{"id":630,"date":"2022-03-03T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/blog\/a-year-of-dates\/"},"modified":"2024-08-16T18:37:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T18:37:04","slug":"a-year-of-dates","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/blog\/a-year-of-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"How UK Brand A Year of Dates Grew Their US Sales By Over 600% With ShipBob [Case Study]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-shipbob-blocks-single-toc single-toc\" data-controller=\"blog-toc-controller\" data-action=\"scroll@window-&gt;blog-toc-controller#scrollChanged:passive\" id=\"toc-component\"><div class=\"single-toc-overview\"><p>Table of Contents<\/p><div class=\"single-toc-read-time\"><p>** Minutes<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"#h-key-metrics\">Key metrics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#h-the-benefits-of-a-us-fulfillment-partner-vs-a-local-solution\">The benefits of a US fulfilment partner (vs. a local solution)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#h-merchant-support-you-can-count-on\">Merchant support you can count on<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#h-scaling-from-a-trial-run-to-thousands-of-christmas-orders\">Scaling from a trial run to thousands of Christmas orders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#h-what-s-next-for-a-year-of-dates\">What\u2019s next for A Year of Dates?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#h-a-year-of-dates-team-at-shipbob\">A Year of Dates team at ShipBob<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#h-get-in-touch-with-shipbob\">Get in touch with ShipBob<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn how <span>the UK-based ecommerce brand A Year of Dates cut lead times from 3 weeks to 3 days, delivered cost-savings, and enabled international growth by outsourcing US fulfilment to ShipBob.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-shipbob-blocks-blog-callout blog-callout\">\n<p><strong>Customer Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Based&nbsp;near Manchester, England, A Year of Dates creates gift boxes designed to deepen connections and forge authentic, memorable experiences. Inside every box are 52 sealed envelopes, each of which contains a surprise date or activity idea.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span> With over 20 unique and customisable editions for couples (including fianc\u00e9s and newlyweds), as well as for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, friendships, and self care, A Year of Dates helps you set aside quality time for your loved ones, and find new ways to enjoy life together. The brand has been featured on This Morning TV show, and is a winner of the Theo Paphitis Small Business Sunday award.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17321 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/founders-e1646330519913-250x238.png?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"238\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/founders-e1646330519913-250x238.png?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/founders-e1646330519913-250x238.png?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/founders-e1646330519913-250x238.png?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/founders-e1646330519913-250x238.png?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/founders-e1646330519913-250x238.png?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-key-metrics\">Key metrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>Up to 35% of orders ship to the US<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span>18 days of transit time saved with ShipBob<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span>2x sales every year for 5 years and counting&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span>10 days to start shipping with ShipBob&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span>5,500 units sent to ShipBob in Q4 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span>John Greenhalgh\u2019s Christmas gift to his wife Kate Greenhalgh in 2014 turned out to be a gift that kept on giving.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>In a true romantic gesture, the Englishman surprised his wife with a jar stuffed full of ideas for dates, and proposed that they select one at random every week to complete. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Kate was blown away by her husband\u2019s thoughtfulness, and enthusiastically agreed \u2014 so when the couple providentially drew \u201cBuy each other a \u00a310 gift\u201d for their first date, John bought her the domain name \u201cA Year of Dates\u201d so she could blog about the experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>But it wasn\u2019t until after the birth of their first little girl that Kate had the idea to turn their year of dates into a business. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>When she explained the date jar to other moms, they loved the concept, but felt they didn\u2019t have enough time or creativity to make one themselves.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>For Kate, it was a lightbulb moment. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Instead of going back to her 9-5 job, she used her background in graphic design to remodel the date jar into a marketable product, and with John\u2019s help transformed A Year of Date\u2019s blog into an ecommerce store.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>In the beginning, their main sales channels consisted of Christmas markets and fair booths, with only a few orders a week coming from their website. But after being approved to sell on Not On The High Street (a UK-centric version of Etsy), their online business exploded. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Since then, they have expanded to Etsy, grown their own site, and doubled their sales every year for the past 5 years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>We sat down with John Greenhalgh from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayearofdates.co.uk\/\">A Year of Dates<\/a> to learn more about their international growth, and how they secured fulfilment operations on US soil.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"700\" width=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/AYOD_Xmas_DateBundle_gold1-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-631\" style=\"width:384px;height:384px\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/AYOD_Xmas_DateBundle_gold1-1-700x700.jpeg?