E-commerce packaging · MOQ 300 pcs
Corrugated mailers, subscription boxes and RSC shipping boxes, printed inside and out, supplied flat and sized to the centimetre so you stop paying to ship air. Order from 300 pcs. This is a volume line with a moderate margin — it works when the box carries your brand and is right-sized to the product.
Range
Mailers and RSC boxes are the cheapest structures we make and the ones customers reorder most often. We would rather tell you where the unit price stops being the point — it is usually the moment the box carries your own artwork inside.
A self-locking or tear-strip box, printed inside and out, supplied flat. It is the highest-repurchase line we make: e-commerce brands reorder it every few weeks, so we hold their specification stable between runs.
A litho-laminated box for brands that treat the packaging as part of the product. Full-colour inside printing, a printed insert card and a size that matches the item — the three things that make a customer photograph the box.
The same corrugated mailer with a perforated strip cut into the die, so the box opens in a single pull and cannot be closed again invisibly. Marketplaces and returns-heavy categories ask for it, and it needs its own die — which is why it starts at 300 pcs.
The cheapest structure in this range and the least glamorous: a regular slotted container right-sized to your product and your pallet, because empty volume is a dimensional-weight charge on every parcel. Quoted on size and flute, with FBA and 3PL labelling as its own line.
A cardstock carton with no flute in it — straight tuck, sleeve or tray and lid, with window and hang-tab options. It is a shelf structure rather than a shipping one, and the most price-compressed category we make, so it is worth buying as part of a wider packaging programme.
Board choice
E-flute is the thinner profile. It folds cleanly, takes print with a smoother surface and keeps the parcel light, which is why printed mailers and subscription boxes are almost always built on it.
B-flute is the heavier profile, used where the box itself has to survive a sorting belt with very little inside it — shipping boxes, multi-item orders, anything that gets stacked. It costs more per box and takes more container volume, so we recommend it where the product needs it rather than by default.
Opening
A self-locking tuck box closes without tape and opens without a knife. It is the cheaper option and the better one for anything a customer opens on a table rather than on a doorstep — a subscription box, a gift, a repeat order.
A tear strip gives you a tamper-evident opening: the strip comes away in one pull and the box cannot be closed again invisibly. Marketplaces and returns-heavy categories usually ask for it. It needs a dedicated die, which is why the tear-strip mailer starts at 300 pcs rather than 200.
Shipping
An RSC — a regular slotted container — is the cheapest box in this range and the least glamorous: it is the box that gets your order to a fulfilment centre intact. We right-size it to your product and your pallet, because a box that is 2cm too tall across 5,000 units is a dimensional-weight charge every month.
Right-sizing is where the saving sits. Carriers bill dimensional weight, so removing empty volume is usually worth more than a few cents negotiated off the unit price, and because mailers ship and store flat the inbound freight volume is a fraction of what assembled boxes would cost you.
The honest position
We would rather say that at the top of the page than imply a mailer carries the margin of a rigid gift box. It does not. What it does carry is repurchase frequency and freight efficiency, and those are worth planning around.
Cost drivers
If two quotes for the same size mailer come back 30% apart, it is nearly always one of these seven variables. Ask for them as separate lines and you can decide where the money goes.
| Cost driver | Effect on unit price | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Quantity | Largest single driver | The mailer ladder falls from $0.95 – 1.45 at 300 pcs to $0.22 – 0.35 at 5,000+. |
| Flute grade | Moderate increase | B-flute board costs more and takes more container volume than E-flute. |
| Print method | Moderate to large | One or two colours of flexo is the cheapest route; litho lamination costs more and lifts the MOQ to 1,000 pcs. |
| Print coverage and sides | Rises with area | Inside printing is a separate pass, so it is priced on coverage rather than on colour count. |
| Tear strip | Small increase | It needs a dedicated die, which is why the tear-strip mailer starts at 300 pcs. |
| Number of size SKUs | Hidden driver | More sizes means the same order is split across more die lines, pushing every one of them down the volume ladder. |
| Packing and freight | Landed-cost driver | Flat-packed supply, palletisation and the Incoterm move the landed number further than a cent of unit price. |
Pricing
The ranges below show what each specification lands in at each quantity tier. Your quote will be itemised against your own size, board or fabric, finishes and insert.
| Structure | Quantity | Indicative ex-works | Assumed specification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrugated mailer box | 300 pcs | $0.95 – 1.45 @300 pcs | 22×16×8cm, E-flute, printed both sides with a tear strip — the minimum tier |
| Corrugated mailer box | 500 pcs | $0.65 – 0.98 @500 pcs | Same specification, one step down the ladder |
| Corrugated mailer box | 1,000 pcs | $0.42 – 0.68 @1,000 pcs | The tier most e-commerce brands place their first order at |
| Corrugated mailer box | 3,000+ pcs | $0.30 – 0.48 @3,000 pcs | Consolidated production run; specification held for reorders |
| Corrugated mailer box | 5,000+ pcs | $0.22 – 0.35 @5,000 pcs | Lowest unit cost at scale, flat-packed for sea freight |
| Cross-source check | 500 – 4,999 pcs | $0.74 – 0.86 /pc | Published factory listings for a comparable printed mailer, consistent with the tiers above |
| RSC shipping box | 1,000+ pcs | Quoted on size and flute | Right-sized to your product and pallet — usually the cheapest way to cut dimensional weight |
| Folding carton / retail carton | 500 pcs | $0.05 – 0.65 @500 pcs | Cardstock with no flute: the least expensive structure per unit, and the most price-compressed category we quote — the same band is published on the homepage and in the cost guide |
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