Packaging Design & Development

Packaging design services create retail packaging, structural design, and graphics for consumer products and e-commerce.

With packaging critical for products and e-commerce unboxing important, services generate revenue of $130,000-$460,000 with 65-80% margins.

The business requires graphic design expertise (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop), structural packaging knowledge, prototyping capability, print and manufacturing understanding, and consumer product knowledge.

Services include packaging graphic design, structural package engineering, prototype mockups and die-lines, print-ready file preparation, material selection and sustainability, and unboxing experience design.

Revenue through project fees $1,500-$20,000.

Success factors include graphic design and branding skills, structural packaging engineering knowledge, understanding packaging materials and printing, e-commerce and unboxing experience focus, and serving consumer products and Amazon sellers.

Marketing focuses on consumer product startups, Amazon sellers, and retail brands.

With packaging essential and e-commerce demanding great unboxing in 2025, packaging design offers creative opportunities serving product launches with design and structural knowledge as differentiators.