keepsel
Keepsel for Packaging

Boxes for other makers, priced like a supplier

Keepsel is inventory and production software for packaging makers. Cost box blanks, printing and liners per unit, price volume tiers that stay profitable at every quantity, and quote business customers with a supplier's confidence.

Start free for 30 days See how it works

Try free for 30 days, with 25 Suli messages once you confirm your email (all of Suli from Maker). No card.

Track everything that goes into a box

From raw materials to the finished piece, Keepsel keeps packaging makers on top of:

  • cardstock by the sheet
  • envelopes
  • foil and ink
  • embellishments
  • cello sleeves and boxes

A box in Keepsel

Product

Custom Mailer Box (8 in)

SKU MAILER-8

Material

Corrugated Box Blank

tracked in each · Packaging

Supplier

Paper & Print Supply

Variations, from Maker

Size, Color

Worked example

Custom Mailer Box (8 in), costed line by line

This is the math Keepsel does for every product you make: every line from its recipe, updated whenever a material's price changes.

At a 100-box run the setup share more than doubles. Tiered pricing exists because the math does.

Custom Mailer Box (8 in)

Corrugated blank
$0.85
Print (250-run, setup spread)
$0.22
Tissue liner
$0.15
True cost
$1.22
Suggested price
$3.25
Margin
62%

Built around how packaging makers actually work

  1. Your customers order in hundreds

    Business buyers want 100, 250, 500, each tier with its own per-unit price. Work each tier from the box's true cost and you see your margin at every quantity, so the volume discount is generosity you can afford.

  2. Blanks have MOQs of their own

    Your corrugated supplier sells by the thousand while your customers buy by the hundred. Keeping an honest count of blank stock keeps the gap funded and the lead times honest.

  3. Branding runs are setup-heavy

    Plates, dies and print setup cost the same for 50 boxes as for 500. Spreading setup across the run is the difference between quoting confidently and quoting blind.

  4. You're in your customers' critical path

    When their product launches, your boxes must exist. Reliable stock counts, and from the Maker plan low-stock alerts, make you the packaging partner nobody has to chase.

A day in Keepsel, for packaging makers

Step 1

Stock blanks and consumables

Box blanks by the unit, ink and plates by the run, tissue and liners by the piece.

Step 2

Recipe per box, tier per order

The 8-inch mailer's blank, print and liner, with setup spread across each order's quantity.

Step 3

Run the order, log the batch

From the Maker plan, a work order for a 250-box branded run draws blanks and ink, and adds the finished boxes to stock (work orders up to 10 a month on Maker as a trial and 100 on Team, unlimited on Business and Enterprise).

Step 4

Stay ahead of your buyers

From the Maker plan, set blank-stock alerts high enough to cover your supplier's lead time, and customer launch dates stay safe.

Questions packaging makers ask

How do I price custom packaging for business customers?

Cost the blank, print with setup spread across the run, and liners, then price per tier: the 100-unit price carries more setup per box than the 500. Publishing tiered prices built on real math wins business buyers who compare quotes.

How do I handle minimum order quantities from my suppliers?

Keep an honest count of blank stock against the orders you've taken. Buying a thousand blanks to serve hundred-unit orders is normal: what matters is knowing how many are spoken for, how many are free, and when the next thousand needs ordering.

How do I quote a custom branding run?

Setup (plates, dies, design) as a fixed line, materials per unit, then the tier price falls out of the quantity. With the box's cost already in a recipe, a request-for-quote gets a reply before lunch.

Can Keepsel track different box sizes and styles?

Yes. Each size and style carries its own blank cost and print area, and from the Maker plan, sizes can be variations of one product. Mailers, tuck boxes and rigid boxes can share liners and tissue while carrying their own unit economics.

How do I keep packaging customers on schedule?

Their launch is your deadline. Honest stock counts, and from the Maker plan low-stock alerts set with your supplier's lead time in mind, mean the blanks for June's orders were ordered in April, and your customers learn they never have to ask.

Keepsel for other crafts

Wedding ProductsParty SuppliesSee all crafts →

Guides for packaging makers

All guides

How to Price Custom Packaging (Tiers, Setup and B2B Quotes)

Your customers are businesses buying by the hundred. Price packaging in tiers where the setup math is visible, and always profitable.

How to Approach Shops for Wholesale

Getting into a shop can open a whole new sales channel, but a cold, unprepared pitch rarely lands. Here's how to approach stockists the right way.

Break-Even: How Many Do You Need to Sell?

Before a product, a batch, or a market booth pays off, it has to cover its costs. Break-even is the number that tells you exactly when that happens.

Reorder Points: How to Set Them So You Never Run Out

Running out of a key material mid-order is avoidable. A reorder point is the simple number that tells you when to buy more. Here's how to set one.

Run your packaging business like a business

Know your true cost and margin and keep every material counted. Or try the free pricing calculator first.

Start free for 30 days See how it works

Try free for 30 days, with 25 Suli messages once you confirm your email (all of Suli from Maker). No card.