As a professional organizer, I've seen clients open boxes of fragile ornaments only to find a number of them were broken. End users with precious delicate ornaments  are going to be well served by using some sort of protective ornament box. I'm going to (mostly) skip over the hard-plastic boxes; these can trap moisture and they sometimes contain chemicals which can damage the ornaments. But there are plenty of other boxes out there, and some of them have notable features.

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I've had some hands-on experience with the boxes from Ultimate Christmas Storage, and I was impressed. They're made from acid-free heavy-duty chipboard, which combined with acid-free tissue provides a level of protection some end users will appreciate. The trays were easy to remove and replace; I've seen boxes with layered dividers with no edges, and they were much harder to use. As with many ornament boxes, the dividers are removable so the end user can create spaces for larger ornaments. 

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The Keepsake Ornament Storage Chest from Sterling Pear doesn't have the archival properties of the prior box, but the trays are padded on the bottom and lined in a black velveteen, providing protection even if the end user prefers to not use tissue paper for further nesting. The box has two 3.5" tall trays and one 4.5" tall tray.

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While many boxes at least one layer intended for larger ornaments, those boxes often aren't properly sized for the largest of ornaments. So it's nice that someone designed a box which will hold oversized ornaments with a 6" diameter.

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The most flexible ornament storage solution may be these single-layer acid-free boxes which come in a range of sizes (3" to 6" deep) and can be stacked. End users can get exactly the sizes they need, it's easier to see quickly what's where (because there are no hidden layers), and the boxes will fit into more storage places since each box isn't all that tall. But some end users will find it more convenient to have a single decorative box rather than a set of boxes.

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While most ornament boxes use trays, some use drawers—another way to make it easy to see what's where.

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End users who don't like to carry a bulky ornament box (because they have physical limitations or because they fear dropping it) may appreciate Balsam Hill's Deluxe Rolling Ornament Chest, available in two sizes. However, this chest won't work well for those who store ornaments on a different level of the home than where the tree will be. This chest also has a front pocket designed to store a tree skirt, which some end users will find helpful.

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The telescoping ornament keeper from TreeKeeper is another rolling option—this one designed to take a minimum amount of storage space.

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All the trays are velour-lined, creating protective nests for the ornaments.

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While boxes and chests are the normal tools for organizing ornaments, there's one design I've seen which takes a very different approach. The Ornament Safe stores the ornaments by hanging them from removable rods, all within a foam-lined crate. This won't work for oversized ornaments, and fragile ornaments will need proper separation from neighboring ones (which may mea using the safe to less than its full capacity). But for the end user with the right ornaments, this is a quick and easy way to store them.

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Those designing packaging for ornaments can also help the end user by selling those ornaments in sturdy boxes that are easy to reuse. These small boxes will still need to be placed along with others in a larger box for storage, but that larger box wouldn't have to be an ornament box. I've had ornaments that came in boxes like the one housing this Orca ornament, and they work very nicely.