Teal Packaging is a US-based packaging supplier that runs ecommerce fulfillment services from its West Chicago, Illinois center: kitting, pick and pack, storage, and shipping direct to each recipient. It also supplies the custom printed packaging orders ship in, with minimums from 50 units, volume pricing from $0.44 per unit, free dieline design, free US shipping, and a digital proof before print. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, with complex jobs taking longer. Because one vendor handles both the packaging and the fulfillment, the combination suits low-to-mid volume DTC brands, subscription boxes, corporate gifting programs, and startup welcome kits.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Ecommerce Fulfillment Services From Your Packaging Supplier 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.
The Short Answer
Teal Packaging provides ecommerce fulfillment services from its West Chicago, Illinois center: kitting, pick and pack, storage, and shipping direct to your customers. Unlike a standard 3PL, Teal also supplies the custom printed packaging your orders ship in, so one vendor handles both the packaging and the fulfillment. Custom packaging starts at 50 units.
What Does Teal's Ecommerce Fulfillment Service Include?
Four core services, all run out of the West Chicago center that also warehouses the printed packaging Teal supplies you. Finished boxes move straight from stock onto the fulfillment line, so there is no separate packaging vendor to coordinate with.
- Kitting and assembly. Multi-item builds to your spec: welcome kits, subscription boxes, gift sets, and press sends. Details on the kitting and assembly services page.
- Pick and pack. Individual orders picked from your stored inventory and packed into your branded packaging. See pick, pack, and ship for the order-by-order workflow.
- Storage. Your product inventory and your printed packaging held at the West Chicago center between production runs and sends.
- Ship to recipient. Bulk shipments to a single address, or individual deliveries to each customer, employee, or gift recipient. The ship-to-recipient service covers list-based sends.
Who Is This Fulfillment Service Right For?
Teal fits low-to-mid volume DTC brands, subscription businesses, and companies running gifting or swag programs: buyers whose packaging is part of the product. If you ship high daily volumes through multiple warehouses, skip to the 3PL section below; that is a different tool for a different job.
| You are | Why Teal fits |
|---|---|
| A DTC brand at launch or in early growth | Orders ship in your own printed packaging from the first unit, and projects are quoted to scope rather than forced into enterprise volume tiers. See small-business order fulfillment. |
| A subscription box business | Recurring kitting cycles: each cohort is assembled, packed, and shipped on your schedule. See subscription box fulfillment. |
| A company running gifting or swag programs | Kits built and delivered to individual recipient addresses, with the branded box supplied by the same vendor that packs it. See gift and corporate kitting. |
| A startup sending welcome kits, investor sends, or event kits | Small-batch kits scoped per project. See startup fulfillment. |
Why Does One Vendor for Print and Fulfillment Matter?
Because your packaging printer and your fulfillment partner are normally two different vendors, and the handoff between them is where cost, time, and quality slip. Teal removes the handoff: the same partner supplies the boxes and ships the orders, so you brief one team for the print run and the fulfillment, not two.
At a conventional 3PL, custom packaging is something you buy elsewhere, freight into their warehouse, and pay them to store and handle as a merchant-supplied item. That is a normal arrangement for a pure logistics company, because printing is not their business. It is also the seam this model closes: Teal supplies full-color custom packaging (free dieline design, a digital proof before print, 2 revision rounds), holds it as US stock, and packs your orders into it at its West Chicago fulfillment center. One vendor, one quote, and no empty boxes crossing the country to a third-party warehouse.
How Does Onboarding Start?
Onboarding follows the same quoting path as any Teal packaging project, with fulfillment scoped alongside the print run. A typical sequence:
- Request a quote describing your product, expected order pattern, and kit contents, or call (224) 546-8325.
- Optional: order the free sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first custom order) to check materials and print quality first.
- Approve the packaging: free dieline design, a digital proof before print, and 2 revision rounds are included.
- Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, with complex or high-volume jobs taking longer. Finished packaging then goes into stock at the West Chicago center.
- Ship your product inventory to West Chicago. Teal stores it, kits or picks orders into your packaging, and ships to your recipients.
What Do You Supply, and What Does Teal Handle?
You supply the product, the brand, and the order details; Teal supplies the packaging and the operation. The split looks like this:
| You supply | Teal handles |
|---|---|
| Product inventory, shipped to the West Chicago center | Storage of your product and your printed packaging between sends |
| Artwork or brand assets | Free dieline design, full-color printing, a digital proof, and 2 revision rounds |
| Order details and recipient addresses for each send | Kitting, assembly, and pick and pack to your spec |
| Decisions on kit contents, inserts, and sequencing | Shipping to each recipient from US stock |
When Is a Large 3PL a Better Fit?
If you ship high daily order volumes, want a multi-warehouse network to shorten transit zones, or need deep software automation across sales channels and returns, a dedicated high-volume 3PL is the better tool. Teal does not position itself as a mid-market volume 3PL, and pretending otherwise would waste your evaluation time.
The operating models tell the story. National 3PL platforms are built for scale, and everything about them rewards steady high-volume throughput across a distribution network. That is what they are good at, and they will out-scale Teal on it. They are less kind to small-batch kits, subscription cohorts, gifting sends, and launch volumes where the box itself is the experience, which is the territory Teal's supplier-plus-fulfillment model is built around. Swag and gifting platforms sit in a third bucket: they typically sell a software subscription on top of the goods, while Teal quotes the packaging and the fulfillment directly. Choose by order volume, by who you want to hold accountable for the box, and by how much the unboxing matters to your brand. For a structured comparison of the paths, work through the fulfillment and 3PL hub.
Where to Go Next
Start with the packaging fulfillment and 3PL overview for the full service catalog, then use the fulfillment and kitting cost guide to understand how projects are quoted. Shopify merchants should read the Shopify fulfillment guide, and the West Chicago fulfillment center page covers the facility behind all of it. Ready to scope a program? Request a quote and get the print run and the fulfillment plan priced together.
