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Keep every dose potent and every order on time with a 3PL built for temperature-sensitive, high-growth probiotic brands.
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What probiotic brands need from a fulfilment partner
Probiotic brands face a unique logistics challenge — keeping products stable, compliant, and fast-moving. The right fulfilment partner helps you control temperature, reduce waste, and scale recurring orders without compromising product integrity.
Controlling temperature while keeping shipping efficient
Heat-sensitive probiotics require stable storage conditions and quick delivery to maintain potency. Look for a fulfilment partner that offers temperature-controlled facilities and the ability to distribute inventory across different regions of the country, helping you reduce your average shipping zone and keep shipping costs manageable.
Real-time lot and expiration date tracking
Short shelf lives make inventory management critical for probiotic brands. Choose a 3PL with a platform that supports lot-level visibility and expiration date tracking across all channels, so you can apply FIFO or FEFO logic and move stock before it expires.
Scaling subscriptions and bundles as your brand grows
Monthly subscription refills and virtual bundles can quickly overwhelm internal teams as order volume increases. Choose a fulfilment partner that integrates with leading subscription platforms and lets you create virtual bundles. This process makes it easy to automate the picking and shipping of complex orders as your business scales.
Coordinating DTC, marketplace, and wholesale demand
Serving online shoppers alongside retailers introduces unique requirements that many DTC-only operations can’t handle. Partner with a provider that unifies DTC, B2B, and marketplace demand through a single inventory pool, which streamlines your operations and inventory management.
Adaptable to sudden demand spikes
Influencer campaigns and viral trends can cause order volumes to surge overnight. Work with a platform offering a fulfilment network that provides real-time inventory visibility and scalable fulfilment capabilities, so you can quickly adapt to demand spikes and keep customers happy.
Delivering a seamless cross-border experience
International customers expect a smooth, transparent experience, but cross-border shipments can face customs delays and unexpected fees. Look for a 3PL offering DDP shipping and in-country fulfilment options, so global orders clear quickly and arrive without hidden costs.
ShipBob’s fulfilment solutions for probiotic brands
ShipBob helps probiotic brands preserve product potency while streamlining fulfilment. With certified storage, real-time expiry tracking, and integrated subscription tools, we make it easy to scale efficiently — no matter how sensitive your products are.
Temperature control and strategic inventory distribution
Depending on your needs, ShipBob offers fulfilment centres that are temperature-controlled, GFSI-certified, and GMP-certified to maintain the integrity of sensitive probiotic products. By distributing inventory across different regions of the U.S. through the Inventory Placement Program, ShipBob ensures your products are stored closer to your customers, reducing your average shipping zone and transit times.
This approach helps preserve product quality while enabling fast, cost-effective shipping. With ShipBob, you can confidently scale your brand while keeping logistics efficient and costs in check.
Real-time lot and expiration date tracking
Gain complete visibility into your inventory with ShipBob’s platform, which tracks lot numbers and expiration dates across all channels. ShipBob’s system automatically prioritizes picking items based on expiration dates (FEFO), ensuring compliance and reducing waste.
With centralised data and automated workflows, you can confidently manage products with short shelf lives and prevent expired inventory from ever reaching your customers.
Effortless subscriptions and bundles
ShipBob’s platform makes it easy to scale recurring orders and product bundles as your business grows. With seamless integrations to leading subscription platforms and the ability to create virtual bundles, you can automate the picking and shipping of complex orders without adding operational overhead.
Every order is fulfilled efficiently, with controls that help maintain accuracy and consistency, so you can focus on growth while ShipBob handles the logistics behind the scenes. Simplify your operations and deliver a consistent, reliable experience to your customers with every shipment.
Unified omnichannel fulfilment
ShipBob brings all your sales channels together by fulfilling every order type from a single, shared inventory pool. Our platform automates EDI retail distribution and retail dropshipping for major retailers like Target and Walmart, while also supporting direct-to-consumer and marketplace orders.
With real-time inventory visibility and automated order routing, ShipBob streamlines even the most complex fulfilment requirements, helping you scale across channels with confidence.
Inventory visibility and analytics
ShipBob empowers brands to stay ahead of demand with advanced inventory analytics and replenishment tools. Our platform provides real-time visibility into SKU performance, inventory levels, and projected stock needs across your connected ShipBob locations, so you can make data-driven decisions and avoid stockouts.
With automated replenishment recommendations, you’ll always know when and where to send inventory, ensuring your business can scale seamlessly, even when viral campaigns send order volumes soaring.
Cross-border DDP options and in-country fulfilment
ShipBob’s network of dozens of fulfilment centres across the U.S., the UK, Europe, Canada, and Australia enables in-country fulfilment, allowing brands to bypass many customs delays, reduce shipping costs, and provide faster delivery to local customers.
Our DDP shipping solutions also ensure that international customers receive their orders with full cost transparency and reliable delivery times, preventing delays and surprise fees. By leveraging ShipBob’s expertise and technology, brands can confidently expand into new markets and delight customers around the world.
