Custom pillow box packaging
Custom Pillow Boxes,
cut to your product
Every box is die-cut to what goes inside it, printed to your artwork and specified against the weight it actually has to carry. No catalog sizes, no guesswork on the board.
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- 64 pillow box styles
- Cut to your product, not to a catalog
- US · UK · Canada · Australia
- Written quotes with the spec stated
Start here
Tell us what goes in the box
The three things that decide a specification are what the product is, what the filled pack weighs, and how it reaches the customer. Give us those and the quote is accurate rather than approximate.
- A written quote with the board, printing and finishing stated
- A dieline drawn to your product, with the usable print area marked
- An honest note about anything in the brief that will not work
- A physical sample before a full run, where it is worth it
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Six ways into sixty-four styles
Most packaging decisions start from one of these axes. Pick the one that matches how you are already thinking about the problem.
By Material
Material is the first decision on any packaging brief, and it constrains everything after it. The board you choose determines how the…
5 styles 02By Industry
Most packaging problems are category problems. A cosmetic box runs out of room for its ingredient list; a cookie box stains from butter;…
33 styles 03By Size
A pillow box is not one shape scaled up and down. The curved end tuck that holds it closed works through a relationship between the panel…
5 styles 04By Color
Color is where packaging orders most often go wrong, and almost always for the same reason: a color that should have been mixed as a…
10 styles 05By Feature
Some packaging decisions are about the surface and some are about the structure. Everything on this page is structural: a change to the…
6 styles 06Seasonal & Gifting
Seasonal packaging is the one part of this business where the schedule matters more than the specification. Print, foil and…
6 stylesMost specified
The styles we quote most often
Each page sets out what the specification does well, where it fails, and what choosing it costs you — not just what it is.
Kraft Pillow Boxes
Natural brown kraft board with a visible fiber texture, printed one or two colors.
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Pillow Boxes with Window
A die-cut aperture that shows the product without losing the printed panel.
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Black Pillow Boxes
Deep matte black with foil or spot gloss — the shortest route to a premium read.
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Soap Pillow Boxes
Cut to the bar, with apertures that let the scent through.
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Chocolate Pillow Boxes
Fitted trays and a specification that respects how chocolate behaves in warmth.
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Cosmetic Pillow Boxes
Beauty packaging with room for the regulatory copy nobody plans for.
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Wedding Favor Pillow Boxes
Small, personal and often named per guest — the most detail-sensitive box we make.
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Pillow Mailers and Envelopes
Pillow packs specified for the post: address panel, secure closure, sized to rate.
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What can actually be done to a pillow box
The format is simple and the specification is not. Material, weight, printing method, coating, decoration and internal structure are six separate decisions, and each one changes what the others can do.
- Kraft, coated paperboard, E-flute corrugated, clear PET and dyed-through colored board
- Spot color, full CMYK, Pantone matching, opaque white base and inside printing
- Matte, gloss, soft-touch lamination, water-based varnish or uncoated
- Foil stamping, embossing, debossing and spot UV from custom brass tooling
- Die-cut windows, carry handles, ribbon closures and standing bases
- Fitted trays, retaining cards, dividers and printed insert cards
How it works
From a description to a delivery
Nothing here is unusual. It is worth setting out because the stage most projects lose time on is the one people expect to be quick.
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Tell us what goes in the box
The product, its filled weight, and how it reaches the customer. Those three answers determine the material, the board and the closure — most of the specification.
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We quote, in writing, with the spec stated
Board, printing, finishing, tooling and a delivery date that includes transit. If something in the brief will not work, that is in the quote too.
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We draw the dieline to your product
With the usable print area, the crease zones and any aperture position marked. Design onto it rather than to an assumed size — it removes the most common revision round.
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Artwork, proof and sample
A printed draw-down for any color that matters, and a physical sample in the final board where the specification warrants it. This is the stage worth not rushing.
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Production and delivery
Boxes ship flat. We keep the die, the color references and the approved proof, so a reorder is produced against the record rather than reinterpreted.
Where we supply
Four markets, four sets of assumptions
Sizing conventions, labeling, climate and postal thresholds all differ. Telling us the market changes the specification, not just the address.
United States
Imperial sizing, direct-to-customer shipping, state-specific warning copy on beauty packs.
US packagingUnited Kingdom
Small runs, independent makers, and enforced rules on environmental claims.
UK packagingCanada
Bilingual layouts where French runs longer, plus long domestic transit distances.
Canadian packagingAustralia
Heat-aware adhesives, an inverted seasonal calendar and genuinely long transit.
Australian packagingBefore you order
The guides worth reading first
Written to answer the questions that come up in quoting, including the ones where the honest answer is that a pillow box is the wrong structure.
Pillow Box Size Guide
How pillow box dimensions actually work, why the format behaves differently at each scale, and how to arrive at a size that fits your product first time.
9 min read SizingHow to Measure a Pillow Box
Internal against external dimensions, where to measure a curved pack, and how to send us measurements that produce the box you were expecting.
7 min read ArtworkPillow Box Dielines and Artwork
How to read a pillow box dieline, where artwork can and cannot go, and the file setup that gets a job to press without a revision round.
11 min readHow to Brief a Packaging Supplier
What to send, what to leave out, and the six pieces of information that let a supplier quote accurately instead of guessing and revising.
7 min read Getting startedFive Decisions on a First Packaging Order
The choices that determine whether a first custom packaging order works — and the ones that turn out not to matter nearly as much as they seem.
8 min read SustainabilityHow to Read an Environmental Packaging Claim
What recyclable, biodegradable, compostable and sustainably sourced actually mean on packaging, and which of them a supplier can substantiate.
9 min readCustom pillow boxes: common questions
The questions we are asked most often, answered without the hedging.
What is a pillow box?
A flat-packed carton with two curved end tucks that hold it closed without glue or a lid. It folds from a single die-cut blank in a few seconds, stores flat until you need it, and suits small to medium products particularly well.
Do you have standard sizes?
No. Every box is cut to the product, which avoids paying to ship air in the nearest stock size. Send us the item or its measurements and we draw the dieline around it.
What does a pillow box cost?
Pricing starts from $0.30 per piece. What moves it is size, material, quantity, printing, finishing, inserts and shipping — so any figure quoted without those is a guess. We send a written quote with the specification stated.
What is the minimum order?
We quote small runs as a matter of course. At low quantities the fixed costs — the die, the plates, the press setup — dominate the unit price, and we will show you where they sit so you can decide what to simplify.
Which countries do you supply?
The United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. We ship to addresses in all four; we do not operate premises in any of them, and lead times we quote include transit rather than hiding it.
Can you match my brand color?
With a Pantone reference, yes — printed as a spot ink so it reproduces identically between runs. From a screen value we convert to the nearest match and send a printed draw-down for approval.
Can I get a sample before ordering?
Yes. We produce a physical sample in the final board and size so you can test the fit with your own product. It is the cheapest way to find a specification problem before it becomes a full run.
How long does production take?
It depends on the specification, quantity and finishing, and we quote production and transit together as one date. A production time that ignores shipping is not useful information.
Do you print inside the box?
Yes, on a board coated both sides. On a pillow box the inside face is genuinely visible as the tuck opens, and a flat color inside is one of the cheapest ways to make a pack feel considered.
Can the boxes be posted without an outer carton?
With a postal specification — a sealed closure, an address panel and board chosen for the journey. A retail pillow box sent as-is generally arrives open and dented.
Next step
Tell us what goes in the box
Send the product, the quantity and the date you need it on a shelf. We come back with a written quote, a specification and an honest view of anything in the brief that will not work.