Custom CBD Boxes
By the time cannabinoid content, batch, QR, ingredients, volume, a responsible-person address and any mandatory warnings are laid out at a size someone can read, a small CBD carton has one face left. Everything here follows from planning for that rather than discovering it.
- Builds
- Tuck end, seal end, rigid presentation boxes, sleeves
- Board
- 14–20pt with a coated inner face as standard
- Sizing
- Built to the assembled bottle with cap, pipette, seal and leaflet
Get a price for Cbd Boxes
Send the size and quantity — we reply the same working day with a price, a dieline and a date. Artwork optional at this stage.
- Free dielineThe flat drawing comes with the quote, before you commit.
- Proof before pressNothing is printed until you have seen it laid on the dieline.
- Die kept for reordersTooling is paid once. Every reorder skips straight to press.
- Quoted in four marketsUS, UK, Canada and Australia, in the delivery currency.
Lay the mandatory panel out first
The commonest and most expensive mistake in this category is designing the front, then finding the required text will not fit at a legible size and shrinking it until it does. That produces a pack that satisfies nobody and often has to be reprinted.
Set the required elements at a size you would be happy to read on a shelf, then design into what remains. What is required comes from your regulator and compliance adviser, not from us — we reserve and lay out what you specify.
The QR linking to a certificate of analysis is checked by real customers in this category. Put it somewhere findable, not hidden on a base flap.
The bottle you measure is not the bottle you sell
Send an assembled unit — bottle, cap, pipette, seal — and a folded leaflet if there is one. A carton built to glass dimensions will not close over the product you actually ship.
| Glass alone | What suppliers quote; not what has to fit |
|---|---|
| With dropper cap fitted | The real height, and usually the widest point |
| With a tamper seal | Adds a little at the neck |
| With a leaflet | A folded leaflet is stiff and takes space along one wall |
Oil finds uncoated board
Carrier oils migrate into board if a bottle weeps even slightly, and the stain spreads and reaches the printed face where it looks like damage. It will not dry out.
A coated inner face prevents it and costs very little. It is the same failure mode as in our essential oil carton notes, and it is worth specifying as standard rather than after the first complaint.
Tamper evidence and child resistance are separate
- Tamper evidence shows a pack has been opened — glued flaps, a perforated tuck, a seal.
- Child resistance stops a child opening it — usually a closure on the bottle, not the carton.
- Requiring one does not give you the other, and they are routinely confused.
- Where both are required, they are two features and two specifications.
Light is a functional reason to skip the window
CBD oil degrades in light, which is why the bottles are amber or violet. A closed carton is a second barrier and genuinely extends the useful life of the product.
A window undoes part of that for a view of a dark bottle that shows very little. In this category the plain carton is usually the better product as well as the cheaper one.
Cbd Boxes — specification
The rows that are specific to this build first, then what applies to every job we run. Anything not listed is a question, not a limit — send the brief.
This build
- Builds
- Tuck end, seal end, rigid presentation boxes, sleeves
- Board
- 14–20pt with a coated inner face as standard
- Sizing
- Built to the assembled bottle with cap, pipette, seal and leaflet
- Tamper evidence
- Glued flaps, perforated tuck or seal label
- Reserved panel
- Content, batch, QR, ingredients, volume, address and warnings
- Minimum
- 100 cartons
On every job
- Print process
- Digital below about a thousand, offset above it. One side or both, with spot colors where a match has to hold.
- Color
- CMYK as standard. Uncoated and kraft stocks print lighter and warmer; a spot color is the only exact match.
- Tolerance
- Cutting plus or minus 1 mm, creasing plus or minus 0.5 mm, confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Tooling
- A cutting die per size, made once and kept. Foil and emboss dies per artwork, also kept.
- Food contact
- Food-grade board and inks where the carton touches food, with the interior left plain.
- Sustainability
- Mono-material board wherever the product allows; recycled-content and FSC stocks; no claim printed the pack does not earn.
- Artwork
- Vector PDF or AI, 3 mm bleed, 4 mm safe area, fonts outlined. We check every file and send a proof before press.
- Dieline
- Supplied free with the quote, before you commit. Yours whether or not you order.
- Sample
- A plain unprinted sample at the finished size on request, for fit and construction.
- Reorders
- Skip the tooling and go straight to press at a lower unit price.
- Lead time
- Quoted with the price against your fill date rather than promised before we have seen the spec.
- Markets
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia — priced in the delivery currency, freight included.
Boards and films we build cbd boxes on
A folding carton is one sheet of board, so the board is the product. These are the stocks we run for cartons, what each is good at, and where it lets you down.
Natural kraft
Unbleached folding board. Warm, hides marks, costs least. Mutes color — one or two flat colors print well, photographs do not.
250–350gsm sleeves; 14–24pt cartonsWhite SBS
Solid bleached sulfate: bright, coated, the retail carton standard. Takes accurate color and every finish. Shows scuffs sooner than kraft.
14–24ptWhite lined chipboard
A recycled gray core under a white printing face. Cheaper than SBS and slightly duller; the back of the sheet stays gray.
16–24ptKraft-look coated
A kraft face over a coated inner. The natural look with a barrier behind it — the answer where oil, grease or moisture would mark plain kraft.
14–20ptRecycled-content board
Post-consumer fiber with a gray-brown cast. Right for outers and inner components; poor for bright whites and photography.
