Printed paperboard or kraft boxes for pendants and chains, chokers too, with a card or foam insert inside so the chain doesn’t end up in a knot. They’re light and cheap to ship. Want foil or embossing on the logo? Easy add.
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Do you really need a heavy rigid box for a simple everyday chain? Most of the time, no. Shipping fashion pieces or handmade pendants, everyday stuff, a nicely printed paperboard box gets it there looking good and weighs about nothing, which your postage bill will notice. Custom printed necklace packaging boxes are mostly bought by Etsy and Shopify jewelers, small boutiques and market sellers, people sending out a lot of orders who still want each one to feel like somebody cared.
And here’s the real problem. Chains tangle. Drop a necklace loose in a box and it shows up as a little knot, and then your customer is sitting there with a safety pin for ten minutes before they’ve even tried it on, which, yeah, not great.
They’re folding boxes. Tuck end is common, so is a two-piece lid and base, and some people like a slim sleeve with a tray that slides out. All of them arrive flat, so a few hundred fit on one shelf in your spare room and they pop together in a few seconds each. White SBS if you want bright, sharp color. Kraft if your brand is more the natural, handmade, minimal type.
Size wise, a short pendant goes in something like 3 by 3 inches, and longer chains laid out flat need more like 3.5 by 7. Selling earrings and bracelets as well? Then it’s smart to plan a little family of sizes that all share one artwork, and our jewelry box dimensions guide shows the usual sizes per piece.
Honestly, the insert is the whole box. Two options mostly. There’s a printed card with two little slits, you wrap the chain round and tuck the clasp in, or there’s a foam pad with a slot that holds the pendant standing up, and either way the chain stays put when the box gets flipped around in a mail sorter.
Fine, delicate chain? Card, every time. It lies flat and lifts out without snagging. Chunky statement pieces like foam better because it grips. Bonus, you can print your logo or a two-line care note right on the card.
Full color means your brand colors come out right, and you can put a pattern inside the lid where nobody expects one. For jewelry, gold or silver foil on the logo is pretty much the classic move (works on white and on kraft). Embossing gives a raised logo you can run a thumb over. Soft-touch, meanwhile, makes a simple box feel like it cost more than it did.
Don’t pile it all on, though. We’d take one foil logo on a good color over three finishes fighting for attention. Our design team sets up your layout for free and checks the files, and they’ll tell you straight if your thin script logo is too fine to foil cleanly.
Quick version. Paperboard is lighter and cheaper and ships flat, great if you sell in volume. Rigid boxes are heavy and fancy and people tend to keep them, so they’re more for fine jewelry and gifting, and if that’s you, check out our rigid necklace boxes with gold foil. Doing matching sets? Our custom earring boxes can use the same design.
Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and the per-box price goes down as you order more. Digital proof first, physical sample if you ask. Standard production is 10 to 12 business days after you approve, and ground shipping is free across the USA. Browse the rest of our jewelry packaging range or get a quote for your sizes.
Card for fine chains, they wrap flat and come out easy. Foam for heavy pendants that need more grip.
We wouldn’t. Pop it in a padded mailer or a small shipper, since it’s made to protect the necklace, not to survive the post by itself.
Yes, and gold on kraft looks really nice. Dark inks are fine too. Pale colors come out softer than they would on white.
Similar options include custom earring boxes, bangle boxes for jewellery packaging, custom jewelry pouch and custom printed jewelry packaging boxes. Browse all of them in jewelry packaging. For measurements, see jewelry box sizes.
