Printed boxes for physical software releases, so USB keys, discs, license cards and quick-start guides. We size the box and insert around your real parts, print every panel, and ship free anywhere in the USA. Small runs are fine, often around 50 boxes depending on the style.
Your time is very important to us so we have kept it short.
Most software is a download now. So when a company asks us for custom software boxes there’s nearly always a specific reason, a retail edition maybe, or a license kit for enterprise clients, or a collector’s release for a game with real fans, and in every case the box does something a download page can’t, it gives people a thing to hold and keeps the USB drive, key card and printed guide together.
That last bit is the headache. Small parts rattle. A loose USB stick scuffs the inside print and sometimes slides right out when someone opens the tuck flap, so we start with what goes inside and worry about artwork after.
Send us the parts list. A USB drive plus a key card fits a slim tuck end box with a die-cut insert, easy. A kit with a disc, a printed manual and a couple of accessories needs more depth, usually a two-piece box or a tray and sleeve style where the tray slides out and everything’s laid flat.
Measure the manual closed. Really. A 40-page guide gets quoted at 3 mm and shows up at 5 more often than you’d think, and then the lid won’t sit flat. Not sure where the ruler goes? Our guide on how to measure a box covers inside dimensions, and we double check your numbers on the dieline anyway.
This is the fiddly part. For a USB drive we cut a slot in paperboard or foam that holds the stick even when the box is flipped upside down, but not so tight your customer has to dig it out with a fingernail (they’ll mention that in a review, trust us). Discs sit in a printed card pocket or on a hub. Key cards can go in a little glued pocket inside the lid, out of sight until the box is opened.
For most kits, SBS paperboard outside and a cardstock insert is plenty. Heavier bundles can step up to rigid board.
There’s a lot to fit. System requirements, platforms, version number, barcode, maybe a QR code for registration. We’d put the requirements and barcode on the back and leave the front for the product name and one strong piece of key art, nothing else fighting it.
Inks are soy-based or water-based. Dark interface screenshots can look muddy under shop lights, and matte lamination helps with that, then spot UV on the logo pops against it nicely. Collector’s edition? Foil. Our team sets up the dieline and lays out your artwork free, and checks for tiny type, low-res screenshots and barcodes sitting too near a fold.
You see a digital proof before anything prints, and a physical sample if you want one. Production is 10 to 12 business days after proof approval, ground shipping anywhere in the USA is free, and if your range has chargers or accessories too, our other product packaging styles can share the same look.
Yes. We do a two-level or side-by-side insert, the drive gets its own slot and the manual lies flat under or beside it.
Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and price per box drops as quantity goes up. Send a quote request with your contents list for real numbers.
Rigid two-piece, or a tray and sleeve with a foiled logo. Feels solid, and people keep those on a shelf. If there’s hardware in the kit, have a look at our electronics packaging boxes too.
Plenty of customers order this alongside custom doorbell packaging boxes, custom USB data cable packaging boxes, custom motherboard packaging boxes and custom massager packaging boxes. More styles are in product packaging.
