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How custom packaging is priced and ordered, and how to plan an order around your launch date without surprises.
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How to Compare Packaging Quotations Like-for-Like
To compare packaging quotations fairly, send every supplier the same written specification, then check each quotation line by line: construction, internal dimensions,…
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Custom Packaging Lead Times: What Happens and When
Custom packaging moves through five stages: enquiry and specification, dieline and artwork, proof approval, production and delivery. Timing depends on the construction,…
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E-commerce vs Retail Packaging
E-commerce packaging is built to survive postal and courier networks and to be opened by the customer, so it is usually a corrugated mailer box printed inside and out.…
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What Information Do You Need for a Packaging Quote?
To get an accurate packaging quote, send what goes in the box, its internal dimensions in millimetres, one to three quantities, the box style, board, printing, finishes,…
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Packaging for Product Launches: Planning Backwards from Your Date
Plan launch packaging backwards from the date the product must be on sale or in customers' hands. Work out when packed stock must be ready, when the boxes must arrive,…
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Custom Packaging for Small Businesses in the UK
Small UK businesses can order truly custom printed packaging from 50 boxes, made to their own dimensions. The way to keep it affordable is to specify carefully: choose a…
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Reducing Packaging Cost Without Reducing Quality
You reduce packaging cost without losing quality by changing the decisions that add cost but not value: an over-complex construction, a box larger than the product, board…
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Royal Mail and Courier Size Bands for Mailer Boxes
Royal Mail prices UK post by size format: Letter, Large Letter, Small Parcel and Medium Parcel, each with maximum dimensions and a weight limit. A Large Letter can be up…
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What Determines Custom Packaging Cost?
Custom packaging cost is set by the specification, not by a price list. The box structure, its size, the board, how it is printed and finished, any inserts, the quantity…
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When Is a Physical Sample Needed?
A digital proof is enough for most repeat jobs and simple printed boxes. A plain, unprinted sample is worth it when you need to check a new construction, size or product…
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Why Unit Cost Falls at Higher Quantities
Every custom packaging order carries fixed set-up work, such as artwork checks, proofing, plates, the cutter forme and machine make-ready, that costs roughly the same…
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