Sizes of Shipping Boxes

[MellonFriend]

This might be a kind of dumb question, but does anyone have any recommendations on how to know what sizes of shipping boxes I should have on hand? As in, I will be selling soap, lotion, honey, ect. and a box that fits one of those things is going to be a lot different than a box sized for all three. I figured I'd order some free shipping boxes from the post office and UPS since they are the services I will be using, but I feel at a loss for knowing what sizes to buy. Maybe I'm not looking at this the right way. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

 

[basti]

This is very much a your mileage may vary sort of question.

My go to sizes are 6x4x3 and 6x4x4 (inches) because my average order is 5-8 soaps and those boxes fit that perfectly with a little room for a sample and some fill. I use 6x9 mailers for smaller orders and have a stack of 9x6x3 boxes for larger orders. Only very rarely do I have an order that needs a box larger than that, in which case I'll usually reuse a box instead.

Figure out your average order size, pick a mock order (say, 4 soaps, a lotion, etc) and see how much size it takes up, then go slightly larger than that.