Corporate Incentive Gift Discount Guide

The corporate incentive gift discount options available to you depend on what you need, how many you need and who you are buying from. Most corporate gift dealers offer tiered pricing based on the volume of items you order. For example, golf towels may be sold in quantities of:

10-49 units – $5.00 each
50-99 units – $4.50
100-249 units – $4.00
250-499 unties – $3.00
500+ – $2.00 each

So an instant corporate incentive gift “discount” comes by virtue of buying a larger quantity.

Other ways you can get discounts on corporate gift incentives and promotional products is looking for seasonal specials and clearance items. In some cases, you may be able to order individual product samples at the lowest pricing tier.

You no doubt will want some degree of customization of your incentive, with corporate branding / logo / phone number / tagline etc. Various ways of personalizing these gifts include silkscreen printing, embroidery, embossing and engraving, which adds to the unit costs. You may find it more cost effective to order blank products from a distributor and have your items customized by another company who can offer the personalization for less. And depending on your quantity needs and the terms of the distributor or wholesaler you are dealing with, you may have to seek out your own printer/embosser etc. if personalization is only available for orders in larger quantities.

Why Brand Names Make More Effective Corporate Gifts

Promo Magazine and the Promotion Marketing Association report that:

* Companies spend over $28 billion a year on corporate incentive programs for employees, channel partners and customers
* Nearly two-thirds of all purchases made were for brand-name products
* Branded merchandise creates excitement amongst participants of corporate gift programs

Examples of Using Branded Corporate Gifts Effectively

Selecting incentives that the participant would not normally purchase for themselves such as luxury goods, 5 star hotel accommodations or travel tours motivates the participant because he or she knows that outside of earning the gift through the corporate incentive program, he or she would not spend his or her own money for it.

Brands have a powerful influence over people in general. Brands that are aspirational are inherently more motivational, as they have the power to make one feel an achieved status, even outside of the workplace. Branded gifts also enhances the company’s image. Despite the higher cost of the gifts themselves, the added leverage of brand strength makes them worth the splurge.