An Ultimate Guide to Poly Mailers Size
You know poly mailers are a versatile, flexible shipping solution, but if you pick the poly mailers size that is too big or too small, you will lose money on shipping, well, what to do is you should pick the suitable size for your product. Here is an ultimate guide to poly mailers sizes and this blog is divided into three part:
- What is poly mailers size?
- Why you should pick a suitable poly mailer size?
- How to calculate the best poly mailer size ideal for your product shipping?
What is poly mailers size?
The poly mailers size include length, width and flap. Generally the flap size is about 4cm-5cm for many size of poly mailers, and the flap is not influence with your product package. So you’d better calculate the poly mailer size(length and width) for your product and then give it to your manufacturer, finally they can give you an accurate quotation.
Why you should pick a suitable poly mailer size?
As I said before, the most important reason why you should pick a suitable poly mailer size is to save money. If you have too small shipping mailers that can’t pack your product, it’s basically useless. And if you’re shipping something that could be easily damaged or bruise in transit like little cosmetics for instance, you need space in there for the padding that can protect your product in transit.
Another really important thing to think about before hitting buy on your mailer order is bundling, what if your customer orders more than one product from your site? so you need a bigger mailer to handle in this case.
How to calculate the best poly mailer size ideal for your product shipping?
1. For products that have their own box-based packaging :
Length: product length (in) + product height (in) + 2″
Width: product width (in) + product height (in) + 1/2″
Or
Length: product length (mm) + product height (mm) + 50mm”
Width: product width (mm) + product height (mm) + 15mm”
For example:
Length:210mm(8.5″) width:150mm(6″) height:40mm(1.6″)
The minimum poly mailer size is:
length: 210+40+50=300mm
width: 150+40+20=210mm
2. For clothes shipping
You can measure the folded clothes’ length, width and height, then calculate the poly mailers size.
Still not sure?
Below is a rough guide as to what products will fit into some popular sizes of poly mailers. Please note, this is a rough guide, not a guarantee.
Small Custom Poly Mailers –7.5 × 10.5″
3-4 pairs of socks (don’t fold them inside out, you’ll stretch the elastic)
2-3 small t-shirts, rolled
1 flat cap or 1-2 winter hats (flatten them enough to avoid wrinkling)
Handmade products like socks
Regular Custom Poly Mailers – 10×13″
1-3 medium t-shirts, folded (3-4 if they’re rolled)
1 pair of pants or shorts
2-3 stacked baseball caps or other winter accessories
Handmade products like scarves and hats
Large Custom Poly Mailers – 14.5×19″
1-2 hoodies, rolled up
5-6 large t-shirts, folded (6-8 rolled)
2-3 pairs of pants or shorts, folded
Handmade products like sweaters or cardigans
Here is one advice for you, if you don’t make sure what size of poly mailer you need, you could get a free sample to try, otherwise you will lose your money.
Once you’re ready to order poly mailers for your product shipping, you can click here to find more info with custom size poly mailers, please contact us to get a free sample.
