Streamline Fabric & Textile Fulfilment With Technology, Storage, and Expertise Tailored to You
Reduce shipping costs for swatches and wholesale fabric products faster through one connected platform.
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What fabric and textile brands need from a fulfilment partner
Fabric and textile brands deal with unique logistics challenges—from bulky fabric rolls to frequent style and dye-lot variations. Here’s what to look for in a fulfilment partner that can handle the complexity.
Storing and shipping bulky, fabric-heavy SKUs
Fabric rolls, pre-cut yardage, and plush finished goods demand plenty of cubic space. Look for a 3PL platform that can offer flexible inventory placement to distribute across different regions of the U.S. for reduced shipping costs.
Juggling DTC parcels and wholesale POs from one inventory pool
Selling fabric online while also fulfilling wholesale orders shouldn’t require multiple logistics solutions. Look for a 3PL platform that provides a single real-time SKU count across sales channels, supports both parcel and freight orders for DTC and B2B fulfilment, and offers EDI workflows from its US fulfilment centres, enabling seamless co-existence of DTC and B2B operations
Maintaining real-time visibility across styles and dye lots
Seasonal drops, dye-lot variations, and limited-run prints demand accuracy. Look for real-time syncing across ecommerce platforms so you always know your stock levels with analytics on on-hand, allocated, and reorder points so you replenish right on schedule.
Shipping fabric swatch and sample kits at scale
Swatch books and sample kits require picking many small SKUs, adding branded inserts, and kitting them for a premium unboxing experience. Work with a provider that can bundle swatches or sample packs, store them under a single SKU, and fulfil orders quickly to help shorten your sales cycle.
Receiving overseas freight without slowing replenishment
Container loads from overseas mills can stall replenishment if freight and fulfilment are managed through disparate systems. Partner with a logistics provider that can help you coordinate inbound freight and fulfilment, then shelves your inventory quickly so products go live sooner.
ShipBob solutions fabric and textile brands care about
ShipBob’s 3PL platform is designed for fabric and textile fulfilment, combining global storage, real-time inventory visibility, and scalable solutions. Here’s how we help brands cut costs while keeping products moving.
Multiple storage options
ShipBob offers pallet, shelf, and bin storage across its network of dozens of fulfilment centres in the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia. ShipBob’s team is trained to stow products using the most space-efficient storage option for every SKU, and brands can leverage the Inventory Placement Program (IPP) to distribute inventory across different regions of the U.S.
This process helps reduce shipping costs and transit times. So, while distributing inventory will incur additional storage fees per location, if your customers are located across the country, it can help reduce your shipping costs (especially for heavier, bulkier packages).
Unified inventory management
Manage DTC and B2B orders from a single inventory pool with ShipBob. Our platform provides a real-time SKU count across sales channels, supports parcel and freight workflows, and offers EDI integrations for retail compliance from our US fulfilment centres.
Real-time inventory analytics
Track on-hand, in-transit, and forecasted inventory by SKU, variant, and location. Automated alerts and reorder points help you manage specific inventory characteristics like dye lots and limited-run prints with confidence.
Bundling products at scale
ShipBob’s bundling services allow your brand to mix and match products, so your customers can get custom combinations of products while ShipBob handles the SKU level, keeping your stock counts up-to-date and freeing your team to focus on growth.
Configurable returns management
Choose to restock, quarantine, or dispose of returned products in your dashboard with just a few clicks. Returned units that meet your specified criteria are restocked into active inventory, while non-viable items are quarantined or disposed of to optimise storage space.
Fabric and textile products ShipBob fulfils
- Natural fabrics
- Synthetic and blended fabrics
- Woven fabrics and specialty weaves
- Knits and casual fabrics
- Decorative and luxury fabrics
- Craft, quilting and patterned fabrics
- Sustainable and eco-friendly options
- Mixed and sample packs
Success story: Simplifying fulfilment for a fast-scaling fabric-based brand
IZIMINI, an Australian brand known for its fabric baby chairs and hats, turned to ShipBob after struggling with unclear pricing and slow shipping from their previous 3PL. With ShipBob, IZIMINI gained transparent, all-in-one fulfilment costs (including picking, packing, and shipping) and the ability to offer faster, more reliable delivery. This partnership gave them back time to focus on product design and brand growth, knowing their fulfilment was handled with consistency and scale.
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 fabrics and textiles fulfilment
How does ShipBob store fabric and textile products?
ShipBob stores products using a combination of bin, shelf, or pallet storage, with each unique SKU stored separately to prevent mixing. Our operations team is trained to stow items efficiently, and facilities are designed to protect product quality.
Can ShipBob fulfil both DTC and wholesale orders for fabric brands?
Yes. ShipBob offers omnichannel fulfilment, managing both direct-to-consumer (DTC) and B2B orders through a single dashboard. Our US fulfilment centres support automated EDI workflows for major retailers. Manual B2B orders are also supported in Canada, the UK, and Australia.
How do you prevent dust during packing?
Every textile or fabric-based product (such as apparel) must be bagged and barcoded, which prevents dust exposure.
Does ShipBob offer climate-controlled storage?
Some of ShipBob’s fulfilment centres are temperature-controlled storage. Contact our team to discuss any special requirements.
How does ShipBob track inventory across dye lots or limited prints?
ShipBob’s Product Catalogue makes it easy to manage multiple versions of the same product by assigning each variant its own unique SKU. This provides a single source of truth across all sales channels and fulfilment centres, so you always know which version you’re selling and shipping.
Can ShipBob bundle and ship fabric swatch books or sample packs?
Yes. We can bundle individual swatches and sample packs and ship them together for fast fulfilment, while keeping your stock count accurate.
Which ecommerce platforms and marketplaces integrate with ShipBob?
ShipBob connects with 50+ platforms, including Shopify, WooCommerce, and Amazon, plus a Developer API for custom builds, for seamless order syncing and inventory updates of custom carts.
What will fulfilment cost for my fabric products?
Shipping costs vary depending on weight, dimensions, destination, service type, and other factors. Request your custom quote here: https://www.shipbob.com/quote/.
How are returns handled, especially for colour mismatches?
For returns, you can choose to restock, quarantine, or dispose of each product in your ShipBob dashboard and inventory updates efficiently after a return is processed. ShipBob processes returns based on these preferences.
Can ShipBob receive and process overseas freight shipments?
Yes, ShipBob Freight can coordinate inbound overseas freight shipments, including ocean, drayage, and less-than-truckload (LTL) moves.
All inbound international shipments to ShipBob fulfilment centres must follow our Warehouse Receiving Order (WRO) requirements. After arriving at a receiving hub (for US locations) or fulfilment centre, inventory undergoes a quality check and is then stowed and becomes available for orders.
Ready to streamline your fabric and textile fulfilment? Talk to our team to get started.
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