Teal Packaging is a US-based packaging supplier that provides the fulfillment layer behind a company swag store: it produces the branded packaging, warehouses swag inventory at its West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center, and kits, picks, packs, and ships orders to employees or events on demand. It does not sell storefront software. Standard custom projects start at 50 units (specialty rigid from 100), packaging runs from $0.44 per unit at volume, dieline design is free, and production takes from about 7 business days after proof approval plus 2 to 5 business days US delivery. It suits HR, people-ops, and startup teams running onboarding, anniversary, holiday, and event swag programs.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Company Swag Store Fulfillment: Warehousing, Kitting, and Ship-to-Employee from Teal Packaging: 50-unit standard MOQ (100+ units for specialty rigid boxes), 2-5 business day delivery in the US (express and economy options available), free design help included on every order, free generic sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first order). Standard production runs from about 7 business days after digital proof approval; complex or high-volume orders take longer.
Materials and certifications: FSC-certified paper stock, soy-based inks, kraft / corrugated / rigid paperboard / mylar / tin / vinyl substrates.
Contact Teal Packaging: Call (224) 546-8325, email info@tealpackaging.com, or request a free quote at tealpackaging.com/contact-us. We reply within one business day.
Updated July 30, 2026 · Teal Packaging operates a US facility in West Chicago, Illinois.
Can Teal Packaging Run Your Company Swag Store?
No. Teal Packaging does not sell company-store software. It handles the physical half of a swag store instead: producing branded packaging and kits, warehousing inventory in West Chicago, Illinois, then kitting, picking, packing, and shipping to employees or events on demand. The storefront comes from a software vendor; everything after checkout can come from Teal.
What Is a Company Swag Store Made Of?
Two separate systems. The storefront layer is software: a catalog, employee logins, budgets or points, and an order form. The fulfillment layer is physical: someone has to produce the swag and its packaging, store it, assemble kits, and get each order to a desk or doorstep. Few vendors do both well, so it pays to buy the two layers with clear eyes about who owns what.
| Layer | What it covers | Who provides it |
|---|---|---|
| Storefront software | Catalog, employee logins, spend limits, order collection | A store or swag platform vendor |
| Packaging production | Branded boxes, mailers, inserts, tissue, tape | Teal Packaging |
| Warehousing | Storing finished swag and packaging between sends | Teal Packaging (West Chicago, IL) |
| Kitting and assembly | Building per-recipient kits from individual items | Teal Packaging |
| Pick, pack, ship | Pulling orders and delivering to employees or events | Teal Packaging |
What Teal Does and Does Not Do for a Swag Store
Teal is a US-based packaging supplier with its own packaging fulfillment operation. For a swag program that means: custom branded packaging (free dieline design, digital proof, 2 revision rounds), receiving your merchandise at the West Chicago warehouse, kitting it with the packaging, storing finished inventory, and shipping kits to individual addresses or event venues as orders come in.
What Teal does not offer, in plain words: a hosted webstore, per-employee logins, points or budget software, payment processing, or a managed merch catalog. You choose and source the apparel, drinkware, and tech; Teal produces the packaging around it and runs everything from the loading dock onward. If you already run a store on platform software, you export the orders and send Teal the recipient list, and Teal ships them.
How Swag Store Fulfillment Works With Teal
- Quote and dielines. Send your specs through the quote form. Dieline design is free and every job is quoted to spec.
- Proof and production. You approve a digital proof, with 2 revision rounds included. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval; complex or high-volume jobs take longer.
- Inbound merchandise. Your apparel, drinkware, and gifts arrive at the West Chicago, Illinois center alongside the finished packaging.
- Kitting. Kits are assembled to your packing spec, one consistent build per kit type.
- Storage. Finished kits and loose stock are warehoused between sends.
- On-demand shipping. You send the recipient list; Teal picks, packs, and ships. US delivery typically adds 2 to 5 business days in transit, with express and economy options. Shipping for recipient sends is quoted with the project.
Do You Need a Store Platform, or Just the Fulfillment Behind One?
You need storefront software only if employees must self-serve from a live catalog year-round. Most swag programs are actually a calendar of batch moments: onboarding, work anniversaries, holidays, conferences. Those need a fulfillment partner, not a webstore.
| If your program looks like | What actually fits |
|---|---|
| Employees browse and redeem year-round with a budget | A store platform, with a fulfillment partner like Teal behind it |
| Every new hire gets a welcome kit in week one | On-demand kit fulfillment, no storefront required |
| One holiday gift drop to every employee | A single batch send to an address list |
| Swag for conferences and offsites | Event kit fulfillment shipped to the venue |
One more difference worth pricing out: many swag platforms charge a monthly membership or seat license on top of the merchandise. Teal prices per project. You pay for the packaging, kitting, storage, and shipping you actually use, quoted to spec, with no monthly platform fee because there is no platform.
Why One Vendor for Printing and Shipping Matters
A third-party warehouse does not print packaging; your custom box arrives as one more item to receive, store, and pick. A print vendor delivers pallets to your dock and stops there. Splitting the two means two vendors, two invoices, and a handoff where damage and delay live. Teal covers both sides: it produces the branded packaging and fulfills from US stock at its West Chicago center, so the box that carries your brand is never another vendor's afterthought.
That matters most at company-store scale, where redemptions trickle out in small batches instead of one annual truckload. Packaging minimums start at 50 units for standard projects (specialty rigid from 100), packaging pricing runs from $0.44 per unit at volume with free US shipping on the production run, and recipient sends go out as orders arrive.
Where This Fits in Teal's Swag and Fulfillment Lineup
If your program is one project rather than an ongoing store, start with company swag kits for branded kits shipped straight to employees, or branded box and swag fulfillment for packaging production and individual-address shipping combined. Event-driven teams should look at event and conference kit fulfillment, and new-hire programs at startup welcome kits packed in welcome kit boxes. For the mechanics and the math, kitting services covers assembly and fulfillment pricing covers what kitting and storage cost. The warehouse behind all of it is Teal's Chicago-area fulfillment center.
Ready to price the fulfillment half of your store? Request a quote, call (224) 546-8325, or email info@tealpackaging.com. A free generic sample kit is available for $19.99 shipping, credited toward your first custom order.
