I drove past my favorite gas station this morning on my way to work and was stunned to see the price per gallon had increased again since last Friday, making the current price almost fifty cents higher than it was just five days ago. Inflation...
How to Save on DTC Shipping Most of our customers and clients are DTC, direct-to-consumer companies. Over the last 14 years, they have taught us much about SEO and customer acquisition as well as overseas sourcing where many of their products are manufactured. However, the vast...
E-Commerce Packaging Holiday Price Increases and Shortages After four decades in the industry and 13 years of being almost totally focused on DTC eco-friendly packaging, I can tell you with great certainty there is trouble ahead for many companies that require e-commerce packaging. This year, more...
How to Reduce the Impact of Corrugated Price Increases In my mind there is no way to justify substantial back-to-back industry price increases. One in December 2020 and now another that is sure to happen within the next 30 to 60 days. We cannot explain it...
Packaging Trends for 2021 One year ago, no one could have envisioned how painful 2020 was going to be for many people and businesses. At the same time, no one could have guessed the explosive growth we all witnessed in e-commerce. The year-end numbers are not...
Four Factors that Most Influence the Cost of a Custom Printed DTC or Subscription Box By far the most often asked question is “how much is a custom printed, branded box going to cost? For obvious reasons, that is important whether you are just getting started...
I should probably thank USPS for the continued interest in e-commerce boxes that have a peel and seal adhesive strip and an easy open perforated tear strip, because they have been offering these to the public for years. After all, many of the people we...
The Start UP and New Entrepreneur's Guide to E-Commerce Packaging We work with a lot of start-up companies and new entrepreneurs who have never bought packaging before. We have spent hundreds of hours teaching people about everything packaging including subjects like triple white board, custom designed...
First, let me say I am not an Amazon hater. In fact, I love their service, I am amazed by their company’s success and our household, like many other families, probably orders something from Amazon at least once a week. I am however a hater of...