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Promotional USB Flash Drives Will Be In Short Supply During Chinese New Year

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Chinese New Year is coming at us like a steam train and pretty soon it’s going to be too late to avoid the mayhem it causes to the promotional USB flash drive market.

We say it every year and every year we end up with disappointed customers who wanted a specific USB flash drive and in a particular pantone matched colour. In 2012, the Year of the Dragon, the holiday break is going to be even longer than normal with lots of factories closing from the 6th January to the 4th February – during this period nothing gets produced and nothing gets shipped. Nada, zip, nothing!!

Even when the factories return to work it take a week or so before things start to get back to “normal” but there are always the inevitable backlogs to deal with so typical leads times of 7-10 days can be stretched to several weeks.

Promotional USB Flash Drives

Promotional USB Flash Drives

If you know you have an event, show, seminar, press launch or any other activity for which you need printed or promotional USB flash drives during January to mid-February then you need to be placing your orders now! Don’t put it off because Christmas is looming or you think you’ll be able to “sort it out” in the New Year because you might find you can’t.

Having been through the trauma of Chinese New Year factory shut-downs for the last 9 years we now do all we can to ensure continuity of supply to our customers even it the supply is limited to a small number of flash drive models and colours. But, with a limited supply in the market and lots of customers chasing the stock the tendency is for the prices to shoot up (partly because UK print costs are higher and partly because of usual supply/demand economics) – so, whilst you may find some stock your model choices, colour choices and memory size choices are likely to be very limited and you’ll end up paying a premium for your failure to plan ahead.

Without wishing to sound like a broken record we strongly urge anyone who is likely to want printed USB sticks to plan ahead now and get any order(s) in early. You don’t have to pay for them when you order them, you’ll get exactly what you want and you’ll save yourself money – pretty compelling arguments to get any internal (early) approvals you might need.

Understandably this is not always possible but at least armed with an understanding of the issues/challenges you can hopefully find a way to work with the situation.

If you are too late then don’t forget that USB2U hold thousands of USB sticks in stock and can deliver them (printed) in as little as 24hrs – you may have to compromise a little on model and colour but at least you’ll have something!

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Is it Safe to Buy Cheap Promotional USB Flash Drives

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011

As a nation of shoppers it can be difficult to resist a bargain but when it comes to buying promotional USB flash drives is it sensible to buy based on price and price alone.

When you consider that any promotional item that is printed with your company’s brand on effectively becomes an ambassador for you company it’s important that you don’t compromise on the core quality of the product by buying cheap. The odd few pennies saved here and there are nothing compared to the huge sums that are poured into brand development – don’t do it. Don’t risk your brand and your company’s image by buying and giving out cheap/shoddy products, it’s just not worth it.

Nowhere is this truer than with USB flash drives. Anyone given a printed USB flash drive is going to want to trust it to store and carry data their data on safely and securely. Expectations of how a good USB flash drive should perform will have already been set by High Street brands like Kingston, Sony or Transcend. It’s important that any printed USB flash drive you give away performs just as well as these USB sticks. The worst thing you could do is to distribute sticks that underperform, fail, crash and lose the users important data  – do this and your brand will become associated with a negative experience and this is something you want to avoid.

The core components of any UBS flash drive are:

  • The flash memory module – this is where the data is stored.
  • The controller chip – this manages and controls the access to the flash memory module.
  • The housing that encases the above components – lots of different styles and models are available.

All of these components can be purchased in different grades and from different manufacturer and as you might expect the cheaper the grade the poorer the performance and the greater the likelihood of failure.

When the flash sticks have been assembled they will all look the same and it will be difficult to tell exactly what’s inside. You might have been promised decent quality “Grade A” memory and top quality controllers but unless you perform tests on the sticks you’re not going to know what’s been supplied. A trick often used by suppliers who offer sticks at “rock bottom” prices is to supply re-cycled or masked flash memory modules.

At face value these sticks will look OK, when you plug them in they’ll appear to have the memory capacity your asked for but if you load large files onto them and then plug them into another PC the files won’t be there! Even if they do work they’re likely to have a short shelf life and fail after a few uses. A good quality flash drive should last for at least 1,000 read/write cycles and be guaranteed for a minimum of 12 months.

Promotional USB Flash Drives

Promotional USB Flash Drives

If you are being offered prices below the general market price ask yourself why but more importantly ask your supplier why. Ensure you get some guarantees on the grade of chipset being used and check the credentials of the supplier.
In reality the only safe way to reduce the cost of branded memory sticks is to:

  1. Buy memory sticks with a smaller capacity, e.g. 512MB instead of 2GB.
  2. Plan ahead to ensure you allow sufficient time to get them printed at the point of manufacture e.g. in China. Rush orders mean your supplier will have to print them locally and this add to the cost significantly.
  3. Avoid times of high demand and limited supply when the prices are driven upwards. Typically this is during Chinese New Year and in the run up to Christmas.

