You may currently be sending out all of your parcels in standard size packaging, such as the ever-useful cardboard box. Using a cardboard box for packing your goods is ideal for most people. They are fast and easy to use, and you can often have your goods packaged and ready for dispatch in just a few minutes.
Most companies operate in the way described above to ship their goods out to customers. However just using standard size "Off the shelf" boxes may actually be costing you a lot of money in the long run if you are shipping a large volume of packages via a courier, as I will explain later.
The reason for this, is whilst you can buy standard size cardboard boxes very easily, very few companies actually make "Standard" size products. So, in many cases the fact that your goods fit inside the box does not mean that it is the best box for the job!
In the first instance if the box is only just big enough to fit what you are sending in it, then you may end up with more damage to parcels in transit than you would like. This may be due to not having enough room in the box for adequate packing materials.
If the cardboard box is too big then you may be spending too much on packaging materials to fill it out. Packaging materials can be expensive and so you may be spending more than you need on packaging.
Lastly a cardboard box that is bigger than it needs to be may be costing you dearly with your courier, (Particularly if you ship via airmail) as some couriers now charge by a pricing matrix that takes in to account the parcels size, as well as its weight
Most companies operate in the way described above to ship their goods out to customers. However just using standard size "Off the shelf" boxes may actually be costing you a lot of money in the long run if you are shipping a large volume of packages via a courier, as I will explain later.
The reason for this, is whilst you can buy standard size cardboard boxes very easily, very few companies actually make "Standard" size products. So, in many cases the fact that your goods fit inside the box does not mean that it is the best box for the job!
In the first instance if the box is only just big enough to fit what you are sending in it, then you may end up with more damage to parcels in transit than you would like. This may be due to not having enough room in the box for adequate packing materials.
If the cardboard box is too big then you may be spending too much on packaging materials to fill it out. Packaging materials can be expensive and so you may be spending more than you need on packaging.
Lastly a cardboard box that is bigger than it needs to be may be costing you dearly with your courier, (Particularly if you ship via airmail) as some couriers now charge by a pricing matrix that takes in to account the parcels size, as well as its weight
