26 calendar days
Average time taken for made-to-measure orders to ship.
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Locking waist belts with 38mm straps are currently affected by delays for certain colours due to supplier issues. We are working with multiple suppliers to acquire new stock.
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Last updated 11th August 2026.
Our current lead times
Many of our products are made just for you, using the measurements, colour preferences and configurations you ask for, and we do our very best to make sure your order is as perfect as possible. This means that unless you order just small accessories or parts that we have on-hand, there is a lead time before we can ship your goodies to you. Many of our products require time to naturally cure after we manufacture them due to our vapour smoothing process. This makes our parts shiny and strong, perfect for everyday wear. Parts may need to cure for between 1 and 7 days (averaging 2 days), depending on the parts, the colours chosen and our local weather.
Lead times on this page are updated at least monthly, using the average time taken in calendar days for orders to ship from our workshop after the order is placed. Some orders take longer than others, and certain products are shipped much faster.
We don’t include orders that don’t include made-to-measure parts, like key-safes and spare parts, and we also don’t include fully bespoke orders from customers that want something that we don’t usually make. Orders that only include parts available off-the-shelf are usually shipped much more quickly, and custom order lead times depend exclusively on your needs and time taken to design, test and manufacture your items. UV printing and vinyl application requests add lead time.
Gifts and urgent deliveries
If you would like your order to arrive by a specific date, for example as a gift, please contact us and we’ll do what we can! Specialised urgent shipping options are available.
European heatwave, August 2026
We’re hoping to work through it, but with potential extreme heat forecast for our location in mid-August 2026, we may be forced to work shorter hours in the workshop as we can’t run some of our heat-producing equipment when ambient temperatures are too high. We’re waiting for air conditioning to be installed but it’s a bit oversubscribed right now!
Keeping updated about your order status
We use an internal tracking system for every order we make, which keeps a record from when we get your order to when it leaves our workshop. You will get emails for each stage of our process. You can also check your order status on our site.
Order processing
We’ve got your order and it’s in our queue to enter production. If you have a particular date you’d like to receive your order by, please contact us and we’ll see what we can do!
Order waiting for measurements
If you opted to provide your measurements for made-to-measure items after your order, this status means we’re still waiting to receive them. You can provide your measurements via our online tool and check out all our measuring guides here.
Order in the UV printing queue
This applies only to customers who have ordered our vinyl printing service before August 10th 2026. If you opted to change a vinyl design to our upcoming UV printing service, your order will show as being in this queue until we launch the service. You do not need to do anything.
Order in production
We’ve reached your order in the production queue and have started work on it. If you have particular customisation on your order, for example unique graphics, we might contact you for more information, or if you have given us measurements which don’t make sense, we’ll reach out to you.
This order status covers everything from when we prepare your materials to when we set it aside for final curing.
We process many of our orders in batches for quality control and efficient use of time and energy. For printed products, they are printed in colour and type batches, and are vapour cured in colour batches. Application of cut vinyl designs to restraints requires a thorough cleaning of our workshop for best results, so these are progressed in batches once per week.
Order nearly ready for dispatch
We’ve completed working on your order and it’s almost time to ship it off to you! Many of our products require a complete final cure before being posted out due to our careful vapour-treating processes, to ensure your order arrives shiny and strong, and this can take between 1-5 days depending on the size and geometry of the parts, the colours they’re printed in, and our local weather.
Order shipped
We’ve shipped your stuff! You’ll get an email with a tracking code, unless you’ve chosen Royal Mail International Standard as your shipping method.
Postage, customs and import tariffs
We ship to all locations served by Royal Mail’s domestic and international services. Depending on where you are in the world, your package may be subject to your government’s import tariffs.
United Kingdom
Your order will be delivered via Royal Mail domestic UK services and is not subject to tariffs.
European Union Customs Zone
We manufacture and ship our products from within the European Union Customs Union area (the “EU Customs Zone”), so if you are in a EU member state or other party to the common trade area, you should not expect to pay the new €3 levy per item category for our packages. If you do, please contact us.
United States of America
If you provide a postal address within the United States of America, at checkout you will see a 10% + 5% + £0.50 tariff levy added to your order. This works out to roughly 15% of the value of your basket, shipping excluded. This is the base 10% rate for imports from us plus a “HTS” duty. This may be lower for some products. This is a result of recent changes to US Customs and Border Protection policy and is subject to change. When we pay for the postage for your items, we also pay this tariff amount to Royal Mail, who passes it on to US CBP, meaning your order will be delivered without any further duties or tariffs once it enters the US. Effectively, your parcel is treated as a US domestic delivery once it clears US inbound customs.
Other areas of the world
Outside these areas listed above, packages from us should generally be treated as normal international deliveries and may be levied to your national government’s rules for imports, depending on the value of your parcel.
Keep up-to-date on country-specific postal issues
Our ability to post your order may be affected by strike action, natural disasters or other incidents affecting your country. You can check the Royal Mail International Incident Bulletin for current information on specific issues.
Got another question?
If you have a question not answered on this page, please let us know!
How our packages arrive
Regardless of what method you use for postage, we always ship orders in nondescript black cardboard boxes and occasionally poly mailer bags, which show no branding, logos or the name BeltBolt. Unless you specifically ask us to be extremely specific, we declare our items as belts, clothing accessories or imitation jewellery of base (non-precious) metal, depending on what’s in the box. We can’t and won’t lie about what’s in the package and comply with international customs law regarding declarations. Our return address references “BB Technology”, not BeltBolt, so nosy roommates shouldn’t suspect a thing.
Inside your packaging, you’ll find your order, a packing sheet and any relevant documentation.
