Corporate gifting
Corporate gifts in custom porcelain
Ceramic gifts personalised with the name of the person receiving them. Our mark of a good corporate gift is simple: would they keep it if they left the company? Below is where that works — and, further down, four occasions where we think you should spend the budget elsewhere.
Where a porcelain gift lands well
One thing connects all five: the recipient was not owed anything. Nobody promised a conference attendee, a speaker, or a client who just closed a deal a specific reward, so a considered object is pure upside rather than something measured against what they expected.
Conference Follow-Up Gifts
Ships after the event, so nothing has to survive a suitcase.
Read more →Speaker and VIP Gifts
Small runs, high per-person budget, every piece different.
Read more →Company Milestone and Deal Gifts
A marker of having been there — never a substitute for the bonus.
Read more →Client and Executive Gifts
Nothing at this price point looks less like a catalogue purchase.
Read more →Closing Gifts for Real Estate Brokerages
Buy the run once; personalise per client as deals close.
Read more →What makes ours different
Their name, not your logo
Every piece is etched individually, so each one carries the recipient’s name. Your mark goes on the base, where they find it when they wash it.
A desk object, not a commuter cup
Porcelain loses to a steel tumbler on insulation and durability, and we will not pretend otherwise. It wins on the thing a tumbler cannot be — a piece someone keeps on a desk for years.
Made for the order
Choose a piece and the personal details for your recipients. We confirm the decoration, packaging and production arrangements for your order.
Straight answers
When a branded cup is the wrong gift
We would rather lose the order than sell into an occasion where the gift lands badly, so here are the four we turn down most often.
Handing them out at a trade show booth
A boxed cup weighs over a pound and breaks. Attendees walk the floor for hours and fly home carry-on — heavy, fragile things get left in the hotel room. Give out something flat at the booth and send ceramic to the people who actually took a meeting.
As the whole of a five-year service award
Someone at five years is measuring against money, time off, and promotion. An object placed against that comparison loses, however well made it is. A commemorative piece works beside a real reward, never instead of one.
The same item to every employee at year end
Given the choice, most people would rather pick their own year-end gift than receive a uniform one. We would rather you spent that budget where a physical gift is genuinely the better answer.
Wedding favours at a few dollars a head
Porcelain espresso favours are a real format, but the going rate per guest is a fraction of what fired, engraved, boxed porcelain costs to make. At that budget we are the wrong supplier and would say so on the first call.
From 50 pieces
Practical for a speaker list or a single event, not just mass runs. Laser etching carries no tooling cost, so small runs stay viable.
Every piece different
Names, dates or lines of text can vary from piece to piece on suitable designs. Share your recipient list requirements so we can confirm feasibility and pricing.
Gift-ready, deadline-first
Individual boxing with card and belly-band options. Tell us your in-hand date and we confirm feasibility before you commit.
Corporate gifting questions
Are branded mugs actually a good corporate gift?
As an advertising item, yes — drinkware gets used and seen for years. As a gift, the default version is one of the weakest things you can send: a logo across the front tells the recipient the object is for you, not for them. It becomes a good gift when three things change — the logo moves to the base, the form is something other than a plain white cylinder, and each piece carries the name of the person receiving it.
Should our logo go on the gift at all?
On the base, yes. Across the front, we would advise against it. A recipient displays a cup with their own name on it and quietly retires one that advertises someone else. Your mark on the base stays with the piece either way.
What is the minimum order?
Fifty pieces for a standard run. Because etching is done piece by piece from a file rather than from tooling, small and fully personalised runs are both viable at that number.
How long does a gifting order take?
Plan on five to seven weeks from approved artwork to delivery by air — two to four of those are the kiln, the rest is freight — and longer if it travels by sea. For a fixed date — a conference, an announcement, a year-end handover — tell us the in-hand date at quote stage and we will confirm whether it is achievable before you commit.
Can you ship a gift to each recipient individually?
We ship consolidated to one address. Per-parcel freight on ceramic from our kiln costs more than the cup itself, so individual drop-shipping is not something we would recommend in good conscience.
Plan your gifting run
Share your preferred piece, logo, quantity and in-hand date. We'll check packaging, samples and the achievable delivery schedule in your quote.
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