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A Better Way to Handle the Supplies Behind Every Shipment
Shipping moves faster when supplies keep up. Ecommerce businesses can automate shipping and fulfillment workflows, compare shipping rates in real time, and manage orders across multiple channels without slowing down. What used to take hours can now take minutes. What used to require multiple systems can now happen in one place.
For the most part, shipping has been streamlined. But one part of the process hasn’t kept pace: sourcing supplies.
It’s not that getting the supplies is difficult. It’s that it sits outside the flow of work. Shipping happens in one place. Supply sourcing happens somewhere else. And every time those two don’t connect, the workflow breaks.
The problem shows up in the middle of the workday. A team member pauses fulfillment to search for boxes. Opens another tab. Logs into a supplier account. Reorders tape and labels. Then returns to shipping.
It’s a small interruption. But it happens often. Over time, those moments add up—in time lost, broken focus, and added complexity. Work stops and starts.
That’s where the opportunity is. When supply sourcing becomes part of that flow, everything changes. You no longer leave your workflow to restock. Instead, sourcing becomes just another part of shipping.
That’s the idea behind the new ShipStation Supplies Store.
Everything you need to ship is now in one place
The ShipStation Supplies Store is a simpler, more convenient way to get shipping and packaging supplies. You can order essentials like shipping boxes, labels, printers, mailers, packaging tape, and other everyday shipping supplies without leaving the platform where you already handle fulfillment.
At a glance, the ShipStation Supplies Store is straightforward. It gives you access to the supplies you already rely on. But the real value shows up in how it fits into your day. By purchasing and restocking items directly in the ShipStation platform, sourcing supplies becomes part of the workflow rather than a separate step.
With the ShipStation Supplies Store, there’s no need to open another tab or manage another vendor. No extra logins or separate tools. Everything happens in one place.
Just as importantly, it removes two of the most common sources of fulfillment slowdown—search. Searching for materials. Searching for vendors. Searching for pricing or past orders. The ShipStation Supplies Store eliminates that back-and-forth from your shipping process.
When teams don’t have to stop and search, they stay focused. Orders move faster. Decisions happen with less effort.
The ShipStation Supplies Store isn’t another feature. It’s a more connected way to keep shipping, removing a layer of friction that’s been part of ecommerce operations. By eliminating the small interruptions that slow everything down, teams have more time to focus on getting orders out the door.
Built for how ecommerce actually ships
Ecommerce operations are moving in a clear direction. Fewer systems. More connected workflows. Less manual effort.
Order management, inventory, shipping, and returns are increasingly unified because it makes operations faster and easier to scale. But supply sourcing has been one of the last pieces to catch up.
The ShipStation Supplies Store changes that.
It brings one more part of the process into the same place, so your workflow becomes more cohesive. And that matters because shipping isn’t a single action. It’s a sequence. Picking. Packing. Labeling. Preparing.
Supplies are part of every one of those steps. The ShipStation Supplies Store helps bring those pieces back together. It connects the physical and digital sides of fulfillment in a way that reflects how teams actually work—day in and day out.
Because fulfillment isn’t defined by one big improvement. It’s shaped by many small ones. A removed step. A faster process. A smoother workflow. Individually, those changes may seem incremental. But together, the changes transform how an operation runs. The ShipStation Supplies Store is one of those changes.
ShipStation Supplies Store
Streamline your workflow with the most convenient way to get all your shipping supplies and packaging materials in one place.
