Ignatius Press (IP) is a leading Catholic publisher known for sharing a wide variety of Catholic books and media. When their longtime fulfillment partner announced retirement in 2018, IP began looking for a new provider.

They didn’t want just any vendor—they wanted a partner who shared their values and their mission. They needed a new Fulfillment Center that could ship over a million items every year and grow as the IP catalog increased. 5 Stones fit the bill perfectly.

We worked closely with IP’s various teams so their leaders could rest assured that everything was handled. 5 Stones seamlessly took on fulfillment operations, building flexible systems to accommodate their unique needs and growing catalog. This meant managing a wide range of order types at a consistently high volume. Onsite small batch printing enabled IP to keep lesser-known titles in circulation and avoid retiring books prematurely, and our Instant Inventory program allowed their products to be easily promoted and sold by other organizations. We built a truly collaborative partnership.

Today, we manage more than 75,000 orders and 1.5 million outbound items annually for Ignatius Press. Everything from massive Amazon orders to single-book shipments! As their catalog has grown, so has our operational precision and speed. Orders now ship within one business day. 

Over the years, our partnership with IP has expanded to include some of our other services. In addition to warehousing and fulfillment, we also provide this heavy-hitting apostolate with technology and marketing support. Whatever they need, they know they can count on 5 Stones to deliver.