Typically, small brands have two bad choices. Buy thousands of boxes in order to meet a minimum order requirement by the supplier and then bind up cash in inventory that might be re-designed a quarter later. Purchase stock boxes, label them and pretend to be just like everyone else. Between the two are the low MOQ custom gift boxes with your logo printed on the board. You order the number you think you will have to sell, observe how people react and then reorder if the design is successful.

What are custom gift boxes with a low MOQ?

Custom logo gift packaging is fabricated to the dimensions of your product and your logo and branding is placed right on the board. MOQ is the minimum order quantity and in case of low MOQ, the supplier will run a smaller batch instead of taking a big one. Generally, custom logo gift packaging is a folding carton or a rigid box at low volume. On a small run, the costs of complex builds are greater, and these costs can be a detriment.

Benefits for businesses

Maintaining a low minimum means that you're holding onto your money to purchase the product and market it, rather than it being tied up in bulk custom gift boxes stock.

• This little first run lets you see which design your customers like before you go ahead and invest in bulk custom gift boxes.

• A gift's intentionality is evident from your logo and colors on the box making it stand out against the unbranded competition.

• There's no need to deal in plastic or foam anymore, a small run can be recycled.

• A supplier who provides written lead times allows you to plan for a high demand season, as a reorder will not be late.

Features & specifications

• Premium sets are made from kraft, SBS cardstock or rigid greyboard material.

• GSM: 300 to 400 GSM (for folding cartons), 1000 to 2000 GSM (for greyboard, rigid boxes).

• Printing: digital (short run), offset (large run), and both CMYK and Pantone matched.

• Sizes: Stock sizes, to ensure competitive pricing, Custom sizes, to address your product.

• Finishes: matte, gloss, soft-touch, embossing or foil, each of which has a small run cost.

• Most of the standard styles are available in no minimum quantity basis, unit price decreases with the increase of quantity.

How low MOQ pricing works?

A small run will be more expensive per custom box, since the setup is the same for 100 or 10,000 boxes! Digital printing tightens the margins by eliminating the need for plates, making it a good option for short runs. To help reduce the cost per unit, select a stock size, let's say six, and then use a limited number of colors and hold off on the expensive finishes until reordering. Request a variety of quotes from different quantities, and observe at what point the price per box begins to drop. Next, determine what you can sell in a season, not how much you can buy at the lowest price.

How to choose the right gift box manufacturer

Request a physical sample before authorizing a run, verify whether the quote includes set up, plates and freight. Hidden fees are the worst when orders are small. The most frequent error is ordering a higher grade finish for the initial order, then realizing that design needs to be changed. The latter is taking a "fast shipping" lead time as a substitute for your written shipping lead time for fast turnaround gift packaging your order size. Request production time and shipping time, and determine if the supplier produces or brokers.

FAQs

Q: What is the lowest order that I can place? 

A: Most normal styles don't have a minimum. When taking a quote, check the amount and price of your selected style.

Q: When will I have my boxes back? 

A:Lead time varies depending on the style, quantity and finish. Ask production and delivery dates in writing prior to ordering.

Are you always prepared to only sell what you order

Don't hesitate to ask for a custom printed box manufacturer quote and also obtain a free mockup of the design with the itemized pricing for multiple quantities, to decide on which quantity best fits your order.

Call: 713-978-0088 or send us an email: sales@customboxesmanufacturer.com to place an order.