Custom Full Colour Printed Flat Zip Pouch in PU Leather

Our custom printed flat zip pouch has no gusset at all: one flat panel front, one flat panel back, printed edge to edge in full colour and closed with a metal zip. The outline is borrowed from a snack packet, with die-cut zigzag edges down both sides and a printed barcode block on the reverse, so the finished pouch reads as packaging rather than as a pencil case.

• Material: PU leather with die-cut edges
• Size & format: approx. 20 cm × 13 cm flat, no gusset · metal zip with ball-chain pull
• Printing: full colour across the whole front and the whole reverse, seam allowance included
• Minimum order: 500 pcs
• Lead time: 3 to 4 weeks from artwork approval

The die cuts through printed material, so the cut line is part of your artwork. This is the one thing that catches first-time buyers on a flat pouch. On a gusseted pouch the artwork is printed onto a rectangular panel and the side gusset is stitched in afterwards, so the design simply stops at the seam and nothing is lost. Here there is no seam to stop at: the sheet is printed first and the zigzag die comes down through it. Any element sitting within about 8 mm of the edge will be sliced mid-shape, and a logo centred too near the side will come back with a serrated bite out of it. Keep logos and text inside a 10 mm margin and let background colour, pattern or texture run into the cut, which is exactly how a real snack packet is built.

The reverse needs its own artwork, not a mirror of the front. Most printed pouches are decorated on one face and left plain on the back, because the back sits against the body and nobody sees it. The packet illusion only holds if the back carries what a packet carries: a barcode block, a nutrition-style panel, small print. We will ask you for a separate reverse file. If you do not have one we will build the barcode and small-print panel from your brand colours and send it with the proof, because a mirrored front on the reverse is the detail that gives the whole thing away.

It suits snack, beverage and FMCG brands running an on-pack or redemption gift, and marketing teams who want something that photographs as product rather than as merchandise. Because it lies flat it also slips into a product box or a press kit, which a gusseted pouch will not do.

Looking at something with more depth instead? Our custom PU leather cosmetic pouch is the gusseted version in the same material, and the custom clip-on card and coin pouch is the smaller fully printed option.

Send us your logo and quantity, and we’ll reply with a quote and a digital mockup for your approval.