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Black Cotton Canvas Tote, 8" x 8"
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Black Cotton Canvas Tote, 8" x 8"

Item BAG102 · 8" x 8" · Bags & Travel

Black Cotton Canvas Tote, 8" x 8" (item BAG102) is in our Display Cases range of Bags & Travel, with a 4.8 in x 4 in personalization area. The piece is $4.65 at 1-11 and $2.88 at 500+; engraving is priced on your artwork. It can be ordered from a single piece. Production is 3 to 5 business days after you approve a free digital proof.

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Counted from today, allowing a day for your proof and 5 days of ground transit. It holds if your artwork is with us today and you approve the proof within one business day. Checkout will not accept a date we cannot keep, and it names this one.
Often sooner: the fast end of that window is Wed, Oct 21. We promise the late end, because a date is worth nothing if we miss it.
$2.88 each at 500+ · $4.65 at 1
QuantityPrice eachYou save
1-11$4.65 -
12-23$4.28 save 8%
24-47$4.00 save 14%
48-95$3.72 save 20%
96-249$3.44 save 26%
250-499$3.16 save 32%
500+$2.88 save 38%
✓ 1,000+ in stock
Estimated delivery Wed, Oct 21 - Mon, Nov 2 (order today, artwork approved within a day)

Sold loose or by the case of 12. Ask us if you want a full case: we will check the case price for you.

See your logo on it

Drop your logo on, drag it where you want it and size it. You will see exactly what we engrave, and what it costs, before you pay. The personalization area on this item is 4.8in x 4in.

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Included at no extra charge
  • No setup fee, at any quantity (most promo sites charge $40 to $63 per design)
  • Free digital proof before anything is produced
  • Free artwork check at the real imprint size
  • Free ground freight on orders over $250
  • Artwork kept on file for fast, matching re-orders
No proof fees, no art fees, no small-order fees. Engraving is priced on its own line and shown in full before you pay, never added afterwards.

What is the Black Cotton Canvas Tote, 8" x 8"?

Black Cotton Canvas Tote, 8" x 8" (BAG102): a bag where Heavyweight cotton canvas does most of the work. It measures 8" x 8". This is the black colorway.

In practice: canvas is the workhorse bag material: it takes weight, it takes abuse, and it looks better worn than new..

A bag is the largest imprint area in promotional products and it is seen by everyone the carrier walks past. Screen printing and embroidery both hold well on canvas.

Giveaway pricing, which changes how you should think about quantity. Running short at a booth costs more in missed conversations than the extra units would have cost to print. Concretely: $4.65 each at 1-11, $2.88 at 500+.

Specifications

Item numberBAG102
Product typeBag
MaterialCanvas
Dimensions8" x 8"
Shipping weight1 oz
ColorBlack
Decoration methodsScreen Printing, Embroidery, Heat Transfer
Standard imprint area4.8 in x 4 in
Minimum order1 piece
DurabilityHigh.
CareSpot clean. Air dry.
CategoryBags & Travel
CollectionDisplay Cases

Decoration options

The decoration method is chosen to match the substrate, which is why the mark is permanent rather than printed on top of it. Standard imprint area on this item is 4.8 in x 4 in.

Screen Printing

Ink is pushed through a mesh stencil, one screen per color. Dense, opaque color that holds up to washing and handling.

Best for

Bags, apparel and high-volume runs.

Color

Spot colors, typically up to 4.

Embroidery

The design is stitched directly into the fabric. A raised, textured, extremely durable mark.

Best for

Headwear, polos, bags and anything expected to be laundered.

Color

Thread-matched to brand colors.

Heat Transfer

A printed transfer is applied under heat and pressure. Full-color decoration on fabrics and soft goods.

Best for

Small runs and complex multi-color artwork on textiles.

Color

Full color.

Artwork requirements

  • If the logo is only available as a bitmap, we need it at 300 dpi or better at final size, ideally on a transparent background.
  • Outline your fonts before sending. It removes the most common cause of a proof coming back wrong.
  • Vector artwork (.ai, .eps, .pdf or .svg) reproduces best at every size and is what we ask for first.
  • A 300 dpi raster at the actual imprint dimensions will run cleanly. Anything pulled from a web page usually will not.
  • Artwork we redraw stays on file under your item number, so the next order runs from the same corrected file.

Production schedule

Artwork proof1 business day from receipt of usable art
Standard production3 to 5 business days after proof approval
Rush productionquoted per job, with the date confirmed in writing before you pay
Ground transit1 to 5 business days depending on destination

Common uses

Conference and trade show kitsConference and trade show kits is where this earns its cost, and where buyers re-order it.
Retail and grocery programsBuilt for retail and grocery programs. That is the use case the format was designed around, not one retrofitted to it.
Employee giftingA natural fit for employee gifting, which is one of the settings this bag was specified for.
Executive and board giftingShort lists, individual personalization, and a piece that survives scrutiny.
Service anniversariesFive, ten and twenty years. The object marks the span in a way a announcement never manages.
Remote team welcome kitsShipped to a home address, which for a distributed team is the only physical touch the company gets.
Community and civic eventsLocal sponsorships and volunteer thanks, where visible presence matters more than volume.

Where this works best

The same item lands differently depending on who gets it and why. Here is how this one performs across the programs it sells into most.

