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1 What are the differences between rigid boxes, mailing boxes and folding cartons?

Rigid Box: Grey board covered paper, sturdy texture, premium gift packaging, high cost with best protection. Mailing Box...

Rigid Box: Made of grey chipboard wrapped with art paper, hard and high-end texture with strong unboxing ritual sense, suitable for high-priced gifts, jewelry and skincare goods. It has the highest production cost and procedures but offers premium texture and protection.

Mailing Box (Roll-End Tuck Top): One-piece molded auto-lock structure, good compression resistance, ideal for e-commerce shipping and subscription boxes, balancing strength and assembly speed.

Folding Carton: Standard printed box with die-cut crease lines, flat shippable, lowest mass production cost and flexible size options, perfect for food, daily goods and 3C outer packaging.

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2 How to choose between lid-base boxes, book boxes and drawer boxes?

Choose lid-base for premium sense; flip book boxes for brand storytelling; slide drawer boxes for interactive unboxing. For shipping, mailing boxes or inner lining fixation...

Choose lid & base boxes if you need top-tier luxury texture for premium products.

Flip book-style rigid boxes are recommended for brand story display and aesthetic unboxing experience.

Slide drawer boxes bring interactive pull-out unboxing experience, great for cosmetics and stationery.

If your products require long-distance delivery, we suggest evaluating mailing boxes or adding fixed inner foam lining for shock resistance.

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3 What is a magnetic book box? Will magnets affect my products?

Magnetic book boxes embed hidden magnets on the flip cover for tight closure and premium touch. Safe for skincare & food; magnetic-sensitive parts need ribbon lock...

Magnetic book boxes have hidden small magnets installed inside the flip cover to create tight, silent closure and improve hand-feel and luxury texture.

Magnets have negligible influence on skincare products, food, general cosmetics and daily goods.

If your items are magnet-sensitive such as magnetic cards, precision instruments, electronic sensors, we recommend switching to manual ribbon tie or tongue lock structures without magnets.

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4 What is a window display box? Which products fit it?

Cut transparent window on box body with PET/PLA film to display inner goods. Suitable for snacks, stationery, toys & aromatherapy, window position impacts compression resistance...

Window display cartons feature pre-cut transparent windows covered with food-safe PET or biodegradable PLA clear film to directly showcase the product inside without opening the box.

Perfect application categories: snack food, stationery small gifts, blind box toys, candle aromatherapy, cosmetic samples and small consumer electronics.

Note: Large window areas will slightly reduce the carton’s compression strength and dustproof performance, we will optimize structural reinforcement during design.

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5 What’s the difference between tuck-end box & auto-bottom box?

Tuck-end boxes require manual interlocking assembly; auto-bottom boxes snap open instantly with better load-bearing, fast packing for e-commerce mass lines...

Tuck-end boxes need workers to manually fold and interlock the bottom flaps one by one before filling products, lower structural load capacity and slower packing speed, low die cost for small batches.

Auto-lock bottom boxes can be fully formed with one single pull, stronger weight-bearing capacity, fully adapted to automated packaging production lines for e-commerce brands with large daily shipment volume.

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