As with everything in life you get what you pay for and promotional USB flash drives are no exception!

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How to Choose Your Custom USB Flash Drive Memory Size

Friday, August 12th, 2011

There are a lot of decisions to make when buying something new and technology is no different. In fact, buying a technical item is probably one of the hardest, you have to learn about then product and what is important in all of the gigahertz, megabytes and processor figures that are thrown at you.

We are well aware that buying branded USB memory sticks is no different and can be a bit of a minefield.  The first problem is choosing the right promotional USB memory stick company but with the product range, service and standard offers that we give all of our customers we don’t think that is a hard decision to make.  The next problem is choosing the style, memory size, quantity and services that you want to make your logo USB flash drives personal for your customers and right for your company.

One of the biggest factors impacting the price of the USB stick is the memory size on the flash drive (to see more information about what impacts the cost of flash drives see one of our previous articles: Why do small quantities of USB flash drives cost so much?).  We find that most customers have problems choosing the right memory size for their USB.  So, if you are one of these customers, we have made three points to consider when choosing the right amount of megabytes or gigabytes in your logo USB flash drive.

  1. USB Data Loading – One of the first things to consider is whether you want to have sales and marketing information or any files pre-loaded onto your flash drives.  If this is the case then the size of the files will help you work out the minimum flash drive memory that you need to accommodate for the information size.
  2. USB Flash Drive Use – What is the purpose of the promotional USB flash drive?  If they will be used purely as a promotional handout then a 256MB or 512MB flash drive might be appropriate.  However, if the branded flash drives are for customers to use repeatedly or for internal employee use then anything from 1GB up to 16GB or in some cases 32GB.
  3. Brand Exposure – Smaller memory flash drives are least likely to be used and sometimes even thrown away by customers once they have viewed the files and discovered that they are a low capacity flash drive.  In contrast larger sized flash drives will be of much more use to customers and most likely be re-used gaining much more brand exposure to the customer and others.

The points above should hopefully help you work out the exact size of the flash drive size that you need for your promotional flash drive and if not, at least point you in the right direction.  That should make at least one decision in buying your perfect custom USB flash drives easy, now you just have to pick the model, services and quantity…

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USB Compass – Navigate Your Way Through the Promotional USB Market

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

Earlier this week we wrote an article about some ‘cool’ USB memory sticks where some pretty creative people have made some weird and wonderful USB shells to case their flash drives.  However we had some doubts about their usefulness.  The USB memory stick under question today however, is the compass USB flash drive pictured below.

Promotional USb Compass

Looking at this device, it has to be asked how many times you have recently used a compass or even needed to use one.  With technology nowadays there is little need for devices like compasses.  If you are the outdoors type and love hiking or rambling etc. it’s doubtful that you’d risk successfully returning to your camp on a compass USB flash drive, you’d probably have a little more sophisticated kit.  Even if you do decide to use a the USB compass flash drive for a both of it’s purposes as a data storage device and a compass there are very few times that you would need both in the same day.

So if the Compass USB flash drive doesn’t double well as a compass, what is it for?  This particular design would be a great promotional tool for certain companies.  Boat builders, consultancies or outdoor retailers are a few companies that would largely benefit from using this branded compass USB.

On another note, this USB flash drive reminds us of the difficulty that consumers can have buying branded USB flash drives in the slowly crowding market.  Navigating your way through the numerous company websites to find the right branded USB supplier can be tiring and tedious.  To help with this we have created a small list of things to check when shopping for your branded flash drives:

  1. The company is reputable and has a valued client portfolio.  To view some of our previous clients visit our branded USB testimonials page.
  2. Ensure that all branded USB memory sticks are fitted with grade A chips.  All of our flash drives are fitted with grade A chips and go through a virus check and quality control process.
  3. Understand all of the costing upfront and keep it as simple as possible.  At USB2U we have made the costing simple by offering free UK delivery, free printing, free data load, free lanyards or key rings and free gift boxes.  To find out more visit our why choose USB2U page.
  4. Good quality product visuals are important to ensure that your logo flash drives will look exactly how you want them to.  We have an in house design team that provides impeccable quality visual mock-ups.
  5. Fell the quality of the product yourself.  We send out free samples of our products so that customers can witness the top quality of our products first hand.

