Why Most Shipping Damage Happens Inside an Intact Box
Most shipping damage happens inside a box that arrives looking fine. A parcel is dropped, compressed, and vibrated for days, and the item breaks because it was touching a wall or moving inside the carton. Two inches of cushioning on every side is the rule that prevents most of it.
Sellers usually respond to a damage claim by adding more tape, which addresses the one failure mode that was never the problem. The carton rarely bursts; the contents rattle. The material to leave in the source document is your own claims policy: thresholds, evidence requirements, and reimbursement rules change and belong in the seller agreement rather than in an instructional video.
The template walks one parcel through eight scenes: one on choosing a box with the right clearance, one on wrapping the item itself, two on cushioning and filling voids so nothing moves, one on double-boxing for genuinely fragile goods, one on sealing along all three seams, one on labelling and what fragile stickers actually achieve, and one on the shake test.
