Packaging element, having a blank made of a card material, in particular corrugated cardboard, wherein the blank comprises the following: - a base portion with a supporting area for supporting a packaged product; and - at least two first flap portions (11, 12) that are arranged on opposite first sides of the base portion and can be folded over with respect to the base portion along first fold lines (1011, 1012), wherein the packaging element further comprises a fixing element which is secured to the two flap portions (11, 12) in each case in a securing area (1115, 1215), with the result that the fixing element holds a packaged product on the base portion when the two first flap portions (11, 12) are folded over in the direction of the underside of the base portion, wherein the fixing element is formed as a flat element of a non-elastic or non-stretchable material, in particular a paper or cardboard material, wherein the base portion comprises, on at least one of the first sides, a recess (1016, 1017) which is set back with respect to the respective first fold line (1011, 1012) and which forms a space into which the fixing element can move out of the way when the first flap portions (11, 12) are folded over, characterized in that the recess (1016, 1017) in the blank is formed by a flat portion (16, 17) which has been punched out and can be folded over with respect to the base portion or an adjoining first flap portion (11, 12) by the folding over thereof, wherein the flat portion can be folded over such that, after being folded over, it comes to lie on the back of the base portion between the latter and the first flap portion. - a base portion with a supporting area for supporting a packaged product; and - at least two first flap portions (11, 12) that are arranged on opposite first sides of the base portion and can be folded over with respect to the base portion along first fold lines (1011, 1012), wherein the packaging element further comprises a fixing element which is secured to the two flap portions (11, 12) in each case in a securing area (1115, 1215), with the result that the fixing element holds a packaged product on the base portion when the two first flap portions (11, 12) are folded over in the direction of the underside of the base portion, wherein the fixing element is formed as a flat element of a non-elastic or non-stretchable material, in particular a paper or cardboard material, wherein the base portion comprises, on at least one of the first sides, a recess (1016, 1017) which is set back with respect to the respective first fold line (1011, 1012) and which forms a space into which the fixing element can move out of the way when the first flap portions (11, 12) are folded over, characterized in that the recess (1016, 1017) in the blank is formed by a flat portion (16, 17) which has been punched out and can be folded over with respect to the base portion or an adjoining first flap portion (11, 12) by the folding over thereof, wherein the flat portion can be folded over such that, after being folded over, it comes to lie on the back of the base portion between the latter and the first flap portion. wherein the fixing element is formed as a flat element of a non-elastic or non-stretchable material, in particular a paper or cardboard material, wherein the base portion comprises, on at least one of the first sides, a recess (1016, 1017) which is set back with respect to the respective first fold line (1011, 1012) and which forms a space into which the fixing element can move out of the way when the first flap portions (11, 12) are folded over, characterized in that the recess (1016, 1017) in the blank is formed by a flat portion (16, 17) which has been punched out and can be folded over with respect to the base portion or an adjoining first flap portion (11, 12) by the folding over thereof, wherein the flat portion can be folded over such that, after being folded over, it comes to lie on the back of the base portion between the latter and the first flap portion.