I love how seamless the ordering process is, and how quick and professionally the team adds bleed and sends back the designs for approval, your service is always excellent.
The quality of the print is great.
Unfortunately in the past I've ordered a type of label that said to be suited for bottles but turned out to be quite unfit, as the glue just didn't stick to the glass and it would get ruined by moisture. The same labels I also ordered to go on paper packaging, and the glue still wouldn't fit, which is a shame as my packages looked very unprofessional with all their labels half peeled off. I threw a lot of them away and ordered from a different company whose prices were much better for also stronger glue.
The downside of that other company is that they only offered pre-established sizes, which I could work with to an extent for some products, but for some others (like my oil labels) I could not, so I came back to expresta because of the possibility to completely customize size, which is great!
Now I am ordering the more expensive variety (vynil gloss) although it is indeed quite a bit more expensive, but at least the glue sticks properly.
What could be better is perhaps larger bulk discounts?
Other sites offer the opportunity to select, for instance, 7000 labels of one size, and then select how many designs to include in that number, for instance 7 different designs, for 1000 labels each. That will make a more economical deal than ordering 1000 labels individually for each design; I hope that make sense.
With my last order I wanted to purchase 1000 unit of each but seen how the price was so much more expensive for my total order, I decided to only print 500 of each.
Also I don't believe I have seen information on the types of glue that you offer (might have missed it if it is somewhere), like standard glue, peel-off glue (which I believe the matt paper one that I ordered was, seen how easily it came off) or strong glue. I saw some companies offer different label material + glue combinations, as in you can choose the label material and then choose the glue as well.
I figure that might be a bit more complex but still, having some information on the strength of the glue would be essential, as I ordered a product that I needed to stick to the bottle/pouch but ended up just peeling off and not sticking properly. This was for all my designs ordered with the same material (I believe it was paper matte)
If this information is available somewhere I might have missed it and that's my bad, although perhaps it would need to be clear somewhere during the ordering process and the picking of the material.
That's it :)
altogether very happy with my experience with expresta, best customer service and great quality. In a nutshell I would describe expresta as being a somewhat pricey company but it delivers absolutely excellent service, and often it is okay to pay a bit more when the service is this good :)
thank you!
love
Stella