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I need a better way of storing shipping boxes. The current system is stacking them, broken down, on a shelf in my storage room. It’s not a very efficient use of the space, plus it never fails that the perfect box is on the bottom of the stack, so all the other boxes get messed up. I am forever tidying up this space and cursing it.
Anyone want to share a picture of their shipping box storage setup? I need some ideas on how to make this mess better!
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USPS boxes are already flat so those get stacked/ leaned.
Amazon boxes or “Free” boxes I do not break down b/c I have a hard time remembering what size they are! It is a total space eater. I just need to break them down.
Padded Flat rates and other flats are stored on a shelf. My stuffings are stored in two large boxes I can easily dip into and then dump bits of stuffings in and out of .
You can buy boxes at wal-mart, storage unit stores, home depot, costco, and the like. If you have limited space or a lack of free box influx, just buy a few as needed and do not box hoard. -
Some of you may know that I’ve been away overseas for a few weeks. Came home to a brand new packing area. My man is DA BOMB! Check out his awesomeness! (why, yes, I’m bragging! :D)
He built custom storage shelves for the boxes. Packing table with peg board to hold packing supplies, power supply for the scale and phone, measuring tape glued to the back of the table for easy measuring, also a yard stick for items that can’t be positioned on the table, and bags, polymailers, and paper/tissue above and below in totes. The totes don’t really show up in the photos, they’re underneath the packing table. Also can use this for listing, with the shelves to the side loaded with stock waiting for attention.
Stoked, I tell you. I’m just thrilled to the max!
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Great job! We’re just doing this today with our packing area – still trying to figure out where to put the bigger boxes. I’ll also share photos after the weekend of our packing and storage area revamp.
I’m going to steal and improve on one of your husband’s ideas (if I can figure it out) – I’m going to try and mount a T-square and a ruler to measure boxes quickly. Thought is to mount the T-square on the wall (like your measuring tape but also going up) and have a ruler coming out on the table to get all 3 dimensions.
For common boxes, I’m trying to give them each a name and pre-measure them, so I just need to have a weight when I pack and ship and keep a list of dimensions by the computer.
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Very impressive.
My area is a disaster. Sell a lot of larger items and have to custom make boxes, either resizing or chopping up huge sheets. So I have a cutting mat on the floor and – what a mess.
Hey, just being honest!
If I could only get a peanut Dispenser ( so jealous!!!) -
For those who don’t have room for large packing peanuts bags, I recommend 3M Scotch Packing Styrofoam Noodles (static free!). They are packed in like tetris and they sort of “explode” when you open the bag a bit by tumbling out (3X size). You can stack them up high and it saves so much room over a big “bag” of something. Great for small breakables, IMO.
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Inglewood – I like your steal hack. I think I’m going to try to add a vertical measurement for the height. It’s easy to spin the box to get the two horizontal measurements, but I often fight with odd-shaped packages for height. If I have a vertical line, I can just put a ruler across the top of the package and read off.
I love collaboration! 😀
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Collaboration is great – I’m going back to having just the square on the wall and I’m going to spin the box as you suggest. I had a ruler on the table for the other measurement, but it keeps getting in the way (even though it is as flat of a ruler as you can get).
I’m using a square that has stamped numbers/lines on it and I’m going to use a black market on it to make it easier to read, or see if I can scavenge one with easier to read measurements. Challenge I have is that I need to do my measurements in centimeters and even in Canada it is hard to find metric squares.
Still playing with my setup – once I have it tweaked (and the area clean – had a good sales week so far of oddball items) I’ll provide the promised photos of my setup.
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As I’d never heard of packing noodles before, per bcfol440’s suggestion, I googled them. They do look like fun! And not badly priced either. Thanks for the suggestion!
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I have a metal yard stick cut down to 20 inches hanging on the side of my shipping table. I also have a pencil and a paring knife within reach at all times. I use the metal yard stick and the knife for resizing and scoring boxes. The key is to have all necessary items within arms reach.
I really miss my shipping station. I recently moved and haven’t had the chance to set up my new shipping station yet.
My garage is an open canvas, but I’ve got to get all the tools and work benches cleared out, before I can start building shelves. It will be fun to start from scratch and build it out.
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