About Clear Labels
Show off your brand or product with high-quality, custom Clear Labels! And because we love all the shapes, the custom cutting for any shape is free!
The glossy finish of our Clear Labels provides an eye-catching way to get your brand noticed, with the finish being applied after printing for added protection. Our matte finish gives a slightly frosted look, especially on windows and glass surfaces. The final product is a one-layer label with a back-facing adhesive for a traditional feel during application. We offer a minimum of 125 labels per design, with a maximum size of 11” x 14”.
Your labels will come finished on a roll without perforations and can be easily applied by hand or a label applicator. When using a label applicator, we offer 4 rewind positions for the label rolls—top first, bottom first, right-side first, or left-side first. Your applicator will indicate which of these directions you should choose.
Plus, our full-color digital printing process makes it possible to have as few or as many colors as you want—we don’t charge extra color fees! You’re free to print the full rainbow (or just your brand palette.)
The quality of our label printing allows us to print small details clearly, including font sizes as small as 5pt. Just think of the fine print on your labels for ingredients, weights, legal disclaimers, or other important information your customers should know!
Laser cutting also means rounded corners, which has the added benefit of preventing peeling once your labels are applied. See our artwork setup tips if you need tight corners!
- We have a fast print turnaround – our custom Clear Labels can be printed and shipped in 2 business days after you approve the proof.
- Need help with your order? We have real, live humans behind our phones, emails and chats to answer any questions about our products or your orders.
- We’re here to make your custom glossy label experience the absolute best, with the highest quality materials, speedy printing, and outstanding service (with help from real people!)
Applications & Uses for Clear Labels
Having an identity crisis? Put a label on it! You can use Clear Labels for SO MANY things:
- Great for food and beverage packaging where you can see the product through the label, like bottles and jars
- Perfect on candles
- Beauty & bath products, like shampoos, soaps, etc
- Great for sealing food products & to-go containers
- Product packaging
- Spice up your giveaways
- Wedding favors
- Label organizational items and storage bins
- Colored glass bottles
White ink printing on Clear Labels allows for a clean-looking, simple logo treatment that highlights the product inside.
Plan your labeling! Different colored surfaces can show through these labels for a stained glass effect, making them fun to put up on a glass jar in a window and let the sun shine through!
Our Clear Labels are safe to be used as food labels for items already packaged, and work great for beverages of all types (cold beer here!) These water-resistant labels will hold up strong in cold, wet environments—even freezers, so you’ll never wonder the flavor of that delicious homemade ice cream.
Clear Labels are water and oil-resistant and are dishwasher and microwave-safe.
For best results:
- Apply labels to clean, flat surfaces.
- For indoor use only
- Go ahead and stick it!
Just Don’t:
- Clear labels are not outdoor durable. But our Clear Sticker options are!
- Labels cannot be perforated. If you need your rolls to have perforations between the labels, you will need to order our sticker product.
- You are not able to print on these labels (like running them through an inkjet printer)
- Don’t do anything your mom wouldn’t appreciate, but that’s just generally good advice.
Artwork Setup Tips for Clear Labels
Make sure your files are set up for success!
For the best possible product, we recommend the following for your art files:
- 300 dpi resolution or higher for printing
- Ensure your file’s color space is set to CMYK (otherwise colors may appear off)
- Upload any of these file formats: AI, PSD, JPEG, PNG, SVG, TIFF, PDF, or EPS
- Vector or high-resolution raster art files are preferred for best results
- There are some size limitations with our labels – our smallest size is 1”x1” and our largest size is 11”x14”
- We require a ⅛” safety margin surrounding your entire label, so keep that in mind when setting up your design.
- If you are looking to wrap your labels all the way around something (like a small tube or curved jar, etc) we recommend making the size about ¼” larger so that you can overlap the label
- There may be specific requirements in your industry for labels! Please make sure you check those to ensure your labels are set up accordingly and include all necessary information.
- When applying to a dark surface, please be aware that some lighter colors printed on the clear material may not be completely opaque.
- If you are printing a QR code in your artwork, we recommend a white background to ensure that it scans correctly.
Cutting Corners (Literally—We never cut corners figuratively):
- Laser cutting also means rounded corners, which has the added benefit of preventing peeling once your labels are applied. Depending on your designs, we are able to cut tighter corners in many cases.
- To cut tight corners for your Matte Labels, let us know in the Additional Comments box in your cart.
- Our design team will let you know if we can cut tight corners with your designs.
- Our typical corner radius is 1/8" (0.125"). Our tight corner radius will be 1/25" (0.04").
Need art help?
We offer graphic art support! Our design team is here to help ensure your files are set up for perfect printing. We can even make easy corrections if needed – the simpler the art, the more we can help!
