The products are divided into stocking packaging and custom packaging, or the combination of the two. The stocking packaging products means the ready-made, prompt goods, like the prompt gift boxes, which do not need any process.
A retail is certainly provides stocking packaging options for the customers, while a big supplier offers custom packaging options most of the time.
There are still many companies provide the both options.
Stock packaging
Samples of stock packaging
Glass bottles, beverage bottles, cans, corrugated boxes, simple machine made paper bags, they are typical samples of stock packaging, when they are going to be sold, they just need custom labeling, simple but effective.
Custom packaging
When it comes to custom packaging, it is more complex.
Custom packaging is more expensive than stock packaging, it need a great deal of processes.
First, the packaging structure engineer need to design the drafts, then the workers need to start to print on the print plate, then die cut.
After these processes, coating, embossing, lamination, hot foil stamping are options to choose from.
Custom packaging companies always have a minimum start up cost, which means you will be charged a fee to get the machines run. The minimum of Newstep is 1000 units of packaging paper boxes.
When you have bulk orders, the minimum start up cost seems little, but when you want to order one unit packaging product, you still have to pay the cost, the minimum start up cost seems very much. This time you’d better to find the retail for the stock packaging.
However the custom packaging offers more elegant and unforgettable appearance than the stock packaging.
When you order products, such as garment boxes, you’d better know which products the company or the manufacture has already made before, in this way it will save a lot cost for designing and printing plate.
