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Portland, Oregon

Custom boxes for Portland brands

Portland brands care about the material and the making. Small batch soap, coffee and craft goods, generally after uncoated kraft and one or two color printing rather than full color gloss.
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  • From 100 boxes
  • Free design
  • About 2 to 4 days to Portland

Minimum

100 boxes

Low enough to test a design properly.

Design

Free

Artwork and a digital proof, every order.

In transit

About 2 to 4 days

Ground, to Portland, once your run is printed.

Printed in

The US

Vetted US partners. No customs.

On the ground

What shipping to Portland is actually like

Written for Portland rather than swapped in. If none of it matches the situation you are actually in, say so and we will price the job you have rather than the one described here.

Getting boxes into Portland

Briefs from Portland are the most likely on this list to ask for one or two colour printing rather than full colour, which is worth knowing because it moves the price in your favour. Less ink coverage on uncoated board is both cheaper and closer to what the brief usually wanted anyway.

What we’d order here

For small batch soap, order two sizes on one job: a pillow box at 60 cents for a single bar and a window carton at 95 cents for a set. The setup is shared across both, so the second size costs much less than a second order would, and you arrive at a market with both.

Worth knowing

What catches people out

Cold process soap keeps giving off moisture for weeks after it is made, and board wrapped around it too early goes soft and stains. Cure it fully, then box it.

Popular here

What Portland brands order most

Three formats cover most of what leaves for Oregon. If none of them is obviously right for what you sell, say what you ship and we will pick one for you.

A plain kraft box with a folded top and a wire carry handle

Custom Kraft Boxes

Natural, recyclable and honest looking.

From 100 boxes · $1.05 a box

A drawing of a pillow box, a flat board with two curved creases forming the pillow shapeIllustration

Custom Pillow Boxes

A small curved box that feels like a treat.

From 100 boxes · 60 cents a box

A kraft box with a clear film window in its lid, open, filled with shortbread biscuits

Custom Window Boxes

Let people see the thing they're buying.

From 100 boxes · 95 cents a box

Industries

Industries we make boxes for in Portland

These are the categories that over-index here. Each page covers the sizes, finishes and quantities that industry actually orders.

A cream rigid gift box tied with black ribbon being passed from one pair of hands to anotherExample of our print work

Soap & Bath

Coated and kraft stocks that hold up around oils, in small formats like pillow boxes and window cartons that suit a bar or a bath bomb.

A white lift off lid gift box printed with a pale blue watercolour pattern and tied with a blue satin bowExample of our print work

Coffee & Beverage

Rich, punchy printing on kraft or coated board that makes a bag or bottle feel like a present.

A navy textured lift off lid box tied with a white cord bow, photographed beside dried flowersExample of our print work

Candles & Home

Rigid boxes and snug inserts that survive the courier, finished so the box works as gift wrap on its own.

Straight answers

Questions from Portland

Including the one nobody else answers honestly, which is whether we are actually in your city. We are not, and the page says so.

Ask us anything

How long does delivery to Portland take?

Production runs 5 working days from artwork approval, with 3 to 5 of those on press, then roughly 2 to 4 days in transit to Portland. If you have a hard launch date, tell us the date and we will tell you honestly whether it is possible.

Do you have an office in Portland?

No, and we would rather say so plainly. BoxCrisp is a US company that works with vetted US manufacturing partners, so your boxes are made and shipped domestically. Everything happens by email and phone, which is how most packaging gets bought anyway.

What is the smallest order you will take?

A hundred boxes, on every format we make. That is deliberately low so a Portland brand can test a design properly without committing to thousands.

Can you help with the design?

Yes, and it is free. Send your logo and a rough idea, and we will send back a print ready proof before anything is made.

Are the boxes printed in Portland?

Not usually. They are printed at whichever US partner plant suits the format and then shipped to you, which is roughly 2 to 4 days on the ground. Picking the plant by format rather than by postcode is what keeps the price sensible; a nearer press that is wrong for the job costs more than the freight it saves.

Can you deliver straight to a fulfilment centre?

Yes, and it is the normal arrangement for anyone shipping from Portland. Give us the warehouse address, any inbound reference or ASN they need on the label, and how they want the pallet built. Tell us early rather than at proof stage, because a 3PL that rejects a delivery will charge you for the privilege.

Does shipping to Portland cost more than anywhere else?

A little, and the format matters more than the map. Flat formats pack tight and ship cheaply. Assembled rigid boxes are mostly air, so freight on those is a real line on the quote rather than a rounding error. Freight is always quoted separately so you can see which one you are paying for.

What do Portland brands usually order?

Custom Kraft Boxes are a good fit for a lot of brands here, and soap & bath is a strong category in the city. That is a starting point rather than a rule: the right format is decided by what goes inside the box, not by the city it ships from.

Can I get a sample pack sent to Portland first?

Please do, and do it before you commit to a run. The pack is free, shipping is $9.95 flat and comes off your first order, and asking for one takes no card. Board thickness and print finish are the two things a screen cannot show you, and they are also the two things people most regret guessing at.

What happens if a delivery turns up damaged?

Photograph the pallet before you unwrap it and send us the pictures the same day. Transit damage is a claim we make, not one you chase, and a photograph taken at the door settles it in a morning. If the boxes are unusable, they get remade.

Where we ship

We also ship to

BoxCrisp ships anywhere in the lower 48. These are the cities we send the most boxes to, and the cost guide applies to all of them.

Before you order

Let’s make your Portland box.

Tell us what you ship and roughly how many. We will come back with a price and a free design mockup, usually the same working day.
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