Custom Games Shipping Boxes

Inserts That Hold Games and Consoles Still

For a single board game, a well-sized mailer usually needs no insert at all. Once you start shipping bundles, inserts earn their place. A die-cut corrugated insert can hold a console in the centre of the box with a gap on every side, keep controllers in their own pockets and leave a slot for cables and paperwork. For a game bundle, a simple card divider stops two retail boxes rubbing against each other and scuffing their print.

Corrugated inserts are made from the same family of board as the box, which keeps the whole pack in one material for the customer to deal with. Where an item is especially fragile, such as a resin figure in a collector's edition, we can suggest a foam insert instead. Send us the products, or their measurements and weights, and we will propose an insert layout with the free design proof.

Board Grades for Different Games

Single wall E flute is thin and smooth, which makes it a good choice for printed mailers carrying lighter games and accessories. B flute is a little thicker and gives more crush resistance for larger board games and heavier boxes. Double wall board combines two layers of flute and is the right choice for consoles, multi-game bundles and anything over a few kilos.

If you are unsure, tell us the heaviest item you plan to ship in each size and how it travels. Parcels sent by courier through automated hubs are thrown about more than those handed over at a counter, and we will pick a board that copes.

Printing Your Brand on a Shipping Box

Games buyers are enthusiasts, and many will film or photograph an unboxing. A printed mailer with your logo on the outside and artwork or a message on the inside gives them something worth sharing. One colour printing on brown kraft corrugated is cost effective and looks purposeful. Full colour on white corrugated suits publishers who want to carry the game's own artwork through to the shipping box.

Think about security too. Some retailers prefer a plain outside with all the branding inside, so that a parcel containing a new console does not advertise itself on a doorstep. That is easy to arrange, and it is a popular choice for high value orders. A plain kraft outer can still carry one colour print on kraft for the logo and a handling message.

Packing Faster at the Bench

During a launch week or a busy sale, packing speed matters as much as protection. A box that needs taping on three edges and stuffing with paper slows every order. A roll end mailer folds from a flat sheet in a few seconds, locks its front flap without tape and, once sized properly, needs no void fill, so a packer can move from picking to labelling with very few steps in between. Adding a peel-and-seal strip removes the tape gun from the routine altogether.

It also helps to think about storage. Flat mailers stack neatly on a shelf, and when each size is clearly marked on the edge of the flat, staff pick the right box first time. We can print a small size code on an inside flap so it is never confused with your customer-facing artwork.

If you run pre-orders for a crowdfunded game, plan the shipping box alongside the game box itself. Fixing the retail box size early means the mailer can be ordered in good time, and you avoid paying for an oversized carton that costs more to post on every single order. Benches that pack hundreds a day move to self seal mailing boxes so no tape gun is needed.

List Your Best Sellers by Retail Box Size

The fastest way to size a games mailer range is a list, not a tape measure. Write down your twenty best-selling games with the outside dimensions of their retail boxes, then group them by footprint. Most board games share a handful of standard box sizes, so three or four mailers usually cover a catalogue, and consoles and bundles get a double wall box of their own. Send that list with your monthly volume and we will suggest the smallest set of sizes that fits, which keeps storage simple and lets you order more of each size. Decide whether the outside stays plain for discretion with print inside, and whether a self seal closure with a tear strip would speed up the bench.

A custom quote comes by email within one working day, and the free proof shows each size with its print. Production takes 4 to 7 working days after approval, mailers arrive flat by tracked courier to UK mainland addresses, and crushed or misprinted boxes reported within 10 days are reprinted or refunded. Crowdfunded games should fix the retail box size early so the mailers are ready before fulfilment starts.