You know that stuff packed around your products when they ship? The bubble wrap, foam chunks, crumpled paper filling empty spaces? There’s actually a word for all that dunnage. Sounds fancy, right? It’s not. Dunnage just means any material protecting or supporting cargo during shipping and storage. Could be as simple as wadded up paper or as complex as industrial grade aluminum racks holding thousands of pounds. Running an online store? Managing warehouse operations? Shipping products anywhere? Understanding dunnage saves you serious money on damaged goods. Pick the wrong stuff and watch your products arrive broken. Choose wisely and customers get perfect deliveries every time. Let’s dig into what dunnage actually is, why it matters way more than you’d think,