Most custom case projects stall for the same reason: the first conversation is about cutting a new mould, and the minimum jumps from fifty pieces to five thousand. We work the other way round. Twenty-one handset models and ten style lines are already on the board, so the case usually exists — what you are actually customising is the colour, the print and the box it ships in.
Fifty-two colours sit on the shelf. Match one of them and the case goes into the next scheduled run at 50 pieces per style — no new colour development, no tooling charge, no five-thousand-piece gate.
Silk screen, UV print, laser engraving or heat deboss on the back plate, quoted by the complexity of your artwork rather than a flat rate. A one-colour wordmark and a four-colour graphic are not the same job and are not priced as one.
Nothing goes on the press until you have signed off a pre-production sample in the colour and print you ordered. Photographs of the finished run — every colour — follow before the cartons are closed.
The minimum is set by what changes. Changing a colour is cheap because the mould already exists. Changing a handset is expensive because it does not. Read down the middle column before you decide which route you need.
| Route | What you are changing | Minimum | Lead time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recolour an existing mould | Colour only, chosen from the 52 shades already on the shelf | 50 pcs per style | 3–5 weeks |
| Pantone colour match | A shade that is not on the shelf, matched to a Pantone reference or a physical sample you post to us | 500 pcs per style & colour | 3–5 weeks plus colour development |
| Your logo on the case | Silk screen, UV print, laser engraving or heat deboss on the back plate | 500 pcs per style & colour | 3–5 weeks |
| Your brand on our box | Retail-ready print on our standard packaging — the fast route to a shelf-ready product without building a box from scratch | 500 pcs per style & colour | 3–5 weeks |
| Fully custom packaging | Structure, board grade, print and finish to your own specification; we supply the dieline for approval before the box is tooled | Quoted per project | Quoted per project |
| New mould | A handset we do not run. For an existing design family this is usually a matter of weeks | Quoted per model | Confirmed before you commit |
A custom run that looks right on a photograph and wrong in daylight is the most expensive mistake in this category. The process below exists to catch that before the press starts, not after the container has sailed.
| Step | What happens | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Artwork check | We look at the file before quoting, not after. Vector artwork (AI, EPS, PDF) is required for logos; photographic print needs 300 dpi at final size | A written quote with the print method named |
| 2 · Sample | 1–5 pieces of any style at unit price plus courier — there is no sample fee, and no sample charge hidden inside the bulk unit price either | A physical case in your colour and print |
| 3 · Sign-off | You confirm the sample in writing. That sample becomes the colour reference for the whole order | A locked reference, held against your order |
| 4 · Production | The run is moulded and decorated from the same material batch and the same mould as the sample | QC photographs of every colour before cartons close |
| 5 · Inspection | If you would rather see the goods than trust a photograph, a third-party inspection at origin can be arranged before dispatch | An independent report, at your option |
One email is enough. There is no account to open, no trade login and no price list held behind a form.
If yours is not here, write to [email protected] — the reply comes from the person who runs the moulds.
Yes — that goes through UV print rather than silk screen, and it is priced on the artwork. Send the file and we will tell you whether it holds at the size it will be printed. A photograph that looks sharp on a monitor can still be too soft at 60 mm wide, and it is cheaper to find that out before the plates are made.
We do, and that is why you are not charged a tooling fee on a design that already exists. If your programme needs a mould that is exclusive to you, that is a separate conversation with its own terms — the reasoning is set out in OEM tooling ownership.
At 50 pieces per style you can take the case in any of the 52 shelf colours, unprinted. Printing and Pantone matching start at 500 pieces per style and colour because the plates and the colour strike have to be paid for by something. If you want to test the market before committing, that 50-piece run in a stock colour is the cheapest honest test we can offer.
A stock colour ships from what is on the shelf. A printed or Pantone-matched sample needs the colour struck or the plates made first, which is why it sits inside the 3–5 week production window rather than ahead of it. The courier time is on top and depends on the destination.
Yes, and it is common. The volume tier is calculated on the total piece count of the order, not per style, so a mixed order is not penalised. There is no surcharge for mixing models, styles or colours — the terms are on the wholesale page.
You will get a unit price at your quantity, the lead time against that specific colour and print, and the freight to your door — FOB and DDP side by side. No account, no obligation.
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Tell us the models, the quantity and where it ships. You get a unit price at your quantity tier, the tooling you are buying into, and the cost to your door — no obligation.