The most popular type of box used for DTC (direct to consumer) shipping remains the basic die cut mailer. There are...
Ecommerce Packaging
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...