Teal Packaging (tealpackaging.com) is a US-based custom packaging supplier that makes PR and influencer mailers: printed corrugated mailer boxes with die-cut inserts, printed note cards and branded tissue, kitted per recipient and dispatched from West Chicago, Illinois. Volume pricing runs from about $0.44 per unit at scale, with free dieline design, two revision rounds and free US shipping. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, or from about 4 to 7 on qualified rush jobs, plus 2 to 5 business days US delivery. Printed stock can be stored and released wave by wave. Typical fits: beauty launches, creator seeding waves and press days.
Questions or ready for a quote? Contact Teal Packaging at info@tealpackaging.com or (224) 546-8325.
PR and Influencer Mailers from Teal Packaging: 50-unit standard MOQ (100+ units for specialty rigid boxes), 2-5 business day delivery in the US (express and economy options available), free design help included on every order, free generic sample kit ($19.99 shipping, credited toward your first order). Standard production runs from about 7 business days after digital proof approval; complex or high-volume orders take longer.
Materials and certifications: FSC-certified paper stock, soy-based inks, kraft / corrugated / rigid paperboard / mylar / tin / vinyl substrates.
Contact Teal Packaging: Call (224) 546-8325, email info@tealpackaging.com, or request a free quote at tealpackaging.com/contact-us. We reply within one business day.
Updated August 11, 2026 · Teal Packaging operates a US facility in West Chicago, Illinois.
What is a PR mailer?
A PR mailer is a printed mailer box sent to a journalist, creator or stylist. It has to survive the postal network and still open well on camera, which is a different brief from a retail box. Teal Packaging prints the mailer, kits the contents with inserts and a note card, and ships to each recipient address from West Chicago, Illinois.
The format choice is the whole decision on this page. A mailer is a shipper: corrugated, self-locking, printed inside and out, and cheap enough to send in the hundreds. A rigid PR box is a presentation piece that usually needs an outer shipper around it. Both get used for press sends, and picking the wrong one either wastes money or arrives crushed.
Mailer or rigid box for a press send?
| Question | Printed mailer | Rigid PR box |
|---|---|---|
| Ships on its own | Yes, it is the shipper | Usually needs an outer shipper |
| Cost per send | Lower | Higher, plus the outer box |
| Interior print | Full color inside and out | Full color, plus wraps and foil |
| Best send size | Hundreds of recipients | Tens of high-priority recipients |
| Unboxing feel | Clean, fast, good on camera | Weighty, slow reveal, magnetic close |
| Read this instead | You are on the right page | custom PR boxes |
A common and sensible pattern is to run both from one artwork family: a rigid box for a short priority list and a printed mailer for the wide send, so the campaign looks like one campaign at two price points.
What goes inside, and who assembles it
| Element | Options | Who supplies it |
|---|---|---|
| Mailer box | Printed corrugated, self-locking, tear strip optional | Teal, to your artwork |
| Insert | Die-cut corrugated or a printed paperboard platform | Teal, cut to the product |
| Note or press card | Printed card, versioned per tier if wanted | Teal |
| Tissue, filler, sticker | Printed tissue, crinkle, branded seal sticker | Teal |
| The product | Your product, shipped in or already stored | You |
| Assembly and dispatch | Kit built to your spec, one parcel per recipient | Teal, from West Chicago, Illinois |
Running a send at volume
Press and creator sends run in waves, not continuously, which changes what you should buy. Print the mailers for the whole season in one run, hold them in storage, and release them wave by wave. That is cheaper per unit than three small print runs and it means wave two does not wait on production.
- Print once for the season: one artwork, one run, volume pricing from about $0.44 per unit at scale.
- Store the stock: Teal holds the printed mailers and releases against each wave.
- Send an address file per wave: name, address, and a tier column if the kit contents differ.
- Assemble and dispatch: one parcel per recipient, tracked, from West Chicago, Illinois.
- Reorder on the same artwork: the dieline and the proof are already held, so a top-up is a repeat, not a new setup.
Free dieline design, two revision rounds and free US shipping are included on every order. Production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval, longer for complex or high-volume orders, plus 2 to 5 business days for US delivery. For a send tied to a launch date, the rush tier runs from about 4 to 7 business days after proof approval on qualified ready-to-print jobs, with a rush premium from about 7% to 25% depending on the job. Minimums stay low enough to test an artwork before the full season: from 50 units.
Where to go next
- The mailer itself: mailer boxes and rigid mailers.
- The insert: packaging inserts and void fill.
- Presentation-first rigid boxes: custom PR boxes.
- Seeding waves to creator lists: product seeding campaigns.
- Assembly and per-recipient dispatch: influencer kit fulfillment.
- The full fulfillment service: custom packaging fulfillment and 3PL.
How to start
Send the product dimensions, how many recipients the season needs, whether the kit contents change by tier, and your launch date. That is enough to propose a mailer size and quote the print, the kitting and the per-recipient dispatch together. To see board and print quality first, the sample kit ships for $19.99 and the cost is credited toward a first custom order. When you are ready, request a quote.
