Four easy steps to order your Custom Boxes

Now you have the finished product all ready to hit market here comes the deal. How you make a synergy between your product and its packaging. If you’re are aiming to sell you product with high margins and comes up with low grade packaging it will directly influence your sales volume , Your returning customers might continue to stick with the same brand however the ratio for new customers will be affected with negative perception about your company and services you do offer.

How to deal with it?

Ordering custom packaging for your product would be the point of action where you can work on to meet the foretasted sales volume. It is proved that packaging reflects up to 40% buying behavior of customers. So why not to consider it as a good source to boost up the sales. The custom boxes are especially designed according to your product requirements and to get the right size box, stock and printing is the big deal. Few steps provide some better understanding in ordering custom box for your product.

a)      Get the right printer for you:

Search for the local and online sources for your box printing project and discuss the pricing and personalization options. For online sources they normally mail out free samples to ensure the quality of printing they deal with along with the stock options. Choose the vendor which understands your needs and recommends you the right options. Do not forget to shop around to compare the prices he is offering.

b)      Layout/artwork:

Mostly free-lance and in-house designers are called for the design layout. It is convenient to use your in-house designer to save time and money without going back and forth with your online designer.Whereas be sure that you get the template from your printing company to help your designer draw the layout for the box. Few questions should be asked before starting your work on the template like the safe margins, bleed and cutting margins before you proceed with the template. With that it is good to ask for the format your printing vendor  accepts. Mostly ai, psd, pdf files are workable for printing with min of 300 dpi.

c)       Submitting artwork:

Your artwork should be submitted with the same format and requirements needed by your vendor to work on the final digital proof for you. Mostly It is safe to ask for the final proof as certain tweaks are done in your artwork to enhance the result of final printing. So a digital proof should be approved by you for the safe side.

d)      Discuss for options:

Always discuss the best options and procedures required to print your job. Once the job is approved your lead time starts from there. Keep Follow-up with your vendor for the current status after two to three days. Certain unexpected issues might arise while printing your job which is a usual as the job is produced with different setups involved, the best way to deal with is to understand what your sales rep briefs you and make the right decision accordingly.

Do read the terms and conditions before you submit your artwork and confirm the order.