Category: Hang Tags

Hang tags styles are various: There are paper, plastic, metal, PVC etc. in material; round, rectangular, square, hexagon etc. in shape; to express company information, care instructions, thank you etc. in function. There are some suggestions to help you pick the right styles.

1. The hang tag material is usually made of paper, and there is other material like metal, plastic, PVC. Paper hang tags are very common and mostly used in clothing and related products. If your clothing is of very strong feeling, like leather jacket and bags, you can use metal hang tag which is very shiny. If your clothing is swimwear or sportswear, you can use plastic or PVC tag as they are waterproof.
2. Hang tags have different functions, they can be used to express your logo, press a picture, the tag should choose very good paper; then the tag can be used to show care instructions and show sizes, the paper can use very simple, appearance is not so important; some tags can even use as thank you card and business card, the paper is usually in large dimension.
   
3. Hang tags can have different shapes, most common shape is rectangular, square, round, but you can customize the shape according to your logo shape even your shape is even like a dog shape, that’s okay. 
   

4. Hang tags thickness are different. From 0.2mm to 2mm, you can choose according to your products style, the thicker paper, the heavier feeling. Most clothing will use 1mm thick around, earrings and necklace usually use very thin paper like 0.2mm paper.
   

    

After choosing the right material for hang tag, you need consider how to make your logo on hang tag- by printing, by pressing? Now there are some techniques to create your logo on hangtags.

1. Printing. Its most used technique, it can print any color ideally like gradient color, pictures etc. One important note is that if you want to print very good effect while your logo color is very complex, pls choose art paper/coated paper.
   
2. Pressing. It contains engraving and embossing by using a mold (your logo of course) to press on hang tag. Press in front, logo is engraved; press backside, logo is embossed. You can press hang tag either with printing first or not. Just bear in mind: your logo must be simple and of large fonts, so that the press effect is best.
3. Hot stamping/foil. Firstly, put a very thin metal paper on hang tag, then hot press it, then your logo will leave on hang tag in metallic style, looks shiny. The normal metallic color is gold, silver, rose gold, besides there are many other different colors metallic paper you can choose.
   
4. UV. UV is very simple; the main function is to make your logo looks shiny (like water shiny). UV is clear, without any color, so it will reflect the color of background, if background is black, UV is black; background is white, UV is white. Some designer would choose print first, then UV, so the logo looks very special.
   

There may be of some other special technique to express your logo, you can send us reference pictures, we may meet your needs because we know the industry very well.

Adding metal eyelet to the hang tag can make the hang tag hole sturdier and wear-resistant, it can also make the hang tag more beautiful, and improve the grade of the hang tag.
It is very important to choose the right color, size and material of hang tag metal eyelet.

Hang tag metal eyelet can be divided into two types: electroplated eyelet and painted eyelet.

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Clothing tag is business card for clothing. To better express your clothing, you need design hang tag on clothing style.

• How to design a tag for your clothing?

1. Choose basic color according to clothing style. (such as your clothing is for women, you can choose special red.)
   
2. If your clothing style is difficult to express, or you want to express more details, consider using pictures. (For example, beach pants can choose pictures of coconut trees; pictures of models wearing products, can give consumers more intuitive feeling)
3. Based on logo design, you can add website, ingredient description, origin, thank you words etc.
   (More information you have, more difficult to design. You need to grasp the primary and secondary relationships. Avoid reading difficulties.)
4.  Using clothing style, logo and detailed information to determine tag shape and size. Firstly, you can sketch the design by hand.
   (Generally, the smallest printed font is 4pt, the smallest font with UV effect is 6pt)
5. Choose suitable paper thickness, background texture and string.
   
6. Adding technique, like logo embossed, hot-stamping, UV and other effects according to your clothing grade (can better distinguish between primary and secondary)

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Usually paper hang tag material is art paper, white card, black card, kraft paper, tracing paper and other special paper.

1. If you want hangtag to be matte white or black, you can choose white card or black card.
   White card or black card are pure white or black, the surface is not so smooth, it is better for printing simple color, or hot stamping gold/silver color. The cost of white card or black card is low because the paper is nature, without adding any other technique.

2. If you want hangtag to be of vintage feel, you can choose kraft paper. Kraft paper is usually matte brown, surface is also not smooth, it is better for printing simple color. The cost of white card or black card is low because the paper is nature, without adding any other technique.
   
3. If want to personalize complex color hangtag, or you want the hangtag looks shiny. You can choose art paper. Art paper is very smooth, can be four-color print vivid color, gradient color, or even a photo. Then art paper surface can film with shiny or matte effect. The cost of art paper is slightly high when film shiny effect or print very complex color.
   
4. There is another simple paper called tracing paper. It’s very simple, basic color is semi-transparent, it can just print simple color logo. The tracing paper is usually bonded with other paper as one-unit hangtag. The cost of tracing paper is very low because it’s very simple.
5. 5.If you want personalize hangtags with special texture or special feeling, you can choose special paper. There are many different texture styles. The special paper cost is slightly high.
6. Besides paper hangtag, you can also choose other material, like metal, PVC, plastic, fabric etc.
   But these materials are not common, so price differs a lot. We would give you quick quotation when you send requirements

Hang tags can clearly express the material, specifications, model of the clothing, and can also enhance the influence of the brand. We customize clothing tag, clothes tag, luggage tag, shoe tag, etc.

1. MOQ: According to your needs (according to materials, processes, quantity quotes, large quantity and better price)
2. Product specifications: customized according to your requirements, pls send us your files or logo, we can help design.
3. Material: Single art paper/double art paper, Special paper, PVC paper Coated paper, Kraft paper, single-sided and double-sided cardboard, insulating paper, corrugated paper, cardboard, etc.
4. Printing: CMYK four-color printing, special color printing
5. Technique: film (light glue, matt glue), UV, hot foil, embossing, etc
6. Other accessories: hanging string, eyelet, etc

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