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I had no idea you started a new thread. Dude if you want, and you're near me (San Jose/CA) we can meet sometime at my shop. I'm kind of one of those people that would look at showing you how/where to do packaging is not just doing you a favor, but doing the world a favor :)

Edit Gonna add some stuff.. Hang on a second.

Edit 2 OK here we go.

I pointed out above in my reply to /u/vhdblood that pre-packaging will matter to clubs who primarily deal in pre-weighed products. Now, we can debate which is better, pre-weigh or freeweigh, but that is not the focus of your thread, you want to know how to package.

The first thing you have to do is figure out what your container is going to be. This is easy.. Uline, Amazon, whoever will have "Food Grade Jars" available in these sizes. Offhand, I'm back at home, I don't have one of these jars here, but I'll try and get the size monday for ya. Jars are nice, our customers love them. The second from the last image linked in my imgur album above is ABX's flower pre-weigh product. We all know Absolute Extracts, they're big. They're using a print service for SURE. You can tell from the nice shiny foil they have. For a startup, I wouldn't do that. Right before that (3rd to last) I have another example from Trinity Farms.

Trinity farms is doing it on the cheap, likely themselves. It looks like they're using an Avery 2" label, printed from any standard laser printer. Avery also has an online site where you can design and print labels. For an online program, it's suprisingly functional, and we've designed over 50 in house product lines (not all are active now) using it. Now that we're more experienced, we have better methods, but it's a good starting point, and we still use it for quick and dirty stuff today.

So you wait for your jars, and you want to start knowing what type of stuff to put on it. That's marketing.. I'm not marketing. I'm IT/Facilitates/Compliance and somewhat autistic :) That being said, I look more for the information than the design. Stuff I'm looking for.

• Your Company Name
  
• You product/strain name
  
• Weight/quantity
  
• mg per dose (if edible)
  
• Lab testing results
  
• Prop65 warning (for California, do it or get sued by ambulance chasers)
  
• Contact info (website, email, phone, media, etc)
  
• UPC Code.
  
  That's a pretty long list. Compile all that info together and hand it off to a graphic designer, and tell them the label specs. Tell them you would like them to return PDF's of the label designs. Use a round label for the lid, and a square label for the jar.
  
  The reason I mention "Ask for PDF's" is because this will make it easier to do your own runs. You just load your printer up with the labels, open the PDF, and print as many copies as you need.
  
  Now let's take a look at cost.
  
  120 labels = $12
  
  120 Jars = $120 (This was just the first price I saw on amazon, Uline would be cheaper)
  
  Basically now you have a unit that costs you at the high end, $1.10. Let's say an 8th you wholesale for $20 for top shelf. You can markup the packaging to $2.10 per unit giving you a profit of $1 per unit.
  
  So instead of that 8th profitting you $20(not accounting for grow costs), it now profits you $21. You're going to make an extra $128 per lb packaged. I think labor costs would still take about 2 hours to package it all, but you're paying a guy $15@hr to do it.. It's not skilled labor. So you're still ahead $89@lb.
  
  So let's say you sold that lb for $1500+$128(packaging) into 8th units. The profit ratio of the 8th units would represent about 8.5% of the total sale. Not a bad chunk of change there, but it gets even better :)
  
  Let's say you pre-packaged grams! OMG! Now you're cooking! 448 Grams per lb.. That's an extra $492 in profit. Suddenly grams seem like the way to go! Also, in states that tax MJ income.. You packaging is not subjected to MJ tax.
  
  PHEW.. Sorry for the wall of text folks. I get excited about packaging. :)
  
  Edit 2 Another thing I should throw out here is ask the dispensary if they have "Vendor Demo Days" These are days that you setup a small table and give out free samples to our patients. It's a great way to get your foot in the door, and get the dispensary to take some stock from you.
  
  Edit 3 Also have to mention, in California you would be required to have a BOE (Board of Equalization) sellers permit. We'd also need an EIN (Employer id number) from the IRS. We 1099 all vendors.

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This book’s a good place to start: The Business Side of Creativity: The Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Running a Small Graphic Design or Communications Business (Fourth Updated Edition) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393734005/

Some basics: have a written contract before starting any work. Use some kind of billing software and track your time closely. Decide whether you’ll work per hour or per deliverable.

This Brother label maker would probably work perfect for your needs. Can print various size labels, and can also print various barcodes on your labels. I currently use this for my (non MJ) business.

I've been having a blast with these dirt cheap macro cameras that plug right into your phone or computer


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