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What is the importance of packaging?
When it comes to hotels and hospitality, first impressions are everything. Enter packaging — the u...
Top Packaging Design Trends to Look Out For in 2023
Update your product packaging with our top five packaging trends for 2023. We dive into the most pop...
New Finish Alert! Introducing HDPrint Matte
The new Packlane GOLD standard for custom-printed boxes is now HDPrint Matte. ⭐️ HDPrint Matte w...
A Guide to Professional Looking Packaging Design
How do you get started with product packaging design? You don’t need to hire a whole team right fr...
How to Design Your Shipping Boxes for the Holiday Season
At Packlane, we’re all about the holidays! In this article, we guide you how to design shipping bo...
Ditch the Gift Wrapping – Creative Holiday Packaging Ideas
It’s time to go beyond gift wrapping. Add another dimension to your holiday gifting with creative ...
Changes – Turn and face the strange!
Packlane’s website changes are now live. It’s still the same Packlane you’ve come to know ...
Introducing HDPrint Satin: High-Definition Printing with a Satin finish.
Finish strong with HDPrint! Whether you’re redesigning your kitchen, planning a wedding, ...
What are custom boxes? The complete guide | Packlane
Custom boxes will speak for your brand, enhance product safety, and create a superior customer exper...
Branded Packaging Elements That Work with Automated Fulfillment Systems
How do brands distinguish their products in the market without slowing down their fulfillment? Here ...
Wholesale Custom Packaging: How Can Packlane Plus Help Your Biz?
As your business grows, so should your packaging strategy. If it doesn’t, you run the risk of losi...
How to Plan for Holiday Packaging
Holiday packaging pays a good return on investment, but only when you plan for it in advance. Here's...
The Ultimate Guide to Using Void Fill to Boost Your Unboxing Experience
Your box may be the star of the show, but void fill is the supporting character that ties your packa...
5 Types Of Custom Packaging To Consider For Your Brand
The unboxing experience is an important part of the brand-consumer relationship, and packaging plays...
Brilliant Custom Packaging Design Trends Of 2021
More than ever before, the thrill of delivery day has become a beloved pastime for people everywhere...
10 Unique Packaging Ideas For Every Industry
Imagine this: You’re standing in the snack aisle at your local grocery store trying to decide what...
A Beginner’s Guide: How to Create Custom Packaging
The packaging of your product is just as important as the product itself. And the good news is custo...
Why Packaging Is So Important for Your Brand
Packaging is often the first thing a customer sees—regardless if they buy online or offline. Imagi...
Wholesale Packaging: Is It Time To Expand Your Brand’s Packaging Solutions?
When demand grows for larger orders, it’s time to look for custom packaging solutions and expertis...
How to Choose the Best Packaging Material for your Artwork
Once you’ve figured out which material option works best for your product type and brand, the next...
How to Make Your Custom Packaging Stand Out
Ecommerce experienced a significant boom following the COVID-19 pandemic. 27.2% of consumers across ...
6 Killer Product Packaging Ideas to Stand Out & Sell More
Packaging makes more of a difference than you might think. When customers are browsing online or in-...
Custom Packaging Tips for Small Business Owners
For small business and ecommerce, creating an experience for the customer is also key. When using cu...
Swag.com’s Mission to Upgrade the Traditional ‘Thank You’ Box
Founder of the most powerful swag buying platform in the world, Jeremy Parker is no stranger to comp...
National BFF Day: The 6 Keys to a Co-branded Collaboration Box
BFFs in business and in real life, Get Well Soon and Have a Good Day have unlocked the secrets to cr...
Dox.Design’s Top 5 Tips for Successful Packaging Design
Did you know that you have about 3 seconds for a customer to make a decision about your brand? This ...
Top 11 Tips to Make Your Packaging More Sustainable
Reducing your business’s packaging impact is much easier than it sounds and is undoubtedly possibl...
9 Tips for a Seamless Branding and Packaging Customer Experience
The customer experience can make or break your business, That’s true from the little details of yo...
The Complete 2021 Holiday Shipping Checklist
Another year into the pandemic, global supply chain shortages, port delays, and a delivery slowdown ...
Populum Pioneers the Premium Packaging Experience
Setting out to change the landscape of modern self-care, Populum believes that hemp is the future of...
Free, Festive, and Award-Winning Packaging Design Assets
2020 is the biggest year on record for e-commerce with experts forecasting a 40% increase in shippin...
How to Get a Direct ROI by Showcasing Packaging in Your Ads
Maybe you’re considering upgrading to custom packaging for your brand. Or maybe you’ve already m...
Uprising Food Revolutionizes Custom Branded Packaging
The dawning of a new revolution against “Big Bread” began in early 2019 which led to the birth o...
The Future of Sustainable Packaging With Dieline Founder, Andrew Gibbs
Plastic: it’s practically everywhere and the creation of it is, surprisingly, projected to rise. W...
How to Get Great Packaging Design – Tips From a Designer
Dreaming of beautiful custom packaging? We’ve partnered with 99designs to match you with award-win...
Your Go-To Guide for Corporate Gifting in 2020
Learn how to structure a corporate gifting program, design corporate gift boxes, and generate a new ...
Stellar Small Businesses You Can Support Right Now
We’ve always been passionate about supporting the many small businesses that trust us with their p...
How a Custom Welcome Box Increased Enrollment at the University of the Ozarks
When a small private college in rural Arkansas needed to increase enrollment numbers they knew they ...
