Choosing between a magnetic, drawer and lid-and-base box
Most enquiries arrive with a format already in mind, often the one the brand has seen elsewhere. These are the questions that usually settle it.
The lid sets the reveal
A magnetic box is hinged: the lid lifts and stays where it is put. A lid-and-base box is two unconnected pieces, so the lid is taken off completely and set aside. A drawer slides out sideways.
That difference is the decision. If someone is opening the box one-handed on camera, a hinged lid is easier to film. If the box is a presentation tray that stays open on a table, the two-piece format is quieter.
What is going inside decides the interior
A single item needs a tray. A set of items of different heights needs cavities cut to each one. Something that moves in transit needs the insert to hold it, not just locate it.
Send the dimensions of everything going in, including the tallest and the widest, and the insert follows.
Storage is a real constraint
A fold-flat magnetic box is the same construction as a rigid magnetic box, pre-creased to collapse for shipping and storage. It occupies a fraction of the volume before it is filled, which matters if you are holding stock rather than filling it on arrival.
Then the finishing
Foil stamping, embossing, debossing, spot UV and matt, gloss or soft-touch lamination all work on all three formats. Finishing is chosen after the structure, not before — it changes the cost, not the shape.
The other guides
Short, and written from the figures the quotation is built from.
Send us the brief. We will price it.
Tell us what you are packing, how many, and where it is going. You will get a quote and a structural recommendation back.