Packaging

[makingcustomershappy]

Any suggestions on packing 4 coffee cups to ship?

[lja440]

First off, you should have to packing material and KNOW how to pack and how much it will cost before you list. 

Packing these.

You need a box that will accommodate these with at least 2" of padding all around the cups AND between each.  I roll a bit of bubblewrap and place this in the handle of my mugs. Then roll each mug in bubblewrap with enough excess to close over the bottom and tuck into the mug it's self, filling that void. I tape the ends with blue painters tape (easy to see and remove but holds well). These bundles I place in a box with 2 " of packing peanutsand in a way so there is 2" between each and between them and the outside of the box. I then fill the box with more peanuts, overfilling so when the box is closed the peanuts hold the mugs in place to prevent any shifting. 

As with any glass or other fragile items this should then be double boxed inside a larger box with more padding in between the boxes. 

[anthemshop247]

I would wrap each cup in paper, then bubble wrap each. There should be cardboard or styrofoam between cups so that the cups do not touch each other. Put them in a box. There should be another cushion or styrofoam around the wrapped cups, under and below the cups. At least 2 inch thick styrofoam or cushion is advisable. The cups should not be able to move with your packaging. 

[lintbrush*]

I would wrap each cup individually with tissue paper and then with bubble - making sure that the handles are at least double covered.  

Then I put them in a snug, nestled group - with possibly another little strip of bubble between each cup.  

Then I create the bubble pod.  I wrap the 4 together with small bubble.   I wrap again with larger bubble.  

(Sometimes I'll nestle the 4 together - other times I'll do "sub-pods" and nestle 2 and bubble... and then wrap the two sub pods as one pod.)

There should be at least 2" of space between the item and the box and that space should be filled.  

Contact due to shifting is what'll cause breakage - whether it be with the shipping box sides or eachother. 

Once wrapped, you should feel comfortable bowling your box down the driveway or holding it shoulder height and dropping it onto concrete and knowing it will survive.  That's how rough it can get in shipping.