Introducing Econoflex: Fast, Easy, and Affordable Sustainable Packaging
Econoflex is Packlane’s most economical and eco-friendly offering to date—without making any com...
How to Create a Successful Easter Marketing Campaign
Is your marketing campaign ready for Easter? Easter's coming a little later than usual this year but...
OLIPOP Fosters an Engaged Community by Getting Social
Where healthy meets delicious, OLIPOP has created a sparkling soda alternative made with prebiotics,...
The Ultimate Guide to Custom Retail Packaging in 2020
There are more than 1 million retail businesses in the United States alone, so it’s no surprise th...
Introducing HDPrint: High-Definition Short Run Printing for Everyone
HDPrint digital printing uses new technology that applies the ink in a single application – simila...
How to Grow Your E-commerce Brand with Custom Packaging Inserts
Custom packaging inserts add depth to your brand story and help protect your products as they travel...
Desserted Adds Value to Their Brand With Premium Custom Packaging
Among a multitude of expected and traditional gift baskets, Desserted was birthed as the unexpected ...
How to Find a Fantastic Packaging Designer
What does all great packaging have in common? It starts with great graphic design. But finding the r...
How Welcome Kits Make New Employees Feel Like Part of the Team
Employee welcome kits are the first opportunity to make good on all those nice things you said abou...
5 Creative Ways to Use Custom E-commerce Packaging
It’s that season again–that’s right, the my-delivery-man-deserves-a-raise season. During this ...
How to Safely Ship Fragile Items in the Mail
In a perfect world, when shipping fragile items in the mail they'll arrive in absolutely pristine co...
The Complete Guide to Using Custom Tissue Paper
Using custom tissue paper helps protect your products and looks sleek. But that isn’t all it does ...
5 Ways to Cost-Effectively Scale Your Subscription Box Business
In 2019, the subscription box business model has grown into a behemoth $2.6 billion dollar market....
How to Choose Brand Fonts for Packaging Design
When it’s time to choose brand fonts for your packaging design, you’ll want to be sure that they...
5 Out-of-the-Box Sustainable Packaging Trends in 2019
Discover the biggest trends in sustainable packaging design and how innovative companies are coming ...
How to Design Holiday Packaging
With the holiday season fast approaching, it’s time to get your holiday packaging in order. Creati...
Kajabi Partners Up with Custom Printed Packaging
The All-In-One Online Business Platform Kajabi is here to simplify business owner’s lives. With al...
The Complete Guide to Subscription Box Packaging Design
Beautifully designed subscription box packaging can take your brand or products to the next level an...
How to Choose the Right Custom Product Packaging
Products make the world go round. The right custom product packaging can help make a good product gr...
Get Cozy CBD Packaging like Cozy Cactus Goods
In 2017, while training for her first marathon, Lauren Kemp was struggling with daily muscle pain an...
6 Tips for E-commerce Fulfillment Friendly Packaging
Custom packaging is vital and knowing how to prepare your product for e-commerce fulfillment will ma...
Sundaily’s Custom Skincare Packaging and Gummies Work Inside and Out
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve probably heard the major health care tip: Wear sunsc...
Father Time Bread Rises to the Occasion to Deliver Fresh Bread to Your Doorstep
Taylor West has always had a love for bread. He discovered his passion as a young missionary in Spai...
10 Unique Resources for Food Packaging Design
Food packaging design has certainly come a long way from the early days of Chinese bark wraps or Nap...
5 Tips to Start Building Your Brand Community
You may have recently started hearing about the idea of building your “brand community.” While t...
How to Find Stunning Patterns for Packaging Design
Carefully crafted packaging can become your silent seller: long after your customer has purchased an...
What Makes Packaging Social Media Shareable?
If you take a look at Instagram, you’ll find over 475,000 posts tagged #unboxing. And since 2010, ...
Customer Spotlight: M. Shonell’s Client Box Never Loses Focus
Melena DeFlorimonte was just 12 years old when she received her first camera for Christmas. Having a...
How Can Your Brand Benefit from Custom Holiday Boxes?
It’s better to give than to receive, right? While gift giving certainly makes us feel warm and fuz...
Customer Spotlight: Finding Beauty in the Box With Oui Fresh
Creating happiness through a homemade lifestyle wasn’t an accident for sisters Elsie Larson an...
Double the Delight with Double-Sided Printing
If you’re the kind of person who believes the bigger the blank canvas, the better, then you’re i...
A Guide to Getting Your Products Professionally Photographed (and Why You Need to Do It!)
As an e-commerce retailer, one of your biggest challenges is the fact that customers can’t interac...
How Shipping with Custom-Sized Boxes Can Save Your Company Thousands of Dollars
Are you paying good money to ship air and foam peanuts to your customers? Unless you’re using cust...
Custom Packaging 101: Perfecting the Unboxing Experience
Of all the ways an e-commerce entrepreneur can showcase their brand and excite their customers, a br...
Customer Spotlight: Celebrating Design Day
At Packlane, we love hearing our customers’ stories – especially when they involve br...
Sharing is Caring: 6 Tips to Making your Brand Social-Friendly
Social media has been a wonderful thing for small businesses – leveling the playing field and ...
Introducing Our New Packaging Option: Dreamcoat™
What’s a Dreamcoat you say? Well, let’s clear one thing up – it’s not Harry Potter’s C...
Customer Spotlight: Stefan’s Head
Today we go ‘Behind the box’ with Michael Kushner, co-founder and creative director of Stefan’...