We thought it might be useful to document the process of starting an online business from scratch.
Jim Coudal and Steve Delahoyde will periodically post here about issues involving our
product and business plan. Hopefully things will go well but even if the whole thing goes down in flames,
it’ll probably be interesting to watch.
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From Our Studio, To Yours
Most often, our customers come to Jewelboxing with all their supplies ready to go. They just need the paper and the cases. But you'd be surprised how often we've gotten questions from the same person, who ask things like, "What kind of printer works best?" "Can you recommend a type of disc to use?" and "How do you guys apply disc labels without having them not line up properly?" The more we received these questions, both from people new to all of this and those experienced designers who suddenly found themselves in need of creating some eye-catching packaging, we got to thinking about some sort of all-inclusive kit. And thus, the Jewelboxing Studio was born.
The kit, which comes in three boxes, includes every single thing you'll need to make a run of 100 cases (except for a computer and design software, of course). There are 100 Jewelboxing King cases and trays, 120 custom-milled and coated trayliners and insert books (we throw that extra 20 in there, just in case you catch a typo or forget to put in a new ink cartridge), 120 disc labels, 100 super high-quality, completely textless Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs or DVD-Rs, 100 very strong corrugated disc mailers, 200 protective pads for mailing, 120 printable mailing labels, a disc applicator for perfect alignment, an example case with alignment templates included on the disc, which work with Photoshop, InDesign, and pretty much everything else. To top it off, also included is a Canon Pixma iP4200 Inkjet printer, with 2 extra sets of ink cartridges and a USB cable for quick setup. It's a big batch of stuff, to be sure.
The best thing about it all is that you're getting the materials that we use here at the studio. We've been embarrassed by discs we've burnt that didn't seem to play on a client's machine, but never by these by Taiyo Yuden. We've heard back from people who received a cracked case we sent them before we figured out the best method of shipping, using the included, very sturdy corrugated mailers and spongy pad thingamabobs. We've tried dozens of printers, and we've found that the Pixma works best with our paper, at a reasonable price. And now we all have one at our desks. So with the Jewelboxing Studio kit, not only are you getting everything you need for a project, you're also getting the benefit of these last couple of years of our own trial-and-error solutions.
Sure, the Studio won't be for everyone, but for those who need it, we think it'll be a terrific, immediate answer to a project that requires one-stop shopping, instead of spending the whole day searching around for all the components.
Here's to hoping there are studios are buzzing with all kinds of Jewelboxing activity in Columbus, Stanford, Toronto, Corvallis, Oakland, Burr Ridge, Kansas City, Culver City, Winston Salem, Chicago, Rolling Meadows, Webster Groves, Venice, Chislehurst, Torquay, Kalamazoo, Hopkins, Camarillo, Brooklyn, New York, Whistler, Reston, and Ferndale.