Our printed tote bags are completely customisable. Once you’ve decided on your base colour, we’ll discuss the printing methods and finishes available that’ll make your printed cotton tote bags pop. With no carrier bag tax restriction and the option to reuse personalised cotton bags, more retailers are favouring this eco-friendly approach. From event goodie bags to online giveaways, printed cotton bags with your branding will be a hit.
When you partner with our brilliant design team, we’ll work with your vision to ensure your printed cottone tote bag exceeds your expectations. You can choose from plain cotton or our range of highly pigmented colours to match your brand. Our custom tote bags can also come in a range of sizes if our standard 38cm x 42cm isn’t suitable.
Standard Delivery From
15 working Days
Minimum Order
Amount: 100
Fast Track
5 – 7 Days
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Print Specification
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Stock Colours
Also over 50 additional colours available see here.
When working with the team at The Printed Bag Shop, you can be sure that you are in the best hands. As well as being on hand to help you create stunning designs that your customers will love, we can also recommend different types of printed packaging for other business needs, ensuring you can get the most affordable prices for the best quality products.
For custom tote bags, our prices start from just £0.76 per item. To keep our prices affordable, we have a minimum order of 100 bags – and the more you order the bigger the discount! When creating your printed cotton bags, we work to meet your deadlines, delivering your order within just 10 days. For businesses who need their order fast, our fast-track delivery option has a 48-hour turnaround, while our standard orders are delivered within 10 days.
As well as our printed cotton tote bags and branded tote bags, we also have a huge variety of printed tote bags available in various designs and materials. Our personalised jute bags and printed canvas bags are also very popular. We also design more environmentally friendly printed plastic bags, personalised hessian bags and printed paper bags so there is an effective solution for every single business. If you’ve got any questions or want to get started, get in touch today!
A tote bag gets used. Not once and discarded, but picked up day after day, carried to markets, cafés, offices, and supermarkets, seen by everyone who happens to be nearby. For a business thinking about where its brand investments go furthest, that sustained, everyday visibility is something that very few other promotional or packaging products can match. The Printed Bag Shop supplies custom printed tote bags in 100% natural cotton to businesses, charities, events, schools, and organisations across the UK, with a full range of print options and sizes to suit whatever the brief requires.
Our printed tote bags are made from 100% 5oz natural cotton: a weight that is light enough for comfortable everyday use but substantial enough to carry a meaningful load without showing strain. The natural cotton weave provides an excellent print surface, holding colour sharply and maintaining clarity through repeated washing. Bags are available in natural unbleached, white, black, and a range of other fabric colours depending on the style, which gives you the option to choose a base that works with your brand rather than against it.
The standard configuration features long shoulder handles designed for comfortable over-arm carrying, making them as practical for grocery shopping as they are for retail purchases, events, and promotional use. Sizes range from smaller options suited to gifts, conference materials, and product launches, through to full-sized grocery carriers generously proportioned for everyday use. If standard sizing does not suit your requirements, custom dimensions are available.
The commercial case rests on longevity. A well-made cotton tote bag used regularly for a year generates hundreds of individual brand impressions at a per-impression cost that paid media cannot approach. Unlike a flyer or a paper bag that disappears after one use, a tote bag stays in circulation for as long as it is useful, and a useful bag is used daily. That ongoing visibility compounds in a way that short-lived packaging simply cannot.
Beyond passive advertising, branded tote bags have become a product in their own right for many businesses. Bookshops, artisan food brands, galleries, cultural institutions, and independent retailers all sell tote bags alongside their core products, often generating strong margins on designs that customers are actively seeking out. The bag ceases to be packaging and becomes something people want to own, which is a different and considerably more powerful category of brand engagement.
For events, conferences, and exhibitions, custom printed totes serve as both a practical gift and a sustained brand ambassador. A bag handed out at a trade show, festival, or charity event continues working for the brand in entirely different environments and in front of entirely different audiences long after the event itself has ended.
Cotton is a natural, biodegradable material that does not persist in the environment in the way synthetic fibres do. A well-used cotton tote bag replacing single-use plastic bags over many months or years represents a genuine environmental benefit, which is why reusable bags have become so strongly associated with environmentally conscious consumer choices. The association is not just marketing; it is accurate.
