Packaging Guides
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How to Print Custom Bakery Bags Without a Converter Minimum
How bakeries brand plain bags with printed labels instead of a converter run, which label stocks stand up to grease, where adhesive holds, and when to box.
How to Size and Print Custom Belly Bands That Fit
The belly band sizing formula worked out for five pieces, how to fold cover stock without cracks, and how to order a band as a die cut strip or bookmark.
Custom Book Boxes Sized to Fit and Built to Survive Shipping
Size a custom book box from the trim and a measured stack, choose snug or cushioned clearance, pack hardcovers safely and keep the Media Mail rate.
Custom Bottle Boxes That Actually Protect Glass in Transit
How to size a custom bottle box from your widest bottle, keep glass off glass with an insert, pick the board grade and choose kraft or white print stock.
Custom Boxes With Inserts That Hold the Product Still
How to size a box insert, choose between paperboard, foam and molded pulp, and draw a die line with finger notches so the product ships without moving.
Custom Bubble Mailers, Kraft Options and the Size Numbers Explained
Bubble mailer sizes from #000 to #7, what kraft actually recycles, when poly is the better call, and the low volume way to brand a padded mailer.
Custom Cake Boxes That Fit the Cake and Carry Your Brand
Cake box sizes that actually fit, why a lid window means a new die, what touches the cake, and what a run of 250 printed bakery boxes really costs.
Custom Candy Boxes That Keep Sweets Fresh and Sell on the Shelf
Which candy box style fits your sweets, what has to sit between the candy and the printed board, the sizes we stock, and what a wholesale run costs.
Custom Cardboard Mailers Explained for Ecommerce Brands
How custom cardboard mailers work: inside sizing, E flute against B flute strength, kraft versus white top printing, recycled board and order minimums.
Custom Corrugated and Bubble Mailers for Ecommerce Brands
Corrugated mailer or bubble mailer: what each resists and fails at, the board grades and sizes that cost you postage, and how to brand either one.
Custom Industrial Packaging Built for B2B Shipping and Bulk Runs
Spec custom industrial packaging: corrugated flutes and board grades, box styles compared, protective inserts, branded tape and labels, and run minimums.
Custom Logo Wrapping Paper That Makes Every Order Look Branded
How custom logo wrapping paper is printed, when a repeat pattern beats one big logo, the sheet size a box needs, and the tissue and tape that finish it.
