The packaging of shipments is extremely important. If you have ever bought an
apple product then you know what good packaging looks like. Apple product
packaging makes you feel like the packaging is a gift in and of itself. We want to be
doing the same thing with our packages.
Why this is important:


For someone ordering a package for themselves:
o Want them to feel very special by the packaging.
o Want them to feel that they are unwrapping a present to themselves
(which it is)
o Want them to be so impressed with the packaging that they instantly
think of people they want to send our products to as gifts
For someone receiving it as a gift:
o We want them to really be receiving two gifts.
 1st – The package and presentation itself should be a gift
because it is so impressive
 2nd – The products
o When people receive one of our packages as a gift we want them to be
so impressed that they want to give it away as a gift to someone else…
They want to share the wonderful Pure Mountain experience that they
had.
Deciding what box to use:





Whether or not to use a flat rate box depends on how much it costs.
If the shipment is going somewhere in the northeast it is likely that it is going
to be cheaper to use a bottle box (and not a flat rate).
How to figure it out:
o Get the bottles together
o Weight them with a box and with the pieces of cardboard
o Enter the weight and address in stamps.com app
Note:
o When shipping on stamps, sometimes it is cheaper to ship priority
and sometimes it’s cheaper to ship standard mail. Always check both
If the shipment is two bottles and a couple salts then we need to use the cut
down white box unless it is cheaper to ship flat rate
Materials Needed:






Flat rate box or
Bottle box (the white box that the bottles come in)
Bottle box cut down to be made smaller
o For shipments of 1-2 bottles we need to cut down the white boxes
Packing slip (printed from big commerce)
Recipes for each product
“packing slip thank you








“checkout insert”
rack flyer
Gift card if requested (template in shipping folder)
Tissue paper
o 1 piece for each bottle and two other pieces for the box (see below)
4 fragile stickers
1- 4 piece cardboard for each bottle
twine/raffia bow
o 34 inches for each bottle
bubble wrap
Instructions for packaging box:














Print out the packaging slip
Get the products together
Wrap each bottle in tissue paper closed at both ends (not like we do when
people are buying in store leaving one end open)
Wrap the bottle and tissue paper in a 4 piece cardboard
o (salts and spouts should also be wrapped in tissue paper)
Wrap the cardboard with 34 inch twine/raffia bow tying it on the opposite
side as the opening
Put two pieces of bubble wrap on the bottom of the package
Take a piece of bubble wrap and fold it in half (see picture below)
Put tissue paper under the folded bubble wrap and put on sides of box
Insert all the bottles with the ribbon up
put all the printed material on top of the bottles
fold the bubble wrap and tissue paper over the bottles and paper
tape the box shut
print out the packaging slip and tape it to top of box
put fragile stickers on side of box and put one half on top and half on one side
Instructions for cutting down white box:





cut off the flaps
take one flap and cut the sides of box down the length of the flap
use the discarded flaps to fold over the new flaps. Place inside the box and
then fold downward
now use the box like you normally would
If it comes out really messy then throw it out and start over!