Custom Hanger Boxes for Peg and Hook Displays

What Weight Can a Hanger Box Hold

The tab is the weak point, so it needs to suit the product. Light items, such as phone accessories, cosmetics, batteries, small toys and stationery, hang happily from a single-thickness folding board tab, as they would in a card-backed blister pack. Heavier items, such as spanners, kitchen gadgets or bottles, need a thicker board, a double tab or a reinforced hole.

Consider how the box will be lifted off the peg. Shoppers often tug rather than slide, which strains the hole. A Euro slot or sombrero hole spreads that pull better than a small round hole. If the product is heavy for its size, we may suggest a slightly larger tab area above the hole.

Send us the product weight along with its size, and we will choose a board and tab design that holds it securely without the tab tearing or bending forward.

Designing Custom Hanger Boxes for a Peg Wall

A peg wall is a crowded place, so design for the view shoppers actually get. They see the front panel straight on and slightly from above, which is worth remembering when you upload artwork through Design Your Box. Keep the brand and the product name at the top, near the tab, where the eye lands first. A clear image or a window showing the product helps people understand what it is from a few steps away.

Use the back panel for features, instructions, barcodes and compatibility information. Many hanger boxes are picked up and turned over before purchase, so this is where the decision is made. Keep the barcode in a flat, clear area so it scans at the till first time, even when the queue is long.

The tab itself can be printed too. A logo or a short tagline on the tab adds branding above the box line, which is often the first thing seen when a peg is full.

Who Uses Hanger Boxes

Phone and electronics accessory brands use them for cables, chargers, screen protectors and earbuds. Cosmetics brands use them for nail polish, lip products and small brushes, often alongside hang tab lip balm boxes. Toy makers use them for pocket-money toys and collectibles. Hardware and garden brands use them for fixings, seeds and small hand implements, and pet brands use them for treats and toys.

Gift shops and souvenir sellers use hanger boxes for keyrings, magnets and small trinkets displayed near the till, and food brands use them for sweets, snacks and spice kits on peg strips in delis and farm shops.

Wholesalers supplying many retailers find hanger boxes useful because they suit almost any shop's display system without extra fixtures. One packaging format then covers independent shops, chains and trade counters alike, which keeps stock simple.

Board, Windows and Finishes

Most hanger boxes are made from white folding board, which prints brightly and folds crisply. Kraft board suits natural and craft products. For heavier items, a thicker board or a micro-flute corrugated board gives the strength needed. A clear window lets shoppers see the product without opening the box.

Gloss lamination gives vivid colour under shop lighting and wipes clean; matt lamination looks more refined; and a spot gloss on the logo lifts it off a busy wall. Foil is effective on premium accessories and cosmetics.

If your product needs to be checked before purchase, such as the texture of a cloth or the feel of a brush, an open die-cut window lets shoppers touch it while it stays in the box.

Ask the Retailer Which Peg They Use Before We Cut the Hole

The hole is the one detail on a hanger box you cannot guess. A round hole suits a plain peg, a Euro slot fits most hooks, and a sombrero hole carries heavier items, but the retailer's fixtures decide, so ask before artwork starts. Then weigh the product in its box, because anything beyond a light accessory wants a double-thickness tab or micro-flute board rather than a single sheet of folding board. Decide whether the box must also stand on a shelf; a fold-down tab covers both.

Share the product size and weight, the hole type, the board and your artwork, and a custom quote is emailed within one working day, from £0.25 per box depending on size, board and finish, with the minimum agreed job by job. The free design proof shows the full flat layout with the tab and the hole marked. Boxes are made in 4 to 7 working days after sign-off and sent flat on free tracked delivery to UK mainland addresses in 2 to 3 working days. Where a product needs to be seen as well as hung, hang tab boxes with a window use the same tab options.