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Customer Stories | 8 min read
November 30, 2020

Carbon neutral, ethical jewelry inspired by the Pacific Northwest

Jewelry is defining. The art you display on your body dictates the person you are to the rest of the world. Where you buy your jewelry (and where it came from) defines who you are to yourself.

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Customer Stories | 39 min read
November 19, 2020

Hey Sendler, Ep 6: Harnessing social change through small business

Here we are with our sixth episode of Hey Sendler! This time, Jenn chats with Jenni Moon of No Rival Industries, a startup focused on impact projects that make positive ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
November 13, 2020

Acknowledging Indigenous place names, one bag of coffee at a time

When you think of Australian place names, Sydney usually comes to mind. But you probably didn’t know the famous city’s traditional name is Gadigal Country.
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
November 9, 2020

Eco-friendly undies that make you feel a million dollars

For guys, there’s nothing worse than wearing boxer briefs or trunks that constantly ride up and chafe. You might as well go back to basics and stitch together a few fig ...
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Customer Stories | 38 min read
October 28, 2020

Hey Sendler, Ep 5: Three dads and a sustainable side hustle

For our fifth episode of Hey Sendler, Jenn convened a gathering of the dads from Jill & Joey to talk about their sustainable reusable bag side hustle. They are our first ...
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Customer Stories | 11 min read
October 28, 2020

How COVID inspired a barista to go online with his coffee biz

Ryan Spaccavento grew up in an instant coffee family but his Italian roots harbored a love of the real brew, so it was inevitable that he would follow his dream to become a ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
October 26, 2020

White Buffalo Land Trust: Preserving persimmons & supporting regenerative agriculture

Regenerative agriculture is an ideological shift in the way we farm, with the express goal of maintaining and improving the land. The benefits of this way of farming are ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
October 15, 2020

Dough Dealer: Everything you need for your perfect loaf

Bread is a simple food—water, flour, yeast, salt mixed and coaxed to life through time and heat. For such a simple thing, its effect on us is complex.
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Customer Stories | 4 min read
October 12, 2020

Sendle’s 2020 brand campaign: Quirky, magical, all about the hustle

2020—a year like no other! As the end fast approaches (mercifully so), we felt it was time to inject a little fun and a bit of magic into the Sendle-sphere with our newest ...
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Customer Stories | 9 min read
October 12, 2020

Turning to spirituality and crystal healing in a year like no other

Emi Fang has been a practicing Witch for over 15 years but never before has she seen such demand for her crystal candles, which she describes as a “caring healing ...
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Customer Stories | 9 min read
October 12, 2020

The Jade Roller: Asia’s secret weapon for perfect complexion

Like many young girls growing up, Adeline Yeak struggled with self-confidence. But one thing she had going for her was perfect skin.
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
October 7, 2020

No Rival, Volume 2: Fighting voter suppression with apparel

In a first for Sendle’s series of customer stories, we’ve got a repeat! No Rival Industries is back with their second impact project, an effort to help give identity to those ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
September 17, 2020

Made for Olive: Inspired by Australia’s Indigenous roots and sunburnt land

The rich earthy tones of the Australian landscape inspired Indigenous artists sixty thousand years ago. Now in 2020, they continue to inspire local creators and makers like ...
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Customer Stories | 31 min read
September 14, 2020

Hey Sendler, Ep 2: Getting the sauce on Boon [Webinar]

Welcome to the second installment of Hey Sendler, our first ever webinar series where we talk to small business owners and small business experts to learn their unique ...
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Customer Stories | 16 min read
September 10, 2020

Fat x Flour: A pastry chef’s pivot to eCommerce

Figuring out what you want to do with your life is exciting (and a little scary), yet sometimes—when fate throws you a bone—the path seems obvious. Helena found her fate in ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
August 13, 2020

Good Day People: Aussie-designed, Aussie-made, Aussie-delivered

Sydney couple Jacob Leung and Sarah-Jane Ho were busy planning their wedding when the coronavirus pandemic struck and ruined everything. With lockdowns in place, they had to ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
August 12, 2020

Pretty Frank candles: Australian-made, right down to the wick

Like many creative entrepreneurs in Sendle’s Australian community, Leonie O'Brien is a side hustler. By day she holds down a full time job in real estate; by night she’s flat ...
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Customer Stories | 7 min read
August 3, 2020

Australian-designed, American-made: Masks to slow the spread on the Pacific Rim

Melbourne designer Alison Amsterdam was swamped by demand when her Etsy store Kamoddity popped up online, thanks to her Los Angeles based cousin Michelle making a chance ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
August 3, 2020

Domino Vintage: Sustainability through secondhand finds

Sustainability isn’t always achieved by looking forward and creating new technologies. Sometimes it takes digging into the old and finding something that can replace the need ...
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
July 14, 2020

Modern Theory: The smell-good, feel-good candle brand

Not every candle is created equal. While many smell delightful (or like cookies for some reason), what goes into them can vary greatly (such as dirty petroleum-derived ...
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Customer Stories | 8 min read
July 9, 2020

SOBAH: A bush-made brew that’s challenging Australia’s drinking culture

SOBAH is a non-alcoholic craft beer brewed with ‘bush tucker’ which is food native to Australia and used by Indigenous Australians; the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
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Customer Stories | 9 min read
July 7, 2020

No Rival Industries: The scrappy, do-good startup making an impact

Stirred to launch early by the sudden and aggressive rise of COVID-19, No Rival Industries started manufacturing cloth face masks. For every mask sold, one is donated to ...
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Customer Stories | 10 min read
July 3, 2020

Made in America: One bootmaker’s journey from side hustle to small-batch

Boots have been protecting our fragile feet from the elements for millennia. These days, we can choose from a dizzying array of boots, but they all seem to boil down to two ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
June 15, 2020

HOZEN: Crafting an eco- and animal-friendly approach to fashion

HOZEN’s chic and sustainable bags were born from Rae Nicoletti’s expansive industry experience—at Kate Spade and Restoration Hardware—as well as her own personal empathic ...
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Customer Stories | 3 min read
May 12, 2020

Drinking sustainabubbly tea with Bobbleware

If you haven’t heard about the global bubble tea craze and you love trying new drinks, then read on because you are bound to become a convert.
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Customer Stories | 9 min read
April 28, 2020

For Everyone Collective: Selling a message of redemption and empathy

Seeing a broken criminal justice system in the US and wanting to do his part, Sky started a business that lets people wear their heart on their sleeve while supporting ...
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
April 17, 2020

Stitch & Scribble: Fabric face masks for the (socially distant) masses

We've discovered that some of our small business customers are helping fight the coronavirus pandemic in creative ways. Stitch & Scribble is one such business down under.
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
April 7, 2020

Magpies & Peacocks: Making face masks for frontliners

We're lucky to have this incredible community of small businesses behind us. Magpies & Peacocks is one such business.
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Customer Stories | 5 min read
March 7, 2020

Ladies to the front: 5 woman-owned businesses of Sendle

Although we should really be celebrating women every day of the year, we'll take the opportunity of International Women's Day to highlight a few small businesses using Sendle.
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Customer Stories | 6 min read
February 18, 2020

The Little Lunch Box Co: A mum-powered bento box business

Whether it’s dealing with nasty social media comments or integrating a simple shipping solution, Chantal always taps into her Mum network for support.
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