Reading the Packing Data
Landed cost is decided by carton dimensions, not by unit price.
Why the carton matters more than the piece
Two products at the same unit price can land at very different costs if one ships 100 pieces in a 55*27*26.5cm carton and the other needs twice the volume for the same count. On a full container, packing density is often a larger variable than the unit price being negotiated.
This is why carton size, piece count and gross and net weights are published on the product pages on this site rather than being held back for the quotation stage.
What the published figures look like
The house and star shower timers pack one piece to a PE bag and a white box, 100 pieces to a carton of 57*33*25, gross and net weight 10/8 kgs. The duck and frog timers ship in a colour box, 100 pieces per carton at 55*27*26.5cm, gross and net weight 12/7.5 kgs. The LED faucet light ships in a colour box at 100 pieces per carton, 43*29*43cm, gross and net weight 12/11 kgs.
The documented LED handheld shower states its own packing separately: colour box at 125*77*286mm, carton at 590*390*20mm, with a net weight of 0.33kg for the head itself in ABS at 225*80mm.
Gross against net
Where both are published, the gap between them is the packaging. On the duck and frog timers it is 12 gross against 7.5 net, which is a substantial share — normal for a light product in a printed colour box, and worth knowing before you compare it with a polybagged alternative.
If your freight is volumetric rather than by weight, the carton dimensions are the numbers to work from and the weights are secondary. If you are shipping by air, the reverse.
Retail packing versus bulk packing
Colour box packing exists so the product can go straight onto a shelf. For a utility giveaway or a hotel refit, that packaging is cost you may not need, and a plainer pack at a higher density is usually available.
Say which you want at the enquiry stage. It changes the carton, the count and the price, and it is much harder to change after tooling and printing are committed.
What to confirm before shipment
Three things are worth confirming in writing for any order: piece count per carton, carton external dimensions, and gross and net weight per carton. Everything on this site is quoted from the manufacturer's own product data, and where a figure is not published for a product, it has not been assumed.
Where a specification is missing from a product page, ask. It is better to have a blank filled in than a number that was inferred from a similar item.
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