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Tube Mailers: Save Money. Skip the Creases.
Tube mailers are perfect for protecting items that can’t be folded—posters, blueprints, artwork, and large documents. But shipping gets complicated fast when you’re dealing with non-standard dimensions, carrier surcharges, and manual label work that eats up your team’s afternoon. ShipStation brings tube mailer orders from all your channels into one place—manage orders across all your sales channels and use Rate Shopper to find the best rates across 200+ carriers without slowing down your team.
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A simpler way to ship tube mailers
Stop switching between tabs, carriers, and spreadsheets. ShipStation pulls your orders together and gives your team one place to pick rates, print labels, and track packages—which means you set it up once and ship the same way every time, whether it’s a Tuesday or Black Friday.
When to use tube mailers
Tube mailers work best for items that can’t be folded. Posters, photos, maps, contracts, and product inserts all stay flat and protected inside a rigid tube. ShipStation keeps those orders organized with tags, filters, and views so your pack station knows what ships in a tube and what ships in a box.
Choosing the right tube mailer size
Size drives cost. Enter accurate length and width in ShipStation so your label matches your packaging. Save tube presets for repeat items and cut rework. This prevents carrier corrections and supports a smarter shipping strategy as your catalog grows.
Best carriers for shipping tube mailers
Rate shop across UPS®, USPS®, FedEx®, DHL Express, and GlobalPost™ to find the best mix of speed and savings for cylindrical packages. Compare your own rates with ShipStation options, then pick the service that fits your delivery promise.
Take the guesswork out of tube mailer shipping
How to ship posters in tube mailers the right way
Roll the poster, slide it into a tube, and cap both ends. Simple enough. The tricky part is what comes next—getting the label right, because tube mailers aren’t standard boxes and carriers price them differently. In ShipStation, create a package preset with your tube’s exact length and width. For USPS, select Non-Rectangular Package to get accurate rates and avoid surcharges. Then batch print labels and move through your pick-pack-ship run.
Ship high-value prints like they deserve
Your customer just paid $200 for a limited-edition print. They don’t want to track it on a generic carrier page. ShipStation lets you set up branded tracking pages with your logo so the delivery experience matches the product. Add preset handling notes like “fragile—do not bend” to every tube order so your whole team packs and labels the same way.
Poster orders from every storefront, shipped in one place
Selling on Shopify, Amazon, Etsy, and eBay means tube orders come from everywhere. ShipStation pulls them all into one queue. Set up automation rules to assign the right carrier, service, and package preset based on the item, destination, or order tag. Your team stops making decisions per order and starts just scanning, printing, and shipping.
Automate tube mailer shipping labels with ShipStation
Set up automation rules once and stop touching every order. ShipStation can assign carriers, apply tube package presets, and add shipping confirmations based on order weight, destination, or tag—so your team just scans, prints, and moves on. Need to ship from a warehouse or an event? The mobile app handles that too.