With these coordinates in mind we are sure that you will navigate past all other branded USB flash drive suppliers and always buy your promotional USB flash drives through USB2U.

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Promotional USB vs CD

Monday, August 1st, 2011

There have been a lot of articles on our site recently showing how USBs memory sticks are taking over uses that were dominated by other forms of technology (for example our previous article on how Ford are now installing USB sockets instead of CD players), we have compared the USB flash drive to cloud.  All of these articles and particularly our article on University graduation photographers however got us thinking about how USB flash drives compare to CDs.

Promotional USB Flash Drives vs CDs

Some industries, especially photographers who use promotional devices to store data have been quite slow in moving from CDs to USB flash drives.  Considering the amount of time that logo USB drives have been around and have been affordable enough to compete with promotional CDs most of these industries have been laggards in adopting new technology.  We can’t tar all of the companies within these industries with the same brush as we have been seeing an increasing number of photographers and promotional companies move platforms from the CD to the more advanced branded USB flash drive.  We are however, still surprised at those who are still using CDs and are questioning whether or not they should make the switch.

For those who can’t decide whether or not to change, we wanted to make the most important advantages of using promotional USB memory sticks over CDs as clear as possible:

  1. USB flash drives have much quicker transfer speeds.  Whether downloading or uploading data to a USB memory stick the speeds are arguably much faster.  The average transfer speed for a USB flash drive is 480MB/S whereas the average CD drive at 32x has only 39MB/S.  This makes the duplicating time of data much quicker especially if a large amount of devices are being used.
  2. Storage capacity ranges from a small 64MB to a huge 16GB and the price changes accordingly accommodating for all data needs – something not possible with CD’s.
  3. All USB memory sticks are easily re-usable as opposed to the difficulty involved in writing a CD and having to make sure that the CD/R style is used.  Customers can therefore use the device as opposed to throwing it away after its use.
  4. Branded USB flash drives are much smaller and more portable than CDs as they can easily be put into a pocket or onto a key ring without difficulty.  This makes them really effective as a promotional tool especially at trade shows where customers will likely leave carrying a lot of heavy brochures and give-aways etc.
  5. USB sticks are not as sensitive as CDs for being scratched and worn down.
  6. We know that this point, strictly speaking, is subjective however, we believe that branded USB flash drives are much more appealing and ‘cooler’ than CDs.

Despite these clear advantages that USBs have over CDs we are aware that they do hold some value.  CDs have a large printable area; if that is an important factor in your promotional needs check out our USB credit card range that allow for a large, full colour print area.  Our branded memory sticks also come with a range of packaging options which can also be branded and printed on.  CDs can also be printed at home which may be important for photographers, it is important to note however, that the quality of a products often reflects on the quality of the service or business which is why an increasing number of companies are moving over to branded USB memory sticks.  There is also, most likely a perception that CDs are much cheaper than logo USB sticks however, with the price of flash memory changing all the time and much of the cost in the printing and personalisation of the promotional media the difference in price is getting smaller and smaller.

We hope that we have made our case clear and that anyone who currently uses promotional CDs will give branded USB flash drives a try.

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Branded USB Memory Stick Scams

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

When it comes to selling USB memory sticks and flash drives over the web frauds and scams are rife. The problem seems particularly bad on eBay where lots of people are lured into buying what, on the face of it, seem like genuine high capacity flash drives only to discover when they arrive that they are fake.

The fakes might look like the real thing but when they are used its typical to discover that for example the purported 16GB flash drive only contains 4GB of flash memory and that memory has been “masked” to look like a 16GB drive. If you plug the flash drive into a USB port on your PC and check the properties of the flash drive it will look like a 16GB. Its only when you try and load more than 4GB of data onto the drives that you’ll get a “disk full” error message.

The other common issue is the quality and speed of the fake flash drives. Most fakes use cheap, grade “B” flash memory components some of which will be recycled. The problem with these components is that they have a high probability of failure and they typically have slow read/write speeds.

As a consumer if you are looking to buy a good quality and fast USB flash drive then buy from a known local supplier and ideally a supplier that is an approved reseller of well known brands like Kingston, Transcend, Buffalo and Sony. If you do this and you discover problems with the drive at least local consumer rights cover you and the return of the drive to the retailers is relatively easy.

Unfortunately these frauds are not restricted to the retail market but are beginning to creep into the highly competitive market for promotional USB flash drives. Promotional USB flash drives are sold to companies, school and universities in their millions every year and whilst they are ordered from local suppliers the USB drives are manufactured to order and flown in from China.

