Hello everyone, Nice to meet you all

Hi, I am Sarah, still new to the community, Looking forward to connecting with nice people here.

I've been playing with this concept for a couple of months now - slightly hampered by snow and freezing rain. I want to test different void fills in various boxes with glass and see what configurations of packaging work the best (and worst). My first round of tests were all successful - the glass didn't break, which was also unsuccessful, as even the worst packaging I tried didn't break the glasses. Useful information of course, but a really boring video. I have since come up with a series of tests and packaging simulations to trial which I am now working on. When I have the results I'll share them on here and weather permitting, retry a few of them live on video. In the meantime, I came across this article while doing my research for this week's email: https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/12/09/amazon-crash-test-packaging-lab-holiday-shipping-waste-environment Would you drop test a 65" TV? 🫣

Hello everyone I'm new here

One thing I’m really interested in improving right now is how packaging impacts both customer experience and shipping efficiency. Beyond protecting the product, it feels like packaging plays a huge role in branding, repeat purchases, and even reviews. For those who’ve been shipping products (especially baked goods or fragile items) worldwide, what change to your packaging had the biggest positive impact—whether in reducing damage, lowering costs, or improving customer feedback? Looking forward to learning from everyone’s experience here.