well I like the inside and outside of my packages to look pretty . I sell cards and they have a cellophane cover . I include receipt and a hand written note and a business card which is folded together with a sticker. I dont use tissue paper as need to watch my weight for posting. I use a padded envelope for protection and add a pretty sticker to the posting label and also use washi tape on outside of envelope
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Me too 
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Yep I thought it was just me!!
Im hoping the postmen enjoy our pretty packages!
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Just reading everyone’s ways of packing and some sound rather amazing and elaborate.
How do you cost these in? do you add the rough cost of the postage items onto the postage the buyer pays for?
I feel like if I did that my postage would look too high. I just absorb the cost of the materials I use for postage: tissue paper, art tubes etc. In fact- I’m not sure how much the packaging materials cost me for each individual item posted to be honest. I just buy in what I need and keep everything there and available for when I need it.
Just wondering how other people cost these things in.
The organza bag suggestion reminded me of a local purchase of jewellery; the necklace was popped in an organza bag with a matching ribbon and then in a cardboard box and it was so lovely that I kept the little bag to store my necklace. This kind of packaging raises the value of your jewellery tenfold in the mind of the purchaser.
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I too am a selotape addict as I am convinced labels will suddenly become unsticky halfway to their destination and peel off haha! Don’t forget if you use Paypal postage don’t selotape over the bar code bit as it will hold the parcel up.
There are some of my items, like gloves and hairbands, that will just about pack flat enough to go as Large Letter if I use a poly bag rather than jiffy. You know what - it looks tatty! It looks like I don’t care, rather than I’m trying to do the customer a favour.
I used to stress about how to get postage costs down, assuming that was a buying factor. I recently sold some surplus yarns on ebay, and gave the buyers the option of 1st or 2nd class postage in case cost was an issue - every single one selected 1st class.
For our beautiful hand-made items presentation is even more important. So those gloves are going to be placed one on top of the other, wrapped in tissue and tied with a ribbon, just like my larger items. If it costs an extra few pence to make the customer go “oooh” when they open the parcel that’s money well spent.
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I believe you can buy cardboard boxes for posting that are slim enough to go large letter, would they be suitable for your gloves and hairbands?
Thanks Diane, but probably not due to the chunkiness of the wool and the flower decorations. But I’m looking out for nice sturdy gift boxes (not the ones as thin as a cereal box!) for all my items for next Christmas. Made in the UK for preference.
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hi - the boxes you get flatpacked that you assemble are of good quality and may be suitable for you. there are loads of different sizes and the card is not thin.
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I’ve been trying to improve on my Packaging recently-
This is the template for how prints will now be packaged- the little postcard print is simply a thank you for a returning customer who always buys multiple items.
Jewellery comes in stripey bags instead of tissue paper.
The prints are already card backed to avoid bending and are in cellophane bags for cleanliness (these are now factored into the price of the print).
Jewellery is also in cellophane but I add backing board to bag for protection.
Im probably a bit silly and don’t factor in these little bits into the postage costs.
However- I shop for the cheapest possible cellophane bags and paper bags/tissue and most of the card is off cuts. I think my packaging probably comes to 40p or something at most.
My most expensive recent addition is that twine- but once that runs out Ill use some nice wool- as I have plenty of unused wool that I inherited.
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