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Give your existing packaging an instant luxury upgrade with a beautifully printed Custom Sleeve. Designed as an open-ended paperboard jacket that slides smoothly over plain boxes, containers, or products, this style offers a cost-effective way to add premium branding without changing your entire box design. Partner with XCustomBox to get direct factory-wholesale pricing, zero setup fees, and fast delivery across the United States.

Give your existing packaging an instant luxury upgrade with a beautifully printed Custom Sleeve. Designed as an open-ended paperboard jacket that slides smoothly over plain boxes, containers, or products, this style offers a cost-effective way to add premium branding without changing your entire box design. Partner with XCustomBox to get direct factory-wholesale pricing, zero setup fees, and fast delivery across the United States.


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Dimensions: Custom Shapes & Sizes (Made To Order)

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Print Options: CMYK, PMS, No Print

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Cardstock: 10pt - 48pt cardstock, Brown/white Kraft, Corrugated, Buxboard, Texture & Linen

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Quantity: Sampling (1-5 samples), Actual Order (100-500k units)

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Coatings: Gloss/Matte, Velvet Soft Touch, Aqueous Coating, Holographic

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Print Process: Offset, Digital, Screen

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Extra's: Window Patching, Foiling, Emboss/Deboss, Spot UV

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Proofing: 2D View, 3D View, Physical Sampling (On Demand)

Description

Custom Sleeve: The Easy and Flexible Retail Branding Upgrade

A Custom Sleeve—also known as belly band packaging—is one of the smartest and most affordable ways to elevate your product presentation. By sliding a printed band over a plain white, kraft, or clear container, you instantly transform basic packaging into a premium retail experience. At XCustomBox, we manufacture these open-ended wrap jackets out of high-quality cardstock with precise score lines, ensuring they slide on easily, fit snugly, and give your merchandise a high-end look.

Slide On a Custom Sleeve to Refresh Your Existing Retail Boxes

If you have a large inventory of plain shipping boxes or blank containers, you do not need to buy entirely new custom boxes to update your look. A Custom Sleeve slides directly over your current packaging to add instant color, logos, and product information. This style is incredibly popular for gourmet food trays, soap bars, luxury candles, socks, and seasonal gift sets. It allows you to keep using your standard boxes while changing the outer look as often as you want.

Create Seasonal and Limited Edition Designs on a Low Budget

Changing your product line for holidays, limited editions, or special promotional events can quickly become expensive if you change your entire packaging box layout. Using a Custom Sleeve solves this problem by letting you print small, targeted batches of outer bands while keeping your main underlying box exactly the same. This flexible layout helps your marketing team switch out flavors, scent descriptions, or holiday graphics on the fly without wasting money on unused packaging.

Keep Your Product Presentation Tight with a Snug Friction Fit

No one wants an outer packaging band that slips off completely on a store shelf or bunches up during shipping. Every Custom Sleeve we produce is cut to precise micrometer tolerances to match the outer dimensions of your specific product or inner box. The natural friction of the cardstock paperboard holds the belly band firmly in place, keeping your multi-piece gift kits or food containers tightly wrapped together from the moment they leave our facility until the customer slides it open.

Ship Everything Flat to Reclaim Valuable Warehouse Floor Space

Storing bulky, fully shaped boxes can quickly fill up your fulfillment center and drive up your monthly rent costs. Because a Custom Sleeve is essentially a flat piece of pre-scored cardstock with a single glued seam, your entire order ships completely flat-packed in highly compressed bundles. This smart arrangement slashes your raw storage space requirements by up to 70%, making it incredibly easy to store thousands of product variations in a small corner of your warehouse.

Expect Perfect Color Matches Across All Wholesale Store Orders

If you are distributing your product line across major national retail store networks, consistency in your corporate colors is vital to protecting your brand image. XCustomBox passes every single production run through strict color monitoring workflows, making sure your printed graphics look perfectly identical from the first band to the last. By cutting out traditional plate charges and setup fees, we help your business keep initial capital investments low while rolling out fresh designs.

Upgrade Your Store Shelf Appeal with XCustomBox Today

Selecting a professional packaging jacket is an important business choice that directly affects your daily fulfillment speed and your brand authority on the market. Our custom design team is ready to help you configure a durable, beautifully printed band tailored precisely to your items.

Contact our B2B account team today with your product measurements, material choices, and target batch sizes. We will provide a complete structural evaluation and a transparent wholesale price quote within 24 hours to help advance your packaging project.

