Monday, October 26, 2009

What Makes Packaging Effective?

By Dylan McThomas

The packaging industry is huge and has been for many years, and as more companies veer towards online sales, the demand for good packaging companies is only going to increase. Also, over the next few years there will be huge emphasis laid on making the packaging industry greener.

Whether you are a manufacturer of a very large product or a very small one; whether you are a reseller or an affiliate, what you cant discount is the power of good packaging materials, as that is what creates the first impression in the eyes of the customer. You will remember dozens of your personal experiences where you bought a product just based on the packaging! Too many times, excellent products fail to make the cut because they use sub-standard packaging material.

If you have a company that organises your branding and the way your product appears to its target market, then they will probably make recommendations about packaging as well, otherwise you may well have just decided what to do about your packaging on a whim or because someone else recommended it to you, and the chances are that there will be something out there that is far better suited to your product. Making changes to packaging materials is on the whole an easier process nowadays because most companies have third party vendors who do all of their packaging for them and so any changes can usually be arranged with a simple phone call.

Most products these days have packaging that has been designed specifically for that product by including the branding of that product on the packaging as well as adding multiple layers of packaging for delicate products such as electronics in which there has been a massive boom in sales and so protection packaging like bubble wrap is being used more and more. Also with the environmental issues that face the world it is important to use packaging that is friendly to the environment as packaging is considered to be one of the worst culprits of environmental damage.

Make sure you consider all these factors before choosing your packaging materials.

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