TUNL Shipping

30/10/2026

South African brands are better together, and the comments are open 🤝

Two ways to play:
👉 Tag two local businesses you’d love to see collab.
👉 Own a business? Tag yourself and the brand you’d team up with.

Shoot your shot, play matchmaker, and let’s see what the comments come up with. We’ll be watching 👀

BY JOHN DESIGNS
Moosel Hats™️ | Sun Protection
Lead With Love | Dog Leads + Collars
jakop
Slow Studio (SA)

28/10/2026

Customs doesn’t care what you call your product. It cares about the code 👀

In episode 5 of TUNL Unpacked, we’re breaking down HS codes: what they are, why the wrong one can delay your package or cost you in duties, and how TUNL helps you pick the right one, compare duty rates, and save it for next time.

Follow along, because the final episode is up next.

26/10/2026

Turns out “no peeking” is more of a suggestion around here 👀

TUNL turned 6 last week, so we left a box of “presents” in the office with one simple rule. The hidden camera inside tells us exactly how that went 🎁

Six years of shipping South African brands to the world, and not one ounce of self-control in the building 🎂

22/10/2026

Six years ago, a South African backpack could cost less to make than it did to ship to New York 🎂

That’s the problem TUNL was built to fix. Brilliant products were being made all over this country, and the people who wanted them were all over the world. The only thing standing in between was a shipping quote that made customers close the tab.

So we set out to build a way through. Affordable rates, duties sorted at checkout, and paperwork that doesn’t need a degree to understand.
Shipping that lets a two-person team in a Cape Town workshop sell to a customer in Texas like it’s the most normal thing in the world.

Six years later, 5,000+ South African businesses ship with us, and their products have landed on doorsteps in over 150 countries.

Jewellery designers, coffee roasters, overlanding gear makers, fashion labels and everyone in between. Every one of those products is a little bit of South Africa showing up somewhere new 🌍

Our mission hasn’t changed since day one. We want every South African business, no matter its size, to have a fair shot at selling globally. Great products deserve customers, wherever those customers happen to live.

So this week we celebrated the team that makes it happen. Thank you to every business owner who trusted us with their first international order, and every one after that. You’re the reason we get to do this.

Here’s to year seven, and to a lot more borders that don’t stand a chance 🥂

21/10/2026

R U curious? You should be 👀

We sat down with Erin-Lee and Chad Petersen, the owners of Research Unit , a Japanese-inspired clothing store on Cape Town’s Bree Street, to find out what drives their stunning fashion design.
From the shopfront right down to the thread holding each garment together, every detail has meaning for this dynamic duo. And it all comes back to one question: what does this mean to us?

📍 Explore their beautiful store at 173 Bree Street, or V&A the watershed, Cape Town.
Ready to ship internationally? Check out the link in our bio.

13/10/2026

12/10/2026

Max handles with care 🤗

07/10/2026

Who knew nuts and coffee were such a great pair 😉

Meet Leigh and Winston, the owners of Cedar Coffee Roasters, roasting up a good cup and shipping it further with TUNL by their side.

Click the link in our bio to see how we can help you take your business to the global stage.

25/09/2026

If your reality is retyping the same size, weight, and dimension every time you book a shipment then this episode is for you.

TUNL’s Packaging Library lets you save your standard box sizes, set a default, and skip the re-entry every time you book.

Follow along for the rest of the series and explore the link in our bio to get your package library up and automated.

22/09/2026

Last Thursday, TUNL Talks brought SA businesses together to talk international demand generation, ecommerce growth, and selling South African brands to the world

Veldskoen Shoes South Africa shared how they built genuine international demand for a proudly South African brand and here are the three takeaways:

👉Meta Ads to start, Google Ads to scale
👉Build your email list early (it’s the most budget-friendly way to grow and retain customers)
👉Customers buy your story before they buy your product. Storytelling is brand identity

Your product is ready for the global stage 🚀

Explore how TUNL helps South African ecommerce businesses ship, scale, and grow globally with the link in our bio