After weeks if not months of deliberating you have finally decided the direction your marketing campaign is to take. Having received various samples of a range of products that might suit your requirements it seems that promotional stress balls are going to benefit you the most.
The most important choice there is to make is to where to buy these stress balls.
Your first choice may be your usual business gift supplier from whom you may have bought pens in the past or perhaps have received a catalogue in the post.
It is more than likely that this promotional gift supplier will be able to provide you with what your are looking for but at a high cost.
They will more than likely be a ‘middleman’ who use a more specialist stress toys supplier from whom to procure their promotional stress toys.
They will probably be able to source most shapes of stress balls for you but minimum orders will be fairly high in all likelihood. You may also be limited to print colours. This is especially so if you logo is full colour.
If you have time and the inclination you will find the best prices by searching around the internet. There are several companies who specialise in printed stress relievers who can easily be found on Google or Bing. They will most likely offer a much more knowledgeable service and offer far wider scope with print options and colour of the promotional products.
The prices will be far more competitive than your usual business gift supplier. You will find that using a specialised supplier of promotional stress relievers is particularly advantageous if you have a full colour or multi colour design for the stress ball shapes.
These are usually produced and printed in the Far East so prices are kept to a minimum. There is no need to compromise on shape or colour as these are unlimited if you choose a supplier who is working directly with the factory in the Far East.
Your last option, if you are looking for stress reliever shapes in vast quantities is to take a huge risk and to source the products from the Far East yourself.
You will receive unrivalled prices but delving into the unknown in this way is taking a huge chance. There will be a language and terminology problem relating to the product so you may have a huge surprise when and if you ever receive the finished product. Coupled with the fact that you will definitely have to pay upfront to a company abroad this may not be an option unless you do understand the risks.
Good luck with sourcing your promotional stress balls. With a bit of work it is, in the end not too difficult to end up with a fantastic product.
By Dan Toombs
