Metal Tin Containers

Custom Metal Tin Containers People Keep Long After the Product Is Gone

Cardboard boxes or kraft boxes get recycled the day they're opened. A metal tin ends up on a desk holding paper clips, in a kitchen drawer holding tea bags, or on a dresser holding earrings. Every time someone reaches for it, they see your name again.

That's the real value of custom metal tin containers: they protect what you sell, and then they keep working for your brand. We make them in the shape, size, and lid style your product needs, printed with your design, so the tin feels like part of the product rather than an afterthought. 

Round, Rectangular, or Square Shaped Metal Tins 

Choosing tin packaging does not mean that you are limited to only round shapes. We offer you more aesthetically pleasing shapes and sizes to choose from that attracts more customers and makes your brand stand out. 

Round metal tin container 

The classic choice for candles, balms, loose tea, pomade, and polish. Round tins are easy to scoop from and easy to hold, and they take screw or slip lids well. With no corners for product to hide in, tin metal containers let thick creams and waxes come out cleanly.

Metal tin rectangular boxes

Made for things that lie flat or come in rows: mints, pills, chocolates, cards, tea sachets, gift sets, and small tools. Rectangular tins pack tightly into shipping cartons with no wasted space, slide easily into a pocket or bag, and give you a wide lid that works like a mini billboard.

Square tins

A middle ground for cookies, chocolates, and sampler sets. They sit neatly on a shelf and stack well in retail displays. 

Not sure which suits your product? Tell us what's going inside and how it's used, and we'll recommend one or guide you through the options. 

From Small Tin Containers to a Full Metal Tin Storage Box

Metal tins come in a wide size range, from 2 oz metal tins that fit in your pocket or palm pocket to a box big enough for a cookie assortment. Here are some rough guidelines for you to get started.

Small metal tin containers are ideal for the products that are meant to be used on the go. Slightly bigger measured tins work best for items that can be stored on the shelf or in the drawer for easy access. While larger metal tin containers are suitable for gift packaging. 

Metal Tins With Lids: Choose by How It Gets Opened

To give your customers the best possible unboxing experience, choose the right lid style so the product will be easily accessible. 

• Hinged lid: attached to the tin, so it never gets lost. Opens with one thumb. Ideal for mints, pills, and anything opened many times a day.

• Slip lid: lifts straight off. The most common lid on cookies, tea, and pre-rolls, and the easiest for customers. 

• Screw lid: twists shut and stays shut in bags and in the mail. The pick for balms, salves, and travel products.

• Slide lid: a thin top that slides open sideways, popular for flat pocket tins.

• Window lid: a clear panel in the top shows the product without opening it, great for colorful candy, tea blends, or bath products.

How Your Design Goes on the Metal

A tin doesn't take ink like a paper box but still has a printable surface for full color printing, custom designs, or other artwork. 

• Full-color printing on the metal. Your artwork is printed straight onto the tin, edge to edge, for a finished retail look that won't peel or scuff off like a sticker. 

• Embossing or debossing. Your logo is pressed into the lid so it stands up or sinks in. It works beautifully on plain silver or gold tins where you want texture rather than color.

• Finishes and base colors. Silver, gold, black, or a colored coating, with gloss or matte varnish.

• Labels. A sensible option for a first test batch or a seasonal run, before you commit to printing directly on the metal.

What You Can Pack Inside a Metal Tin Container

A metal tin container suits far more than candy and suits a range of products from small to larger sizes. 

• Dry foods such as cookies, mints, tea, coffee beans, and spices. Ask for a food-contact-safe inner coating. For tea or coffee you want to keep fresh for months, pack them in an inner pouch inside the tin.

• Cosmetics and balms: solid products like balm, compact powders, solid perfume, and soap bars are ideal. For water based consistent products like creams, lotions, and body scrubs, the considerations will be different. Discuss your tin packaging needs with our experts, and we will advise the best solution. 

• Candles: Tin handles hot wax and make a good travel candle container. Test strong fragrance oils first, since some can stain the inner coating.

• Non-food items: Stationery, jewelry, first aid supplies, small electronics, and spare parts. A rectangular tin with a hinged lid works especially well here.

Wholesale Metal Tin Containers, Bought in Bulk

Whether you need a few hundred tins for a launch or metal tin containers in bulk for a full retail stock, the order works the same way.

Send us your product details, the quantity, and where it will sell. Within 24 hours you'll get a quote and a free 3D mockup of your tin. We revise it with you until it's right, then production will begin. Shipping is free, and you can ask for a physical sample to test your product in the tin before the full run.

Every empty metal tin container arrives clean and ready to fill, with lids, packed in cartons that protect the print in transit. 

Built to Become a Metal Tin Storage Box

The best packaging gets a second life, and tins are made for it. Small tin containers turn into homes for jewelry, pills, sewing kits, or any snack. Larger tins become a metal tin storage box for photos, letters, craft supplies, or recipe cards.

If you want your tin kept, design for it. Put your logo on the lid, keep product-specific text to a small label or the base, and choose a finish that still looks good once the contents are gone. That way the tin stays on display instead of in the recycling bin and fulfills sustainability standards.