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Reducing shipping expenses for your e-commerce business is an excellent method to boost profits. Small firms, in particular, can benefit significantly from reducing shipping costs. Less expensive shipping increases profits, especially if a free shipment is offered. Customers are more likely to finish a purchase if you charge reduced shipping charges. So, what steps can you take to minimize your shipping costs? Does it seem like it might be possible to get a lower delivery rate? Here are 7 tips for saving your shipping costs: Reduce Package Weight You can't reduce product weight, but you can reduce packing and infill. • Always use a bag instead of a box. Translucent or plastic shopping bags are safe for most apparel. • The thickness of flexible cardboard boxes varies. Use the lightest packaging possible to protect your goods. • Divide the box by product. Ship in a box no bigger than the order's contents. This minimizes the quantity of infill required. • Reduce the infill...

As the sourcing manager, wholesaler or distributor, you have a lot of tasks to fulfill and plans to execute, yet with very limited time for work them all out.  It can be so tiresome if you want to order custom plastic bags to meet your unique packaging needs, especially when you are looking for a relatively small starting quantity. Most suppliers and manufacturers will require a minimum ordering quantity. The main reason are that  most manufacturers require a minimum ordering quantity as the production line need a standard cost to trigger and secondly, distributor will usually order from overseas and it will cost a lot more if a certain shipping weight does not meet. Between high costs, long lead time and minimum order quantity request, it can definitely be nerve-wracking to find the right supplier. Luckily, there are companies out there like us that are willing to work with your special need. Below you can see what to expect when searching for the right supplier of pla...

If you want to order your own custom sized, custom printed poly bag or plastic bag. You need to let your supplier, ie, us to know the following info: What do you need your bag for? Let us know what the bag has to serve your purpose. Is it for packaging merchandise f or shipment? Is it used for packaging goods customer purchased in your store? Quantity to order Quantity is crucial as it will affect the unit cost. The more you order, the cheaper the cost per bag. Custom Printed Graphics How many side and color you need to printed onto the bag? The more color and side to be printed implying the higher the cost. Thickness (Resistance and Appearance Factors) The thicker the bag, the strong the bag can hold for. And the bag, if it is made thicker, it will have a better touch and feel. Yet, again, if the bag is made thicker, it will use more raw materials, More material used will mean on one hand, you need to pay for more on the bag production cost, and on the other hand, a higher shipmen...

Are your packaging fees very high that it has a high % on your overall sales?  There are many different ways to easily minimize it and here below are a few points you can follow: 1. Changing the Material Used If you’re using a costly and heavy material like cardboard, paper, or non-woven — making the switch to other less costly material like poly bags could save your money. 2. Switching to Using Poly Bags Poly bags are much lighter than other packaging materials, but with a lot more durable than others. You can use a much thinner and lighter poly bag to carry the same weight of merchandise with paper or non-woven bag. Needless to say that the cost of the poly bag that can hold the same weight and provide the same capacity is indeed a lot cheaper than all other material you can find in the market. Concerning the environmentally-friendly and sustainability issues, you can refer to this article . 3. Bulk Ordering or at least over the supplier's MOQ You can save your bag per unit cost ...

One of your primary responsibilities as a business owner is to promote your company in every possible way. Having your brand printed on plastic bags is a fantastic, easy and cost-effective way to promote your business name and products. It's a tremendous marketing strategy that will get your brand easily and well recognized if you can deliver your consumers home with your goods in personalized plastic bags or obtaining personalized bags to give out at trade fairs or promotional occasions. Why Are Printed Bags Important? People purchase from brands they know and trust. To put it straight and simply, businesses are founded on reputations. The more your custom can trust on your business name, brand and product, the more the business you can gain on both the total sales volume and profit margin. This can be proven easily by seeing why those big names and well-known brands in the world are so successful.  If you are trying to stretch the budget in a costly one-off item like perfume or b...