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/AYOD_Xmas_DateBundle_gold1-1-700x700.jpeg?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/AYOD_Xmas_DateBundle_gold1-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/AYOD_Xmas_DateBundle_gold1-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/AYOD_Xmas_DateBundle_gold1-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"700\" width=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/a-year-of-strength-kraft-box-6-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-633\" style=\"width:384px;height:384px\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/a-year-of-strength-kraft-box-6-1-700x700.jpeg?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/a-year-of-strength-kraft-box-6-1-700x700.jpeg?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/a-year-of-strength-kraft-box-6-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/a-year-of-strength-kraft-box-6-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2022\/07\/a-year-of-strength-kraft-box-6-1-700x700.jpeg?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-benefits-of-a-us-fulfillment-partner-vs-a-local-solution\">The benefits of a US fulfilment partner (vs. a local solution)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As told to ShipBob by <b>John Greenhalgh, Co-Founder of A Year of Dates.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Two years ago, we were sending about 80 orders a day to customers in America using Royal Mail. It was taking those orders 3-4 weeks to arrive \u2014 and that just wasn\u2019t cutting it. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>I remember turning to my wife and saying, \u201cLook, I think we need to get fulfilment operations on the ground in the US. If we can improve lead times on US orders, we\u2019ll ultimately sell more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>We considered ShipBob in our initial search for a fulfilment solution, but decided to go with a UK company that had a warehouse in the US. Their HQ was just 15 minutes down the road from us, and since it was our first time trying US fulfilment, we felt more confident having a point of contact close to home.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>But this fulfilment provider ended up causing a lot of issues for us.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>The shipping software they used was beyond inadequate. For example, it wouldn\u2019t validate addresses in some instances, which meant orders never shipped \u2014 and because there was no communication with me, I would never know until I received customer emails asking where an order was.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Their platform was also clunky and non-intuitive. I literally had to hack my way into their website just to get tracking numbers, and after a while, I just got fed up with it. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AYOD_Xmas_Movie1-3.jpeg?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2852\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AYOD_Xmas_Movie1-3.jpeg?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AYOD_Xmas_Movie1-3.jpeg?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AYOD_Xmas_Movie1-3.jpeg?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AYOD_Xmas_Movie1-3.jpeg?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/AYOD_Xmas_Movie1-3.jpeg?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201c<em>We realized that this time, we had to find a global fulfilment provider with expertise in US fulfilment \u2014 which led us back to ShipBob. ShipBob\u2019s software was much easier to use than our previous local provider\u2019s, and gave us a better picture of what was going on with our orders. Even from overseas, it gave us the visibility and control we would expect from a provider in our backyard.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>\u2013 John Greenhalgh, Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayearofdates.co.uk\/\">A Year of Dates<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Our main need was a fulfilment platform that provided all the information in one place. So just having an interface like ShipBob\u2019s dashboard that actually allows us to understand what we\u2019ve got, where it is, what the problems are and where, and provide a lot more visibility into what we were doing was critical.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>If I\u2019m completely honest, though, the deciding factor that sold us on ShipBob was price. International fulfilment can be incredibly expensive, but ShipBob was cheaper than our old provider. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Their New Jersey-based facility in the Eastern region of the US is also more strategically located than our old provider\u2019s warehouse, so it was cheaper to ship inventory to.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/a-yearof-dates_moviebox_lid-scaled-2.jpeg?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2844\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/a-yearof-dates_moviebox_lid-scaled-2.jpeg?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/a-yearof-dates_moviebox_lid-scaled-2.jpeg?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/a-yearof-dates_moviebox_lid-scaled-2.jpeg?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/a-yearof-dates_moviebox_lid-scaled-2.jpeg?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/a-yearof-dates_moviebox_lid-scaled-2.jpeg?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-merchant-support-you-can-count-on\">Merchant support you can count on<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Shipping can be complicated, but our Merchant Success Manager has always helped us find solutions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>When we were experiencing issues with DIM weight doubling our shipping costs, I spoke with my Merchant Success Manager about it, he promised to find a solution \u2014 and he followed through! <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>ShipBob took time to investigate the issue, and they helped us understand how to reduce DIM weight by reducing packaging weight and size.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scaling-from-a-trial-run-to-thousands-of-christmas-orders\">Scaling from a trial run to thousands of Christmas orders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span>For us, joining ShipBob was a bit of a leap of faith. When we decided to try them out, we had a freight shipment of inventory halfway across the Atlantic, so we decided to divert that freight to ShipBob as a test run. If all went well, we would send them our even larger one for Christmas \u2014 and needless to say, we are very pleased with the results.