Elevate Health & Nutrition Fulfilment With a Tech-Driven 3PL Built for Growth
Slash shipping costs and leverage lot tracking, while scaling DTC, marketplace, subscription, and retail channels.
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What health and nutrition brands need from a fulfilment partner
From strict compliance requirements to heavy packaging and recurring subscription orders, health and nutrition brands face complex logistics. Here are the challenges to solve when selecting a fulfilment partner.
Lot-level visibility and expiration management
Product recalls can lead to compliance issues, costly disruptions, and potential lost retailer partnerships. Brands need a fulfilment partner that supports lot tracking, expiration controls, and FIFO or FEFO workflows so every shipment is traceable and compliant.
Lower shipping costs
Packs of protein tubs, collagen jars, and vitamin bottles get expensive to ship when they travel across multiple zones from one location. Distributing inventory across different parts of the country reduces the average shipping zone and shortens transit times.
One source of truth for DTC orders, subscriptions, Amazon, and retail POs
Managing separate workflows for each channel often causes oversells and manual errors. Health brands need unified inventory, automated subscription fulfilment, and EDI support so every order pulls from the same real-time stock.
Ambient-temperature storage and GMP best practices
Choose a 3PL partner that offers fulfilment centres with temperature-controlled environments, which helps protect product quality and brand reputation. Depending on your needs, you may also want a 3PL partner that offers GMP-certified or GFSI-certified facilities.
Ability to quickly launch new flavours and sample bundles
Rolling out new flavours or sample packs creates SKU complexity. Digital bundling tools let brands launch new combinations without manual inventory reconciliation.
Smooth cross-border deliveries
Surprise duties and delays often frustrate international customers. Choose a 3PL that offers Delivered Duties Paid (DDP) shipping options to provide cost transparency and reliable delivery worldwide (or even has global locations you want to expand into).
ShipBob solutions that health and nutrition brands love
ShipBob’s fulfilment network is built for supplement and wellness brands, offering compliant storage, subscription automation, and real-time visibility. Here’s how our 3PL helps you scale with confidence.
Lot control and expiration tracking
Specify lot numbers and expiration dates for each new inbound batch. ShipBob’s system maintains those attributes throughout storage and picking, with FEFO logic to keep inventory fresh and fully traceable if you ever need to take action.
Strategic inventory distribution
By distributing inventory across different regions of the US, ShipBob helps reduce average shipping zones and costs — and, with the Inventory Placement Program, ShipBob can handle the allocation for you.
Unified omnichannel fulfilment
Manage your online store, subscription orders, Amazon, and retail partners from a single ShipBob dashboard. Real-time inventory sync, robust integrations, and EDI capabilities (for US retailers) keep every channel aligned and prevent oversells, even during demand spikes.
GMP- and GFSI-compliant options
Depending on your needs, ShipBob does offer fulfilment centres that are temperature-controlled, GFSI-certified, and GMP-certified.
Bundling, made simple
Easily create virtual bundles. When a customer orders a sampler pack, ShipBob automatically deducts the underlying SKUs to keep inventory levels accurate.
DDP support for international orders
ShipBob supports Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) shipping options at checkout to eliminate surprise fees for consumers and improve cross-border transparency, allowing customers to see total landed costs and experience smoother international deliveries. Even better, ShipBob offers fulfilment centres in the US, UK, EU, Canada, and Australia when your demand builds up greatly in such key markets.
Products ShipBob fulfils for health and nutrition brands
- Supplements
- Protein and performance nutrition
- Hydration and functional beverages
Health and nutrition brands scaling with ShipBob
Health and nutrition companies partner with ShipBob to lower shipping costs, stay compliant, and expand across sales channels. Here are a few brands scaling with us.
Bloom Nutrition
Bloom Nutrition partnered with ShipBob to support rapid growth from a startup to a leading omnichannel supplement brand. By distributing inventory through the Inventory Placement Program, Bloom lowered shipping costs and sped up delivery times. Additionally, ShipBob helped them maintain a consistent branded unboxing experience across channels.
Arrae
Arrae leverages ShipBob facilities on both coasts of Canada and the US to shorten transit times and keep shipping costs in check. The brand manages DTC, Amazon, TikTok Shop, and wholesale orders from one platform, freeing the team to focus on product and marketing.
Semaine Health
After outgrowing a previous provider, Semaine Health chose ShipBob to optimise shipping costs and expand into new retail partnerships. Inventory Placement reduced average transit times, while automated B2B workflows made it easy to meet major retailer requirements.
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 health and nutrition fulfilment
How does ShipBob support compliance for supplements and vitamins?
ShipBob supports compliance for supplements and vitamins by offering lot tracking, expiration management, and select facilities that are temperature-controlled, GMP-certified, and GFSI-certified to help brands meet high industry standards.
Can ShipBob handle temperature-controlled or ambient storage?
Yes. ShipBob offers temperature-controlled warehousing.
How does ShipBob manage lot tracking and expiration dates?
You can assign lot numbers and expiration dates when sending inventory. ShipBob’s system can apply FEFO logic to prioritize products with earlier expiration dates and keep every lot traceable.
Does ShipBob support subscription and recurring orders?
Yes, ShipBob supports subscription and recurring orders by integrating with leading ecommerce and subscription platforms like Shopify and Recharge to automate recurring shipments and keep customers on schedule.
How can ShipBob reduce shipping costs for products?
ShipBob can reduce shipping costs for products through its Inventory Placement Program (IPP), which spreads inventory across multiple fulfilment centres in different regions of the US. This allows brands to ship from locations closer to customers, lowering shipping zones, transit times, and overall carrier fees.
What integrations are available?
ShipBob offers turnkey integrations with major ecommerce platforms, marketplaces, ERPs, and retail systems, including Shopify, Amazon, BigCommerce, and NetSuite. These integrations provide real-time inventory sync, order management, and analytics, all accessible from a single dashboard.
How does ShipBob enable omnichannel fulfilment?
All DTC, subscription, marketplace, social commerce, and retail orders flow through the same platform, so every channel draws from a unified inventory count and follows automated routing rules.
Can ShipBob help launch new bundles or sample packs?
Yes. You can set up virtual bundles in the dashboard, and ShipBob automatically adjusts inventory for each underlying SKU when an order containing the bundle is processed.
How does ShipBob handle international shipping for supplements?
In addition to Delivered Duties Unpaid (DDU) shipping, ShipBob supports Delivered Duties Paid (DDP) shipping options, which ensures duties and taxes are paid upfront, helping orders clear customs with fewer surprises for customers.
What level of visibility and support will I get?
You’ll have real-time data on inventory, orders, and shipments in the ShipBob dashboard, along with dedicated account support to help you optimise operations and scale.
Shipping costs vary based on weight, dimensions, destination, service, and other factors. Request your custom quote here: https://www.shipbob.com/quote/
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