How Much Does Packaging Cost?

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These articles are all about the various costs associated with buying custom packaging.

Here, I’ll be dealing with many of the expenses that contribute to the cost of custom

packaging; labor, materials, tooling, set-up fees, design work, prototypes, testing, freight,

shipping, fulfillment, storage, and of course, volume.

Rigid Boxes vs Folding Cartons, they both serve basically the same

purposes – to house, protect, and showcase your product.

Mostproducts that can be packaged in a folding carton can usually

be packaged in a rigid box instead and vice versa. When considering

rigid boxes vs folding cartons for your product’s packaging it is

important to view the overall expenses that can be … [Read more…]

If you are considering new marketing strategies and are wondering

about the cost of a point of purchase display, I have a formula that

can help you decide if POP displays will fit your budget. Point of

purchase displays (also referred to as POP displays) are wonderful

marketing tools that increase brand awareness, product credibility,and

sales. Point of purchase displays … [Read more…]

Setting-up packaging manufacturing machines involves two expenses

that you, the packaging buyer, must pay for: skilled labor and machine

time. Very skilled experts are required for things like calibration and color

matching. They have to perform test-runs to make sure that everything is

functioning properly and that what comes out on the other end will be

exactly what the … [Read more…]

The cost of packaging is affected by many facets and variables. Tooling costs

for packaging are a part of the manufacturing process and most custom

packaging requires them. The need and amount of these costs are dependent

upon what type of packaging you are purchasing. Tooling fees are generally

not a part of the unit cost. They are included as a separate itemized amount

How much does packaging cost? Most packaging professionals are hesitant to

offer a quick answer. That is because packaging costs vary from one type of

packaging to another. Some types of packaging are naturally more expensive

than others, but all benefit from higher volumes in order to reach lower unit costs.

And each type of packaging has its set of components that … [Read more…]