IDL Packaging

IDL Packaging's mission is to provide a low to medium volume customer with a simple-to-use tool to purchase any packaging materials, concise informational guides on product selection and recommendations, and most importantly an easy to navigate selection of the best packaging products on the market at a fair price for general use applications. Curr... ently a small business has 2 main choices of shopping for packaging supplies: 1.A local packaging distributor. You pick up a phone and reach a sales rep on the other end, you explain your needs and based on that conversation the sales rep will either schedule a visit to your office to assess your needs further or recommend something on the phone. Keep in mind that all sales reps are paid on commission, so their goal is not only to help you but sell you the most expensive and often unnecessary solution. Example, you needed to strap 10 pallets a day that weight 500 pounds, often you would be recommended a strap that would hold at least 1000 pounds of tension and a battery tool to make strapping easier, however, in reality you just spent over $3,000 on the products that, while will do the job, are a huge overkill for your application and will never pay for themselves. 2.Another option is an online catalog. You can open one of the many available catalogs and navigate through their convoluted and complicated menu to the packaging section. You are faced with a choice of hundreds of products in any given category, all seemingly very similar but with different prices and minimal explanation of the differences and advantages. You purchase something that looks like it will work, but once it arrives, it turns out that it doesn't quite fit or you needed an accessory to make it work. None of that was clearly explained in the catalog and you are left feeling that you need to be a packaging expert yourself to make the right choices. IDL Packaging believes there is an easier way for business owners and procurement managers to purchase packaging supplies and make sure their goods ...Read More