Custom Packaging Supplies Business

 Market Research

The Packaging Services industry has performed well over the past five years with manufacturers looking to outsource non-core activities such as packaging, to reduce costs and remain competitive in the face of rising import penetration. As a result, industry revenue is expected to increase at an annualised 1.0% over the five years through 2017-18, to reach $4.1 billion. While packaging supplies is in itself on the rise, the custom packaging market is booming with the need for more personalised products in various industries.

Whether its boxes, paper cups or retail packaging, the need for pre-designed, printed packaging is a solid performer to a packaging business owner. The growing range of food products manufactured in Australia alone has offered an opportunity for contract packagers to grow, particularly as food manufacturers seek to cut costs by outsourcing non-core operations such as packaging

There were approx 800 people in Australia searching for custom boxes alone per month with approx 2400 people searching for packaging supplies. Worldwide there were almost 27,000 searches for packaging supplies monthly on Google. Please Note: The data shown above is derived solely from the Google search engine and does not consider search data and volume from other search engines.

The Potential

The custom packaging business will become an online suppliers of custom printed packaging products such as boxes and retail packaging. The business owner will be able to supply both consumers and businesses in Australia and various other countries with supplies both pre-branded and with custom branding and packaging. This particular business will be run on a consignment basis from the printers so the owner will not need to physically print the packaging and can even choose to have the products delivered directly to the customer.

How Much Could I Make?

Using the search data above, we take the sale price of a typical custom printed 20cm x 30cm x 30cm box to be $6. Purchasing this directly from our Manufacturer will cost approx $0.80c , giving this product a markup of approx 650%. Profit will be $5.20 / box however a typical custom print order requires a minimum order quantity of at least 50 boxes making each potential sale to be worth approx $260. Hence at 0.3% of the 800 monthly searches for custom boxes, your revenue will be $260 x 24 (Sales) = $6240 / month for boxes alone. ** Minus Advertising Costs.

** Please keep in mind that any potential earnings or income mentioned is general in nature and dependent on a variety of factors. It is to be used strictly as a guide only. *** Profit potential also doesn’t include other forms of advertising that can be employed by the owner such as B2B email mailouts, Facebook & Instagram Marketing, Online support groups and more.

More Information

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