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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...
Are Peel and Seal Adhesive Strips for Your E-commerce Packaging a Good Idea?
A popular request for the e-commerce boxes we make is peel and seal adhesive tape strips. They can be a great idea,...
Corrugated versus Paperboard for E-commerce Applications
We make millions of corrugated e-commerce boxes every year. Most people don’t realize we also create hundreds of...
Re-Design Driver #3 – Reducing E-Commerce 3PL Costs
A few weeks ago, we published a post (see first related post below) about the five most common reasons DTC companies...
E-Commerce Packaging for Large and Small Start-Up Companies
We have been fortunate and blessed to have worked with many new companies during pre-launch such as Harry’s, Madison...
FAQ: Auto Lock Bottom Shipping Boxes for E-commerce
In the last year there has been a large increase in interest by our customers and clients in auto lock shipping...
Your New 2023 DTC Packaging Is Waiting!
The year 2022 is almost over and this is the perfect time to discuss and consider your 2023 plans and goals,...
Sustainability in DTC E-Commerce Packaging
Green, But Not Inexperienced It’s been close to fifteen years since we started writing and talking about sustainable,...
Taking Your DTC E-commerce Box from Good to Great
We typically do not criticize the boxes other companies make and use but strictly for educational purposes, we need to...
Three Unique E-Commerce Packaging Designs
Since starting our company over 15 years ago, we have probably designed well over a thousand different e-commerce...
Flexo Printing White Ink on Kraft Board
Printing the “Impossible” We are still surprised when a potential customer or graphic designer asks if we can print a...
Planning for Future DTC Packaging Enhancements
Stretching Your Start-Up Dollar As I have written before, (see first related post below) we do a lot of our design...
Modular Packaging Design for E-Commerce (DTC) Packaging
We have always attracted a lot of first-time business owners, new companies, or new product launches for existing...
Expert Advice to Help Reduce Your DTC Packaging Costs
Perhaps it takes some level of audacity to refer to yourself as an expert but as Dizzy Dean, the famous Cardinal’s...
E-Commerce Brand Owners and their Love/Hate Relationship With 3PL Companies
We rarely work directly with 3PL companies, but most of our customers do since very few do their own stocking,...
New Salazar Packaging Web Site is Launched
Consider this a personal invitation to visit our totally redesigned primary web site: www.SalazarPackaging.com Many of...
Are You Ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday?
Order Packaging Now to Avoid Delays No one knows what impact inflation will have on the upcoming holiday season, but...
Packaging “Triage” and How We Fix What Hurts
Time for a Packaging Check-up Recently I was having a conversation with a nurse I’d just met, and we exchanged “what I...
Should my Printed Box be Used as a Shipper?
It’s a question that arises often, and one that has no simple or blanket answer. As we like to say, there is no one...
How Much Added Cost is there in Custom Printed Packaging?
There may be a perception that adding custom printing to your packaging will drastically increase your overall...
Digital Box Printing for E-commerce – better than ever!
Digital Printing Gives You Great Graphics A few years ago, we launched a new additional web site,...
Three Quick Ways to Reduce your DTC Shipping Box Cost
I drove past my favorite gas station this morning on my way to work and was stunned to see the price per gallon had...