Your packaging
has a market price.
Let's find yours.
Margin Lab benchmarks what you pay for packaging against live quotes from our factory network. If there's a real gap, we show you exactly where — and we can manage the move to close it.
Your unit cost per SKU against current quotes for the same spec.
What your MOQ and reorder cadence cost you in tied-up cash.
Incoterms, consolidation, and what your supplier bundles into the invoice.
What you pay upfront versus what the category actually supports.
A line-by-line comparison of your current packaging pricing against current quotes for the same specification — per SKU, with the quotes attached.
Packaging cost is one line on your P&L. It is four decisions.
Each one is set early, usually once, and then carried forward unexamined — because nothing on your invoice tells you what the alternative would have cost.
Supplier pricing drift
Quotes get set once and carried forward. Material costs, freight lanes and factory capacity all move afterwards — the invoice usually doesn't.
Order quantities set by inertia
Too-large orders tie up cash in slow-moving stock. Too-small orders trigger a unit cost premium. Most MOQs are the supplier's default, never renegotiated.
Freight buried in the unit price
Under CIF the supplier procures your freight and you never see the rate. Reactive air shipments and unconsolidated lanes land in the same line item.
Payment terms
Paying a deposit upfront when the category supports net terms means financing your supplier's operations with your own working capital.
Packaging invoices from the last 12 months, current specs, and your incoterms.
The identical specification goes out to factories in our network. Same material, same finish, same quantity.
Your price and the quotes we got, per SKU. If there is no meaningful gap, that is the answer and we say so.
We don't estimate the gap in advance. The quotes are the evidence.
Sound familiar?
This is where we start.
Illustrations of the questions D2C ops and finance teams bring us — written by us, not screenshots of real threads. Every one of them comes down to the same thing: is this price right, and how would you know?
Built for brands like yours.
Every D2C vertical has different packaging economics. The question worth asking is different in each one.
Beauty & Skincare
Jars, pumps and rigid outer boxes carry the highest spec premium of any D2C category — and the widest quote spread between factories.
Supplements & Wellness
Bottle and pouch MOQs are usually set by the supplier and never revisited, so inventory decisions get made for you.
Food & Beverage
Freight is frequently bundled into the unit price under CIF terms, so the shipping cost never appears as its own number.
Home & Lifestyle
Inner packaging is specified for the worst-case shipment and then never revised once real damage data exists.
Pet Products
Bag format and box dimensions drive dimensional weight, which carriers bill on regardless of what the product weighs.
Fashion & Accessories
Unboxing decisions made at a few hundred orders a month rarely get re-costed when volume moves an order of magnitude.
Not listed? Send us the spec and we'll tell you whether we can quote it.
Start a BenchmarkFrom invoices to quotes in 14 days.
No six-month consulting engagement, and no recommendations you then have to go and implement yourself. One benchmark, real quotes, and a decision that is yours to make.
Tell us what you buy
A few questions about your packaging spend, ordering cadence and freight setup. Three minutes, and nothing is shared with a supplier.
Free — no obligationWe requote your spec
Your current specification goes out to factories in our network. You get their quotes back next to what you pay today, per SKU.
Within 14 days of your invoicesYou decide what happens next
If there is no meaningful gap, we tell you and that's the end of it. If there is, we can manage the transition to the supplier that quoted it — pricing, tooling, samples and first production run.
Your call, either wayThree ways to work with us.
The first conversation costs nothing. After that, pick the structure that fits how you'd rather carry the risk.
Benchmark
One-time. Find out where you stand.
- Your packaging invoices reviewed line by line
- Your current spec requoted through our factory network
- Quotes shown next to what you pay today, per SKU
- Freight, MOQ and payment terms assessed
- Delivered within 14 days of receiving your invoices
Performance
We earn only from savings you can verify.
- Everything in Benchmark
- We manage the supplier transition end to end
- Tooling, samples and first production run handled
- Savings measured by comparing invoices before and after
- Monthly savings statement you can audit
Retainer
Ongoing sourcing, not a one-off project.
- Continuous sourcing across your full packaging range
- New SKUs quoted as you launch them
- Supplier management and quality follow-up
- Requoting as material and freight costs move
- No performance fee on top
Common questions.
Stop guessing whether
your price is right.
Three minutes to tell us what you buy and how you buy it. We come back with what your current specification costs elsewhere — or with the news that you're already well priced. No cost, no commitment either way.
Free · 3 minutes · No credit card required