Pressure to reduce prices and win business has seen some unscrupulous local suppliers of branded USB flash drives supply “masked” flash drives and pass them off as drives of a higher capacity. So, companies taking delivery of what they thought were 1GB flash drives might only be getting 512MB drives or 4GB drives might only be 2GB drives.  Ironically one of the parties caught up in this was a UK based Police Force who unwittingly purchased what they thought were 1GB flash drives. The USB drives were for distribution to students and they were pre-loaded with information on “awareness about theft and identify theft” but instead of being 1GB drives they were in fact masked 512MB drives.

The only way to be sure that you are getting what you are paying for is to load one of the USB flash drives to the limit and check that you can load 1GB of data onto a 1GB flash drive – you’re never going to get access to 100% of a 1GB drive because some of the capacity is used to manage the file allocation but you should typically be able to us around 95% of a 1GB drive.

The alternative is again to buy from known, trusted and reputable suppliers who have been around for a good number of years and who are not going to disappear overnight and who will stand behind any guarantee that’s on offer.

The old adage of  “If something sounds too good to be true then it most likely is too good to be true” offers sound advice.  If you are sourcing printed USB memory sticks for your school or company and one company’s price sticks out as being very competitive just check on exactly what you are getting and who they are and make absolutely sure you check the amount of memory on a random sample of the drives when they are delivered.

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Branded Flash Drives – Prices Fall As Sterling Exchange Rate Recovers

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

There has never been a better time to purchase branded memory sticks. Several factors have come together to make the perfect storm allowing the sharp fall in Branded Memory stick prices. The two primary drivers are a six month high for the UK Pound against the US Dollar and an over capacity of flash memory in the Far East.

The exchange rate has continued to improve given that it hit a 14 month low in May. Since that time, Sterling has risen by more than 11 percent, due especially to the stronger than expected news about the UK economy and the austerity plan put in place by the new government. Investors who bet against the UK Pound have been forced to unwind their deals, which helped to push the UK currency higher.

This has also been helped by the fears that the US economy may not be doing as well as investors had hoped.

Why is this important for the price of branded memory sticks? In short, almost all Flash chips used for Branded Memory sticks are manufactured in the Far East and the US Dollar is the preferred method of payment. Branded Flash Drives are more susceptible to short term currency movements because orders are placed on factories and paid for as customers confirm their requirements. Whilst some forward buying of stock does take place the wide range of styles, colours and memory sizes coupled with the fact that many customers take advantage of pantone colour matching the body of Memory Sticks it is impossible to forward buy too much.

With the improvement in global transportation and the ability to manufacturer and ship within a few days rather than weeks more Branded Flash drives are manufactured to order, hence why currency variation has such as dramatic bearing on price.

There is also a lull in the manufacturer of electronic items, which has reduced the price of flash chip, the core cost for any Branded Memory Stick.

So will this last? Whilst all the underlying factors are improving the currency rates have been so volatile over that past months that it is difficult to predict whether this will continue on an upward trend or in fact fall back again.

What is certain is that the demand for flash will increase over the coming weeks in preparation for the Christmas trading period and this will drive the price of flash up. Especially for 1Gb and 2Gb memory sticks.

So if you are thinking of purchasing Branded Flash Drives, anytime over the coming months, then it may be prudent to secure today’s price as there is no telling how long the perfect storm will last.

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Top 10 Tips For Buying Promotional Flash Drives

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

The growth in the use of USB flash drives, memory sticks, thumb drives, pen drives (call them what you will) by the promotional sector continues unabated. Its no surprise really when you consider just how well printed or branded flash drives look, the fact that you can avoid costly print costs by pre-loading electronic copies of your sales material on the drives and the benefit the recipient gets by being able to use the flash drive to store their own documents on.

When looking to buy promotional flash drives there are a few things to look out for:

1. Make sure you choose the right style of flash drive: There are lots and lots of different standard designs of

Promotional Flash Drives

Promotional Flash Drives

flash drives on the market with the twister flash drive as the most popular but this is not right for everyone because its relatively small and as a result complex or large logo’s don’t work well on it. To help you choose ask you supplier to work up various examples with your logo and ask them to send you samples of the short list if you have time. Most companies will do this free of charge. Material, shape and colour options are the fundamentals to consider.

2. Choose the right memory capacity: There is a balance between choosing flash memory capacity based on your budget versus a higher level of memory that makes the flash drive more appealing to the recipient. As you’d expect the smaller the memory capacity the cheaper the price of the flash drive. But, if you’re looking to pre-load and “lock” your company data onto the flash drives it’s important to make sure that there is sufficient space, not only for this data but also to ensure the drive is of value to the user. Its all about balance – there’s no point paying for memory that you don’t need for your own data but you want people to use the flash drives and promote your product or company effectively.

