While ebooks and audiobooks have never been more popular, printed books remain a major force in modern literature. In fact, 767.36 million printed books were sold in 2023 in the United States alone. Despite what many might think, print media is not going away anytime soon.

Unfortunately, printed books aren’t terribly durable. Paper is thin and fragile and books are liable to bend and tear. However, you are still more than capable of shipping your favorite books without worrying about damaging them. In this literate article, we will cover how to ship a book and what to expect when you ship.

Choose Your Packaging

Your choice of packaging depends on what exactly you’re shipping.

If you’re shipping around 1-4 books, you’re likely better off using a mailing envelope. Boxes come in a set size and if you’re not using

Choosing the right-sized box for your goods can feel like the story of Goldilocks: this box is too big, this box is too small, this box is too long, and so on. But choosing the box that’s just right helps to ensure that your goods are adequately protected throughout shipping, handling, and storage.

You may consider this a fairly simple matter since you only need a box that’s about the size of the item you’re shipping. Yes and no. While you’re not wrong, boxes come in so many different sizes, shapes, and types these days that it can sometimes feel confusing figuring out which one’s the right one for you. This article is here to provide some clarity on choosing the right size box for your goods so that you can ship with confidence.

How Big is Your Item?

This one’s the most obvious, and perhaps the most important. As a rule of thumb, you want to choose packaging that’s slightly larger than the dimensions of your items so that it fits

Vinyl is back. In fact, as of 2022, vinyl record sales have eclipsed CD sales for the first time in 35 years. In the increasingly streaming-dominated age, physical records have their steadfast appeal with their warm sound and guarantee that they won’t be taken away on a whim.

However, vinyl records are quite fragile. The material is thin, brittle, and can warp when exposed to high heat and pressure. If you plan to send any records in the mail, you need to ensure that they are well-protected against anything that shipping and handling might throw at them. In this blog, we’ll drop the needle on how to mail vinyl records safely and securely.

1. Remove the Record and Clean It

Before you pack your vinyl, you first want to make sure that it’s in good condition. Gently remove the record from its outer jacket, then from its inner sleeve.

When you hear the word “packaging”, what image comes to mind? More likely than not, it’s a corrugated cardboard box. A corrugated shipping carton is as standard as packaging supplies get, available in a wide variety of sizes and styles to serve a wide range of needs. Of course, in order to properly protect the items you’ve placed inside of them, these cartons need to be properly sealed with durable packing tape.

So you just need to put some tape on the box and you’re all set, right? Yes and no. Tape is an absolute necessity in shipping, but you also need to make sure that you’re applying it right. In this article, we will go over the types of tapes to use and, of course, how to tape a box in the first place so you can prevent product damage, delayed operations, and unhappy customers.

What Tape is Best for Sealing Cartons?

Not all tapes are up to the task. For instance, save your masking tape for the next painting job since it doesn’t

The United States jewelry market is estimated to be worth approximately $60.42 billion. While visiting a brick-and-mortar jewelry store is the common course of action, more and more yearly sales are attributable to online transactions. No matter if you run a jewelry store, you’re an Etsy entrepreneur, or you’re simply gifting some jewelry to a special someone, you need to make sure that your jewelry is safe and secure throughout the entire shipping process. You not only need to prevent your goods from getting damaged, but you also need to conceal these high-value items from potential thieves and vandals. In this article, we will go over 8 steps for how to ship your jewelry safely.

1. Clean the Jewelry

Your parents always said to clean up for appearances and it turns out they were right. Therefore, pick yourself

It’s common knowledge that shipping expenses increase when you ship heavy items. But then one day you ship a massive package that only weighs around 10 pounds, yet you’re still hit with substantial shipping costs. Why does it cost so much to ship something so lightweight? It’s because the shipping companies are charging you based on your package’s dimensional weight.

Also known as DIM weight or volumetric weight, this measurement has less to do with the weight of your shipment and more with how much space your shipment takes up. Delivery trucks and shipping containers only have so much space inside and companies are determined to make the most of every cubic inch of it. In this article, we will go over what dimensional weight is, how to calculate it, and a few smart tactics for reducing your DIM weight expenses.

What is Dimensional Weight?

DIM weight is, essentially, the calculation of a package’s hypothetical weight. This hypothetical