A gift for someone who has just started their own webshop or business
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by Verpakkingdeals.nl
5 min reading time
Someone you know has started their own business. These gifts will be used in the first week, listed by price range — plus what not to buy.
Someone you know has started their own business. A webshop from the dining table, a stall at the market, a small studio. You want to give them something that suits this new venture, but they'll get a plant and a bottle of wine from everyone else. And a "boss lady" mug will end up at the back of the cupboard.
The tricky thing about a gift for a starter is that you don't know what they already have. What you do know is that in the first few months, most of the money goes to inventory, and everything else is cut back. That's exactly where there's room for a gift that will be used on day one.
Consumables work better than a gadget
A budding entrepreneur will buy a laptop stand if they need one. What nobody buys for themselves is a generous supply of something you can never have enough of. Tape, boxes, filler, seals: these are the things that run out on a Saturday night, just when five more packages need to go out.
There's another advantage. With consumables, you don't have to guess the size, color, or brand. If there's too much, it just lasts longer. That's different with a device or a bag: then you're buying something for which the other person has a specific taste.
Before you order, ask yourself one thing: does this person send packages, or do they stand behind a counter? The first needs boxes and tape, the second needs price tags, displays, and small packaging. That distinction determines the entire list below.
A gift between €10 and €25
For this amount, you can give something that will be used weekly. A Kinzo Tape Dispenser with 2 Rolls for €9.95 is such a gift: everyone starting out tapes by hand for the first month, and only realizes how much time it takes when there's a dispenser next to them. Add a KINZO Packaging Tape 50 meters x 48 mm for €3.00 as a refill.
If the other person works from a desk or kitchen table, a Desk Organizer with Phone Holder for €5.00 is a small, unobtrusively useful gift, and a Cork Pin Board LOVE 29x13 cm for €7.95 provides space for the first order forms and thank you notes.
A gift between €25 and €80
If you're chipping in with several people, or you want one larger item, then you'll find tools that will last for years.
If the other person sends a lot, then Tape Rolls 6 Pieces 48x66mm for €21.00 is a supply that will keep them busy for a while. Those sending more valuable items will benefit from Security Seal Stickers VOID - 60 pieces for €9.95: these leave visible traces if someone opens the package en route.
For those who fill small products themselves or sell them in bags, the Manual Heat Sealer Blue for €79.95 is the "I thought long and hard about this" gift. This is a gift with a prerequisite: it must fit what they sell, otherwise it will gather dust.
What to steer clear of
Don't buy custom-sized boxes without knowing what needs to go in them. A shipping box that's just two centimeters too small will never be used. In that case, it's better to ask what the most commonly sold size is, or give something that always fits.
Also, stay away from anything with a logo, name, or text on it, unless you've seen their brand identity. Printed material that doesn't match the rest is worse than neutral material. And don't buy devices that require power, software, or a subscription; people want to choose the brand themselves for those.
How to give it
Handing over a bundle of boxes in a plastic bag doesn't do the gift justice. Put the small items in one neat box, for example, the White Packaging Box with Magnetic Closure 9.5x9x10 cm for €5.00, and arrange the larger material around it. If you want to add something small that's personal, a Luxury Gift Box 9x9 cm Black with Gold Design for €7.99 works as a box for a card or a small extra.
Add one sentence explaining why you chose this. "So you don't have to hand-tape the first hundred packages" turns a roll of tape into a gift.
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