Engraved Mother's Day Gifts

Say a neighborhood cafe seats about 180 people for brunch on the second Sunday in May, and roughly 90 of them are the moms everyone came to celebrate. This year the owner wants a cork coaster with the cafe logo and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY waiting at each mom's place before the first coffee is poured. Across town, Dan Okafor and his two daughters are ordering something much smaller: three sets of 6 leatherette coasters, one for their own kitchen with their mom's monogram and the girls' names, and one for each grandmother. The cafe order runs to about 100 pieces and the Okafor order is three sets, and both begin the same way, with a logo or a few names sent over for a proof.

What families and businesses order for Mother's Day

• Set of 6 leatherette coasters with holder: the kitchen gift, with mom's monogram in the middle and the kids' names around it. $21.99 per set at 1 to 9.
• Set of 4 slate coasters in a bamboo holder: heavier and a little more formal, a good match for a grandmother who keeps a tidy coffee table. $24.79 per set at 1 to 9.
• Leatherette keychains: NANA or GRANDMA on one side and the grandkids' names on the other, so she sees them every time she picks up her keys. $6.59 each double sided at 1 to 9.
• Cork coasters: the restaurant option, inexpensive enough to set one at every mom's place and light enough to go home in a purse. $1.89 each at 100 to 299.
• Leatherette coasters: florists tuck one into each arrangement, and salons hand them across the front desk the week before the holiday. $3.59 each at 50 to 99.
• Engraved pens: a boutique or a day spa can put its name and a short thank you on a pen for every client who books that week. $2.49 each at 100 to 299.

Family gifts and brunch counts, priced out

A family gift of a few sets is priced at the 1 to 9 tier. The Okafors' three leatherette sets come to $65.97 at $21.99 per set, and if one grandmother gets the slate set instead, the total is $68.77. For a business, the headcount sets the price. The cafe's 90 moms at the 50 to 99 cork price of $2.29 would be $206.10, but 100 coasters at $1.89 come to $189.00, so the cafe pays $17.10 less and keeps ten spares for tables that book late. A florist with 75 Mother's Day arrangements going out pays $3.59 per leatherette coaster, or $269.25 for the lot.

How it works

Upload artwork right on the product page, or send it to orders@businessbulk.net. For a family gift that can be as simple as the names typed out in the order you want them, a monogram you designed, or a short line like LOVE YOU MOM. A business sends its logo and the words it wants underneath. The free digital proof comes by email, and your pieces stay blank until you say it looks right. Orders generally ship within 2 to 5 business days after proof approval, so plan to sign off well before the second Sunday in May. There is no minimum, which means a salon can buy one coaster to see the engraving up close before ordering for its whole client list. A small team engraves every order in house in the Bay Area, California. Approved designs are saved on file, so next May the cafe or the family only has to send a quantity.

Use the quote page to tell us how many moms you are buying for, and pricing comes back with a proof. To compare every coaster, keychain and pen side by side, see all products.

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