Our process
PearlFold uses the project brief to frame a quote-ready packaging specification. The written quotation then confirms the actual scope, responsible parties, approvals, production route, and delivery terms.
What happens during a custom packaging project?
What happens
PearlFold learns what the product is, how the packaging will be used, and what the brand needs the presentation to achieve.
What we need from you
Share the product format, available dimensions, approximate quantity, destination, and any current artwork or references.
What happens
PearlFold frames the structure, material direction, insert needs, print method, finishes, and the questions that still need answers.
What we need from you
Confirm product fit priorities, handling needs, material preferences, and the presentation level the package should support.
What happens
The packaging dieline defines the structure and panel layout. Artwork is prepared or reviewed against that production template.
What we need from you
Provide logos, copy, barcodes, required product information, brand colors, and the best available artwork files.
What happens
A supplied proof or physical sample is checked for the agreed structure, content, orientation, appearance, and finish direction.
What we need from you
Use one authorized reviewer to confirm dimensions, copy, barcodes, colors, panel order, finishes, and product fit.
What happens
The written quotation identifies the production scope, responsible parties, applicable approval reference, and any project-specific review checkpoints. PearlFold does not imply an owned factory or one universal inspection program.
What we need from you
Confirm the order scope, responsible production route, review criteria, and who may approve a project-specific change.
What happens
The quotation records the eligible destination, packing expectation, shipping method, responsibility, and delivery terms for the project. No carrier method or dispatch service is assumed from this page.
What we need from you
Confirm the destination, receiving details, and any order-specific packing, labeling, freight, or documentation requirement.
These decisions keep the packaging accurate, coherent, and ready for the confirmed production path.
Confirm the dieline, dimensions, closure, insert, opening direction, and how the product sits inside the pack.
Approve every panel, including spelling, barcodes, required copy, image placement, and panel orientation.
Confirm the selected board, wrap, print direction, coatings, foil, embossing, and other visible finishes.
Confirm the quantity, delivery destination, commercial scope, and the current written production plan.
A reliable schedule depends on the project scope and the approvals still required.
Open structural or material decisions must be resolved before the production scope is reliable.
A size or product change can require a revised structure, dieline, quotation, or sample.
Copy, barcode, color, and panel-layout changes add review cycles before final approval.
A physical sample adds a review stage when structure, fit, or finish needs hands-on evaluation.
Delivery planning depends on the destination, chosen service, receiving requirements, and dispatch readiness.
Timing is project-specific. PearlFold frames the current path after the specification and required approvals are confirmed.
Project controls
The applicable controls depend on the product, structure, supplier, production route, and written quotation. This page does not guarantee one inspection or dispatch workflow for every order.
The quotation should identify which approved specification, dieline, artwork, proof, or sample controls the order.
Any color, registration, coating, foil, or finish review criteria should be defined for the selected process.
Applicable cutting, fold, closure, insert, and assembly checks should be written into the project scope.
Required counts, packing details, labels, freight responsibilities, and delivery information should be confirmed in writing.
FAQ
Start with the product type, available dimensions, approximate quantity, destination, timing goal, artwork status, and any useful visual references. PearlFold can identify the open questions from there.
Artwork should be prepared on the correct structural dieline. The applicable dieline becomes reliable after the package structure and dimensions have been confirmed for the project.
A physical sample may be recommended when product fit, opening behavior, insert performance, material feel, or finish appearance needs hands-on review. Sampling requirements are confirmed for the specific project.
Artwork approval should cover every visible panel, spelling, barcodes, required product copy, colors, image placement, panel orientation, and the finishes represented in the proof.
Production timing is project-specific. It normally becomes meaningful after the order scope, required payment, specification, and artwork or proof approvals are complete.
Ready to begin?
Share the product, quantity, destination, timing, and references you have today. PearlFold will identify the next useful questions.
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