Packaging Guides & Resources
Clear, practical help on ordering custom packaging: sizing, materials, artwork, and the manufacturing process.
How to choose custom packaging
How to match format, size, and material to your product: and what to confirm before you order.
Read GuideMaterials guide
Paper, kraft, moulded fibre, clear plastic, glass and corrugated compared, and what we confirm before you order.
Read GuideSize guide
How to measure your product, how serving changes the answer, and what to send us so your first order fits.
Read GuideLid compatibility
Flat, dome and sip lids explained, and why a lid match is verified against your container rather than read off a chart.
Read GuideQuantity planning
Working out how much to order from your real usage, accounting for seasonality and storage.
Read GuidePackaging glossary
Bagasse, clamshell, gusset, die line, MOQ and the rest of the vocabulary, in plain language.
Read GuideArtwork & printing
File formats, vector versus raster, and what happens between your file and the printed product.
Read GuideRepeat ordering
Keeping artwork on file, matching previous runs, and reordering the same specification.
Read GuideHow ordering works
The full process: configure, submit without payment, receive a quote, approve your proof, then production.
Read GuideArtwork, design help & mockups
What to send, what we can do with just a logo, and how the free digital mockup works.
Read GuideCustom printing & production
Direct printing versus labels, curved and folded surfaces, why color shifts between materials, and what is checked before your order ships.
Read GuideWholesale & bulk orders
Planning quantity for an ongoing requirement, ordering several products together, keeping artwork consistent, and supplying multiple locations.
Read GuideStorage, warehousing & delivery
What is verified about nationwide delivery, what is not claimed about storage and local delivery, and how reorder coordination works.
Read GuideMinneapolis & the Twin Cities
Custom packaging for Twin Cities businesses: who orders locally, which product families fit, and how the local base relates to nationwide delivery.
Read GuideProduction time & shipping
Why production and transit are separate timelines, and how freight is quoted to your ZIP.
Read GuidePayment terms & order approval
Three stages in order (project, quote, approval) and what changes your final price.
Read GuideCustom packaging FAQ
Minimums, pricing, lids, samples, lead times, volume and repeat orders, answered plainly.
Read GuideStill Have Questions?
Our team is happy to walk you through sizing, materials, and quantities specific to your business.
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