Trade Show and Conference Giveaways

Most of what leaves a booth ends up in a hotel bin before the flight home. A metal keychain with your logo engraved into it goes on a keyring the same afternoon and is still riding around on someone's car keys next spring. That is what you are buying when you order giveaways for a trade show. Engraving does not rub off in a jacket pocket or fade on a dashboard, so pick something small and heavy that a visitor keeps using months after the show floor is packed up.

What booth teams order most

• Metal keychains: $3.69 each at 100 pieces. Deep engraving on chrome, so a one color logo still reads from arm's length.
• Leatherette keychains: also $3.69 at 100 pieces. Lighter in a pocket, and the engraved mark comes up in a contrasting tone.
• Metal keychain bottle openers: $3.69 at 100 pieces. Two jobs in one giveaway, and the opener gets used again at the evening reception.
• Credit card bottle openers: $5.29 at 100 pieces. Flat steel that sits in a wallet next to the badge holder.
• Slim can coolers: $3.69 at 100 pieces. Sized for the tall 12 ounce cans poured at the after hours mixer.
• Leatherette coasters: $2.99 at 100 pieces. The cheapest way to get your logo onto a desk instead of a recycling bin.

What 100 to 500 pieces costs

Conference swag budgets get set per hundred, so here is the math. Price breaks land at 100 pieces and again at 300. Metal keychains hold at $3.69 each from 100 through 299, so 250 of them is $922.50, or $369 per hundred. At 300 the unit price drops to $3.59, so 500 keychains is $1,795, or $359 per hundred. Leatherette coasters are the cheapest per hundred here: 500 at $2.79 works out to $1,395, or $279 per hundred. Credit card bottle openers sit at the top of the range, with 300 at $5.19 coming to $1,557, or $519 per hundred. If your last expo pulled 380 badge scans, 500 pieces covers the booth with spares for the sales team.

How it works

Send your logo as a vector file or a high resolution PNG, either through the upload field on the quote page or by email to orders@businessbulk.net. You get a free digital proof showing your artwork on the actual item, and nothing is engraved until you approve it, so the logo is confirmed correct well before the show instead of at the booth. Orders generally ship within 2 to 5 business days after proof approval. Add days if you are shipping to a convention center, because venues take freight only inside a set receiving window and bill storage for anything early. Order a single unit first if you want a sample in hand before committing to 500. Everything is engraved in house by a small team in the Bay Area, California, and approved artwork stays on file, so a reorder for the next conference is one email.

Send your artwork and a quantity to request a quote and a proof. If you are still choosing, you can browse all products first.

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