Packaging Ideas & Box Printing Guides | News

A mailer box is a one-piece, self-locking box built for presentation, while a shipping box is a taped carton built for tougher journeys. Here is how to choose.

Compare paper, corrugated, bubble wrap and air pillows to find the best void fill for your parcels, plus a simple packing method and cost tips.

Packaging savings come from specifying correctly, not buying cheaply. A practical guide for UK online sellers on right-sizing boxes, hitting lower postal bands, choosing the correct board grade and keeping print spend sensible.

Most small UK online sellers do not have to report under packaging Extended Producer Responsibility. Here is a plain English guide to the £1 million turnover and 25 tonne thresholds, what counts as packaging, the difference between small and large producers, and how your box choices affect your position.

Black Friday falls on Friday 27 November 2026. Here is when UK sellers should order custom printed boxes for peak season, with a month by month packaging timeline and realistic production lead times.

Boxes are quoted internally, but couriers charge on external size. Here is how to measure a box correctly in length x width x depth, how much clearance to leave, and how to avoid jumping a Royal Mail price band by a few millimetres.

Printed cardboard boxes are recyclable across the UK, but laminates, heavy tape and grease can stop a box being recovered. Here is what affects recyclability, plus the Simpler Recycling and EPR rules UK sellers need to know.

Print-ready artwork means a finished 300dpi file (ideally a transparent PNG or vector) that fits the box's defined print area, does not rely on white ink and keeps a clear margin from every edge. A practical UK guide to file formats, resolution, CMYK colour and print areas for custom printed boxes.

Volumetric weight lets couriers charge for the space a parcel takes up, not just its weight. Here is how it is calculated and how to pick a box size that keeps postage costs down.

A practical guide to book wrap mailers: how they work, what to post in them, sizes, postage savings and branding options for UK e-commerce.