16–22ptMicro-flute E and F
A fine corrugated layer where a carton needs structure it cannot get from board — a large panel, a heavy product, a box that ships alone.
E 1.5 mm; F 0.8 mmUncoated and textured
No clay coat, or a linen or laid grain. Print reads softer and warmer; a deboss goes deeper. Photographs do not sit well on it.
280–350gsmMetallised and pearlescent
A metallic or pearl face for a shelf that needs to catch light. Costly, and it fights a photograph — a mark or a pattern suits it better.
16–20ptNot sure which? Say what goes in it and where it is sold — the material follows from that. Our notes on recycled, recyclable and compostable cover which claims each stock can honestly carry.
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Send what you have
A dimension, a photograph beside a ruler, or the product itself. No technical drawing needed — that part is ours.
- 02
We quote and draw
A price, a dieline and a date come back together. If a different build would suit the product better, that is in the reply too.
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Approve the dieline
The flat drawing is yours to check: which panel is the front, where the folds fall, how deep the cavity really is.
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Artwork on the dieline
You place your design on the flat we sent, or we place it for you, and you see a proof before anything goes to press.
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A sample if you want one
A plain unprinted sample at the finished size shows fit and construction — the things a drawing cannot.
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Cut, printed, shipped
The die is cut once and kept, so every reorder skips the tooling and goes straight to press at a lower unit price.
Format
Vector PDF or AI where possible. Raster artwork at 300dpi at final size, in CMYK.
Bleed
3 mm past every trim line, so a fraction of drift on the cutter never leaves a white edge.
Safe area
Keep type and anything important 4 mm inside the cut and away from every fold.
Color
Convert to CMYK before sending. Uncoated stock prints lighter; a spot color is the only exact match.
Fonts
Outline them or supply the files. A missing font substitutes silently and the proof will not match.
Barcodes
On a light, matte, unvarnished patch with the quiet zone clear — a code on gloss fails the scanner.
Not set up that way? Send it anyway — fixing a file is a short conversation, and we check every one before press. Our guide to preparing print files covers each point.
Every finish here is a decision about light on a shelf, not about luxury.
Matte lamination
Reads considered, hides marks, takes a ballpoint.
Gloss lamination
Lifts color; glares under shop lighting.
Soft-touch
Velvet in the hand; shows fingerprints in a bag.
Hot foil
Real metal leaf — the most reliable premium signal.
Emboss / deboss
Shape with no ink; works in the dark.
Spot UV
Gloss shapes on a matte field.
Uncoated kraft
Warm, natural, mutes color.
Textured stock
Texture in the paper; cannot scuff off.
Not sure which suits the shelf it sells from? Say where the product is sold and we suggest one — our notes on specialty finishes show them on real boxes.
Sizing a folding carton so the die comes out right: cbd boxes
Measure the product, not the box it is in now. A carton is built around what has to fit inside it, assembled — cap on, lid fitted, folded if it folds — at its widest point in each direction. Send those three numbers and say which is which.
- Length x width x height
- Internal, always. External dimensions include the board and are what the carrier measures, not what the product needs.
- Clearance
- 2–3 mm a side for a snug fit; more where an insert or void fill goes in. A carton cut exactly to the product is slow to pack and transmits every knock.
- Board thickness
- Heavier board takes internal space from the product. It matters most on small boxes, where four walls of 24pt is a real share of the cavity.
- Varies between batches?
- Glass, textiles, molded parts and cured soap all do. Measure several and build to the largest.
- Cutting tolerance
- Plus or minus 1 mm on folding board. Confirmed on a plain sample before the run.
- Units
- Metric or imperial, as long as you say which. Mixing them in one spec is where mistakes happen.
Not sure your numbers are right? Send the product dimensions rather than the box dimensions and we work the box out — the full method is in our guide to measuring for a box.
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Build your Cbd Boxes in 3D
Pick a shape, type a size, choose a board and a finish. The preview on the left redraws as you go, and the spec lands with us exactly as you set it.
Frequently asked questions
Got a question about cbd boxes? The answers below cover what we get asked most. If yours is not here, send it with a brief, message us on WhatsApp, or call +1 503-461-4788 — we reply the same working day.
What is the minimum order?
100 cartons, with the compliance panel reserved on the dieline.
Will you tell me what has to be on the pack?
No — that comes from your regulator and compliance adviser and it differs by market. We reserve the space and lay out what you supply.
What dimensions do you need?
The assembled unit: bottle, dropper cap, pipette, seal, and the folded leaflet if there is one.
Why is there an oily stain on my cartons?
A bottle has wept and the oil has wicked into uncoated board. A coated inner face prevents it.
Should the carton have a window?
Usually not. Light degrades the oil and the closed carton is a second barrier after the amber glass.
Is a tamper-evident carton also child-resistant?
No. They are separate features met by different components, and they are routinely confused.
Will you tell me what has to be on the pack?
No — that comes from your regulator and compliance adviser and it differs by market. We reserve the space and lay out what you supply.
What dimensions do you need?
The assembled unit: bottle, dropper cap, pipette, seal, and the folded leaflet if there is one.
Why is there an oily stain on my cartons?
A bottle has wept and the oil has wicked into uncoated board. A coated inner face prevents it, and it cannot be dried out afterwards.
Should the carton have a window?
Usually not. Light degrades the oil, the closed carton is a second barrier, and a dark bottle shows little anyway.
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