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San Francisco, California

Custom boxes for San Francisco brands

Bay Area brands usually arrive having already thought about the unboxing, because half of them sell to people who work in software and photograph everything. Specialty coffee, skincare and subscription boxes, and more questions about recycled board and ink coverage than we get anywhere else.
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  • From 100 boxes
  • Free design
  • About 1 to 3 days to San Francisco

Minimum

100 boxes

Low enough to test a design properly.

Design

Free

Artwork and a digital proof, every order.

In transit

About 1 to 3 days

Ground, to San Francisco, once your run is printed.

Printed in

The US

Vetted US partners. No customs.

On the ground

What shipping to San Francisco is actually like

Written for San Francisco 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 San Francisco

Brands here usually arrive having already thought hard about the unboxing, and they ask about recycled content and ink coverage more than anywhere else we sell. Both are fair questions and both get an honest answer, including the places where the answer is no.

What we’d order here

For a subscription box, spend the money once and then stop. Pick one size, keep it evergreen with no dates or seasons printed on it, and reorder the same artwork. The unit price falls with every reorder and the design cost never comes back, which is the whole reason the format works.

Worth knowing

What catches people out

Ink coverage. A full bleed dark colour looks superb in a render and costs more on press than most people expect, and on recycled board it can go patchy. If the budget is tight, put it into the board and the finish rather than into covering every square inch with ink.

Popular here

What San Francisco brands order most

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

Mockup of a white mailer box printed with the BoxCrisp logo, photographed from above

Custom Mailer Boxes

The box people actually enjoy opening.

From 100 boxes · $1.40 a box

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 kraft folding carton used for food packaging

Custom Folding Cartons

The classic retail box, light and shelf ready.

From 100 boxes · $1.05 a box

Industries

Industries we make boxes for in San Francisco

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

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 blue rigid box with its lid off, lined with white satin and holding a printed cardExample of our print work

Cosmetics & Beauty

You get premium touches like soft touch coating, foil and embossing, at quantities a growing brand can actually order.

A plain white corrugated mailer box photographed from above on a pale grey groundExample of our print work

Subscription Boxes

Reorderable mailer runs with pricing that still works when you're shipping the same box over and over.

Straight answers

Questions from San Francisco

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 San Francisco take?

Production runs 5 working days from artwork approval, with 3 to 5 of those on press, then roughly 1 to 3 days in transit to San Francisco. 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 San Francisco?

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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco?

Not usually. They are printed at whichever US partner plant suits the format and then shipped to you, which is roughly 1 to 3 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 San Francisco. 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco brands usually order?

Custom Mailer Boxes are a good fit for a lot of brands here, and coffee & beverage 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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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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