How to Design Shipping Labels | Laser Inkjet Labels

Are you wanting to design some awesome shipping labels for your business? Let us give you some pointers for design and then get your labels printed for you so you can print them off on your own laser inkjet printer

How To Design Shipping Labels

Adding a logo or custom message on your shipping label is a great way to add branding to your packing. Basic shipping labels alone give you a few options for customization. You can add a logo of your choice and a message to your customer, such as a brief thank you message or a summary of your order. You can also use integrated shipping labels, labels that let you create a packing slip and the actual label itself. Let’s take a look at some ways that you can design your own shipping labels.

Basic Shipping Label Design

If you are using a USPS Click-n-Ship label, Netstamps label, or any of our standard shipping label sizes, there are a few customization options available for you. A small logo cna help your customers identify where the package is coming from. There is also room for your label, especially if you use a platform like WooCommerce or ShipStation, where you can put a custom message for your customers. You can say something like “Thank you for your order,” or you can provide a brief summary of what they are receiving.

Providing a Beautifully Designed Label With Integrated Shipping Labels

Integrated shipping labels are a great way to add value for your customers, especially if you are an ecommerce store. When designing your packing slip, there are a few things that you should include:

Recipient name
Shipping address
Brand name
Brand contact information
Order information, including date of order, items, UPCs, quantities, and price.

However, there are some other design elements that you want to include in your integrated label design that will help you better interact with your customers.

Make Your Packing Slips Stand Out In Your Integrated Label Design

Typically, all packing slips and integrated labels look the same. They are white, devoid of color, and basically just an itemized list of what the customer has ordered. Don’t stop at the logo. You can easily add more colors, your branding motifs, your company slogan, and inspirational quotes for your customers.

Connect With Your Customers

When designing your integrated shipping labels, you can do more than just put your email address and a phone number. Some ideas for better shipping labels include having your social media handles, hashtags that connect with your brand on social media, and even using QR codes with special discounts to bring customers back to your website to purchase more.

Add Even More Value To Your Customers On Your Integrated Shipping Labels

Do you have a brick and mortar store? That extra white space on your packing slip portion of your integrated shipping label can be used to give your customers a coupon that they can redeem at your store. Other ideas for adding more value to your packing slips include:

Having discount codes to use on your website for a percentage off or even free shipping.
Links to partner websites where customers can further redeem offers.
A link or QR code that lets customers give you a review on Google My Business or Trustpilot.

Designing Your Own Shipping Labels and Integrated Shipping Labels

You don’t need to have an expensive suite of design software, like Adobe CS, to design your own labels. You can use a simple program like Canva or GIMP to get the job done. Laser Inkjet Labels has several different templates that you can use to get it right the first time. After you are done designing your shipping labels, send them over with a request for a sample. If you are happy with your sample, you can go ahead and complete your order. You can then use any laser inkjet printer to get the print off your labels.

How To Design Kraft Labels | Laser Inkjet Labels

Kraft labels are unique because they are eco-friendly and extremely durable. Learn how you can design great Kraft labels with Laser Inkjet Labels

Brown Kraft labels have several different benefits for business owners. First and foremost, Kraft labels are extremely strong. It has a lot more durability than most label materials. It sometimes costs less than other labeling materials. Kraft labels have a darker color and do not need to be bleached, therefore it is better for the environment. Let’s take a look at some design ideas for your Kraft labels.

What Colors Look Good On Kraft Labels?

You have to remember that Kraft labels are brown. For most lettering choices, black is going to be a good choice to go with. If you are going to have some colors on them, you might want to consider earth tones. When designing your labels, darker colors and muted tones won’t be impacted by the color of the paper. Natural hues and black work best to give your label an authentic, rustic feel. White and yellow will not look good on Kraft labels. Additionally, lighter colors in general won’t stand up very well against the brown.

What Fonts Will Look Good On Kraft Labels?

There isn’t one set font that is going to look good on Kraft. A good rule of thumb is to make sure the fonts that you pick are bigger and bolder. Avoid fonts that “run together,” like more cursive-style fonts and use a larger, bolder font size so that the printing job looks good when you are done.

Design Considerations for Kraft Labels

For printing on Kraft labels, you are going to want to keep the design elegant and simple. Line graphics in one to three colors will get you a label that you are more happy with. You won’t be able to use complicated photography or a logo on your Kraft labels. Graphics with lines and gradients will work best on Kraft labels.

How Do You Decide If Your Design Will Look Good On a Kraft Label?

If you are uncertain as to whether or not your design will look good on Kraft, you can always request samples from Laser Inkjet Labels. If you are using a free design program like Canva, you can set the color of the background to be a specific hex color to emulate the Kraft material (#d5b59c).

What Types of Kraft Labels Might I Want To Design?

There are different sizes of labels that you might want to try. Circle labels are going to be good for price tags. You might also want to try the circles for labels on products that you sell. Larger square labels and rectangle labels are going to be for products that come in bags and boxes. Kraft labels in the circle or oval format also look great for sealing envelopes. Circle labels can also be used on things like jar lids and bottles.

