Impact of Packaging in Vending Business

If you think packaging is only one way of making the product look more attractive, you are mistaken. Packaging is something more. The typical definition goes this way: Packaging is the art of enclosing or protecting products before they are sent for distribution, storage, sale or use. Besides making the finished product look attractive, packaging is done with a view to protect it from damage, prevent from contamination, and create convenience during transport, security and most importantly as a marketing strategy.

Yes, packaging is a wonderful marketing strategy. Just to remind you all once again, vending is a customer driven business that mainly works on the principal of instinct purchase and this can be made possible by attractive packing. Besides other views and attributes given to packaging, it is done to attract customer’s attention and thus enhance sales.

Is packaging useful to customers? If yes, how does it benefit them? Packaging no doubt is very useful to customers especially in a vending industry where most of the purchases are instinct driven. Packaging helps customers to judge the product by its meagre appearance, drawn by its appeal they are even forced to try the product once, it also protects the product from physical damages and most importantly enhances its features and thus makes it even more appealing.

From the company’s point of view, packaging is also one of the marketing strategies which help in driving sales of a product. Packaging makes the product easily noticeable to the customers. Besides all other things, there are three aspects that play key role in product packing. These are:

• Color: Most often the colors used for packaging are linked to emotional status of individual customer. A vending machine that offers bright colored products is capable of tantalizing customers who are forced to take a closer look and thus purchase the product.

• Graphics: Besides making your product appealing and attractive, graphics popularise the brand by displaying logo and pictures.

• Shapes: The shape and size of all products is not standardised. They can vary from one product to another. However, this helps customers to distinguish them easily.

So, packaging not only highlights the beauty of the product but also aids in skyrocketing its sales. Choosing attractively packed products enables vending operators to earn more profits.

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