels from one dashboard.
What technology does ShipBob offer to optimise fulfilment operations?
ShipBob provides advanced analytics, automated order routing, and real-time inventory tracking. Our platform also integrates with dozens of ecommerce tools and marketplaces, streamlining your operations and providing actionable insights.
Can ShipBob manage returns and exchanges efficiently for lifestyle products?
Yes, ShipBob facilitates automated returns management by integrating with leading returns platforms like Loop and AfterShip, streamlining the process from customer initiation to disposition. Once a returned parcel is processed, ShipBob’s system applies your chosen SKU-level return action (restock, quarantine, or disposal) and updates inventory, helping to keep stock counts accurate and reduce manual workload. You can also choose to have returns sent to another (non-ShipBob) location if preferred.
How does ShipBob help lifestyle brands expand internationally?
With dozens of fulfilment centres in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia, ShipBob enables you to store inventory closer to global customers. We offer DDP shipping options for international shipping, and local shipping from fulfilment centres to reduce transit times and avoid surprise duties.
Is ShipBob experienced in fulfilling both DTC and B2B orders for lifestyle brands?
Absolutely. ShipBob’s network is built to handle small-parcel DTC, bulk B2B, and EDI-compliant retail shipments side-by-side, for example Target, Costco, Bed Bath and Beyond, Etsy, and more, so you can fulfil all order types from a single inventory pool.
How does ShipBob ensure inventory accuracy across multiple sales channels?
Our platform syncs inventory in real time across all connected channels, preventing oversells and stockouts. You get a single source of truth for inventory, whether selling on Shopify, Amazon, TikTok, or through retail partners.
Are there lifestyle brands that have successfully scaled with ShipBob?
Yes, brands like Our Place have leveraged ShipBob to reduce shipping times, cut costs, and deliver premium experiences while scaling globally. Their success stories highlight ShipBob’s ability to support fast-growing lifestyle brands.
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