Corrugated Cardboard Boxes
By far the most widely used shipping supply is the basic cardboard box. Technically, to those of us in the industry, these should be called corrugated cartons and are further classified as RSC’s, which stands for regular slotted containers. But whatever you want to call them, corrugated cardboard boxes provide and excellent combination of strength, protection and price.
We carry a wide assortment of boxes for various uses, and all are in stock and ready to be shipped. Our standard boxes are constructed of either 200 pound C flute or 32 ECT materials. However, we also offer Heavy Duty boxes that are either made from 275 pound (32 ECT) single wall, or various double wall materials. Either of these options give you added strength when compared to a standard corrugated box.
Other types of boxes we carry include Moving Boxes, Wardrobe Boxes and file storage boxes. Do yourself a favor and compare our prices to those of the local retailers of these items. Many of these retailers purchase these items from PackagingPrice.
One of our fastest growing product lines is our Insulated Shipping Boxes. If you are shipping any perishable product, we probably have a container that will suit your needs. Our standard insulated containers are expanded polystyrene (aka Styrofoam) coolers. These provide excellent insulation (R value) for longer transit time shipments. However, we also manufacture a line of insulated packaging called Arctic Foil. These products are made from radiant barrier bubble material, and are a great alternative to foam coolers. Arctic Foil provides customers many benefits compared to foam coolers including: they are much thinner so your overall box size is much smaller, Arctic Foil ships to you “knocked down” so you save on inbound freight costs, and Arctic Foil can easily be custom manufactured to conform to any size you need. All that is required for a custom size is a simple cutting die (usually around $350) as opposed to a foam cooler mold which can cost as much as $25,000.
Corrugated Mailers
This product line includes the type of boxes that fold up and lock themselves closed. They are not your standard shipping boxes – which require tape to seal shut. These mailers are usually manufactured from 200 pound (or 32 ECT) “B” flute corrugated. The B flute is just a bit thinner than the C flute our standard boxes are made from. However, the way in which these boxes fold up and close give these mailers exceptional strength. They are usually white on the outside, and kraft or brown on the inside. Cardboard mailers are perfect for mailing or shipping smaller items such as books, pictures, CD’s and DVD’s and other fragile items.
Bubble Mailers, Stayflat Mailers and Padded Envelopes
When you are shipping or mailing a product, sometimes an outer box can be overkill. In these cases, this product line includes many products that might suit your needs.
Our mailers are made from 3/16” bubble material which is laminated to heavy duty paper (either kraft brown or white) to provide the highest quality available on the internet. These are perfect for shipping items that require some degree of cushioning such as CD’s or DVD’s.
If you don’t require cushioning but need to make sure that your product does not get bend or folded during transit, try our Stayflat Mailers. These rigid envelopes are specifically designed to protect your photographs, literature, brochures, diplomas or other important documents from bending – that’s why they are called Stay Flat Mailers!
Tape
Standard RSC cardboard boxes don’t do much good without tape to seal them closed. That’s why we offer a multitude of tapes. Most of our tapes are different types of carton sealing tapes. Most of the differences are the type of backing (plastic, reinforced, etc…) and the type of adhesive used such as hot melt or acrylic. We do, however, carry other types of tape such as duct tape, masking tape, filament tape and gaffers tape.
Of all the types of tape we offer though, one of the best selling is the custom printed tape. Rather than spending the money to have your boxes custom printed (which can more than double the cost of the boxes) why not simply use our custom printed tape? You can easily print your company’s logo, or any other message on this tape with the purchase of a printing plate. Most companies require a large minimum order to print tape, but at PackagingPrice, we can custom print your tape with as small as a one case minimum.
Stretch Film and Shrink Film
An often overlooked packaging supply by most customers is stretch wrap. Not to be confused with shrink wrap, stretch film (or wrap) is used to wrap pallets of product before you ship them. This wrapping greatly strengthens the load on the pallet which help reduces shipping damage.
Shrink wrap, on the other hand, is the type of plastic film that, when heat is applied, shrinks around a product. You’ve probably seen cases of bottled water that are shrink wrapped.
CD Mailers and DVD Mailers
With the popularity of eBay and Amazon, shipping of CD’s and DVD’s through UPS, FedEx and the USPS (post office) has greatly increased over the past few years. In response to this increased demand, PackagingPrice offers a multitude of CD and DVE packaging ship your items safely to your customers. Whether is a bubble mailer, a cardboard box, or even a sleeve, we have packaging specifically sized for CD’s or DVD’s that will suit your needs.
Also, please make sure to compare our prices on our CD bubble mailers to any other supplier. We have yet to find a company that offers a better price or a higher quality mailer than what we do. In fact, many customers consider our CD bubble mailers to be at wholesale prices.
Mailing Tubes
Sometimes a box or an envelope just won’t cut it. In these cases, you might want to consider using any one of our Mailing Tubes. If you are trying to make an impact when mailing products such as posters, invitations, calendars, diplomas or other important items, these tubes will stand out when your customer receives them. They also are constructed of heavy duty fiberboard (cardboard) and specifically designed to make sure your item arrives safely.
Choose from our tubes with end caps, or our snap sealing tubes. We also offer a variety of colored mailing tubes to help your product stand out. Our tubes come in diameters of 1.5”, 2”, 2.5”, 3” and 4” in a number of different lengths between 6” and 48”. With all of these choices, we’re sure to have a shipping tube to fit your needs.
Plastic Bags
The majority of the poly bags (plastic bags) we offer are manufactured from a type of plastic called low density polyethylene (LDPE). This is the same type of plastic that the ziplock bags you have in your kitchen are made from.
With over 2,000 variations of plastic bags in stock, we’re sure to have one that suits your needs. We carry standard “flat” bags, reclosable and many other styles. Our bags range in thickness from 1.5 mil thick to 6.0 mils (.006 inch) thick.
One of our fastest growing product lines in this category are our Postal Approved Poly Bags. These bags meet all the requirement of the Post Office to be used as outer packaging for non-fragile items such as brochures or catalogs.
Bubble Wrap, Foam and Padding
While some of our customer ship items that are not fragile, such as hardware or books, most customers’ products are at least somewhat fragile in nature. When shipping any type of fragile product, you will want to use some sort of inner packaging. In fact, if you ignore adding some cushioning to your shipment, UPS, FedEx or the USPS often times will deny a damage claim if your product is not adequately protected. But don’t worry, we offer many different types of padding to help you protect your shipment.
Our most popular cushioning product is Bubble Wrap. The three thicknesses of bubble padding follow these general rules of thumb: 3/16 inch bubble is used for light weight items, and for interleaving between items, 5/16 inch bubble give medium weight cushioning protection, and ˝” bubble is for heavier duty and void fill applications. However, please keep in mind that the thicker the bubble, the harder it is to wrap around your items.
Bubble wrap comes in very large rolls that are too big to ship via UPS, FedEx or USPS. For most large users of bubble, this is understood and not a problem. However, we do have many smaller users of bubble padding who don’t need an industrial sized roll. For these customers, we offer a line of smaller size rolls that are able to be shipped.
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