SBS C1S
SBS C1S
Premium-grade bleached white paperboard coated on one side for high-quality printing and finishes.
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SBS C2S
SBS C2S
Premium-grade bleached white paperboard coated on two sides for high-quality printing and finishes.
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CCNB
CCNB
Duplex paperboard made from 90% recycled paper pulp with a white surface for high-quality printing.
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Fully Recycled CCNB
Fully Recycled CCNB
Duplex paperboard coated on one side and made from 90% recycled paper pulp.
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Natural Brown Kraft
Natural Brown Kraft
Kraft paper made from a mix of virgin and recycled paper pulp, coated on both sides for printing.
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White Kraft
White Kraft
Bleached kraft paper made from a mix of virgin and recycled pulp with coating on both sides for printing.
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Black Kraft
Black Kraft
Black dyed kraft paper made from a mix of virgin and recycled pulp, coated on both sides for printing.
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Uncoated Unbleached Kraft
Uncoated Unbleached Kraft
Unbleached kraft paper with no coating. Made from a mixture of virgin and recycled paper pulp.
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Clay-coated Kraft Back
Clay-coated Kraft Back
Kraft paper with a coated bleached topside for high-quality print and unbleached bottom side.
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Clay Natural Kraft
Clay Natural Kraft
Kraft paper with an uncoated bleached topside and unbleached bottom side.
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Metallic
Metallic
Specialty paper material featuring a glossy or matte metallic laminated surface.
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Holographic
Holographic
Specialty paper material featuring a glossy or matte holographic laminated surface.
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Textured
Textured
Premium-grade textured paper stock primarily used for wrapping rigid boxes.
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Aqueous Coating
Aqueous Coating
Clear, fast-drying, water-based, and eco-friendly coating. Available in gloss or matte finish.
UV Coating
UV Coating
Fast-drying coating cured with ultraviolet light. Available in gloss or matte finish.
Spot UV
Spot Gloss UV
UV coating that is applied to a specified area and cured using ultraviolet light.
Soft Touch Coating
Soft Touch Coating
Soft to the touch coating that creates a velvety texture for a more tactile appeal.
Varnish
Varnish
Clear coating applied using the CMYK printing method. Available in gloss, satin, or matte.
Lamination
Lamination
Laminated protective film that adheres to the surface of packaging materials to maximize durability.
Anti-scratch Lamination
Anti-scratch Lamination
Laminated BOPP film that is scratch, scuff, and fingerprint resistant. Cost-effective option.
Soft Touch / Silk Lamination
Soft Touch / Silk Lamination
Soft to the touch lamination similar to peach skin. Available in a satin or matte finish.

Hot Foil Stamping
Hot Foil Stamping
Form of relief printing in which foil is transferred to a surface at high temperatures.
Cold Foil Printing
Cold Foil Printing
Form of relief printing in which foil is transferred to a surface by pressing onto UV curable adhesives.
Blind Embossing
Blind Embossing
Form of relief printing in which dies is pressed on the back of the material to form a raised motif.
Blind Debossing
Blind Debossing
Form of relief printing in which dies is pressed on the front of the material to form a raised motif.
Registered Embossing
Registered Embossing
Form of relief printing in which a die is pressed on the back of the material to form a raised motif.
Combination Embossing
Combination Embossing
Combination between embossing and foil stamping. It creates a 3D motif that features a foil finish.
Window Patching
Window Patching
Die-cut shape is layered with plastic film to feature a window showcasing the product inside.

 

 

How To Prepare Your Custom Packaging Artwork ?
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Accepted Formats: Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw

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Artwork Creation:  Layout your artwork on the provided die template and send back to us for proofing. If your product needs a white ink please create a separate layer. Embed your images with a resolution of min 300dpi or provide vector file

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Bleed Margin: Add 0.625" as bleed margin in your file

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Colour Management: Identify PMS colours on file for us to match with PMS - Do not decide colours from pdf file. As they are not compatible with original prints. Update us if you already have a colour sample for us to match

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Fonts: Curve outline the fonts if any special font is used in your file - Any special font used in file to be provided separately

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Page Size: Setup the page size of your artwork to the exact size of your file on a single page. Our team will adjust the artwork canvas and uppings at our end. We recommend to print the final proof on actual size and make a paper dummy to ensure proper sizing of your boxes

 

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