Packaging size recommender
Tell it the product size and weight and it suggests the smallest standard carton, shows the volumetric weight and slab you would be billed, and the box limit for the next slab down.
Smallest standard box that fits
22 × 16 × 12 cm
Volumetric 0.84 kg · billed at 0.84 kg (2 × 500 g slabs)
Other boxes that fit
- 22 × 16 × 12 cmvol 0.84 kg → billed 0.84 kg
- 25 × 20 × 15 cmvol 1.50 kg → billed 1.50 kg
- 28 × 22 × 18 cmvol 2.22 kg → billed 2.22 kg
- 30 × 25 × 20 cmvol 3.00 kg → billed 3.00 kg
To stay within the 1 kg slab, keep the box under 5,000 cm³ (L × B × H). Divisor 5,000. Check a parcel on the volumetric weight calculator.
Why the box sets the price
Couriers bill the higher of actual and volumetric weight, so the box decides the price as much as the product does. A 600 gram kurta in a 30 by 25 by 20 cm carton is billed as 3 kg. The same kurta in a 25 by 20 by 10 cm mailer is billed at 1 kg. The box sizes here are common corrugated sizes stocked by Indian packaging suppliers; padding is added on every side.
Standardise your box sizes
Standardise on three or four box sizes that cover your catalogue, print the volumetric weight on your packing bench, and capture dimensions at dispatch so you can contest re-weighs.
Questions about this tool
5,000, the standard for surface and most express parcels. Some air services use 4,500, which makes volumetric weight slightly higher.
Products need two to three centimetres of protection on each side, and the box's outer dimensions are what the courier measures. Both are added before the fit check.
Often. Slabs are 500 grams, so moving from 1.1 kg volumetric to 0.95 kg saves a full slab on every order. The tool shows the maximum box volume for the slab you are in.
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