Fulfillment and kitting do not have a single flat price; they are quoted from four components: storage (billed per pallet or bin per month), pick-and-pack (per order and per item), kitting or assembly (per kit), and outbound shipping (the carrier cost, passed through). Teal Packaging, a US custom packaging manufacturer, runs kitting, pick-pack, storage, and ship-to-recipient from its fulfillment center in West Chicago, Illinois, and quotes every fulfillment project to spec rather than publishing a fixed rate card. Illustrative 2026 industry benchmarks (not Teal prices) run about $15 to $45 per pallet per month for storage, roughly $1.10 to $2.40 for the first picked item, and about $0.30 to $0.80 per unit for simple kitting. Custom packaging is priced separately, from $0.44 per unit at volume with a 50-unit minimum. For real numbers, request a fulfillment quote scoped to your storage, kit complexity, volume, and destinations.
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How Fulfillment and Kitting Pricing Works 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 7, 2026 · Teal Packaging operates a US facility in West Chicago, Illinois.
How much does fulfillment and kitting cost? There is no single sticker price, because fulfillment is priced from a handful of separate components, not one flat fee. The four that drive almost every quote are storage (what you pay to hold finished goods), pick-and-pack (handling each order), kitting or assembly (building each unit), and outbound shipping (the carrier cost to deliver). Teal Packaging is a US custom packaging manufacturer that also runs kitting, pick-pack, storage, and ship-to-recipient from its fulfillment center in West Chicago, Illinois, and Teal quotes every fulfillment project to your exact spec rather than publishing a fixed rate card. This page explains the structure so you can read any quote, then routes you to request a fulfillment quote for your real numbers.
What are the components of a fulfillment and kitting quote?
Fulfillment pricing is built up from parts. When you compare providers or plan a budget, look for these line items rather than a single rate:
- Storage: the cost to warehouse your finished packaging and components, usually billed per pallet or per bin per month.
- Pick and pack: the handling charge per order (and often per item), covering pulling stock and packing it for transit.
- Kitting and assembly: the cost to build each finished unit, for example a printed box combined with inserts, tissue, or product, billed per kit.
- Outbound shipping: the carrier cost to move each parcel to its destination, which is a pass-through of the actual freight.
Teal runs all four steps in-house from its West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center, so the same job that is printed can be stored, kitted, picked, packed, and shipped without a handoff to a separate warehouse.
How much does each fulfillment component cost?
The table below shows what each line item covers and roughly how the wider 3PL industry tends to bill it in 2026. These ranges are illustrative and drawn from typical industry benchmarks, not a Teal rate card. Teal does not publish fixed prices, because storage volume, kit complexity, order count, and destinations change the math for every project. Use the ranges to understand the shape of a quote, then request a fulfillment quote for numbers scoped to your run.
| Component | What it covers | How it is usually billed | Illustrative industry range (2026, not a Teal price) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | Holding finished packaging and components until orders release | Per pallet or per bin, per month | About $15 to $45 per pallet per month (or roughly $0.50 to $0.85 per cubic foot) |
| Pick and pack | Pulling the right items per order and packing them for transit | Per order, plus per additional item | About $1.10 to $2.40 for the first item, plus roughly $0.25 to $0.60 each additional item |
| Kitting and assembly | Building each finished unit (box plus inserts, tissue, product) | Per kit or per unit | About $0.30 to $0.80 per unit for simple kits, and roughly $1 to $3 per kit for complex builds |
| Outbound shipping | Carrier cost to deliver each parcel to its recipient | Per parcel, by weight and destination | Pass-through of the actual carrier rate (varies by weight, zone, and service) |
Two notes on the ranges above. First, they are industry-typical figures for context only, so your Teal quote may fall inside, below, or above them depending on your spec. Second, the ranges cover the fulfillment work; the custom packaging itself is priced separately.
Are there other fees to watch for?
Across the 3PL industry, quotes sometimes carry charges beyond the four core components: an account or account-management fee, a monthly minimum, receiving fees when inventory arrives, and seasonal peak surcharges during the busy fourth-quarter window. Long-term storage can also cost more once goods sit past several months. When you read any fulfillment quote, ask which of these apply so you are comparing like for like. Teal scopes the relevant items into your project quote rather than surprising you with them later.
How does Teal price fulfillment?
Teal prices fulfillment per project, not from a public rate card. You describe the packaging, what goes in each unit, roughly how many, how it needs to be stored, and where it ships, and Teal scopes the storage, kitting, pick-pack, and outbound freight for that specific run. This is deliberate: custom work varies too much for one honest number to fit every job, so a quote scoped to your spec is more accurate than a headline price. The service is managed and quote-based, not an instant self-serve checkout. Fulfillment runs from the West Chicago, Illinois center, and because Teal also manufactures the printed packaging, the making and the shipping sit on one quote and one point of contact. See kitting and assembly services, pick, pack and ship, and warehousing and storage for how each step works, and the packaging fulfillment pillar for the full picture.
What does the custom packaging itself cost?
The packaging and the fulfillment are two separate lines on a project. On the packaging side, Teal is a US custom printed packaging manufacturer: custom orders start from $0.44 per unit at higher volumes, with a 50-unit minimum (specialty rigid from 100), free dieline design, and free US shipping on custom orders. Standard production runs from about 7 business days after you approve the proof, with complex or high-volume jobs taking longer, plus transit time. Fulfillment (storage, kitting, pick-pack, and outbound freight) is then scoped on top of the packaging when you request a quote. You can browse the boxes first, for example custom mailer boxes for DTC unboxing or rigid boxes for premium kits.
How do I get an exact fulfillment price?
Because every project is scoped to spec, the only way to get your real number is a quote. Share the packaging you want printed, what goes in each unit, the rough monthly volume, your storage needs, and the destinations. Teal reviews the spec, prepares the free dieline design for the box, and scopes the print plus storage, kitting, pick-pack, and shipping as one project so you see the true cost before anything runs.
Request a fulfillment quote
Tell us what you are making, how it needs to be kitted and stored, and where it ships, and we will scope the print plus fulfillment as one project with real numbers for your run. Request a fulfillment quote to get started.
