Holiday Packaging—when is the right time to start planning/prepping and ordering—is a topic we’ve tried to cover every year, and with good reason. Nearly every November we receive phone calls from nice folks with a little panic and desperation in their voices as...
We’ve covered a lot of ground on the subject of inside printing over the years, explaining to customers the many benefits of inside print and the all-important “Unboxing Experience” it provides to the end-user/consumer. But we’ve noticed an increasing amount of...
The end of 2018 brought with it an increase for UPS shipping rates, with changes also taking effect for USPS and FedEx shipping rates in January 2019. According to their own website, UPS has specified an average net increase of 4.9% for ground, air and...
November and December are commonly our busiest months of the year at Salazar Packaging, and the volume and variety of inquiries we receive are numerous. We see all kinds of applications, products and companies that have a unique vision for their packaging products...
We ship all of our custom printed boxes flat, unassembled, unformed and on pallets to reduce overall space and costs of both shipping and storage. This does, however, mean that the boxes must be formed when they arrive to your location. While the forming process is...
If you, like many of the well over 400 potential customers who contact us each month, are new to the process of buying branded packaging, you may not know what to expect in terms of processes, options and cost. One look at our gallery, and it is easy to see that...
Whether you are thinking of starting a subscription box business, are pre-launch or already an established subscription program or E-commerce business, knowing the right time to invest in branded packaging is not always easy, but it can be a decision that is...
In subscription and Ecommerce based models, a right-size vs. a wrong-size box (too big, bulky, heavy or not the best fit for the product) could mean the difference between the success or failure of the business long-term. At Salazar Packaging, we see this firsthand...
It has been over ten years since Salazar Packaging began the journey as one of the leaders and innovators of the branded packaging movement, but even we could not have predicted the wide-ranging scope of our influence in this market over a decade later to become a...
Custom Printed Boxes – the Inside Story While we help our customers create some of the most beautiful and memorable shipping boxes you will see anywhere, we absolutely hate what USPS, FedEx and UPS do to them. They always look fantastic when they leave the...