Polythene Bags for Online Clothing Brands: Unboxing
By The Velocity Wear Team
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Branded packaging for an online clothing brand often comes down to one piece: the printed polythene bag the garment sits in, because it is what the customer handles once the mailer is open. Velocity Wear makes frosted zip-seal bags with your logo, a hang hole and size stickers, from 50 per design, produced in 10 to 15 working days from artwork approval.
Why is the garment bag the packaging that counts online?
An online order reaches the customer in a mailer or box that has been through sorting depots and a delivery van, and that outer layer is opened and binned in seconds. What stays in their hands is the garment, in its bag. A printed bag puts your logo on that moment instead of a courier's, and a frosted bag presents the folded piece as a clean, even shape behind the print. For many small brands this bag is the whole packaging budget, and the printed polythene bag range is built for exactly that job.
Protection from packing bench to doorstep
Before it reaches the customer, a garment might sit in a warehouse for weeks, pass through several pairs of hands and spend a night in a damp van. The water-resistant film keeps it clean and dry throughout, and the zip seal closes the top so dust stays out. If the mailer tears, the garment is still sealed inside its own bag. That matters most for pale colours, where one scuff from a conveyor or a wet doorstep is enough to turn a sale into a return.
What happens when a customer sends it back?
Returns are part of selling clothes online, and the bag decides the state they come back in. A zip seal reopens, so the customer can refold the item into the bag it came in and close it again. It travels back protected, still carrying its size sticker, and your returns team can check it and put it back into stock with less refolding and rebagging. The two closure types are set side by side in zip-seal versus self-seal bags.
How should the bag pair with an outer mailer?
Think of an online order as layers, each with one job:
| Layer | Job | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Outer mailer or box | Survives the courier network and carries the address | Your packaging or mailer supplier |
| Printed garment bag | Protects the garment and presents your brand on opening | Velocity Wear, printed to your artwork |
| Size sticker or custom label | Tells packers and the customer what is inside | Applied to the garment bag |
| Neck label and hang tag | Carries the brand on the garment itself | Our labels and packaging service, or your own supplier |
Only the outer layer needs to be tough; the garment bag needs to be clean, printed and easy to reopen. Why the two bags are different products, and why most online brands end up using both, is covered in garment poly bags compared with mailing bags.
Keeping the unboxing consistent as the range grows
One bag artwork can serve every style you sell, which keeps the unboxing identical whether a customer buys a tee or a hoodie. The minimum is 50 bags per design, so a new brand can start with a single printed bag across its first range. Each style gets a bag sized to its fold, and the quote sets out how those sizes count towards the minimum, which is explained further in the polythene bag minimum order. More on launching a label is on the clothing brands page.
Before you enquire
Have your logo file ready, list the styles you sell, and decide roughly how many bags per design you want to hold in stock. Add your delivery country and the date you need the bags, and send it all through the form on this page. The branded garment bag page has the full spec, and the printed polythene bag guide covers sizing and samples.