Can your 3PL (really) handle custom packaging?

custom packaging items including packing tape with branded patterns on a tabletop

Ecommerce brands love the idea of offering the ultimate unboxing experience—not to mention receiving one. But what does custom packaging demand from your ecommerce fulfillment strategy?  It’s easy to get distracted by the frills and bows (sometimes literally) and forget about the complexity that custom packaging and kitting brings to your fulfillment operation. But for … Read more

Shipping with Poly Mailers: An Ecommerce Guide

Choosing the correct shipping supplies for your ecommerce shipments affects everything from shipping costs to whether or not items will arrive safely at the customer’s doorstep (and whether your business will foot the bill for replacement items!) If a customer receives a broken item, they may never shop from your brand again. In sum, poor … Read more

Dimensional Weight: How to Calculate and Reduce it

Box size really does matter when you’re shipping online orders. The bigger the package, the more it will cost you to ship. While there are other factors at play when calculating shipping rates, like destination, service level, and handling requirements, size and weight has an outsized impact on shipping costs. Why? Because of the DIM … Read more