Have you ever seen a plastic bag hanging on the doorknob of your hotel room? This type of bag is featured with round punch hole. It may not be very commonly seen nowadays in current year. In the past, the hotel staff will place stuffs like newspaper into the bag. But it can't be a very usual way for that as most people will not read newspaper copy physical and we get news from our smart phone or computer. Anyway, it is worth putting a picture below to show this kind of bag as it may become an type of "extinct species" among other poly bag or plastic bag. If you want to see more types of plastic bag, you are welcome to visit: www.eplasticbag.com.

Plastic bags are not very usually made with draw cord, draw string. It is mostly because of its high cost in making this type of poly bag. The draw cord or draw string part will require to have human power to inert the cord or string manually one by one. This is the main reason of its higher cost in production. But on the other hand, the draw cord and draw string style does give the bag a unique look and feel. Many big brands and names choose to have their merchandise shopping bag made with draw string and draw cord. If you are considering making this style of bag, you can contact us for a relatively low starting MOQ of 3,000 pieces for the initial order. Email us at sales@eplasticbag.com  with your need and we will reply you shortly.

1. Plate Charge / Set-up Fee For each printed color on each side of the plastic bag, we will need one metal plate. The more color incurred, the more printing plate will be needed. The cost of printing plate on average is around US$100.00 per plate. However, if the printing coverage is larger, a higher fee will be charged. 2. Film Material Cost The film material cost is simply that if a customer needs a bigger and thicker bag, then we will need more material. In a nutshell, the bigger and thicker the bag, the more material is needed and thus, a higher cost. 3. Printing Cost Similar to the film material, we will need more ink and printing procedure if we have more color to be printed onto the bag. The more color and bigger the graphics to be printed on each side, the more ink and procedure will be undertaken. If you want to create your own branded, custom printed bag, feel free to contact us at sales@ePlasticBag.com .

There are various kinds of zipper bag and ziplock bag. They are all made with poly or plastic material.  They are all good for keep items steadfast, secure and tightly so it can be kept fresh or for a long period of time. If you are looking for a poly zipper bag, plastic zipper bag, poly ziplock bag, plastic ziplock bag, OPP zipper bag, OPP ziplock bag, you can contact us at sales@eplasticbag.com or visit our website at http://www.eplasticbag.com or submit your request at http://www.eplasticbag.com/contact .

 This is a "Silver Hot Stamped Die Cut Shopping Bag with Fold-Over Handle". The shopping bag is with a standard die cut handle punch hole but it has a feature of fold-over layer.  The fold-over layer is made simply by making the length of the bag longer and then fold the excess length over back to the inner of the bag. The extra length, as being folded back, creating a double layers of poly sheet in the punch hole handle area. This, thus, gives extra strength and resistance to that part of the bag when the bag can hold heavier item(s). This is a way to make the bag with stronger resistance and holding weight at a cheaper way. Simply put, instead of making the whole bag thicker which cost more material and shipping fee, customer choose to make only the handle punch hole part thicker with double layer. If you would like to know more about this kind of bag or way to make your own custom printed poly shopping bag, you are welcome to visit our website www.eplasticbag.com , or cont...

Below is a Double Walls Cotton Loop Plastic Beach Bag. The bag has two layers of poly and hence that is why it is called "double wall". The poly layer underneath is printed with the colorful graphics while the outer layer act as a protection layer and wall. The outer layer of poly is made with clear and transparent material so that it can be seen through. All the graphics on the inner underneath layer of poly is well protected and well seen. Anyone who is interested to make the same or similar double walls, double layers of poly bag and poly beach bag is welcome to contact us here or email us at sales@eplasticbag.com .

This is a Beverage Cup Carrier Poly Bag and Drinks Takeaway Bag. It can hold two cup of drinks.  The middle part of the poly bag is sealed so that it create two compartments for holding drinks and beverage containers, It has a punch hole handle for easy grabbing. It is made with transparent material and printed with colorful logo and graphics. If you are interested in making your own shop's Beverage Cup Carrier Poly Bag and Drinks Takeaway Bag, please feel free to contact us at sales@eplasticbag.com .