1

Education, Schools & Universities

Education buys in waves: orientation, homecoming, graduation, staff appreciation. Budgets are tight and quantities are large, which pushes toward mid-tier items ordered in volume. Alumni and donor gifting is the exception: that is where the spend per unit rises sharply, because the return is measured in gifts rather than impressions. The bag format earns its place here on keep-rate rather than headline price. Order deep. At this price the waste of a few extra is cheaper than running short.

2

Onboarding & New Hire Kits

Day one sets the tone for everything after it. Order for the year, not the hire. Onboarding kits fail on availability rather than design: a start date arrives, the item is out of stock, and the new person gets an apology instead of a welcome. Hold quantity against forecast headcount and the problem disappears. Volume is the point at $4.65; nobody is auditing this line item.

3

Nonprofit & Fundraising

Every pound spent on a donor gift is a pound not spent on the mission, so the gift has to earn it. Volunteer recognition is where the money works hardest. Volunteers give time that would otherwise cost you wages, and the marginal cost of thanking them properly is trivial against what their continued involvement is worth. Canvas is the workhorse bag material: it takes weight, it takes abuse, and it looks better worn than new.. Cost per impression is the number that matters here, and it is very low.

4

Healthcare & Senior Living

Healthcare buyers screen for practicality and hygiene before they screen for design. Easy-clean surfaces, no small detachable parts, and legible large-format personalization all matter. Staff appreciation is a genuine retention lever in this sector, and a good piece of drinkware or desk recognition costs a fraction of replacing a nurse. Cheap enough to over-order slightly, which is the right call for a table.

5

Franchise & Multi-Location Brands

The hard problem in multi-location branding is consistency, not creativity. Local operators will source their own if the approved path is slower or costlier than the alternative. The way to hold brand consistency is to make the compliant option the easy one, with stocked items and fixed pricing. Decoration holds up in this setting, which is where cheaper substrates fail. At this price the risk is under-ordering, not over-ordering.

6

Trade Shows & Conferences

Booth traffic is not the metric: what leaves the hall and stays in use is. The giveaway is a conversation opener, not a memory device. Its real job is giving someone a reason to stand still for ninety seconds, which is why something that invites a question outperforms something that merely carries a logo. An imprint area of 4.8 in x 4 in is enough for a logo and a line of text without crowding. Down to $2.88 at volume, which is where this stops being a cost.

How does ordering and turnaround work?

Minimum order1 piece
SetupFree on every order, at any quantity
FreightOrders over $250 ship free by ground; individual address splits available on request
Rush serviceWorking to a date? Ask and we will confirm what is genuinely possible, priced up front
ProofingProof back to you next business day, and nothing runs until you approve it
Re-ordersWe keep the approved file, so a re-order reproduces it exactly
ShippingOrders over $250 ship free by ground; individual address splits available on request

What do buyers ask about BAG102?

Can I get a sample before committing?

Yes: order one piece. BAG102 sells from a single unit at $4.65, the first rung of its published ladder, so a sample is simply a normal order. A decorated single piece goes through the same proof as a full run.

What does it actually cost at quantity?

The published ladder on BAG102 runs from $4.65 a piece at 1-11 down to $2.88 at 500+, about 38% less per piece. Price breaks on this item fall at 1-11, 12-23, 24-47, 48-95, 96-249, 250-499, 500+. Engraving is a separate line, shown per quantity in the cost table on this page, so the all-in figure is visible before checkout. Ground freight is free on orders over $250.

How long does production take?

Door to door at standard speed: a day for the proof, 3 to 5 business days in production, then 1 to 5 business days in transit. A rush is quoted per job, with the date confirmed in writing before you pay.

Is there a setup charge?

There is no setup charge, ever. Art preparation, machine setup and the proof are part of the price on this page. Engraving is a separate line, shown per quantity in the cost table on this page, so the all-in figure is visible before checkout. Ground freight is free on orders over $250.

Can I see a proof before you produce the order?

Always, and we do not start without written approval. A free digital proof comes back within one business day of usable artwork, and nothing is produced until you approve it in writing. Once approved, the proof becomes the specification for the run, so check the spelling and the placement carefully. The personalization area on BAG102 is 4.8 in x 4 in.

How should this be cared for?

Spot clean. Air dry. BAG102 measures 8" x 8" and is made of canvas. Canvas is the workhorse bag material: it takes weight, it takes abuse, and it looks better worn than new. We keep the approved artwork on file against the item number, so a re-order runs from the same file.

What if the artwork does not fit the imprint area?

The personalization area on BAG102 is 4.8 in x 4 in. If your mark does not sit well in that shape we redraw or re-proportion it and show you the result on the proof before anything is produced. Engraving is charged on the share of the area your artwork covers, so a smaller mark costs less.

What is the minimum order for BAG102?

BAG102 can be ordered from a single piece. The published ladder on BAG102 runs from $4.65 a piece at 1-11 down to $2.88 at 500+, about 38% less per piece. There is no setup fee at any quantity. The personalization area on BAG102 is 4.8 in x 4 in.

See it with your logo first

Send us your artwork and we will produce a free digital proof of BAG102 decorated with your mark. Usually within one business day, with no obligation and no account required.

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