Head-to-head · Packaging
Poly Mailers vs Boxes
Item weight, fragility and shape
Poly mailers
Soft plastic mailers. You need the length and width to size one (Pirate Ship).
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Boxes
Rigid. You need the length, width and height (Pirate Ship), and the same three numbers feed dimensional weight.
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The call
Choose by what you ship: soft, unbreakable goods suit a mailer; fragile or rigid goods suit a box. Dimensional weight is a formula, length × width × height ÷ a divisor the carrier sets and changes, so read the carrier's current divisor rather than trusting a number on a blog. We print none.
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