Posting T Shirts

[DSLiverpool]

Guys I'm doing some work for a company who want to send t shirts out to customers.
I can't work out what Royal Mail would want to ship one - small parcel or possibly large letter?
Anyone know please.
(If two are bought it's no issue but mist are singles)
Cheers

[chowiekid]

We do a fair amount of clothing
You can just about get a cotton t-shirt to go LL
It’s a push though. unless they could vaccum pack every one...

[DSLiverpool]

Cheers - they are printed so can't be vacuum shrunk.

[Phooey]

https://www.priorydirect.co.uk/all-board-envelope-...

^^ I use these stiff-board envelopes (not for T-shirts though) but they are the maximum size for LL and I think you'd easily get a T-shirt in one of these without any fear of it bunching up at one end like it might do in a plastic bag. I'd order a few samples and try them.

[sgrimshaw]

chowiekid said:

We do a fair amount of clothing
You can just about get a cotton t-shirt to go LL

Surely it depends on the T-Shirt size?

[chowiekid]

It does. You can just about get a 3xl plain cotton t-shirt in a LL box.

Anything with embroidery or print may be a little harder, or anything thats not 100% cotton.

[DSLiverpool]

Cheers again, I have a 3PL price for a hermes service of £4.75 (PP&S) trying to weigh up whats better value a packing kid or a 3PL solution.

[jamescodriver]

We use the grey postage bags and a tshirt flipper to fold them up, once you pack them up tightly, sit on the bag (just about works as a vacuum packer!) and post as large letter, not had anyone complain about having to pay excess postage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjAWsY9padQ

https://www.packaging2buy.co.uk/plastic-mailing-ba...

[Phooey]

DSLiverpool said:

Cheers again, I have a 3PL price for a hermes service of £4.75 (PP&S) trying to weigh up whats better value a packing kid or a 3PL solution.

I've just put a medium Under Armour t-shirt into one of them cardboard mailers above - weight = 252g. That would cost me to send (including envelope) about £1.30 - Royal Mail LL 2nd class

[Spanna]

You shouldn’t have a problem folding a T-shirt to fit a Pip Royal Mail Large Letter box. Even two unless they’re especially large or have a large print/embroider to them.

[pharmvrs]

I'd personally go for a PIP box and LL postage - I use Grey mailing bags for eBay/Amazon and they smell badly tbh.

I've used https://www.boxed-up.co.uk/c4-large-letter-pip-box... with no issues.

However, they need taped closed and brown parcel tape isn't great for product image unless you can get branded tape? Or paper tape may be more attractive? The cardboard box also allows you to place a nice sticker/logo etc on the inside to enhance the buying experience on opening.

The PIP box also allows the package to be slightly wider "pregnant" in the middle but the ends are 25mm.

Edit to add:

If you can get the weight below 250g you are in the next cheaper banding for RM postage.

Edited by pharmvrs on Friday 8th June 10:54