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OrderingHow Many Dust Bags Should You Order?
Deciding how many custom dust bags to order is the first question every buyer hits — and getting it roughly right saves both money and warehouse space. Order too few and your next production run sells out before the bags arrive; order too many and they sit in storage tying up cash.
Here’s the practical framework we walk every customer through, from a first collection launch to a full retail rollout.
Start with your unit volume
The cleanest starting point is how many individual units — handbags, shoes, jewelry pieces — you expect to sell or ship over the bag’s useful life. If you bag every unit that leaves the warehouse, your dust bag order should roughly match your production or inventory run for that period, plus a small buffer for damaged goods and samples.
Match quantity to the goal
A bag-every-unit program needs full coverage of your SKU volume; a gift-with-purchase or wedding-favor program only needs to match expected attendance or a defined promotional run.
| Scenario | Typical quantity | Best style |
|---|---|---|
| New brand / capsule launch | 100–500 | Cotton Drawstring |
| Wedding favors | 75–300 | Satin |
| Jewelry / watch line | 250–1,000 | Felt |
| Full retail rollout | 5,000–25,000+ | Non-Woven or Cotton |
| Handbag / luggage brand | 500–5,000 | Large Dust Bag |
Choosing for your order
When in doubt, round up to the next price break — the per-unit cost usually drops enough at the next tier that the extra units are nearly free, and leftover dust bags keep for future inventory or a future gift-with-purchase promotion.
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