Pens
Modern manufacturing has made the breadth and variety of promotional pens out there in the market truly amazing. The range of available products can leave your head spinning. As a buyer, you have the luxury of choice in selecting the promotional pen that best fits your business need.
A truly useful and practical little thing, and one of mankind’s greatest inventions, a pen is the perfect thing to offer as a promotional item, although definitely not as the centerpiece of your promotional marketing campaign. Its small surface immediately clamps down on your imprinting costs and forces you to deliver a succinct message (all the better for your budget and recall!).
Where to find and order promotional pens
You’re in luck! Promotional pens are indeed one of the more common items on the product catalog of any supplier or distributor. As such, they will be one of most easy-to-find promotional items.
Try searching for promotional pens on the Internet. Enter the search terms “promotional” and “pen” (you can likewise add your geographic location or where you want the pens delivered to) into any search engine. You’re sure to turn up dozens, if not hundreds, of choices. One of these suppliers or distributors is bound to have the promotional pen that meets your needs, budget, tastes and logistical considerations.
Or get a head start by clicking on these links:
• www.cafepress.com *Recommended
• www.pensxpress.com
• www.pens.com/pens/
• www.bestimpressions.com/promotionalpen.html
• www.branders.com/s/advertising-promotional-pens.htm
• www.specprom.com/category/ promotional-Pens-BicPens_p1.htm
• www.abetteridea.com/pens.htm
Specifying your ideal promotional pen
Specifications are a concrete way of describing just the kind of promotional pen you want, or for your supplier to describe just the kind of promotional pen he has for you. Think of them as a common language that you and your supplier speak to make life (deciding, ordering, customizing, logistics) easier for both of you.
• Type of point – ball point is most common, but you can also try roller ball or old-fashioned nib pens
• Type of ink – standard ink, gel ink, special colored formula (neon, metallic, etc.)
• Type of usage – retractable, clickable, twistable, etc.
• Special features – for novelty pens
• Material—plastic, ceramic, the list goes on and on
• Finish—glossy, matte, natural stone finish, and others
• Customization options
• Imprinting options – silkscreen print, handpainting, engraving
• Other imprintable spaces aside from the side of the pen
• Packaging
• Shipping and handling—charges and fees, how many sets to a carton
• Minimum order volume
• Delivery lead time
• Payment terms accepted by the supplier
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