Individual boxes ship within a couple of business days. Subscriptions ship every month on the 7th, or if the 7th is a weekend or holiday, they’ll ship on the next business day. When you first subscribe, if you purchased a prepaid subscription & we have stock in the current month’s box, we’ll get one out to you right away. If you’re a month to month subscriber & we have stock in the current month’s box, we’ll give you the option of getting your first box right away because then we’ll have to move your renewal payment up so that you’re charged again before the next monthly shipment. During the holiday season we ship every week day through December 16th!