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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...
Holiday E-Commerce Boxes? It’s not too late nor too soon!
I think most people will agree that 2023 has been an unpredictable year. Most companies we know suffered a first...
Which Printing Process Is Best for YOUR E-commerce Box?
One of our favorite customers is a company with incredibly creative minds and very talented graphic artists. They can...
FAQ: E-Commerce Packaging Minimums and Maximums
There are times when people get a little confused on the details involved in ordering custom printed boxes. That is...
“Deeper is Cheaper” and Other DTC Packaging Words of Wisdom
If you hang around one industry, especially the packaging industry, for a few decades, you are sure to pick up some...
E-Commerce Packaging 101: Options and Terminology
This is written with the utmost respect and appreciation for our potential customers and clients who are new to the...
FAQ Custom E-Commerce Packaging Made Easy
As we often tell customers, don’t let the word “custom” scare you off or lead you to believe your new packaging design...
Packaging That Communicates
Recently I was asked again about our tag line, Packaging That Communicates. “What exactly does that mean?” We firmly...
The Frustrating Search for an Experienced Packaging Graphic Artist
We love working with good graphic artists. They bring life to our normally blank structural designs, with their many...
What is the Best Board Grade and Flute Size for your E-Commerce Box?
The above question is one of the most baffling in all of DTC packaging, but it really does not have to be. Corrugated...
Review of Chewy DTC Packaging
For anyone who regularly reads this blog, you know I often review and comment on e-commerce packaging used by a...