Teal Packaging (tealpackaging.com) is a US-based packaging supplier that runs direct mail fulfillment for dimensional campaigns: it supplies the printed custom mailer or gift box, then kits, addresses, and ships each package to your recipient list from its West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center. Custom packaging starts at 50 units (100+ for specialty rigid), from $0.44 per unit at volume, with free dieline design, a digital proof, and 2 revision rounds. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, plus 2 to 5 business days US delivery. Typical campaigns include ABM gift drops, event invitation boxes, product seeding, and client appreciation mailers.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Direct Mail Fulfillment Services 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.
What Is a Direct Mail Fulfillment Service?
A direct mail fulfillment service produces your campaign mailers, kits the contents, addresses each package to a recipient on your list, and ships everything to land inside a set window. Teal Packaging covers all four steps as one vendor: it supplies the printed custom box or mailer, then kits, addresses, and ships from its West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center.
What Does Direct Mail Fulfillment Include at Teal?
Every campaign runs through one vendor instead of two: Teal supplies the printed packaging, assembles the kits, and ships the finished mailers to your list from its West Chicago fulfillment center. You brief one team, approve one proof, and get one invoice for the whole send.
- Custom printed mailers and gift boxes. Corrugated mailers, folding cartons, and rigid gift boxes from 50 units (100+ for specialty rigid), with full-color printing, free dieline design, a digital proof before print, and 2 revision rounds. Volume pricing runs from $0.44 per unit.
- Campaign kitting. Inserts, note cards, samples, books, or third-party gifts assembled into each mailer to a documented kit spec, including multiple kit versions inside one campaign.
- Addressing to a list. You supply a spreadsheet of recipients; each package is labeled and shipped to an individual US address.
- Ship-to-recipient delivery. Packages ship from West Chicago with 2 to 5 business day US delivery, with express and economy options.
- Storage between waves. Leftover boxes and kit components stay in storage, so a second wave does not restart production.
Who uses this service?
Marketing teams running account-based (ABM) gift drops, event and webinar invitation boxes, product seeding to press and creators, donor or client appreciation mailers, and holiday sends to a customer list. If the piece going in the mail is a box rather than an envelope, this is the service built for it.
How Do You Time a Direct Mail Campaign Backwards From a Landing Date?
Start at the day the box must arrive and subtract each stage. The two fixed blocks are packaging production, which runs from about 7 business days after proof approval (complex or high-volume jobs run longer), and recipient delivery, which takes 2 to 5 business days inside the US.
| Stage (working backwards) | Time to plan for |
|---|---|
| Landing window | The date the campaign is timed against (event, launch, holiday) |
| Recipient delivery | 2 to 5 business days US, with express and economy options |
| Kitting and addressing | Scheduled once packaging and kit contents are in the West Chicago center; quoted per campaign based on kit complexity and list size |
| Packaging production | From about 7 business days after proof approval; complex or high-volume jobs run longer |
| Design and proofing | Free dieline design, digital proof, 2 revision rounds; pace depends on your approval turnaround |
The schedule risk to watch is proof approval: nothing prints until you sign off on the digital proof, so a quick approval protects the landing date more than any rush option. Adding the stages together, most campaigns should lock the packaging order roughly a month before the landing date, and earlier for complex kits or long recipient lists.
How Does Personalization Work at Volume?
Through versioning, not one-off assembly. The recipient list is segmented, each segment gets a defined kit version, and every package still carries its own recipient's name and address, so the send feels individual without hand-building hundreds of unique boxes.
- Tiered kits. A VIP tier in a rigid magnetic-closure box and a broader tier in a printed corrugated mailer can run as one campaign with two kit specs.
- Personalized inserts. Note cards or letters you supply, or have printed alongside the packaging, are matched to the right segment during kitting.
- Per-recipient addressing. Every box is labeled to an individual from your list, so even a single-version campaign lands as personal mail rather than bulk freight.
Does Teal Handle Postcards and Letter Mail?
No. Teal's direct mail fulfillment is dimensional mail: boxes and kits shipped as individual parcels. Flat mail such as postcards and letters runs through presort and postage programs that belong to letter shops, not packaging suppliers. If your campaign depends on the piece being opened, kept, and shared, a printed box is the format this service is built around, and Teal both supplies the box and mails it.
Why Source the Mailer and the Fulfillment From One Vendor?
Because everywhere else, the box and the send are two different vendors' problems. At a generic 3PL your custom packaging is simply inbound inventory to store and pick, and sourcing the print stays your job; at a sending platform the campaign runs inside software you subscribe to on top of the goods. Making the printed packaging and the fulfillment one vendor's responsibility removes both seams.
| Model | What happens to your campaign | Pricing model |
|---|---|---|
| Generic 3PL | Does not supply the packaging. Your custom box arrives as merchant-supplied inventory to store and pick, and sourcing a printer stays your job | Quoted per account; terms vary by provider |
| Sending or swag platform | The campaign runs inside a software product, so the sending workflow and the gift catalog follow the platform rather than your packaging spec | Typically a software subscription on top of the goods; terms vary by provider |
| Teal Packaging | Supplies the printed mailer or gift box, then kits, addresses, and ships to your list from its West Chicago fulfillment center | Quoted per project: packaging from $0.44 per unit at volume, kitting and shipping quoted on the campaign |
The honest scope note: Teal is a packaging supplier with a fulfillment center, not a mid-market volume 3PL. A national 3PL will out-scale Teal on multi-warehouse distribution. The fit here is campaign sends where the box itself is the experience, typically from 50 recipients up, not thousands of daily ecommerce orders.
How a Campaign Starts and What You Supply
A direct mail project starts with two facts: the landing date and the list size. Everything else is scheduled backwards from those.
- Request a quote. Share the landing date, approximate list size, box style, and what goes in each kit. Call (224) 546-8325, email info@tealpackaging.com, or use the quote form.
- Design and proof. Dieline design is free, artwork is set for full-color print, and you approve a digital proof with up to 2 revision rounds before anything prints.
- Production. Packaging runs from about 7 business days after proof approval; complex builds and large volumes take longer.
- Inbound contents. Your product, third-party gifts, or printed collateral arrive at the West Chicago center while packaging is in production.
- List handoff. You send a spreadsheet of recipient names and US addresses, plus any rules for which segment gets which kit version.
- Kitting and launch. Kits are assembled to spec, addressed from your list, and shipped to land in the target window. Remaining stock can stay in storage for the next wave.
You supply the recipient list, any kit contents Teal does not print, brand assets, and the landing date. Teal supplies the packaging, the kitting labor, the addressing, the shipping, and the storage between waves.
Where to Go Next
If addressing boxes to individuals is the part you are scoping, shipping custom boxes to individual recipients covers list handling in more depth. For gifting-led projects such as client appreciation and executive gifts, gift and corporate kitting is the gift-side counterpart to this page. Campaigns timed to a conference date behave more like event and conference kit fulfillment, assembly detail lives on kitting services, and budget planning starts with fulfillment pricing. For a VIP tier worth keeping, see custom magnetic closure boxes. Ready to price a send? Request a quote, or order the free sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first custom order) to feel the box quality before you commit a campaign to it.
