What Custom Packaging Actually Costs

What moves you up the range

Two things, and they work in different directions.

Specification sets the band. A small three-side-seal mylar bag in one colour sits at the bottom of its range. The same bag at pound size, soft-touch matte, die cut to a shape, with a certified child-resistant zipper, sits at the top. That is not a markup, it is a different product with more material and more process steps.

Quantity moves you within the band. Once the specification is fixed, running more units brings the per-unit price down, because tooling, plate setup and press makeready are spread across a longer run. The jump from the minimum to double the minimum is usually the largest single saving you will see.

This is why we quote at two or three quantities rather than one. You get to see what the next tier actually saves before you commit to it, instead of finding out after the fact.

What the price does not include

The numbers above are ex-works. They cover the product, your printing and the compliance documentation. They do not cover freight or import duty.

We say this plainly because the alternative is worse. A landed price quoted before anyone knows your destination, your port and your timing is a guess, and a guess that turns out low is a bad surprise on your first invoice rather than an honest conversation at the quote.

Tell us where it is going and roughly when you need it, and freight comes back as a real number alongside the unit price. Sea freight is the default and is what our lead times assume. Air is available when the date matters more than the cost, and we will tell you what that trade actually looks like before you choose it.

Lines we quote individually

Not everything we make has a useful published price, because the spread inside the category is wider than the category itself. A plain kraft mailer and a rigid magnetic-close gift box are both boxes, and quoting them as one range would tell you nothing.

For these, send the size and quantity and you will have a number in two business days:

Pre-roll tubes and full pre-roll packaging, concentrate jars and dab containers, edibles packaging, mailer and shipping boxes, child-resistant packaging, and the whole foodservice range including cups, napkins, coasters, bags and takeout boxes.