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- pauli
Now that I got you in here,
I’d figure I ask you about some really
cheap yet really slick Packaging Solutions.My client would like to change the packaging
of her clothing company every month, which means that I need a way to make 20 − 50 units
at a time — which means the solution must keep
the expenses at an extreme minimum.
- e-pill0
im not sure what your question is.. you said you were going to ask one.. but i dont see a question mark.. ?¿
:P
- e-pill0
what kind of packaging are you talking towards? a hang-tag? or are the garments in a poly-bag or some sort of hardshell packaging?
- pauli0
Or am I kidding myself.
Sorry, for the noobeness, but
this is my first packaging project.
- pauli0
E-pill,
Hardshell, box-type packaging.
- e-pill0
you may want to create an account @ the Die Line..
http://www.thedieline.com/and also ask there, as the feedback there would destroy all feedback from here. .. not saying my comments are less worthy..
- pauli0
Its just packaging is so damn expensive!
And professional printers, don’t want look at
any job below 100 units.
- e-pill0
sorry i cant help you more, i am not a packager.
- pauli0
Please, just don’t tell me to screen-print!
- omg0
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The idea of clothing is that people will wear the while the rest of the contents is just garbage. Why do you want to create more garbage? do you or the company you are representing have any moral responsibility as designers? this is far too excessive and you were looking for cheap. this to me is a greater, unnecessary expense.
- e-pill0
also not sure how the client wants to sell their product as packagine in a box, eats up retail space, so making boxes, just may be too much and also leaves a footprint behind of some waste that need to be recycled.. it might be niche product where it is sold off a website and the items are shipped that way.. but in a retail setting vendors are only allocated a minimal amount of real estate within the stores
so by creating a product that eats up that precious space is something to be very concerned with..the amount of product that sits within a space may be cut back because the package takes up too much space leaving not much for a variety of products.
- e-pill0
what is the retail setting that the product is sold in? what are the competitor brands packaging their products? look towards how your competition spends their money towards how they sell their products at the same retail price. if you can figure out that cost making the end product will only be made easier as you can budget how you spend your budget on.
- pauli0
Yes, its a niche product sold on a website.
- detritus0
Nothing wrong with diong the packaging yourself for short, dynamic runs. You sure as fuck don't need to outsource to Asia at that level!
Check Amazon for Packaging template books (like those from Pepin Press) get comfortable with the process, get in with a printer locally and get handfuls printed out in short runs on thickish paper or card stock.
If you're comfortable powering through 50-100 cuts, you'll end up finding they don't take all that long to cut'n'fold.
Just dive in - there's nothing to be afraid of...
...biggest question to answer, imho, is the unit cost.
Everything beyond that is detail.
- omg0
who even wears and buys clothes in a box? i understand that you want to make it seem fancy. but what kinda fancy clothes are you going to get in a box? who even insisted on the idea to put clothes in a box?
- dude, Im just making the best out of the situation. Im right there with ya, but in this economy no one’s complaining.pauli
- i don't even think its the best of the situation, and not even appropriate for this economyomg
- all your doing is telling this economy's consumer that it's okay to waste money and resources.omg
- pauli0
HOW THICK, does the paper need to be — because I think
this is where the rubber meets the road. Not too many
printers will print “Short (run) & Thick (stock)”.
- e-pill0
what kind of clothing is it?