Case Study: Ocean & Co. achieves $2M in first-year sales and 38% lower fulfillment costs with ShipBob

Why Ocean & Co. Came Back to ShipBob to Properly Grow their Multi-Million Dollar Brand

Ocean & Co., a New York–based, mission-driven eco-friendly beach brand selling jewelry, apparel and accessories, grew quickly (about $2 million in sales in its first year) while donating a portion of each sale to ocean‑cleanup nonprofits. After proving the concept with dropshipping and then leaving ShipBob for another fulfillment network, Ocean & Co. experienced inaccurate inventory, bundle failures, higher prices and fulfillment errors — so they returned to ShipBob’s 3PL fulfillment services integrated with their Shopify tech stack to properly scale.

ShipBob provided full‑stack fulfillment (inventory and order management, warehouse management system and fulfillment centers), improved visibility and bundle control, and clear pricing and support, with fulfillment from a central Dallas center handling peaks of over 10,000 shipments per month. The result: Ocean & Co. regained control and accuracy, saw 38% lower fulfillment costs with ShipBob versus the other 3PL, and avoided lost inventory and billing issues while continuing to scale and support its nonprofit partners.

Ocean & Co.

Gerard Ecker

Founder & Chief Executive Officer