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Free Packaging Services—Why We’re Unique
The true value of a packaging partner is not all found in the bottom-line price per box/unit that you see on your...
What You Don’t Know About E-commerce Packaging Costs
Recently, while discussing a new in-house project (yes, IT related), I made a comment about how we didn’t know how...
4 New Ecommerce Packaging Upgrades/Enhancements
The custom packaging industry is constantly changing/evolving and new technologies and capabilities are...
E-Commerce inserts – Five FAQ’s
Over the last 17 years we have met many customers who really wanted to get rid of hand wrapping or loose fill...
Can Transparent Inks Improve Your E-commerce Graphic Design?
A couple of years ago, (the first time I heard about flexographic “transparent” inks being used to print corrugated...
Custom Paper Envelopes With Digital Printing!
We are proud to announce that for the first time ever, our very popular unpadded paper envelopes are now available...
Calculating the True Cost of your E-commerce Shipments
Every e-commerce company ever launched will eventually discover their packaging cost goes far beyond the price of a...
E-Commerce Packaging – Drivers Wanted!
In 1995, almost thirty years ago, car maker, Volkswagen launched one of its most successful and memorable ad campaigns...
Consider Flexo Printing for Your Custom Boxes
Sometimes we in the industry may take for granted our knowledge of the processes of box printing. Many custom...
DTC Packaging – Can Sustainability Go Too Far?
You have probably tried unscrewing the cap on a new plastic bottle of water but found the bottle so soft and pliable...
Inside Printing on RSC Style Boxes
Perhaps in an effort to minimize cost, you are already using RSC style boxes to replace the use of higher cost die cut...
Free Inside Print on E-Commerce Boxes!
The most popular type of box used for DTC (direct to consumer) shipping remains the basic die cut mailer. There are...
How Amazon SIOC and DTC Packaging Design Can Combine for Additional Savings
I recently read in Packaging World Magazine that Amazon SIOC (ships in own container) increased from 8% in 2021 to 11%...
Free Packaging Design Service. No Tipping Required!
Call it tipping overdose or “tipflation”, tipping has recently become a very contentious topic. In my youth I worked...
Pantone’s 2024 Color of The Year – Peach Fuzz!
When you are in the printing business, shipping envelopes, e-commerce mailer boxes, or subscription boxes, one of the...
Why We Typically Recommend 200# (Mullen) vs 32ECT
Many packaging people will tell you these two different types/grades of corrugated board are identical and...
2024 – The Year of the E-commerce Start-up, Redesign, and New Product Launch
With our last bite of Thanksgiving leftovers, we are now officially into the holiday season. All of our e-commerce...
Custom E-commerce Packaging – Rest easy. We’ve got this.
“We’ve got this” is possibly way overused. I recently saw the sign shown in this post in the waiting room of a body...
Credibility in E-Commerce Packaging for over Seventeen Years
As the packaging industry has become more competitive and intense, manufacturers and distributors have become...
NEW! An E-commerce Box that Lights Up
We are excited to introduce this new product to the DTC box market because it is truly new and unique. Keep in mind...
E-Commerce Packaging – Preproduction and Postproduction Costs
We recently worked with a new potential customer who wanted desperately for us to help reduce the box weight for his...
FREE PACKAGING DESIGN WORK (in most cases)
If you are a very lucky person, you may be able to find a stock packaging solution for your unique product packaging....
Foam Internal Packaging from Salazar Packaging????
Anyone who regularly reads our blog knows we LOVE creating packaging manufactured with eco-friendly corrugated board,...
Five Tips For New E-Commerce Box Buyers
We probably look at a dozen or so new projects every week and over the years we have witnessed many of the same...