How to pack

[pats_treasures]

I have recently posted a small item of jewellery in a padded bag.It arrived safely as a letter Postage was $2.I don't sell much jewellery so can someone more experienced  tell me the best way to package and post at the same cost so that the item is not damaged.

I thank you all in advance for your interest and information.Much appreciated.Regards, Patricia.

[clarry100 · Accepted solution]

Whilst the dimensions of the envelope are a factor, the most important dimension is the thickness of the item when ready to mail.

No more than 5mm thick you can put a single stamp on it. This is a small letter rate.

But I suspect that your items will not get under 5mm thick with the padding required.

More than 5mm but less than 20mm thick and you need to put 2 or more stamps depending on the final weight. This is a large letter rate.

If its not more than 125 grams total weight then 2 stamps.

So I would suggest as much protective packaging as will still allow you to get under that magical 20mm thickness.

One of the items we sell are diamante embellishments in packs of 10x or more.

These are quite flat (no more than 2mm thick) but quite fragile. Not unlike jewellery I guess.

We tape them in between two pieces of thin stiff cardboard such as you might find on the back cover of postage stamp booklets.

Then put that wrapped inside one of those peel 'n' stick very thin plastic bags.

Once this is in the DL size plain paper envelope its just on the 5mm thick so we can then send as small letter with a single stamp on it.

We've never had a problem going this way and been doing it like this for a few years now.

[digital*ghost · Accepted solution]

I send a lot of fashion jewellery, of various price points, and how I pack tends to depend on how fragile it is. 

Most items, I put the jewellery itself in a self-sealing cellophane bag (for protection against water, if the package is exposed to rain after being left in a letterbox etc), then place that in an organza gift bag, then put into the padded envelope. Some items, if made from a material that's a bit more susceptible to tarnish etc, I'll put the jewellery in a ziplock, then in a gift bag, then that all goes in a cellophane pack (I do that with my own branded stuff as well, cos I use more expensive gift bags and have a card tag attached to them 😄 ).

More fragile items, I either wrap a small, thin piece of bubble wrap around the item before placing into the padded envelope, or I use a rigid mailer and line that with bubble wrap (the rigid mailers are like box envelopes, and designed specifically to go through as large letters, so postage will be the same and only go up according to the weight bracket). 

[phorum_junkie* · Accepted solution]

If delicate items are thin enough I wrap in tissue paper then put them in old CD cases of which I have a large supply..