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Delight customers with branded unboxing and efficient fulfilment for product launches, while ShipBob manages inventory and ships through its global fulfilment network.
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Support your brand story with the right fulfilment strategy
Marketing materials and branded inserts are powerful tools for customer engagement — but they can also create logistical challenges at scale. Here are the key areas to consider when selecting a fulfilment partner.
Protecting the branded unboxing experience at scale
When order volumes surge, manually including custom branded boxes, marketing inserts, or personalised gift notes can slow teams down and erode margins. Look for a 3PL that lets you store packaging and marketing inserts as SKUs, as well as automate their inclusion in orders directly from your dashboard.
Avoiding stockouts during high-demand campaigns
Flash sales and influencer drops can empty shelves overnight. Choose a fulfilment partner with real-time inventory syncing and bundle support to avoid overselling.
Controlling shipping costs while keeping delivery times competitive
Paying premium courier rates for nationwide coverage can drain budgets. Distributed inventory and data-driven strategies help brands offer fast, cost-effective shipping without relying on costly expedited services.
Converting viral international demand into smooth cross-border delivery
Shipping every parcel from one country leads to long transit times, surprise duties, and abandoned carts. Choose a fulfilment partner with dozens of fulfilment centres across multiple continents and support to localise delivery and improve conversions.
Measuring campaign ROI with centralised fulfilment and shipping data
Pulling data manually is time-consuming and error-prone. Look for a fulfilment partner with a unified dashboard that shows real-time order volume, inventory velocity, and shipping costs to support faster optimisation.
ShipBob’s fulfilment solutions that marketing brands care about
ShipBob’s 3PL platform makes it easy to manage and deliver branded inserts, samples, and marketing materials at scale. Here’s how our fulfilment solutions help brands streamline campaigns while delighting customers.
Branded unboxing at scale
ShipBob supports branded unboxing at scale, including branded boxes (provided by the client), print-on-demand marketing inserts, and personalised gift notes, all stored as SKUs and added automatically to orders. Packaging and inserts are stored as SKUs, and can be automated per order using rules in your ShipBob dashboard.
This streamlined approach helps you delight customers and reinforce your brand identity, all while maintaining operational efficiency.
Real-time inventory syncing
ShipBob’s advanced platform keeps your inventory levels updated across all sales channels in real time, even during high-velocity campaigns. As orders and bundles sell, our system automatically adjusts stock counts, helping you avoid overselling and costly stockouts.
With seamless integrations and proactive inventory management, you can confidently run flash sales and influencer drops without missing a beat.
Smarter inventory distribution
ShipBob’s Inventory Placement Program (IPP) uses performance data to automate inventory distribution across regions of the US, which helps you reduce transit times and costs. By placing products closer to your customers, you can reduce your average shipping zone, lower transit times, and unlock significant savings on outbound shipping.
Localized global fulfilment
ShipBob helps brands turn international demand into local delivery through its fulfilment centres in the US, UK, EU, Canada, and Australia, improving speed and reducing cart abandonment.
Brands can also leverage ShipBob’s international Delivered Duties Unpaid (DDU) and Delivered Duties Paid (DDP) shipping options to hundreds of destinations worldwide. With its trusted courier partnerships, ShipBob helps provide a transparent, reliable delivery experience that builds trust and drives conversions in every market.
Unified fulfilment analytics
ShipBob’s analytics dashboard brings together real-time data from every fulfilment centre and courier in your network, giving you a single source of truth for order volume, inventory velocity, and shipping costs. With intuitive filtering, exportable reports, and visualizations, you can quickly monitor SKU performance, track inventory movements, and analyse fulfilment metrics across all channels.
This unified visibility empowers you to make data-driven decisions and support faster optimisation of your operations after every campaign.
Types of marketing products that companies fulfil with ShipBob
- Printed visuals and graphics
- Point-of-purchase materials
- Product and services one-pagers and booklets
- Branded merchandise and personalised gifts
- And more
Success story: Bunker Branding powers influencer merchandise and on-demand fulfilment with ShipBob WMS
Bunker Branding fulfils merchandise for creators and influencers with ShipBob’s WMS, streamlining operations for both made-to-stock and print-on-demand products. The intuitive system supports rapid onboarding of new creators, real-time inventory tracking, and efficient order prioritization, freeing up creators to focus on content while ShipBob powers their ecommerce operations behind the scenes.
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 marketing materials and prints fulfilment
Here’s everything you need to know about managing your marketing materials and ensuring smooth, reliable print fulfilment.
How can ShipBob help brands create a memorable unboxing experience?
ShipBob supports custom packaging, branded boxes (provided by the client), marketing inserts, and personalised gift notes, all managed as SKUs and automated in every order. This ensures your brand’s unique touches are included at scale, reinforcing your brand identity with every shipment.
Can ShipBob handle high-volume campaigns and influencer drops?
Yes, ShipBob’s real-time inventory syncing and product bundling capabilities make it easy to manage flash sales, influencer drops, and bulk orders without missing a beat. Our platform automatically adjusts inventory and ensures timely, accurate fulfilment during demand spikes.
How does ShipBob integrate with my marketing and ecommerce platforms?
ShipBob offers seamless integrations with dozens of leading ecommerce and marketing platforms, allowing you to sync orders, inventory, and customer data in real time. This streamlines operations and supports your marketing initiatives across all channels.
What tools does ShipBob provide to prevent stockouts during promotions?
ShipBob’s platform updates inventory levels in real time across all connected sales channels, helping you avoid overselling and stockouts during high-impact marketing campaigns. Automated alerts and proactive inventory management keep you prepared for demand surges.
How does ShipBob help control shipping costs while maintaining fast delivery?
By distributing your inventory across different regions of the US, ShipBob helps you reduce your average shipping zone, enabling fast, cost-effective shipping without relying on expensive expedited shipping. Our data-driven approach helps optimise costs and service levels.
Can ShipBob support international marketing campaigns and cross-border shipping?
Absolutely. ShipBob’s dozens of fulfilment centres across multiple continents enable you to localise inventory. You can also opt for DDU/DDP shipping and deliver to over 250 destinations, providing a smooth, transparent experience for international customers.
What kind of analytics and reporting does ShipBob offer for marketing ROI?
ShipBob’s dashboard provides unified analytics on order volume, inventory velocity, shipping costs, and fulfilment performance. This real-time data helps you measure campaign impact and optimise future marketing efforts.
How does ShipBob manage returns to protect my brand reputation?
ShipBob offers efficient returns management with options to restock, quarantine, or dispose of returned items, based on SKU preferences. You can also choose to have returns sent to another location of your choosing. For a custom returns portal, ShipBob can integrate with solutions like Loop or Aftership, making it easier for your customers to initiate returns and exchanges.
How does ShipBob scale with my brand as I grow?
ShipBob’s flexible fulfilment solutions and expansive network are designed to grow with your business, whether you’re launching new products, expanding internationally, or running large-scale marketing campaigns. Our technology and support adapt to your evolving needs.
Shipping costs are variable in nature, based on weight, dimensions, destination, service, and more. Request your custom quote here: https://www.shipbob.com/quote/.
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