Lumi has a membership so that we can bring brands and manufacturers together at the best possible prices, with tools and services that make the process easier.

Membership to Lumi gives your company access to manufacturer-direct rates from 20,000 factories, powerful software tools, and on-demand expertise.

By becoming a member, your company can drive significant cost savings, far beyond the membership costs. The membership fees are refunded at the end of your contract period if you meet the annual minimum spend.

Lumi membership starts at $5,000. If your company spends over $100,000 per year on packaging, your membership is refundable at the end of the yearly contract period.

For larger companies, pricing scales with your yearly packaging spend. Contact our sales team to get pricing tailored to your business.

Lumi reduces your total costs of packaging and supply chain management in several ways:

• Lumi enables your company to access manufacturer-direct rates, backed by the volume and negotiating power of our membership base. This can help your company save up to 50% on the total costs of packaging and supply chain management.
• Our manufacturer selection process uses data science to match your needs to the ideal factories, speeding up your sourcing process, and reducing many hidden costs, such as freight and quality errors.
• Lumi software and on-demand packaging experts help you recover hundreds of hours of employee time each year spent managing packaging and vendor relations.

Yes. To provide the most cost-effective rates, manufacturers in the Lumi network only accept quote requests from members. If you would like to evaluate how Lumi compares to your existing packaging providers, please contact our sales team.

Lumi offers access to a vast range of manufacturing capabilities covering all the packaging, collateral and print needs of most ecommerce companies. Browse our catalog to discover more about the products, processes and materials offered through Lumi.

We also offer sourcing services to help you access specialty products, and manufacturing processes that go beyond our standard options.

Yes! Lumi is devoted to helping accelerate the world’s transition to responsible manufacturing. We offer a wide variety of resources and services to help your company attain its sustainability goals. You can learn more by reviewing our sustainability properties and articles on our blog.

Lumi approaches sustainability from a data-driven perspective, helping your company establish priorities that fit your needs across the materials, fabrication, distribution and recovery of the products you choose to manufacture.

Our sourcing tools help you narrow down manufacturing options that meet your targeted certifications and standards. Lumi is committed to continually providing more transparency into the sustainability of your supply chain.

It depends what you mean! Lumi does not offer graphic design or branding services, however members can access agency partners that offer those capabilities.

Lumi does offer packaging engineering, custom dieline design, and prototyping. Your team or agency is in charge of applying your artwork to the dielines.

When you place orders through the platform, proofing and prepress is provided by Lumi to verify that all the details of your design are ready for manufacture.

Lumi offers shipping and logistics to almost every country. Our network of manufacturers also includes factories around the world, which helps reduce shipping and import costs.

Note that your company must have an Employer Identification Number (EIN) and bank account in the United States to join Lumi.

Lumi offers comprehensive quality assurance and quality control capabilities:

• Our data-driven sourcing process helps you derisk potential quality issues in your supply chain, by providing quality metrics and audit data.
• Our prototyping capabilities help you see state-of-the-art prototypes of your packaging to avoid potential issues with your design. Our prepress team reviews every design to mitigate any production errors.
• Once a manufacturer is selected, various options are available such as color drawdowns and sampling. We also offer digital and in-person press check services.
• Once you start placing orders, actual production data becomes available in your Dashboard, allowing you to report quality errors and drive continuous improvements.

The minimum order quantity varies substantially depending on the product. Most of the products offered through Lumi start between 1,000 to 10,000 units minimum, depending on the manufacturing process.

Lumi also offers prototyping capabilities that allow you to manufacture single units of packaging for testing and photography purposes. Note that prototypes are usually produced via digital processes that may not always reflect the exact results that you will see in mass production.

Yes! Lumi offers samples as well as prototyping capabilities to members of the platform.

As a member you can also send samples to Lumi. Our experts are capable of helping you replicate, modify, or source almost any packaging you have on hand.