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An elegant approach to packaging, the rigid gift box just oozes with luxury.
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Shipping Box
The shipping box is your big ol' moving box. Custom printed with your branding.
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Shape your Custom Box
Pick your box style and size, then preview it in 3D before you order. Mailer Boxes, Shipping Boxes, Folding Boxes or Rigid Boxes, we've got you covered. Every box is printed and cut to order at the size you choose, so your product fits snugly and you never pay to ship empty space.
Design your Branded Box
Showcase your creativity and personalize your boxes, add your logo, branded text, background color, upload images or even upload your own artwork. Prefer to design on a dieline? Contact us and we'll gladly send you one right away!
Buy your Custom Printed Boxes
Once you hit that checkout button, your dedicated account manager takes it from there. They'll review your artwork, make sure everything is print-ready, and you'll always get a chance to approve the final proof. Our world-class customer service has you covered from start to finish.
Unbox your Custom Boxes
Every style opens its own way: mailers flip open, rigid lids lift off, folding cartons open at the tuck and shipping boxes on their flaps. Choose the unboxing your customers get.
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FAQs
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Your price depends on size, box style, material and quantity. For mailer and shipping boxes, ink coverage counts too. The more you order, the less you pay per box.
Our 3D configurator measures how much of the box your artwork covers and reprices live in four bands: 0–25%, 25–50%, 50–75% and 75%+. A small logo lands in the lowest band, artwork covering the whole box in the highest. Folding and rigid boxes ignore coverage.
A mailer printed inside only counts as one-sided. Artwork on both the outside and the inside makes it two-sided, priced as full outside coverage plus 60%. We can print inside other box styles on request. Contact us for a quote.
Our minimum order is 10 units for mailer boxes and corrugated shipping boxes. For rigid and folding boxes, it's 500 units.
Want to see and feel one first? Order a single printed mailer sample right from our 3D configurator. Just set the quantity to 1. It's $35 plus $6.25 shipping to the continental US, Alaska or Canada ($41.25 delivered).
Need fewer rigid or folding boxes than the minimum? Short runs are possible case by case. Setting up a run takes about the same machine time and hands-on work for 50 boxes as for 500. On a short run that cost is shared by far fewer boxes, so the price of each one climbs steeply. If a higher price per box still works for your project, tell us what you need. We'll tell you honestly what a short run would cost.
Production time is usually 10-20 calendar days, depending on quantity and box style. Rigid boxes take longer, about 30 days. Each one goes through more production steps, with an operator at every step.
Transit adds roughly one day to a week, depending on where you are and how big the order is. All in, plan on about 2-4 weeks door to door for mailer, shipping and folding boxes, and about 5-6 weeks for rigid boxes. Enter your ZIP code on any box page or at checkout to see an estimated delivery date. Planning a launch? Confirm exact dates with us first.
Production starts once you approve your online proof, so that's when the clock starts.
Need it sooner? Just ask. When our schedule allows, we often expedite at no extra charge, and rush options are there for tighter deadlines. Contact us with your timeline and we'll do our best to make it work.
Each box style uses its own material: corrugated board, cardboard or paper. Here's what to expect:
- Mailer boxes: E-Flute 32 ECT (200 lbs TEST) - 1/16" thickness.
We also offer B-Flute mailers for any quantity if you need extra durability. - Rigid Boxes: 50pt chipboard + 80lbs litho paper (thicker board on larger sizes) - about 1/16" thickness total
- Shipping Boxes: B-Flute 32 ECT (200 lbs TEST) - 1/8" thickness
- Folding Boxes: 16-18pt SBS Board depending on size
For every flute, ECT grade and caliper in US and metric units, with real-world comparisons, see our Packaging Board Chart.
Need a different board thickness? Contact us and our team will be happy to help.
Close to home. Our corrugated boxes, including mailer and shipping boxes, are always made in the USA. Our folding cartons and rigid boxes are made in North America. Most are made in the USA, and all within the USMCA zone.
Making boxes on this side of the ocean means shorter lead times, fewer supply chain surprises and more consistent quality from order to order. It also keeps us close to every run, so we can stay on top of materials, print quality and finishing.
Ordering a specialty item that isn't on our website? We'll tell you where it's made before you commit.
Yes. A dedicated account manager personally reviews every order before anything goes to press.
Here's what to expect:
- You place your order
- We send you a 2D proof by email, within 24 business hours
- Your account manager checks the artwork for any issues like resolution, bleed, or color and lets you know if anything needs a tweak
- You give us the thumbs up
Nothing goes into production until you're completely happy with how everything looks.
Packwire makes four box styles. Here's what each one is for, with its size range and minimum order:
- Mailer Boxes are the most popular choice. Corrugated, ship-ready, and tuck closed without tape or glue. Great for e-commerce, subscription boxes, and direct-to-consumer shipping. Works as both primary packaging (the box your customer sees) and secondary packaging (the box it ships in). Any size from 2" x 2" x 2" up to 20" x 20" x 6", including fully custom dimensions. Minimum 10 units.
- Shipping Boxes are your standard corrugated box with flaps. Sturdier than mailers and ideal for heavier or larger products. Typically used as secondary or tertiary packaging to protect the product inside during transit. 7 stock sizes from 6" x 6" x 6" to 17" x 14" x 12", custom sizes by quote. Minimum 10 units.
- Folding Boxes are thin, lightweight cardstock boxes. Perfect for retail shelves, cosmetics, food, and smaller products. These are primary packaging, meant to be seen by the customer. Not designed for shipping on their own. 10 stock sizes from 2.25" x 2.25" x 3.25" to 7" x 5" x 3.5". Minimum 500 units.
