Believe it or not, packaging and overall image significantly impact product sales. Consumers pay attention to how a product looks and makes them feel from the moment they see it up on the shelf. Here’s how product packaging can influence sales.
Promotes Brand Awareness
The first way that product packaging influences sales is that it promotes brand awareness. Brand awareness is how much consumers are familiar with and recognize a product. Consumers are more likely to purchase and use a product they remember or have seen. Effective and creative product packaging can help you to promote and increase brand awareness for your business so that consumers become more familiar with your product. You want customers to immediately recognize your product on the shelf and choose it over competitors; strategic product packaging can achieve this.
Draws Customer Attention
Drawing customer attention is another way that product packaging can increase sales. In a sea of consumer products, you want your brand’s product to stand out and have an impact on customers when they first lay eyes on it. If a product’s packaging looks bland, a customer is more likely to pass over it or not even notice it at all. Therefore, you want your packaging to be unique and creative and make a bold statement about your brand identity. If your packaging is exciting to consumers, they are more likely to pick it up to learn more about your product and potentially purchase it, thus generating sales.
Reflects Product Quality
Product packaging also reflects product quality which helps to influence sales. Consumers want to buy products from brands they trust, and packaging is a part of the product they buy. When a package is damaged or not well presented, that reflects poorly on the product and the brand. Therefore, you want packaging that ensures the product and brand are trustworthy and high-quality. You also want your packaging to be easy to understand, accessible, and in good condition. All these factors can make or break sales, so you want your packaging to reflect the high-quality products you are selling to consumers.
Now that you know the ways that product packaging impacts sales, you can utilize these strategies to improve your brand’s reputation with customers. Golden West Packaging offers consumer products packaging that helps your business increase brand awareness and draws customer attention.