Product packaging makes a huge impact on first impressions. A recent Nielsen study found that consumers give brands an average of 13 seconds of their time before deciding whether to purchase in-store or online. By uniquely presenting a product, sustainable product packaging can stimulate a purchase decision by making the product appear more appealing than the competition. To make your products more appealing to consumers and to provide an excellent customer experience, you need to understand the basics of custom product packaging. Among the topics covered are how to choose the right material for your packaging, how to adjust them to fit your product, and how to create a custom product package.
The budget
Identifying your budget is the first step to any sustainable product packaging endeavor. To make your design as attractive as possible, you need to determine what materials you can use and how much money you can spend.
Choosing the right balance between how much you’d like to spend on creativity and production and how much you’ll need to spend on materials will have a significant impact on your project’s success.
Accessibility
An easy-to-open product packaging is essential. Customers are increasingly frustrated with the frustration of fruitlessly trying to open boxes or remove products from their packaging. Try opening packaged products to test out your packaging. Were there any issues? Could you elaborate?
Consider ways to delight the customer as well as reduce friction in the opening process. Brand loyalty and word-of-mouth can be increased by including fun brand messages and promotional products.
Transport
Following the choice of package design, you need to decide on the package’s functionality. It doesn’t matter how beautiful the box is, if it doesn’t work well, it won’t be helpful.
The best-designed sustainable product packaging in the world that cannot travel from your facility to the shelves unharmed is worthless.
Sturdiness
Routes taken by-products between production facilities and consumers differ. It is possible that you are shipping directly to consumers, or that you are delivering to retail stores. Choosing the right packaging will ensure that your product reaches your customers without damage. You should consider using robust corrugated material in your packaging if you’re shipping directly to consumers or selling easily breakable products. You will recoup the expense of this type of packaging by avoiding the need to replace damaged products over time. Overall, choosing the most suitable packaging materials requires some thought and consideration.
