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Trade show & conference merch
Booth gear that sets the tone and giveaways worth keeping: staff polos, lanyards, drinkware, and tiered swag for the crowd, qualified leads, and VIPs.
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Est.$15–24/unit
Product
What you want to put your logo on.
Category
Color
BlueThe base shade of your product.
Exact brand color? .
Material
What the product is made of.
Fabric weight
GSM is the fabric weight. Higher is thicker and more durable.
How it's applied
The technique we use to put your design on the product. We default to the most popular method, change it any time.
Your configuration
- Product
- Polo shirt
- Color
- Blue
- Material
- Cotton
- Weight
- 210 GSM (mid-weight)
- Decoration
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$15–24
/ unitAdd a quantity for your total.
Live estimate. Exact quote on submit. Best pricing at 50+.
Sizes
How many of each size? Best pricing from 50+.
Volume savings
Per-unit price drops the more you order.
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50
9%
100
19%
250
19%
500
19%
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Everything else is set. Just your artwork & placement left.
We accept school, district, and company purchase orders, W-9 available on request.How ordering works
What do you supply for conferences and trade shows?
Coordinated booth kits: matching staff polos or quarter-zips, registration lanyards, and tiered giveaways for the crowd, qualified leads, and VIPs. Orders start at a 50-unit minimum per product, ship delivered with free US shipping to one address, and are purchase-order friendly. Give us your show dates and we build a timeline that beats move-in.
Trade show & conference merch that gets used
On a crowded show floor, your booth has seconds to read as professional, and your giveaway has months to keep working after the badge comes off. The merch that wins on both counts is coordinated: staff in matching, well-fit apparel, a clean lanyard at the registration table, and a giveaway useful enough that it lands in a bag instead of a bin.
We help exhibitors tier the whole table. High-volume, genuinely useful items for foot traffic; mid-tier pieces for qualified leads who stop to talk; and premium gifts for VIPs, partners, and the people you most want to remember you. One coordinated order, all on-brand, mocked up for free before the run.
Give us your show dates and booth plan and we'll build a timeline that beats move-in, ship straight to the venue or your office, and help you avoid the classic trap of over-ordering throwaway swag and under-ordering the good stuff.
How much swag per attendee?
Plan by expected foot traffic, then tier it. A useful, on-brand giveaway for the whole crowd, a smaller mid-tier for leads who stop to talk, and a handful of premium gifts for VIPs. These are planning quantities, a +10% overage on the crowd tier is standard practice so you don't run dry.
| Expected attendees | Crowd giveaway (+10%) | Engaged leads (~25%) | VIP gifts (~5%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 110 | 25 | 5 |
| 250 | 275 | 63 | 13 |
| 500 | 550 | 125 | 25 |
Each product starts at a 50-unit minimum, so smaller tiers often combine (one polo run for staff and VIPs, say) or round up to hit it, we'll flag that in your quote.
Lead time: everything is made to order, so plan backward from move-in, roughly two weeks of production plus shipping, and earlier for premium or multi-item orders. See how far ahead to order event merch for the full working-backward timeline.
Trade show giveaway ideas that actually get kept
The best conference giveaways solve a small, recurring need, so they travel home in a bag instead of landing in the bin by the escalator. Think useful over novel: a genuinely good tee, an insulated bottle that replaces the one on someone's desk, a sticker sheet a developer actually applies to a laptop. The test is simple, would an attendee pay a couple of dollars for it? If yes, it earns months of impressions long after the show floor clears.
We build the whole giveaway table as one coordinated, on-brand order and mock it up free before anything runs. Below is how the best exhibitors tier it by audience: match each tier to your expected booth traffic using the per-attendee table above.
Crowd giveaways (high-volume, low unit cost)
For the foot traffic that swings by for a freebie: stickers, enamel pins, branded pens, tote bags, and drawstring bags. These carry your logo cheaply and widely, order the largest quantity here (plus a ~10% overage so you don't run dry before day two).
Lead-magnet mid-tier (for people who stop to talk)
For qualified leads who give you a scan and a conversation: insulated drinkware and water bottles, soft-touch notebooks, quality caps, and mousepads that live on a desk. A step up in perceived value that rewards the people worth following up with, usually about a quarter of your crowd number.
VIP gifts (premium, low quantity)
For partners, press, and the accounts you most want to remember you: a premium quarter-zip, a full welcome box, or a standout piece worth unboxing. Small quantities, high impact, roughly the top 5% of your traffic. Pair it with the booth-staff apparel so your team and your best prospects look like one brand.
Popular products for trade show & conference merch
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Trade show & conference merch we love making
The pieces teams order most for this: shown here ready to brand with your logo, mixed and matched into one order.
Polo shirt
Lanyard
Mousepad
Pen
Water bottle
Why teams choose us for trade show & conference merch
A booth that reads premium
Coordinated staff apparel and signage-grade decoration so the whole table looks intentional, not thrown together.
Tiered for real ROI
Crowd freebies, lead-magnet mid-tier, and VIP gifts in one order, so budget lands where it converts.
Beats move-in day
Tell us the show dates and we build the timeline backward so boxes arrive before you start setting up.
Trade show & conference merch, frequently asked questions
Plan by expected booth traffic, then tier it: enough useful freebies for the crowd, a smaller batch of mid-tier items for qualified leads, and a handful of premium gifts for VIPs. Share your traffic estimate and we'll recommend quantities that avoid waste.
Yes: we can deliver to the venue, an advance warehouse, your office, or split the shipment. Confirm the receiving rules and dates for your show and we'll coordinate delivery to match move-in.
Work backward from move-in: roughly 8 weeks out finalize artwork, 6 weeks out place the bulk order, then allow about two weeks production plus shipping. Our order-deadline calendar maps these countdowns to common ship-by dates, or drop your show date into the deadline calculator for an exact order-by date. For a big Austin week like SXSW, order even earlier and we can coordinate local delivery. Recruiting at a career fair instead? The same backward-planning applies.
You get an instant mockup, and a full quote by the next business morning. Production typically runs about two weeks from approved mockup to delivery, depending on quantity. Working to a specific date? Tell us up front and we'll build a timeline that hits it.
Yes. We can deliver everything to one location or ship individually to employees, members, or attendees: kits can be packed and addressed per recipient so they arrive ready to open.
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Free mockup before you pay
See your design on the real product and get an honest quote first, no commitment.
Nothing's made until you approve
You sign off on every detail of the final order before anything goes into production.
Delivered pricing, shipping included
Your quote ships to one address with shipping built in, no surprise fees at the end.
Quote by the next business morning, usually same day. Prices quoted are guaranteed for 30 days.
Ready to build your trade show & conference merch?
Tell us what you have in mind and we'll send a free mockup and an honest quote, nothing's made until you approve it.
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