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>It only took us 10 days to start shipping with ShipBob.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Since then, we\u2019ve seen massive improvement in our business. Two years ago, only 5% of our orders originated in the US; now it\u2019s up to 35%, thanks to the incredibly quick shipping that ShipBob provides.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201c<em><em><em>For us, changing from a 3 week lead time to 3 days through ShipBob is what drove our sales. Even now, one of the primary reviews we get on Etsy is, \u2018My order arrived really quickly!\u2019 Having the stock locally in the US means that lead times and shipping times are minimal, and that you\u2019ll get higher conversion rates because you\u2019re offering better lead times<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>.<em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>\u2013 John Greenhalgh, Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayearofdates.co.uk\/\">A Year of Dates<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Our first peak season with ShipBob also went very well. We sent ShipBob thousands of units in our biggest Christmas shipment, and sold out by December 16th.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-blog is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><span>\u201c<i>One of the biggest advantages of ShipBob is that you don\u2019t have order volume minimums. You don\u2019t have to commit tens of thousands of units, so start small, and ShipBob will grow with you.<\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>John Greenhalgh, Co-Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ayearofdates.co.uk\/\">A Year of Dates<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-next-for-a-year-of-dates\">What\u2019s next for A Year of Dates?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span>We\u2019re focusing on expanding as quickly as possible, both locally and abroad. We self-fulfil all of our UK-bound orders, but we\u2019ve already outgrown our current UK facility\u2019s physical capacity \u2014 so we\u2019ll be finding additional square footage to keep operations running at home.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>With ShipBob\u2019s help, we\u2019ll continue to expand our geographic footprint in the US as well. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>We\u2019re planning on sending ShipBob thousands more units in the coming weeks and months, and taking advantage of ShipBob\u2019s fulfilment centre network to distribute our inventory across the US to further lower shipping times and costs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>We\u2019re also well on our way to launching operations in Canada and Australia \u2014 maybe even in the EU later this year. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Ultimately, we\u2019re excited to help people make memories wherever we go.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date_Box_regular_shelf-1.jpeg?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2847\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date_Box_regular_shelf-1.jpeg?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date_Box_regular_shelf-1.jpeg?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date_Box_regular_shelf-1.jpeg?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date_Box_regular_shelf-1.jpeg?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date_Box_regular_shelf-1.jpeg?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date-Night-Box-makeing-memories-edition-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1280px\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date-Night-Box-makeing-memories-edition-scaled-1.jpeg?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date-Night-Box-makeing-memories-edition-scaled-1.jpeg?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date-Night-Box-makeing-memories-edition-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date-Night-Box-makeing-memories-edition-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Date-Night-Box-makeing-memories-edition-scaled-1.jpeg?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-year-of-dates-team-at-shipbob\">A Year of Dates team at ShipBob<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-shipbob-blocks-section-container section section-container  max-width-blog\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\"><div class=\"container section-info section-info-align-none u-hidden\"><h6 class=\"section-title \"><\/h6><h2 class=\"section-content h2\"><\/h2><p class=\"section-copy u-hidden\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"container flex-container row justify-center align-none flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-shipbob-blocks-single-team-member single-team-member  direction-col col-3 align-none col-2 align-center u-text-centered\"><div class=\"single-team-member-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image single-team-member-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/T02T4M41S-ULQTPEC10-b8a4025fac59-192.png?w=1280px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-responsive-img srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/T02T4M41S-ULQTPEC10-b8a4025fac59-192.png?w=700px 650w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/T02T4M41S-ULQTPEC10-b8a4025fac59-192.png?w=860px 768w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/T02T4M41S-ULQTPEC10-b8a4025fac59-192.png?w=1180px 1080w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/T02T4M41S-ULQTPEC10-b8a4025fac59-192.png?w=1400px 1280w, https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/T02T4M41S-ULQTPEC10-b8a4025fac59-192.png?w=1600px 1440w\" fetchpriority=\"low\" \/><\/div><div class=\"single-team-member-container\"><p class=\"single-team-member-title\">Frank Baer<\/p>\n<p>Frank is the Account Executive who helped A Year of Dates get started with ShipBob.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"cta-container u-hidden\"><a class=\"btn btn-primary \" href=\"\"><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-get-in-touch-with-shipbob\">Get in touch with ShipBob<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill out the form below to learn how ShipBob\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipbob.com\/ecommerce-fulfillment\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ecommerce 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