Packing, cartonisation and getting gift boxes there undamaged
Rigid gift boxes are mostly air, and air is what makes them expensive to move and easy to crush.
You are shipping volume, not weight
A pallet of rigid boxes will cube out long before it weighs out. That means the number that matters is boxes per carton and cartons per pallet, not kilograms. Ask for both when you ask for a price, because the landed cost can differ more than the unit cost does.
Corners fail first
A wrapped rigid box takes damage at the corner where the covering paper turns. Boxes packed loose in an outer carton will rub there in transit. Nested or layered packing with a divider is what prevents it, and it costs less than the replacement rate on a damaged shipment.
Humidity moves board
Board and paper take up moisture, and a container crossing the tropics is a humidity cycle. Boxes that left the factory square can arrive slightly bowed. Sealed liners and keeping cartons off the container floor both help, and both are worth specifying rather than hoping for.
Bags travel differently
Flat-packed paper carriers ship efficiently and arrive fine, but creases set permanently under pressure. Keep the stack height moderate and do not let a heavy carton sit on a bag carton — a crease across the front panel of a printed bag is not recoverable.
Where this shows up in the catalogue
The guidance above is general. If you want to see it applied, the shopping bags family is where these decisions bite hardest in this range.