At The Printed Bag Shop, our printed tote bags are ethically made and transported. The cotton is natural, the production process meets ethical standards, and our printing uses responsible inks. For businesses that need their packaging choice to be genuinely defensible on sustainability grounds rather than simply looking sustainable, this matters. Our tote bags can honestly represent that value to your customers.
Print options range from single-colour spot printing to full-colour transfer print that handles photography, illustration, and complex graphic work. Screen printing is the standard choice for most tote bag orders: it is durable, produces vivid results, and holds well through machine washing. For more complex artwork with gradients or a high number of colours, transfer printing is the better choice and delivers excellent results on cotton.
Colour accuracy across print runs is something we take seriously. We work from the Pantone colour guide to ensure that the colours on your printed tote bags match your brand guidelines rather than drifting. If you have defined Pantone values in your brand documentation, those are the references we use. If you are developing artwork from scratch, our in-house design team can help you identify shades that will perform well on both natural and coloured cotton bases.
Wholesale orders are available, with pricing that reduces per unit as quantities rise. Whether you need 100 bags for a product launch or a long run for a seasonal campaign, the team will quote clearly and ensure consistency across the full order.
Independent retailers use them as branded carriers that customers actually keep. Charities order them for fundraising and events. Universities and schools produce them for freshers’ weeks and student activities. Cultural organisations including museums, galleries, and theatres sell them through gift shops. Coffee shops and food brands use them for merchandise and gift packaging. The Printed Bag Shop has worked with all of these sectors and more, and the team brings that experience to every project rather than treating each enquiry as starting from zero.
Printed bags and custom packaging is the perfect way to improve your brand visibility, without breaking the bank.
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Yes! Our cotton bags are made from 100% natural, unbleached material which is ethically sourced. We also buy from our suppliers in bulk to cut down on emissions from transport. For your customers, personalised cotton bags are a win-win – they can take their purchases home in a durable, practical bag that they can use again and again. Once they come to the end of their lifecycle, they are fully biodegradable.
Absolutely! We have fifty colours available so you can fully match the bag to your branding. We use full colour transfer and spot colour printed to craft any design you need.
They are! Because our custom printed cotton tote bags are reusable, the carrier bag taz does not apply. It is up to you to decide whether to charge your customers for their bags – and many customers are willing to pay for these stylish and practical cotton bags.
The standard cotton shopper is the most popular design but gusseted shoppers are also available, perfect for larger products. Each of these designs can be made with either long or short handles depending on your preference. For print design, the sky is the limit! You can use your logo, brand colours and other imagery to create a design that will become a mobile advertisement for your business.
Custom printed tote bags are available from a minimum of 100 units, making them accessible for smaller businesses and short-run campaigns. Per-unit costs reduce as order quantities increase. A tailored quote is provided based on your specific bag specification and print requirements.
Yes. Cotton tote bags can be machine washed on a cool setting, which extends their useful life considerably. This washability is one of the practical advantages of cotton over paper or laminated bag alternatives, and it means bags stay looking good for longer.
Screen printing uses ink pushed through a mesh stencil onto the fabric and is excellent for bold, limited-colour designs that need to be sharp and durable through repeated washing. Transfer printing applies detailed full-colour artwork via a heat process and suits complex designs with gradients, photographic elements, or many colours. Our team will recommend the appropriate method for your artwork.
Yes. Natural unbleached, white, black, and other fabric colours are available depending on the bag style. The base colour choice affects how printed colours appear, particularly lighter shades which read differently on dark bases than on natural or white cotton. Our design team can advise on the most effective combination for your specific artwork.
Absolutely. Branded tote bags are an excellent merchandise category, particularly for businesses with a strong visual identity. The product cost is manageable, margins can be strong, and customers genuinely value a well-designed, useful bag. We have worked with many businesses on merchandise tote projects and can advise on the approach most likely to produce a strong-selling product.
Print durability on cotton depends on the printing method and care. Screen-printed designs on cotton are highly durable through normal washing if correctly cured during production. Transfer-printed designs are similarly long-lasting under normal care conditions. We produce bags intended for repeated use, not single occasions, and the print quality reflects that.
Yes. If you have print-ready artwork in a high-resolution format, we work from that directly. If you need design support, our in-house team can develop artwork from a brief, your logo files, and brand guidelines. A proof is provided for approval before anything goes to print.
Yes. Our printed cotton tote bags are ethically made and transported. The Printed Bag Shop is committed to sustainable sourcing and responsible production, which means you can represent the bags to your customers honestly as an ethically produced product.
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