How to make a light box to take killer pictures

light box We’ve all heard the phrase, “a picture is worth a thousand words.” Nowhere is this more important than when you are trying to sell products online. It’s hard enough just to get people to your site to see your products, so when they do get there, why not show them the best possible images of your products. You don’t need to hire a professional photographer or marketing firm to accomplish it either. Here’s how to create your own White Box and produce your own professional looking product images.

What you’ll need:

Cardboard Box
Box Cutter
Tape Measure
2 Small Lamps
White Pillow Case or Bed Linen
White or Colored Poster Board

The first thing you will want to do is decide on the size of the area you will need to hold and photograph your products. You’ll need to know the Length, Width and Height of the products you want to photograph. Once you have know this (or at least the average L x W x H of your products) you can start building the frame of the White Box. I always like to go a little bigger than product I am photographing so that I have more room to play with. You can always crop your photo’s later. At the same time, I always worry about space and storage requirements for when I’m done so I try not to go to big. I recently purchased a new inkjet printer and I find that this box will work perfectly for my my needs and the best part is that I won’t have to spend any extra money. Look around and see if you have any cardboard boxes that will fit your needs. Assuming that you found a box that will fit your needs, we can now move on to the cutting stage. What we are looking for here is to create a box with 4 openings, the two sides for the lights to shine through, the top and the front face opening for viewing the product. You’ll want to create an open frame on the 2 sides, the top and the front by cutting the centers out. Starting with the top left end of any one of three sides you will cut, make a mark about an inch or two in from the edges of all four corners. Use your box cutting tool and score the cardboard from point to point. The center should now be cut out and can be thrown away. Repeat this process for the others sides as well as the and front. Cuts do not need to be precise, so you don’t have to measure or use a straight edge to mark the lines unless you feel more comfortable doing it that way.

Now you should have a box that looks like this. Next, insert your white or colored poster board to the interior of the box. Tape the poster board near the top of the box. Let the paper lay naturally and then push the front edge back but do not create a crease. You are looking to end up with a gentle curve in the back corner and a flat surface for the products to sit. The poster board can be white or any color that you think helps make your product stand out best. Feel free to experiment with different colors.

Once the poster board is in place, take your white linen and drape it over the top and the left and right sides. You’ll want to keep the front open, as this opening that you will take the pictures through.

Finally, place one of the lamps on the left side and on on the right side of the box so that the bulb is pointing toward the middle of the box. I prefer to use a 40 watt frosted bulbs in lamps that have a back shade that directs the light in one direction. Be sure that the bulb is not touching the linen, as this could start a fire.

Now turn on your lamps, place your product on the poster board and start taking those pictures. If you frame your shots well, you won’t even have to crop your images. It’s a good thing to experiment with different style and wattage light bulbs to get the exact look you are going for. Good luck and happy shooting!

Inexpensive way to make your own Weatherproof Labels

Having worked in the label business for well over a decade, I can truly say that one of the biggest questions continually asked by customers is how can they get a small quantity of weatherproof labels.

Typically, weatherproof labels -those that have either a protective laminate or UV varnish applied – have a minimum of 500 labels per design and by comparison to paper labels are 4-5 times more expensive. Either of these two factors can make purchasing weatherproof labels cost prohibitive. Well LaserInkjetLabels.com may just have solved this problem for all of us by offering sheets of Laminating Labels.

Laminating Labels allows you to instantly turn any paper label into a weatherproof label simply by applying the laminating label over the top of your existing label. Laminating labels are available in the same sizes as our printable laser and inkjet sheets.

Imagine using one of our Brown Kraft labels through your inkjet printer and turning it into a waterproof label! This could cost over $300 for 500 labels if you had to have them printed by a company. Now you can do it for as little as $30.98! Or maybe you already have a bunch of plain old white laser or inkjet labels sitting around from another project, just find the same sizes laminating label from our website at www.laserinkjetlabels.com/laminating-labels.asp and you can instantly turn that paper label into a weather-resistant label. Even if you don’t need your label to be water-resistant, laminating labels can extend the life of your label by keeping it from getting scratched as well has helping the ink become more fade resistant. Not to mention the nice shine your new labels will have.

Check out all our Laminating Label sizes today!

How to find your Label Quickly using our Search Page

A good place to start looking for your label and find it quickly is by going to our Search page found here: http://laserinkjetlabels.com/search-tab.asp.

If you know your part #, just type it into the Search Box and it will take you directly to the page where you can add it to your cart.

If you are not sure what sizes we have, use the drop down boxes found on this page. If you know you want a rectangle or circle, just click on the drop down box to view all the sizes we have. Click on the size you want and you will be taken to a page that has all materials we have available in that particular size.

If you know what material you want but not the size, click on the grey navigation bars on the left side of our site.

For example, click on Brown Kraft if you want our natural brown kraft adhesive labels. You will be taken to a page that briefly describes these labels. Just click enter on this page to view all sizes. We list our sizes smallest to largest, with the width across the (portrait) sheet as our first number. So if you are looking for a 2 x 4 label, you would find it with us under 4 x 2, since our configuration is 4 inches across the sheet and 2 inches down.

Don’t forget that all our printing templates can be downloaded for free on our Templates Page.

Happy Labeling!