Custom Eurotote Bags

Lamination, Paper and Print Choices

The bag is made from art paper that is printed and then laminated. Matt lamination gives a smooth, modern finish that hides fingerprints and suits minimalist brands. Gloss lamination makes colours richer and is popular for bright designs. Soft-touch lamination has a velvety feel that pairs well with luxury labels.

Full colour printing covers the whole bag, including the side gussets, so you can wrap a pattern or photograph around all four faces. For a quieter look, a solid colour with a foil-stamped logo is the classic boutique bag. Black bags with gold foil and white bags with a single black logo are two of the most recognisable styles in retail.

If you want the bag to feel completely matched to your shop, we can match your brand colour with a Pantone reference and dye or print the rope handles to suit.

Handles, Eyelets and Base Inserts

Rope handles come in polypropylene cord, cotton rope and woven ribbon. Polypropylene is strong and keeps its colour; cotton is softer in the hand; ribbon looks elegant on jewellery and gift bags. Handle length matters too: shorter handles suit carrying by hand, longer ones let the bag go over the shoulder.

Metal eyelets strengthen the handle holes and add a finished detail. Silver, gold, black and brass tones are common choices. The card insert in the base stops the bag sagging when something heavy goes in, and a card strip inside the top fold spreads the load from the handles across the full width of the bag.

For very heavy items, such as boxed shoes or several garments, we can add a thicker base board and stronger handles. Lighter purchases that never need a rope handle can go in paper bags with twisted handles from the same artwork.

Choosing Bag Sizes

Most shops need two or three sizes. A small bag for jewellery, cosmetics and small gifts, a medium bag for folded clothing, and a large or landscape bag for coats, boxed shoes and multiple items. Measure your typical purchases, including any boxes you pack them in, and add a little room so the bag closes neatly at the top.

Landscape bags, wider than they are tall, suit folded garments and shoe boxes. Portrait bags are better for bottles, candles and tall boxes. Narrow wine-style bags hold a single bottle neatly.

Count how often each size is used over a normal week before you reorder. Most shops find the medium bag goes far faster than the rest, and adjusting the split on each run means less money tied up in bags that sit in the stockroom. If you sell gift cards or small accessories, a mini bag in the same design is a low-cost way to make even the smallest sale feel special.

Remember the space behind your till. Eurotote bags arrive flat but have stiff board in the base and top fold, so they take more room than thin paper bags. A shallow drawer or a shelf with dividers for each size keeps them flat and unmarked until they are needed. The luxury paper bags page shows the ribbon and die-cut handle alternatives at each size.

Making the Most of a Branded Bag

Customers carry eurotote bags through shopping centres, onto trains and into offices. A clear logo on both sides means the bag is always showing your name, whichever way it faces. Some brands put a simple message on the gusset or the inside, such as the shop's web address or a line about the brand.

A matching tissue paper and sticker seal inside the bag complete the experience. Think of the bag, the tissue and any box inside as one set, planned together.

Trade show bags benefit from a slightly different design approach. Visitors carry them for hours and set them down in crowded aisles, so print the logo high on the bag where it stays visible above other people's bags, and choose a strong colour that reads clearly against the carpet and stands. Cafés inside the same venue tend to order printed takeaway paper bags in the brand colours too.

Pack Your Biggest Sale Into a Sample Bag

Eurototes are sized from the purchases they carry, so take your bulkiest regular sale, a boxed pair of boots or two folded coats, and measure it with any box or tissue in place; that sets the large bag. Do the same for a typical mid-week sale and for a gift card, and you have three sizes. Decide handle length by how customers carry the bag: short loops for hand carry, longer for the shoulder. Tell us the heaviest item so the base board and top fold are specified to take it.

Send the sizes, lamination, handle colour, eyelet finish and artwork, and a custom quote comes back by email within one working day, with minimums quoted per job. The free proof shows all four faces so you can check how a pattern wraps the gussets. Production takes 4–7 working days after approval and tracked delivery to UK mainland addresses is free, taking 2–3 working days. Bags that arrive misprinted or scuffed are reprinted or refunded when reported within 10 days. The folded garments inside often go in apparel gift boxes with tissue printed to match the bag.