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Madebox: Consciously curated gift boxes from across regional Australia

Madebox is the gift that keeps on giving. Each box is consciously curated with products from small producers, makers and artisans across regional Australia.

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Customer Stories | 15 min read
November 23, 2021

Wrap up something big: Gifts with purpose from Sendle shippers

The Sendle community is filled with do-gooder small businesses that balance profit with purpose to make the world a better place. Because sharing is caring, we’ve rounded up ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
November 16, 2021

Subo Products: From baby bottle start-up to global success story

What does being an entrepreneur and a parent have in common?
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
October 22, 2021

How Lolly Mail sets up for peak season success

There’s something about the holidays that kick everyone’s sweet tooth into overdrive. And for Lolly Mail, that means the holidays equate to a bona fide sugar rush.
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
October 5, 2021

Black Millennial Vegan: Redefining traditions one wholesome meal at a time

Los Angeles-based Imari Scott-Cheatham is on a wellness mission to challenge her community’s eating habits and remind the world that health is real wealth.
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
September 8, 2021

Yo Soy Candle: Aromatic affirmations and candles with purpose

Portland-based Leslie Abrams has a passion for empowering others through affirmations and intentions, which can positively manifest in our lives.
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
September 3, 2021

Dad Cooler: The Aussie-made stubby holders keeping beers cold and spirits high

Keep your beers cold and spirits high with Dad Cooler, an Aussie business selling custom-made stubby holders (or beer koozies if you're in the US). The ultimate gift for any ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
August 20, 2021

The Melbourne potter challenging mass production with objects that are fun and functional

During the pandemic, many of us have relied on home decor to enrich our daily routines and spruce up our work from home spaces.
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
August 17, 2021

Eco Collective: The women-owned wellness brand shaking up your zero waste routine

After living the zero waste lifestyle for a number of years, Genevieve Fisher knew the only way to drive real change was to create her own business and inspire others to do ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
August 10, 2021

Barefoot and Blonde: handcrafted jewellery inspired by people, places and purpose

Fashion designer Garance Doré once said, “Jewellery should tell a story about the person who’s wearing it.”
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Customer Stories | 9 min read
July 19, 2021

From Myanmar to Melbourne: The stunning baskets made, sold and purchased under extraordinary circumstances

With the world turned upside down and borders shut, shipping internationally has been challenging at times. Melbourne store, Pali Baskets can vouch for that.
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
June 29, 2021

Twitterpated: Interactive books that’ll get your kids hooked on learning the old fashioned way

Let’s just admit it. It’s temptingly easy to keep our little ones occupied with a phone or an iPad, but we all know it’s important to limit children’s screen time.
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
June 7, 2021

Climate Cookery: Utilizing traditional crops for modern foods

What we eat is as central to who we are as the clothes we wear or our favorite books. But, there are many foods we’ve never gotten the chance to accumulate into our ...
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Customer Stories | 16 min read
May 25, 2021

The best small businesses around the world, according to Sendlers

It feels great to buy from small businesses. These humble and eminently human sellers are the true lifeblood of our local economies, recirculating their incomes back into the ...
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Customer Stories | 11 min read
May 20, 2021

Two Birds Coffee: Building community, one cup at a time

Starting a business is rarely only about turning a profit—though, that’s also nice. As a business owner, you want to make a difference and create relationships with your ...
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Customer Stories | 25 min read
May 10, 2021

Hey Sendler, S2, E2: A masterclass in balancing your 9 to 5 with your side hustle

For episode two of our second season, we’re talking about skin. Specifically, how to make your skin silky soft and healthy. To help us, we had on Ashley Cummings of Natural ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
May 9, 2021

Conscious Club on eBay: Selling & sending vintage, all without a printer

Selling vintage and used clothing online is all the rage in Australia thanks to a growing community of eco-minded entrepreneurs who are helping build a circular economy where ...
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Customer Stories | 10 min read
April 14, 2021

Amplify Bookstore: Bringing BIPOC representation to your bookshelf

Everyone deserves to see themselves represented in media—television, film, literature. But, for so long, a majority of the characters on screen and in books have been white, ...
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Customer Experience | 11 min read
March 25, 2021

20 Women-owned small businesses that you really gotta check out

We buy things all the time, as the need or want arises and are guided by our reserves of disposable income. But, where we are directing these funds is what really matters. ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
March 11, 2021

The pack of cards that may just be your next marriage counselor

The very beginning of a relationship is always the best part—true love, pure bliss, those butterflies fluttering about your stomach. But then comes a baby (or two) and ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
March 9, 2021

Sendler advice corner: Tips on how to start your small business

Knowing exactly what to do when starting a new business is hard—some might say impossible. You try to check all the boxes, listen to the right people, recheck all the boxes, ...
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Customer Stories | 33 min read
March 3, 2021

Hey Sendler, Ep 8: Spinning sustainable yarns with knitwear brand SSKEIN

For our last episode of 2020, Jenn had on Elisa Yip of the knitwear brand SSKEIN. Utilizing the sustainable fur of the noble alpaca, she has been able to create a longer ...
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Customer Stories | 12 min read
March 2, 2021

Celestial Surf Studio: Slinging ceramics that elevate our daily routines

The earth contains many inert wonders full of potential forms and energies. A hunk of clay only needs hands to pluck it out and transform it into something magnificently ...
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Customer Stories | 9 min read
February 24, 2021

Natural Ash: Nursing your skin back to health

Your skin is your largest organ. It protects the inside of your body against all the slings and arrows of the outside world. So, obviously you should treat with the respect ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
February 10, 2021

Yayyy.co: Sustainable packaging designed for small businesses

Packaging is ubiquitous in our lives—filling our cabinets, our fridges, and eventually our waste bins. So many things we buy are enrobed in some sort of protective shell and ...
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Customer Experience | 8 min read
February 4, 2021

Valentine’s gift ideas for staying cozy at home this year

The ancient history of fellas named Valentine is not about their fondness for romantic gestures but their penchant for routine martyrdom. Not exactly what you want to put in ...
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Customer Stories | 15 min read
January 5, 2021

The Source: Promoting body positivity with sustainable clothing

For so long, the clothes we wore came prescribed to us by the mores of whatever time and place we happened to live in. Comfort and body positivity didn’t quite figure into ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
December 16, 2020

KIWI Eco Box: Your Zero Waste lifestyle, delivered monthly

Changing your lifestyle is hard, but once you’ve done it, it’s worth it. The trick is to find ways to make the transition simpler. With KIWI Eco Box, Kate and Nataly want to ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
December 15, 2020

NueBar: The naturopathic, do-it-all bar that'll make your skin so happy

What does a stunt woman and a naturopath have in common? A winning formula for an eco-friendly hair and body bar product that’s in high demand as people shop for nurturing ...
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Customer Stories | 20 min read
December 13, 2020

The ‘shipped with Sendle’ gift guide

At Sendle, we are blessed with a roster of amazing businesses from which we can choose exciting gifts for our loved ones, be they across the country or in the next room. What ...
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