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Box Styles & Construction

Rigid, folding carton, mailer, corrugated and the styles inside each family — what they are built from and what they are good at.

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White rigid jewelry boxes with a printed lid

Box Styles & Construction · 6 min

Rigid boxes vs folding cartons: which should your product be in?

The two constructions behind most custom product packaging solve different problems. Here is how to choose between them on weight, price point, delivery and feel.

Box Styles & Construction · 7 min

Rigid boxes vs folding cartons at 1,000+ units

The rigid-versus-carton choice looks different once quantity is real. How the two cost curves diverge, what freight does to the comparison, and the middle-ground options most brands overlook.

Black magnetic box with a foam insert holding a USB drive

Box Styles & Construction · 6 min

Custom box inserts explained: board, foam, pulp and fabric

An insert turns a box into packaging. What each insert material does, which products need which, and how inserts are designed with the box.

Box Styles & Construction · 6 min

Collapsible rigid boxes for high-volume orders

A collapsible rigid box keeps the greyboard weight and the hard edge but ships flat. At volume that changes the freight and storage arithmetic more than any material substitution.

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Box Styles & Construction

4 guides in this topic.

Rigid boxes vs folding cartons: which should your product be in?

Rigid boxes vs folding cartons at 1,000+ units

Custom box inserts explained: board, foam, pulp and fabric

Collapsible rigid boxes for high-volume orders

Terms from this topic.

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Send us your dimensions. We’ll send back a box.