Packaging guides

Work out what you actually need

Sizing, materials, protection and cost. Written to answer the question properly, then point you at the product that solves it.

Packaging for Cosmetics and Skincare

Leaks, pumps and presentation. Skincare is judged on arrival condition more harshly than almost any other category, and most of that is decided by packaging.

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Packaging for Jewellery Businesses

Small, valuable and worth stealing. Jewellery packaging is the one category where looking unremarkable on the outside is a feature.

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Packaging for Ceramics and Pottery

Heavy, brittle and awkwardly shaped. Ceramics break in predictable places, and packing for those places is cheaper than replacing the piece.

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Packaging for Subscription Boxes

Predictable volume is the strongest buying position in packaging. Subscription businesses can commit further ahead than anyone else, and should be paid for it.

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How to Choose the Right Shipping Box

Board grade, internal dimensions and the void-fill trade-off — the three decisions that determine whether your parcels arrive intact and what they cost.

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Poly Mailers vs Paper Mailers

Cost, weight, protection and disposal compared honestly — including where the paper option genuinely wins and where it does not.

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Bubble Mailer Size Guide

What #000 through #5 actually mean in millimetres, and how to pick the size that fits your product without paying for air.

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Packaging for Clothing Businesses

What apparel brands actually need on the packing bench, why poly still dominates, and where the money is better spent.

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Packaging for Shopify Stores

How to set up a packing bench that keeps up with orders, from label printing to the three consumables you will reorder forever.

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How Wholesale Packaging Pricing Works

Why the price per unit falls as quantity rises, what actually drives the breaks, and when asking for a quote beats clicking buy.

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How to Reduce Ecommerce Packaging Costs

Seven changes that actually move the number, ordered by how much they save relative to the effort they take.

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Custom Packaging for Small Businesses

What custom packaging costs, what the minimums really are, and the cheaper steps that get you most of the way there.

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