Placing QR codes on product packaging is an effective marketing tool because QR code scanning is fast, simple and takes the customer directly to your information. Whether your goal is to receive customer feedback, promote your social media, provide nutritional information or simply make it easy to reach out to customer support, adding a QR code that leads to your specific information boosts the value of your packaging.
Depending on the industry, product or service, there are multitudes of branding opportunities in every type of packaging.
Primary packaging.
The primary type of packaging is the container that holds the product itself. Products can come in paper, carton, cardboard, plastic, glass or metal containers. Labels on these may need to include ingredients list, expiration date and warning symbols. Also, they need to be visually appealing and recognizable to the end user. Examples include canned goods, toothpaste tubes, perfume bottles, and candle jars.
There are many opportunities to use QR codes on packaging of this type, especially because the consumer holds onto it for a long time. If you want customers to know about how your product was made, you can include a series of videos regarding the product.
Secondary packaging.
This type supports the primary packaging and refers to the container that holds the product indirectly. It is the box that holds a pack of medicine tablets or tray and shrink wrap around a pack of cans. Like primary packaging, labels on these may need to contain information such as ingredients list and expiration date.
There are endless opportunities to use QR codes on secondary packaging solutions. You can link to your online promotion or sweepstakes or lead consumers to your step-by-step tutorial so that they know how to use your product properly.
Tertiary packaging.
Generally used for grouping items together, tertiary packaging solutions include pallets, corrugated boxes and cartons. While the purpose is mainly for transporting, this type of packaging can still be used for brand marketing. A QR code on your transport boxes is a great way to let people know what kind of company you are.
In general, QR codes for customers to scan have become a common sight on American food packaging, and a scheme called Smart Label has played a key role in their rise.
This scheme has brought together more than 30 different food manufacturers (as well as shampoo and cosmetics brands). It provides instant information about ingredients, calories, allergens in accredited products - giving customers more power about what they eat and drink.
It just shows that scannable QR codes can be used in multiple ways, with the potential to protect brands against controversy and help customers with their shopping at the same time.
The benefits of QR codes aren’t restricted to big business. In fact, they probably have more potential for small and medium sized food brands, which often desperately need a way to differentiate themselves from the herd. A QR code can be a great, simple way to do so.
Think about salads. Transparent boxes of arugula aren’t easy to market. Customers know that some arugula is spicier, fresher and more peppery than others, but in the store those differences are hard to detect. What they need is a way to connect with specific salad brands, allowing them to tell the story of their arugula, and why it beats the competition.
That’s how new company Classic Salads of California’s Salinas Valley used them. QR codes were added to box labels and linked to a mobile optimized landing page full of relevant information about arugula.
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