Sniper Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Thought I would share the results of my search for printed laminated bags. I only contacted companies in the US. 1. Contacted "Presto Products" = They never returned my call. 2. Contacted "Bison Bag" = Spoke to Garrett. He told me that this laminated material is very "special" and it's the same type of material used in the medical industry where the specifications are much higher than the fishing industry. For this reason, he told me they would have to order 5,000 pounds of the material at one time that would roughly make 300,000 worm bags. 3. Contacted "Ultraflex" = Spoke to Alden. He echoed what Garrett at Bison Bag told me. The only difference is he would try and get two other companies to go in with me for the material purchase. That way, it would reduce the amount of bags each person would have to buy. However, he still said each person would need to purchase 50,000 bags each. 4. Contacted "In-Pact Poly" = Spoke to Steve. He told me they would also have to order the material but he could print 50,000 bags for me and not have to wait for other companies to split the material. The price per bag would be between .08-.10 each and each color would cost a one-time "plate set-up" fee of $200 per color. I have 5 colors in my design. He said the lead time between artwork approval and delivery would be around 8 weeks. 5. Contacted "Johnson Bag Company" = Spoke to Doreen. She told me they could print 15,000-20,000 bags for me and the cost per bag would run between .08-.10 each. The one time "plate set-up fee" would cost $250 per color. She said the lead time between artwork approval and delivery would be 10-12 weeks. I know lots of folks have wondered about going this route and others have checked into it. Just wanted to share the information I was given as of July, 2010. Hope this helps someone. Troy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm77 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Might be easier and less expensive if you have a label printed up that can stick on a generic worm bag. I went this route when I used to sell in the sotres. Very effective and I was getting rolls of 1000 labels for like 105.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted July 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Might be easier and less expensive if you have a label printed up that can stick on a generic worm bag. I went this route when I used to sell in the sotres. Very effective and I was getting rolls of 1000 labels for like 105.00 That's what I'm currently using now and yes it's cheaper in the short run but not in end. You figure a plain laminated bag plus 2 labels front and back and you're close to three times what a printed bag will cost. Unfortunately, looks like you have to buy 20,000-50,000 at one time. Is anyone using printed bags from Johnson? I would love to know what their print quality looks like. In-Pact Poly sent some samples and they look sharp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptRodney Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 eartworm who you use for your labels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smallie Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 I use the 2"x4" peel offs. I put my logo and the color and that's it. I used to put what type of bait, color, etc. and was driving myself crazy. All of my orders are internet sale so they know what type of bait they ordered. I seem to spend as much time with the packaging process as I do pouring. CaptRodney This quote is from the following post: http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/16026-labeling-what-is-in-the-bag/page__p__121663__hl__%2Bsticker+%2Bpaper__fromsearch__1#entry121663 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm77 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 I used a company from Fl. about 4 yrs ago, I don't remember the name but I could buy them in rolls of 1000 with no min. As a garage outfit, 20K bags or labels is simply too many. If I was Zoom, 50K, no problem but the reality of buying 50k bags or labels otherwise is simply overwhelming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted July 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 I used a company from Fl. about 4 yrs ago, I don't remember the name but I could buy them in rolls of 1000 with no min. As a garage outfit, 20K bags or labels is simply too many. If I was Zoom, 50K, no problem but the reality of buying 50k bags or labels otherwise is simply overwhelming. Oh trust me, it's been overwhelming for me too. The way I figure, I'm either gonna make it big or have 49,999 really nice ziplock sandwich bags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Oh trust me, it's been overwhelming for me too. The way I figure, I'm either gonna make it big or have 49,999 really nice ziplock sandwich bags! I've heard there is also a shelf life on the printed bags. You might want to check into that as well if you go that route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny438 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 (edited) I've heard there is also a shelf life on the printed bags. You might want to check into that as well if you go that route. We use Zip Top bags and staple a header card to the bag or put a sticker on them .. The cheapest place I have found to get the stickers made and the header cards is U Printing look them up on the net. If you need any help with graphics or making of you header card let me know.. Also you will find that just about all the companies you are speaking of out source there lam. bag printing to China.. Thanks, John Edited August 2, 2010 by johnny438 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalbul Posted January 6, 2019 Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Thanks for your help, been pulling my hair out working on bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted January 7, 2019 Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 info above mite not be correct any more ? Not sure, but it is dated 2010 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have Busters Posted December 24, 2020 Report Share Posted December 24, 2020 Joneswterry@yahoo.com Looking for a cost on soft fishing bait bags for resale with my company logo. Company name I'm wanting on front of bag (need them the size of a Zoom or Berkley Power bait bag) Hawg Busters is name I want on front of bag. Can you help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Posted October 6, 2021 Report Share Posted October 6, 2021 I found this to be one of the hardest things to get done. There's a company based here in America call "clear bags" that's the company you want to go to. Your brows there specific types of bags there are types just for fishing lures. Once you get the dimensions of the bag you want you need to get your graphic designer incontact with the person at clear bags. Clear bags will send a stencil what the dimensions needed to fit your particular bag to your graphic designer and your graphic designer will modify everything you want to fit the bag you want. I couldn't be more happier and how my bags in particular turned out and how cooperative and nice the people that clear bags are. Hope this helps 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoob Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 (edited) Also, check out International Plastics - interplas.com. They offer digitally printed small-quantity pouches. I found their prices and service to be great. Edited February 24 by Scoob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C0MRAD Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 This is an old thread, but I'll contribute anyway. If you don't want to order in high quantities and you don't want the clear bags that Barlows and other retailers sell, you can try wormbags.com. They have some black bags that look custom once you put your sticker on them. The benefit is you can get small quantities in the sizes you need without a large upfront cost. I recently switched to them and like them. I don't sell baits though, personal use only. If you actually use ten thousand bags a year, then order custom bags from China. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searunrainbows Posted Friday at 03:02 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 03:02 AM I sell mostly wholesale to retail stores been using clearbags.com (just the plain bags) the more you buy the cheaper per bag. For stickers I use Sheetlabels.com for my front of bag stickers, again the more you buy the cheaper per sticker, one big problem is having different products, I have 5 different products so I basically have to place 5 individual orders to get all my product specific labels done correctly. You use their online tool to import your artwork/logo & create your label before ordering ( or you can make a basic one within the tool if you don't have artwork ) I usually order 32,000 of the most popular product & 8,000ish each of the other 4. you can get them in sheets or rolls. For Barcodes I edit them to fit into Avery templates & onto sticker sheets...( barcode goes on the back of bag ) The issue with what I'm currently doing is the amount of time it takes to place the stickers on the bag. I pay packagers to do it but have been considering custom bags to speed things up, the issue again is having so many individual SKU's, 5 products with 40 colors in 6 or 7 sizes makes for about 1,300 unique products....this is whats stopping me from custom bags, i would need 5 different bags, then still have to put SKU stickers on...what clearbags quoted me for custom bags wasn't worth making the partial switch. What I really need is my own skookum multicolor printer, then I could edit all the images to incorporate the sku into the front sticker & print whatever quantities needed. when time permits thats gotta happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted Saturday at 01:51 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 01:51 AM Holy Guacamole, you sound busy? Got a day job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searunrainbows Posted Saturday at 10:18 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:18 PM day job still yes, 4 on 4 off ( 12hr shifts ) not sure how long I can keep this up though ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
