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Custom match strategy & buyer guides.

How to spec, order, and brand matches that look the part and earn their place on the table or shelf.

Timeline guide

When to Order Custom Matches: Planning Backward From Your Event Date

A backward-planning schedule for custom matches that covers the 24-hour mockup, approval, about 2 weeks of production and delivery to the venue.

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Style comparison

Match Jars vs. Matchboxes: Which Custom Matches to Order

A side-by-side comparison of custom match jars and custom matchboxes, covering branding, display, portability and gifting, with a clear verdict for each use.

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Quantity guide

How Many Custom Matches Should You Order? A Quantity Planning Guide

A practical method for sizing a custom match order by touchpoint, style and season, with buffers and reorder timing that keep stock fresh.

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Grand openings

Custom Matches for Grand Openings

How restaurants, boutiques and hotels use custom printed matchbooks, matchboxes and long matches as grand opening favors, displays and opening-night details.

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Spa playbook

Custom Matches for Spas and Wellness Studios: A Complete Playbook

How spas, yoga studios and wellness brands use custom matches in treatment rooms, on the retail shelf and in guest gifts, plus how to design and order them.

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Wineries & distilleries

Custom Matches for Wineries and Distilleries

How wineries, distilleries and tasting rooms use custom printed matchboxes, matchbooks and long matches as gift-shop items, bottle add-ons and event favors.

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Artwork guide

Custom Match Artwork: How to Set Up Your Logo for Matchboxes and Matchbooks

How to prepare logo artwork for custom matches so your matchboxes and matchbooks print sharp, read clearly and pass the free mockup on the first round.

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Buyer guides

Custom Match Sizes: Matchboxes, Matchbooks & Long Matches

Every common format and stick length, and how to pick the one that fits your table, bar, or candle.

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Buyer guides

Matchboxes vs. Matchbooks vs. Long Matches: Which to Order

The three formats compared on cost, impression, and fit — so you choose right the first time.

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Weddings

Custom Matches as Wedding Favors: Quantity & Personalization

How many to order, what to print, and how to personalize matchboxes for the big day.

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Hospitality

Branded Matches for Restaurants & Bars

Why a printed matchbox out-markets a business card, and how to roll them out across a venue.

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Brands

Custom Matches for Candle & Home-Fragrance Brands

Long matches are the highest-margin companion product on your candle shelf. Here’s how to spec them.

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Buyer guides

Foil-Stamped vs. Full-Color Printed Matchboxes

Metallic luxe or photographic punch? How to choose the right finish for your box.

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Buyer guides

How to Order Custom Matches for Your Brand

A step-by-step checklist from logo files to delivery, so your first order comes back right.

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Resale

A Retailer’s Guide to Custom Match Margins

What printed matchboxes actually cost, and the markup the best boutiques run on them.

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