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Organizing a seminar is a big enough task as it is. So when the question of swag comes up—"what do we give the thirty participants?"—you want a simple answer, without endless quotes or 250-piece minimum orders. Here is how to go about it when you start with a photo and want something people will actually keep.
Start with a photo, not a logo placed at random
Company swag that ends up at the back of a drawer is the kind that doesn't tell a story. A photo, however, does. The group photo from the previous seminar, the team in front of the new offices, the finished construction site, the first product prototype: these are images people recognize and want to keep in front of them.
You upload your image to the online workshop, position it on the screen, add a line of text if you like—a date, a team name, an internal phrase—and it's ready. No account to create, no vector file to provide.
Which photo works for printing
A group photo taken on a phone is perfectly fine in most cases. The points to check before ordering thirty copies:
- Use the original, not the version received via WhatsApp or saved from a story: compression has already eaten away a lot of detail.
- Look at faces at 100% on your screen. If a face is blurry when zoomed in, it will be blurry on the fabric.
- Watch out for backlighting. A group photo in front of a bay window often results in dark silhouettes during printing.
- Keep some space around the subject: the framing is adjusted on screen, so it's better to have some breathing room.
We detail the useful thresholds on our page about the resolution needed for a high-quality print, and the pitfalls specific to textiles in the one on photos that look great on a t-shirt.
Which item for which seminar format
The choice depends less on budget and more on when you hand them out.
- The T-shirt (€18.90) — Gildan 64000, unisex from S to 2XL. The seminar classic where everyone wears the same thing in the closing photo. Remember to ask for sizes before ordering.
- The mug (€16.90) — 325 ml ceramic, dishwasher safe. The safest bet: it stays on the desk, gets used every day, and there are no sizes to manage.
- The tote bag (€29.90) — cotton, long handle, 38 × 42 cm. Practical when the swag also needs to carry the rest of the welcome kit.
- The sweatshirt (€37.90) or hoodie (€42.90) — for a winter seminar or a team that works outdoors.
- Postcards (€21.90 for a set of 10) — the discreet solution: one photo per participant, tucked into a notebook, without cluttering up suitcases.
All prices above include delivery. The price displayed is what you pay, even for a single item—handy when you order a test sample first.
Quantity discounts, no codes or negotiations
Starting from 10 items in your cart, there is a 10% discount. Starting from 25 items, it increases to 15%. It is applied automatically in the cart, without needing to enter a code or request a quote.
The items can be mixed, even if they are different: five mugs and five T-shirts makes ten items. In practice, ten mugs come to €152.10 instead of €169.00, and twenty-five T-shirts to €401.75 instead of €472.50.
Two honest clarifications: the discount applies to the mug, the T-shirt, the sweatshirt, the hoodie, the tote bag, the postcards, and the two calendars. The three wooden frames are excluded and do not count toward the threshold. You can find everything included in the calculation on the personalized bulk swag page.
When to order for peace of mind
Nothing is in stock: every piece is made to order at the partner site closest to the delivery address. The site states 5 to 10 working days, including production and delivery. So count on one week, a little more if you want to play it safe.
For a team order, the best method has three steps: order a single sample two to three weeks before, check how the photo looks in real life, then place the full order. You lose a few days, but you avoid discovering thirty T-shirts with blurry faces the day before the seminar.
One final point to know: a personalized product does not allow for a right of withdrawal (Article L221-28 3° of the Consumer Code). However, any printing, manufacturing, or shipping defect will be replaced or refunded. Hence the importance of the test sample. Delivery is available to France, the EU, the UK, Switzerland and the United States.
And for a farewell or group gift
The same logic applies to a farewell party: a photo of the team, an object the person will keep. We have detailed this occasion on our page about a colleague's farewell gift from a team photo. If you go with textiles, take a look at the T-shirt personalized with your photo: it is the best choice for a bulk order, including mixed sizes.