Types of probiotic products that companies fulfil with ShipBob
- Ingestible probiotics
- Capsules, tablets, and softgels
- Gummies, chewables, and lozenges
- Mints, chocolates, and protein bars
- Drops, shots, and drink mixes
- Teas, coffee blends, and oral sprays
- Sachets and powders
- Topical probiotics
- Creams, serums, and face masks
- Cleansers and body lotions
- Deodorants and hand sanitizers
- Feminine hygiene products
- Hair care products and bath soaks
- Oral care (toothpaste, mouthwash)
- Specialty probiotics
- Age-specific formulas (baby drops, kids’ gummies)
- Pet supplements
- Product collections
- Starter kits and sample packs
- Travel packs and single-serve packets
- Subscription boxes
Success story: ZBiotics scaled production and balanced inventory across the U.S. with ShipBob
ZBiotics, the creator of the world’s first genetically engineered probiotic, needed a fulfilment partner that could keep up with their rapid growth and unique supply chain needs. After a brief stint with a competitor, ZBiotics returned to ShipBob, leveraging the Inventory Placement Program to seamlessly distribute inventory across multiple U.S. fulfilment centres.
With ShipBob, ZBiotics streamlined inbound logistics by shipping all inventory to a single hub, letting ShipBob’s real-time data automatically allocate stock to the right locations. This not only reduced shipping costs and improved delivery speeds for customers, but also freed up the ZBiotics team’s time, allowing them to focus on scaling production and optimising packaging.
The partnership enabled ZBiotics to focus on product quality and ensure customers received their orders quickly and reliably.
Success story: Bloom Nutrition uses ShipBob to scale globally and maintain premium fulfilment for supplements
Bloom Nutrition, a fast-growing supplement brand, turned to ShipBob to support their explosive growth and premium brand promise. With ShipBob, Bloom was able to offer a high-quality unboxing experience using custom packaging, marketing inserts, and personalised gift notes – a huge differentiator for a premium supplement or probiotic brand in a saturated market.
Bloom also utilised ShipBob’s Inventory Placement Program to distribute inventory across multiple U.S. fulfilment centres, minimising shipping costs and transit times. ShipBob’s lot control features were critical for tracking expiration dates and ensuring inventory freshness, while rules-based automated returns management and real-time reporting provided operational transparency.
This allowed Bloom’s lean team to manage millions of orders, expand into retail channels, and scale internationally – all while maintaining the high quality and customer experience standards vital for supplements.
Success story: Semaine Health reduced fulfilment costs and achieved operational efficiency with ShipBob
Semaine Health, a supplement brand focused on women’s health, partnered with ShipBob to support their rapid growth and complex fulfilment needs. By joining ShipBob’s Inventory Placement Program, Semaine Health was able to distribute inventory across multiple U.S. fulfilment centres, reducing average transit time and fulfilment costs by over $2 per order.
ShipBob’s technology enabled Semaine Health to automate B2B retail distribution, seamlessly fulfil orders for major retailers like Target and Walgreens, and maintain high order accuracy . The ability to add branded packaging and marketing inserts at scale helped Semaine Health deliver a memorable customer experience, while robust automation and real-time data freed up their small team to focus on growth.
This level of operational efficiency is crucial for probiotic and supplement brands looking to scale across DTC and retail channels.
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 probiotics fulfilment
How does ShipBob ensure probiotics are stored and shipped at the correct temperature?
ShipBob offers fulfilment centres that are temperature-controlled, GFSI-certified, and GMP-certified to help maintain the integrity of heat-sensitive probiotics. Distributing inventory across countries and regions reduces average zones and time in transit.
Can ShipBob track lot numbers and expiration dates for probiotic products?
Yes, ShipBob’s platform provides real-time lot tracking and expiration date management across all channels. Our system automatically prioritizes picking items based on expiration dates (FEFO), which helps ensure compliance and reduces waste.
How does ShipBob help prevent spoilage or wastage of probiotics?
Our real-time inventory management and automated workflows, such as prioritizing items with the earliest expiration date (FEFO), help you move stock before it expires. This, combined with temperature-controlled storage and fast shipping, reduces the risk of spoilage.
Can ShipBob handle subscription orders and bundled probiotic kits?
Absolutely. ShipBob’s subscription fulfilment puts your recurring orders on autopilot, integrating with leading subscription platforms like Recharge. ShipBob also supports virtual bundles, automating the picking and shipping of multi-SKU orders to streamline the process and keep inventory counts accurate.
What ecommerce platforms does ShipBob integrate with for probiotic brands?
ShipBob seamlessly integrates with dozens of major ecommerce platforms like Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, and more, making it easy to sync orders and inventory for your probiotic business.
How does ShipBob support multi-channel fulfilment for probiotics?
ShipBob unifies DTC, marketplace, and wholesale fulfilment from a single inventory pool, automating EDI retail distribution and dropshipping for major retailers like Target and Walmart.
Can ShipBob help my probiotic brand scale during sudden demand spikes?
Yes, ShipBob’s scalable fulfilment network provides real-time inventory visibility and flexible storage capacity to quickly adapt to demand surges, ensuring you never miss delivery promises during viral campaigns or promotions.
What kind of visibility and reporting does ShipBob provide for probiotic inventory?
Our platform offers real-time visibility into inventory levels, lot tracking, expiration date management (FEFO), order statuses, and advanced analytics, empowering you to make data-driven decisions and avoid stockouts.
Are there probiotic brands that have successfully scaled with ShipBob?
Yes, brands like ZBiotics have leveraged ShipBob’s fulfilment solutions to scale production, reduce costs, and maintain high product quality across all their channels.
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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