- Rigid Boxes are premium, non-collapsible boxes (think phone or jewelry packaging). They arrive pre-assembled and are built to impress. Primary packaging for luxury or high-end products. Not safe to ship on their own. 9 stock sizes from 3.5" x 3.5" x 1" to 9" x 9" x 2.5". Minimum 500 units.
All dimensions are interior measurements in inches, listed as Length x Width x Depth.
Still not sure? Reach out with your product details and we'll recommend the best fit. No cost, no obligation.
We print mailer boxes, shipping boxes and folding cartons straight onto the board with two digital printing technologies. Those three styles need no labels, lamination or wraps. Rigid boxes are the exception. Their artwork is printed on a paper wrap that's laminated around the chipboard, which is how every rigid box is made.
Digital Single-Pass prints in one fast pass with UV-curable inks. Ultraviolet light dries the ink instantly as the board moves through the press. Prints come out vibrant, durable, scratch-resistant and ready to handle right away. It's ideal for larger runs with consistent color across the whole order.
Digital Multi-Pass uses the same UV-curable inks but makes several passes over the board. That gives higher resolution and richer color. It's great for complex artwork, fine gradients and photo-quality graphics on smaller to mid-size runs.
For higher quantities, we also offer traditional printing methods like HD Flexo and Litho Lamination, which can cost less at scale.
For cutting, we use CAD digital cutting tables. They cut and score your box shape precisely without metal dies, so there are no tooling costs and sizes can change between orders. We also offer laser cutting, which is much faster than CAD cutting. On higher quantities, we may use traditional die cutting for efficiency.
Yes. Our mailer boxes are rated to ship on their own. They're made from E-Flute corrugated board, a single-wall build: two flat liners with one fluted layer in between. E-Flute may look thin at 1/16", but that structure makes it strong for its weight. Our mailers are rated at 200 lbs test (32 ECT) and can safely hold up to around 40 lbs of product.
They work with all major carriers, including USPS®, FedEx®, UPS® and DHL®, and they're built to handle those carriers' sorting and handling. Customers often ship clothing, cosmetics, candles, subscription box products, small electronics, food items, jewelry and promotional kits in our mailers with no outer box. The tuck-front closure keeps the box shut in transit, and the corrugated walls give most products enough cushioning. Mailers can ship as is, but we recommend a piece of tape on the closure. It also makes the package tamper-proof.
All box dimensions on our site are interior measurements listed as Length × Width × Depth. That's the usable space inside the box. The outside is slightly larger because of the board's thickness. To find your size, grab a ruler or measuring tape and measure your product at its longest, widest and tallest points.
How much room to add depends on the box style. Our boxes are cut accurately to the interior size you order, so on most styles you don't need to add any extra. On shipping boxes, add about 1/8" to allow for the glue flap.
Shipping the product in the box with void fill, tissue paper or inserts? Leave room for those too. For an odd-shaped item, measure its bounding box: the smallest rectangle that fits the whole product.
Not sure which size works best? Enter your product's dimensions in our Box Size Optimizer. It finds the smallest inside size that fits them, void fill included. Or contact us and we'll help you find the right fit.
A real person, every time. Packwire uses no AI chatbots, no phone trees, and no scripted responses for customer service. Every call, email, and live chat reaches someone on our team who works with packaging daily.
That matters most on the questions where a canned answer wastes your time: whether your artwork will hold up at print size, which board suits a heavy product, how to fit an odd-shaped item without paying for air. Your dedicated account manager can pull up your past orders and answer from those specifics rather than from a script.
See how to reach us for phone, email, and chat hours.
Yes. We regularly produce runs well above 2,000 units.
Our 3D configurator stops at 2,000 units (3,000 for folding boxes). That's a limit of the online tool, and our team quotes anything above it.
Bigger runs usually get a better price per box. We may also print them with HD Flexo or Litho Lamination for even higher quality at scale. Contact us with your quantity, box style and size, and we'll send you a quote.
Smaller orders usually ship by parcel carrier, like FedEx, FedEx Express or UPS. Your boxes are packed into one or more packages and travel through the carrier's network, just like any online order you'd get at your door.
Larger orders ship by LTL Freight (Less Than Truckload). Your boxes go on a pallet and ride on a shared freight truck with other shipments. The truck pulls up to your location and unloads the pallet with a liftgate or at a loading dock. LTL usually costs less for larger orders. One pallet replaces dozens of separate packages, each of which would be weighed, sorted and charged on its own.
You choose the shipping method that works best for you at checkout. We don't offer USPS at the moment. Whichever method you pick, you'll get tracking information when your order ships.
Sustainability is a core value at Packwire. It shapes how we source, make and ship your boxes.
Materials: Our corrugated boxes contain at least 50% recycled content and are 100% recyclable through standard curbside programs. We partner with suppliers who follow responsible forestry practices. In North America, corrugated cardboard has recovery rates above 90%.
Production: Digital printing needs no printing plates and makes less chemical waste. It also lets us produce on demand. We only print what you order, so there's no overproduction or excess inventory. Our precision digital cutting makes the most of each sheet and cuts board waste.
Operations: Our Box Size Optimizer helps you right-size your packaging. Smaller boxes mean less material, less void fill and lower shipping emissions. We also plan shipping routes and pallet loads to use less fuel.
Three ways to get us:
- Email: [email protected], answered the same day and often right away
- Phone: 1-800-881-6093, Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM Eastern
- Live chat: during business hours, bottom right of any page
You can also send us the details through our contact form, including artwork files if you want a second pair of eyes on them before you order.
Every customer is assigned a dedicated account manager who knows your orders, so you're not re-explaining your project every time you write in.
Yes. You can download dieline templates for our standard box sizes on our guidelines page. Need one for a specific size or box style? Ask us and we'll send it right away.
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