Choosing the Right Sized Packaging

Choosing the Right Sized Packaging

Selecting the right sized packaging for your ecommerce business is vital. For any ecommerce business, packaging is a huge factor which needs to be given careful consideration. 

Every business has differing packaging needs, with varying product ranges in size and weight, it’s important to get your packaging right for your products to ensure your products are protected in transit and your packaging is as cost-effective and as eco-friendly as possible. 

What does ‘right sized packaging’ mean?

Right sized packaging is designed to fit the shape of your product to protect it in transit and reduce the amount of void fill needed. Right sized packaging can be approached in a number of ways; the first is with custom sized packaging, this is ideal for business with a few core product lines that ship via courier or their own vehicle. Other options include selecting packaging based on Royal Mail PiP sizing and using multi score boxes.

Making small changes to adapt your packaging design to increase your profit, promote sustainable practices, and ultimately boost your customers' unboxing experience.

Why should you choose ‘right size packaging’?

Right sized packaging offers benefits for both you, and your customer.

As a business right sized packaging means reducing the size of your packaging to fit your products. This means that there is less movement in transit and no need for excessive void fill. This simple adjustment can help lower shipping and packaging costs as well as having a positive impact on your company's carbon footprint. By having the correct size boxes and less void fill the packaging process is sped up making warehouses more efficient.

From a customer's perspective the right sized packaging means it's easier to unwrap and dispose of. With the right sized packaging the customer is throwing less away, making their overall unboxing experience more pleasant. More importantly, any goods are less likely to be damaged in transit if your product fits the box, which means fewer customers will have issues when they receive your products. 

If you are focusing on the environmental impact of your business, selecting the right sized packaging is the perfect way to reduce what ends up in landfill. You can’t control how your customer disposes of packaging but you can encourage them by selecting environmentally friendly packaging products which you can learn more about in a recent blog here.

How Can UK Packaging Help?

Here at UK Packaging we have all your packaging needs covered. With a wide range of options available you can reduce how much packaging you are using, cutting costs and making your customer experience better. Here’s a run down of our top pics.

Royal Mail Sizing

Our range of postal boxes each include information on their royal mail parcel size to help you choose which box is best suited for your product. This is an excellent way to cut costs by sending smaller boxes and using cost effective postal services. 

Box Calculator

Our box calculator tool allows you to get an instant quote for boxes of any size. You are able to select the board grade, colour and size of your box generating a quote for your desired quantity. By getting an accustomed sized box you can create packaging which fits your products snugly.  Our helpful sales team is also on hand if you need any additional assistance with this.

Multi-score Boxes

The majority of our single and double walled boxes are available with multi-score heights which allows you to adjust the height using pre-scored creases. These are perfect for businesses who offer a range of products which vary in size. By using multi-scored boxes you are able to reduce the amount of void fill needed whilst also cutting costs by not needing different sized boxes for each product.