Custom Reusable Mailing Bags

Printing Your Brand on a Mailing Bag

A mailing bag is a moving billboard. It sits on doormats, in post rooms and on office desks, so a bold logo and a strong brand colour do a lot of work. One or two spot colours on a white, black or coloured film give a sharp, consistent result and keep the cost per bag low.

Use the back of the bag for something useful. A short line about how the returns strip works saves you customer service emails. A social handle or a discount code for the next order gives the customer a reason to keep the bag. If you sell to a younger audience, a pattern that covers the whole bag tends to get photographed and shared more than a small corner logo.

Keep the address area clear and light so courier labels sit flat and barcodes scan first time. The same print methods apply across our branded poly mailers in every size, so a logo file serves both.

Choosing the Right Bag Size for Your Range

Measure your products folded the way you actually pack them, including tissue and any swing tags, and add space for the flap and the seal. A bag that is too tight strains at the seams when the customer reuses it; a bag that is too large lets items slide around and looks careless.

Most clothing brands manage with two or three sizes: a small bag for accessories and single T-shirts, a medium for jumpers and jeans, and a large for coats or multi-item orders. Check the sizes against the postal size bands you use most, because a few millimetres can move a parcel into a more expensive price band.

If you are unsure, send us your three most common orders and we will suggest sizes. The measuring routine in our guide to measuring a product works for soft goods if you measure the folded stack.

Film Weight, Storage and Packing Speed

Thicker film resists punctures from hangers, zips and sharp corners, and survives a second journey better. Lighter film keeps weight down for simple soft goods. We will suggest a gauge based on what you ship and how often items come back.

We do not make environmental claims on your behalf, so if you plan to print any message about materials on the bag, check the wording with your own adviser first. What we can say plainly is that a bag used twice does the job of two bags.

Mailing bags arrive flat in cartons, so a whole season's supply takes up a corner of a stockroom rather than a whole wall of boxes. Keep them away from direct heat, which can weaken the adhesive, and use the oldest cartons first.

On a busy packing bench, hang a dispenser or keep each size in a labelled tray. Packers then reach for the right bag without measuring, fold the item into tissue, slide it in, peel and seal. It is one of the fastest ways to dispatch clothing orders.

When you reorder, look at which sizes ran out first and which sat untouched. Adjusting the split between sizes on each run is the easiest way to stop paying for bags you never use. The film weights are listed with the rest of our shipping bags and mailer boxes.

Making Returns Easier for Your Customers

The bag only helps if customers know what to do with it. Mention the second strip in your returns page, on the packing slip and, ideally, on the bag itself. A small printed arrow pointing to the flap with a few words such as "keep this strip for returns" stops people from ripping the bag open from the side.

Think about where the tear line sits. A perforation just below the first seal lets the customer open the parcel neatly without scissors, which keeps the bag whole for its second trip. If packers often over-fill bags, consider going up one size so the flap closes flat and the second strip still lines up with the body of the bag.

Some brands slip a pre-printed returns label inside each order. Combined with the resealable bag, the customer can send something back in under a minute, and that ease shows up in repeat orders. The free proof laid out on the bag outline shows where the tear line and both strips sit against the artwork.

Count Your Returns Before You Choose the Film

The decision that matters most on a two-strip bag is film weight, and it should follow your returns rate. Pull a month of orders and work out how many came back. If it is more than one in five, specify the heavier gauge, because every returned bag makes two journeys and the second one is packed by a customer who will not be careful. Then size the bags by folding your three most common items with their tissue and swing tags and measuring the stack. Print the returns instructions on the back as a short numbered list, not a paragraph. Brands that only need a one-way bag with a clean opening use tear-strip poly mailers for single trips.

Email the sizes, film colour and gauge, print colours and quantity per size, and a custom quote comes back within one working day with a free design proof after it. Bags are made in 4 to 7 working days once approved and delivered free and tracked on the UK mainland in 2 to 3 days. Bags with faulty strips or print reported within 10 days are replaced or refunded.