Not Just Fishbowls: 5 Different Plastic Containers for Your Business

Not Just Fishbowls: 5 Different Plastic Containers for Your Business

When retailers say they're going to display some items using "fishbowls," that isn't always quite what they mean. Fishbowls is often a generic term used for plastic containers in general. But there are many different kinds of plastic containers, each of them with features that make them useful in different settings. If you think you need a fishbowl for your display, here are a few more ideas for you.

1. Hexagons. Rather than the simple round shape of a fishbowl, a hexagon container has a creative geometric design with six flat sides. You can set them on a flat surface with the mouth facing up, like a standard fishbowl, or you can tilt them onto another flat side of the hexagon so that the mouth faces the customer, inviting them to dip a hand inside and treat themselves to whatever's in there.

1. Flattened Globes. These containers have a round shape, except for the bottom, which is flat, making it easy for them to sit on a surface for display. One advantage these have over a fishbowl is that they have a very wide mouth, almost as wide as the diameter of the whole container, which makes the merchandise very easy to see and touch.

1. Stackables. These are elongated rectangular containers with rounded corners and a mouth at the end. They stack neatly one on top of the other and allow for you to display several items at once in a relatively small space. They also come in many sizes, so you can display as much merchandise as you need to in the space you have allotted.

1. Round Containers. Round containers are fun because they look just like paint cans. They have a metal lid and arched handle like a paint can, but they're clear plastic jars and can display your product for all to see. Some business use these as part of a gift package, selling the container along with the items inside. Because of the handle, they can also be hung from hooks or other display areas, as well as set upon flat surfaces, to give you many levels of display capability to catch customers' eyes.

1. Mini-Bins. These small plastic or acrylic bins take up about the same amount of counter space as a fishbowl, but also present several advantages. They have flat rather than rounded sides and top, so you can stack them or set several side by side. They come with hinged lids to keep your product from going stale or being touched by too many hands. And a customer can just scoop out as much candy (or whatever merchandise you display in there) as he likes.

Fishbowls are a very useful glass or plastic display container, and nothing will ever completely replace them as a retail display aid. But "fishbowls" is often a generic term for plastic containers, so don't limit yourself just to fishbowls! There's a huge variety of plastic display containers you can choose from to show off your products.