This is a style of plastic bag usually not very commonly made and ordered. This is a few of Assorted Shoulder Tote and Backpack Style Poly Bags. This back pack style of poly bag will have two strings on the two sides of the bag. It function like a backpack only that it is made of poly or plastic material. This kind of bag is good for using as a promotional item in a few ways: - Usually it is well designed and made relatively durable and so your target audience will keep it for recurring use; - The bag is usually made with large size so that you can put your promotional merchandise inside easily; - As the bag is made to be used times and again, it can promote your brands and/or products for a lasting period of time. If you are looking for a promotional items or want to have a bag to put your products inside, a Backpack style of poly bag and plastic bag could be your very first choice. Contact us at sales@eplasticbag.com or visit our website http://www.eplasticbag.com for more details...

This is a very High Quality Black and Gold Two Colors Restaurant Takeaway Plastic Bag. This bag is made with black color background, ie, its base material color is Black. The printing graphics color on the bag is gold. From the pictures below it can be seen that the bag is made with a bottom gusset along with cardboard bottom inserted. This bottom and side gussets give a larger room and space for putting more things inside the bag. If you are looking for a custom printed, custom sized Restaurant Takeaway Bag in high quality and low ordering quantity (low MOQ), please feel free to contact us at https://www.ePlasticBag.com/contact or email us at sales@eplasticbag.com . 

The below images are Die Cut Plastic Shopping Bag and Die Cut Punch Hole Poly Bag. This kind of bag is good for retailer who cater physical merchandise. This bag is with black color background with white graphics printed. The bottom of the bag is tightly heat-sealed. The oval-shape punch hole is good for customer in grabbing the bag. The bag is made with HDPE and it is very durable and resistant to tear and weight. If you are thinking of making your own custom printed, custom graphics printed die cut plastic shopping bag and d-cut punch hole poly shopping bag for a small MOQ to start with, please feel free to contact us at www.eplasticbag.com/contact or email sales@eplasticbag.com .

Winston Soft Loop Handle Shopping Bag, Winston Poly Soft Loop Handle Shopping Bag, Winston Plastic Soft Loop Handle Shopping Bag, Winston PO Soft Loop Handle Shopping Bag, Winston HDPE Soft Loop Handle Shopping Bag If you are interested in making your own shopping bag, please feel free to contact us at: www.ePlasticbag.com sales@eplasticbag.com

If you want to make your own custom sized, custom graphics printed and branded bag, no matter it is a shopping bag, packaging bag, mailing bag or others, what you need to think of are simply the following: 1. What is the size of your requested bag? What item(s) will be put into the bag? How large is it? How many items will be put into the bag on average? Do you need to make different sized bags, say, S, M, L, XL sizes? 2. What is the thickness of the bag? It will be the same question to ask: What item(s) will be put into the bag? How heavy is it? How many items will be put into the bag on average? Actually, the basic rule of thumb is that the larger the bag, usually the thicker the bag will be (assuming larger and/or more items will be put into the bag). 3. What will be the custom printing? How many colours will be printed? How many size will be printed? Usually the answer will be very much within the three choices: - One side printing; - Two sides printing (same grap...

If you want to make your own custom sized, custom designed and custom printed poly bag, you will need to be aware of the printing plate set-up cost. This fee, in most case, is a one-time, one-off cost that as a buyer, you will only need to pay it at the very first time of your order. Then when you are going for the second, third and on-going repeated order, you will not be asked to pay for it again by the factory as long as the design of the bag and packaging remains the same. Here below we will tell you about some facts about the printing plate. 1. Graphic Printing of a Plastic Bag or Poly Bag is made by using Copper / Metal Printing Plate. 2. The Printing Plate is a Cylinder Shape Solid Metal like below picture on the left. 3. Copper / Metal printing plate is the best option to have your graphics printed onto the bag. 4. The printing graphics is etched or engraved onto the plate. 5. Some company may provide only rubber plate in order to save cost but in doing this, will sacri...