How dotcomgiftshop made the world a brighter place
It’s been eight years since dotcomgiftshop launched the first Designer Jumbo Bag and made the world a tidier, more colourful place.
Storing and carrying big things became this cute in 2007, when dotcomgiftshop launched Jumbo Storage Bags.
Pictured: Benji wears Daisy Design
Before dotcomgiftshop launched its first Designer Jumbo Storage Bag in 2007, the country was a dull place filled with ugly checked laundry bags.
But the Red Retro Spot Jumbo Bag changed all that. Now Jumbo Storage Bags bring a splash of colour to dark corners everywhere. From car boots to under-stairs cupboards, launderettes to student halls, our bags have been making Britain bright and beautiful for nearly a decade.
A Strawberry Design Jumbo Bag puts other bags to shame at Glastonbury Festival
Image: Adam Gray/swns
Pictured: Strawberry Design Jumbo Storage Bag
38 original designs
You can still buy our famous Red Retro Spot Jumbo Storage Bag. It’s now one of 38 original designs, all exclusive to dotcomgiftshop. Our inhouse design team love seeing their designs on Jumbo Bags. Here’s team leader, Les Whiteman:
"The humble Jumbo Bag is the perfect place to showcase our designs. From Honey the Hedgehog and World Map, to Garden Birds and Mid Century Poppy.
“Our Jumbo Bags' high sales make them a great barometer for judging the popularity of our different designs. Most popular at the moment include the World Map, Vintage Apple, Mid Century Poppy and Vintage Transport designs.
"World Map is one of my favourites. The design is used on a range of about 30 different products, but on the Jumbo Bag you see some details that don’t always show on smaller products, like Captain Scott’s Hut in Antarctica."
Big, bold, beautiful and just £4.95
Pictured: Apple, Summer Meadow, Mid Century Poppy, and Geometric designs
Why you like Jumbo Bags
Of course, customers have their own reasons for loving Jumbo Bags and you’ve shared a few with us:
“Helps keep things tidy whilst simultaneously being SPLENDID!”, says Barbara Spence.
Maria Klos fills hers with clothes she just can’t bear to part with, like, “my mother-in-law’s wedding dress, and my baby’s clothes that she has grown out of.” Aww!
@MPBoutiquegr shared on twitter that she takes her Woodland Animals Jumbo Bag (with matching design flask) to the beach:
Jumbo bag and water flask relaxing in Paros #summervacation #jumbobag #waterflask #mypetitboutique pic.twitter.com/Ygb7FKvIoN— Dolly UK (@MPBoutiquegr) August 21, 2014
Ali Cave bagged a winner when she took hers to the races: “The bag easily fitted a picnic for 18 of us, a birthday cake and some surprises for the birthday girl”. That’s pretty impressive!
“I have been dreading disguising the 3 years of detritus I’ve acquired whilst at university,” one of our customers says. “These bags are BRILLIANT!”
One seafaring family carries their sailing gear: “One is large enough for a set of ‘foulies’ [waterproofs] and others are used for snorkels, masks, flippers, etc.”
Perfect for when your wardrobe overflows
Image: Marie Kloppe
Pictured: Woodland Animals Design
Preschool teacher Julia uses hers to “carry a lot of equipment, musical instruments, puppets, dolls and treasure baskets,” for her class. Wow!
Come the festive season, our storage bags become home to even more exciting goodies. In Rosie Outlook’s and Ellie Ellie’s homes, you can expect to find them crammed with gifts for Christmas Day!
@marknunney used Apple and World Map Jumbo Bags to pack in an otherwise untidy van for the Port Eliot Festival:
#Bongo van packed for #porteliot with #jumbobags from @Dotcomgiftshop pic.twitter.com/aK8tV6CewY
— Mark Nunney (@marknunney) July 31, 2015
However you use your bags, we hope you love them as much as we do. “My only warning,” Gillian Hunter says, “don’t think that one will be enough, the average person needs at least 4 of these!”