Printed shoe boxes for sneakers, boots, heels and kids’ shoes, made in two piece, drawer or mailer styles. Sized to your last, built strong enough to stack in a stockroom, and finished with your logo. Low minimums and free US ground shipping.
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Sneaker people keep the box. Some of them keep it longer than the shoes. That tells you a lot about what custom shoe boxes are for: they protect the pair, sure, but they’re also the first thing your customer sees and often the last thing they throw out.
We make shoe packaging for independent sneaker labels, bootmakers, kids’ footwear brands and boutique shops. Most come to us because stock boxes are the wrong size, look generic, or crush in the stockroom when they’re piled twelve high.
Footwear isn’t one size. A running shoe, a chunky winter boot and a pair of stilettos need very different boxes. Length is the obvious one, but height is where people get caught out. A high top or a boot with a padded collar needs more headroom than you’d think, and if the lid presses down on the toe box you’ll get creasing on the leather before the customer even tries them on.
Send us the size range you sell. We’ll usually suggest two or three box sizes that cover the run, rather than a box per size, which keeps cost down. Our shoe box dimensions guide has typical measurements for men’s, women’s and kids’ styles if you want a starting point.
Three styles cover almost everything:
The lid and base is the cheapest and stacks best on stockroom shelving. A drawer feels more special and works with a pull tab or ribbon. For online sales, a mailer shoe box saves you buying a second shipping carton (and the dead space inside it). If you ship a lot, have a look at our custom mailer boxes as well.
Stockrooms are tough on shoe boxes. A size 10 gets pulled out on a Saturday, tried on, shoved back on the pile, twelve more boxes go on top of it, and that’s every day, so we nearly always go E-flute or B-flute corrugated to keep the corners square. Fancy line? Then rigid board wrapped in paper. It just feels heavier in the hand.
Kraft corrugated with a one or two color logo is a popular choice for outdoor and workwear brands. It looks honest, hides scuffs, and is usually recyclable. White or printed boards suit fashion and sneaker brands that want strong color.
Print outside, inside, or both (we love a printed inside, people smile when the lid comes off). Matte hides the fingerprints and scuffs, gloss makes your color loud, and on the logo foil or embossing or a bit of spot UV all look good. Oh, and please leave a blank label spot on one end for size and SKU, otherwise your staff end up opening every box to find a 9 in black.
The dieline and artwork setup are free, and we look over your files for print problems, then a digital proof comes to you. A physical sample is available on request. If you also sell socks or laces, our socks and apparel window boxes can match your shoe box design. More options live in our apparel packaging range.
Minimums are low, often around 50 boxes depending on the style, and price per box drops as you order more. Production is 10 to 12 business days after proof approval, rush on request, and ground shipping is free across the USA.
Normally. Two or three box sizes will cover a whole size run for most brands, you just stuff a bit more tissue around the small pairs.
A corrugated mailer style shoe box can go out with just a shipping label. A standard lid and base box should go inside an outer carton.
Yes. Inside printing is popular for a pattern, a thank you message or care instructions for leather.
Plenty of customers order this alongside custom towel boxes, custom tie boxes, custom tights packaging and custom cufflink boxes. More styles are in custom apparel packaging, and shoe box dimensions covers the common sizes.
