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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...
Bullbourne Bison Selects Salazar Packaging for their new DTC boxes!
We take a great deal of pride in all the work we do for our customers, but every once in a while, we produce a box...
Custom Printed E-commerce boxes FAQ Regarding Ink Rub Off
If you know our work and have read posts on this blog before, you know we specialize in flexographic printing for...
Is Earth Day Still a Big Deal?
Next week we will be celebrating our 53rd Earth Day on Saturday, April 22nd. As the black and white NYT photo in this...
E-commerce Box Designing – The Six Most Common Mistakes
When we do the math, my wife/partner and I have been in the packaging industry over a combined 70 years. Our company,...
E-Commerce Packaging Trend: Simplicity to Reduce Cost
We are not sure if it is a Covid hangover effect, or a reflection of a deteriorating economy, but we are seeing an...
Packaging Design is Not a DIY Project
In this age of knowledge sharing, and internet resources including YouTube videos, it is not unusual for people to...
Choose Salazar Packaging For Your Amazon Packaging Needs
For more than a decade we’ve had the opportunity and joy of working with many businesses that have needed packaging...
Save Money by Using Our Stock Cutting Dies for DTC Packaging
We have all witnessed the meteoric rise and now, slow reduction of corrugated box pricing, but what has gone...
How to Improve Your Customers’ Unboxing Experience
As consumers we have all done it, we have received a shipper box and then rotated it several times in search of the...
New, Lower Prices on ALL Corrugated Boxes and Mailers!
After a year and a half of multiple, double digit price increases, spanning 2021 and into 2022, it is so nice to be...
FAQ: Varnishes and Flexographic Printing of DTC Packaging
Flexographic printing for custom printed boxes is by far the most popular print process used. Why wouldn’t it be? It...