Teal Packaging offers packaging plus fulfillment built for small businesses, including brands shipping low volumes. Teal is a US custom packaging manufacturer that prints your custom boxes and mailers at a 50-unit minimum (specialty rigid from 100), then kits, picks, packs, and ships them to your customers from its West Chicago, Illinois center as a managed, quote-based service. Rather than a high monthly minimum, fulfillment is scoped and priced per project, so a founder sending a small first run and a growing brand shipping hundreds of orders can both be quoted for what they actually need. Because Teal manufactures the packaging in the first place, small brands get branded boxes and the ship-to-recipient step from one contact and one invoice, without stitching together a printer and a separate 3PL. Custom packaging starts from $0.44 per unit at volume with free dieline design and free US shipping on the custom order. Request a fulfillment quote to scope your run.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
Order Fulfillment for Small Businesses 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.
Order fulfillment for small businesses means having a partner store, assemble, pack, and ship your orders so you are not doing it from a spare room. Teal Packaging is a US custom packaging manufacturer that also fulfills: we print your custom boxes and mailers, then kit, pick, pack, and ship them to your customers from our West Chicago, Illinois fulfillment center. It fits small brands and low-volume shippers because packaging plus fulfillment is scoped and quoted per project, not gated behind a large monthly minimum. Fulfillment is part of Teal's managed custom packaging fulfillment service. Request a fulfillment quote to scope your run.
What is 3PL for a small business?
3PL, or third-party logistics, is when an outside partner handles the physical side of getting orders to customers: receiving and storing inventory, picking the items in each order, packing them, and shipping them out. For a small business, a 3PL replaces the kitchen-table packing operation and frees you to focus on the product and the brand. Teal adds the piece most 3PLs cannot: we manufacture the custom-printed packaging in the first place, so the box and the shipping come from one contact.
Built for low volume, not just big shippers
Many fulfillment providers are built for high monthly order counts and attach minimums that do not fit a brand shipping a modest number of orders. Teal's model is different: fulfillment is scoped per project, so a founder sending a small first run and a growing brand shipping hundreds of orders can each be quoted for what they actually need. Custom packaging starts at a 50-unit minimum (specialty rigid from 100), so you can order branded custom boxes at a small-brand scale, then have Teal ship them for you.
How it works
- Print: we make your custom-printed boxes or mailers in full color, with free dieline design.
- Kit and assemble: we build each order to your spec with inserts or product.
- Pick and pack: we pull and pack the right items per order. See pick, pack and ship.
- Ship to your customers: we ship each parcel to the recipient address.
Standard production runs from about 7 business days after you approve the proof, with complex or high-volume jobs longer, plus transit time. Fulfillment is a managed, quote-based service, so timelines and pricing are scoped to your run.
Who is it for?
- Solo founders and early DTC brands shipping their first orders.
- Subscription boxes that need the same branded box kitted and shipped each cycle.
- Etsy, Shopify, and marketplace sellers who want branded packaging without a warehouse. Shopify sellers can read fulfillment for Shopify brands.
- Local brands scaling up that have outgrown packing orders by hand.
Why use one company for packaging and fulfillment?
Splitting the work means sourcing boxes from a printer, shipping them to a separate 3PL, and reconciling two invoices and two support threads. Teal collapses that into one: we print the packaging and ship it to your customers from West Chicago, on one quote, one invoice, and one point of contact. For a small team, that is one less vendor relationship to manage.
Do I need a big monthly volume to start?
No. Because fulfillment is quoted per project rather than tied to a high monthly minimum, you can start with a small run and scale as you grow. A first batch of custom boxes shipped to your early customers and a larger recurring program are both scoped the same way: to what you actually ship. That keeps fulfillment accessible for a brand still finding its volume.
Does Teal fulfill orders outside my home state?
Yes. Teal ships from its West Chicago, Illinois center to recipient addresses across the United States, so a small brand is not limited to its own region. Custom orders include free US shipping on the packaging itself, and the outbound freight for shipping finished orders to your customers is scoped in your quote by destination and weight. A central starting point keeps the average distance to your customers shorter than shipping from one coast.
In-house vs 3PL: which is right for a small brand?
Packing orders in-house works until it does not. Early on, shipping from a spare room is cheap and gives you control. As order counts climb, the hours spent cutting tape and printing labels start to cost more than they save, and the spare room runs out of space. Handing fulfillment to Teal lets you keep control of the brand and the product while the physical work scales without hiring. Because it is quoted per project, you can make the switch when the volume justifies it, not before.
What can Teal fulfill for a small business?
Teal can print and ship the everyday packaging a small brand runs on: mailer boxes for online orders, custom boxes for retail and gifting, and kraft boxes and pouches for subscription. Whatever the outer package, Teal prints it, kits it with your inserts, and ships each order to the customer. You keep one supplier for the box and the fulfillment instead of managing several, which is one fewer moving part while you grow.
What does it cost?
Pricing is quoted per project. Custom packaging starts from $0.44 per unit at volume, with free US shipping on the custom order and a 50-unit minimum. Fulfillment (assembly, pick-pack, storage, and outbound shipping) is scoped against your actual volume and destinations, so a small run is priced as a small run. Request a quote to see the number for your business.
Request a fulfillment quote
Tell us what you sell and how you ship, and we will scope packaging plus fulfillment for your size. Request a fulfillment quote. Start with the packaging: mailer boxes or custom boxes.