3. Choose the right logo to print onto the flash drive: If your company logo is complex, contains graduated colours and/or tints then it might not be suitable. Remember the space you are printing onto is relatively small and the printing options on some memory sticks are limited. Its not unusual for complex logo’s to be simplified before being printed onto a memory stick

Promotional Flash Drives

Promotional Flash Drives

4. Choose the right printing option: Typically flash drives are “spot printed” but they can also be laser engraved or embossed. Another option that’s growing in popularity is to use “Dome Stickers” – these top quality stickers enable complex logo’s to be printed and protected under a layer of resin and are ideal for logo’s with tints or graduated colours

5. Have your artwork available in the right format: If you want your printed flash drives to look good then its essential that you provide your artwork in the highest resolution in a format that does not compress the image data, e.g. Jpeg. Ideally you should supply your artwork in EPS or AI format.

6. Choose the right packaging: For many the right packaging option is no packaging but before you discount packaging on ethical or ecological grounds remember that promotional flash drives in gift boxes do look better and more professional. You don’t have to opt for a top end tin presentation box with foam inserts because printed cardboard boxes (manufactured from recycled cardboard) work just as well.

7. Choose the right accessories: Key rings, carabineers and lanyards are a great option to add value to your branded memory sticks by making it more functional and easier to carry.  The lanyard or carabineers can also be branded to increase your brand exposure.

8. Be clear on your timeframes: Its critical that you allow enough time when ordered printed flash drives. Whilst many companies will offer a “rush” service you will typically pay more for this and reduce your design options. The majority of flash drives are manufactured in the Far East and as such you need to allow around 10 days from approval of the proof to the delivery of your final product.

9. Cheapest isn’t always the right option: There are certain factors to be consider when comparing prices for

Promotional Flash Drives

Promotional Flash Drives

branded USB flash drives. Make sure the prices you are being quoted are for new Grade A chips and not re-cycled or Grade B chips that have a much great failure rate, Secondly make sure all of the cost quoted is fully inclusive, e.g. does it include; print set up, print origination, pantone matching, data-loading, accessories delivery and finally what are the payment terms.

10. Select a Company with a proven track record: It’s incredibly important that you choose a reputable company that has an established reputation in the marketplace. There are far too many people trying to make a ‘quick buck’ from unsuspecting customers so don’t be afraid to ask for testimonials from companies they have supplied to. Pre and post sales support from designated account managers will help to ensure that whole process runs smoothly and you are provided with the correct information from the outset. Remember that guarantees on products are worthless if the company is not around to honour them.

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Free Data Loading On Printed Flash Drives

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Rather than silly offers of Free Easter Eggs with every order we thought that in the current financial climate our customers might appreciate something a little more tangible. So during April 2010 we are offering free data loading on all orders for printed flash drives. That’s right the we will load your data onto all of your memory sticks for free, nada, zip, nothing, zilch in fact we won’t charge you for data-loading. Got it!

FREE USB Dataload with orders!

OK there are a couple of catches but they are reasonable ones:

  1. You have to buy the memory sticks from us – I’m afraid we won’t be data-loading them for free if you’ve purchased them from another supplier. We do offer just data loading so if this is a service you need just call us for a quote.
  2. The free offer only applies to orders where we are manufacturing the memory sticks, printing them and data loading them at our factory in China. In other words the free offer does not apply to our UK “rush” stock and rush service.
  3. The maximum of data we will load for free is a generous 100Mb.

Data loading usually costs up around 40p per stick so on an order for 500 branded memory sticks the savings are considerable. You don’t have to order 500 sticks to take advantage of this offer. Our minimum order is 50 pieces.

Why take advantage of this offer? Well a flash drive with your logo or brand printed on makes an excellent giveaway or promotional item. They are popular, well received, they are useful and they get noticed and more importantly they get your brand noticed every time they are used.

If you don’t pre-load data onto the sticks before they are given away then you’re missing a trick. You are after all paying for the memory in the memory stick so you might as well use it. Think about the range of material you could load onto the sticks. Typical examples would include sales brochures, price lists, press releases, presentation slides, media files, links to your website and product user manuals.

Given that it’s free you might as well take advantage of this cracking Easter offer. It won’t last forever but it’s certainly worth more than a freebie Easter egg!

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Branded Flash Drives – Certainly No Flash in the Pan

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

When something is described as being a “flash in the pan” its generally considered to be a failure or something that you assumed would offer some value but let you down when it came to the crunch. Believed to have derived from a failure of gunpowder charges in flintlock muskets (the “pan” in the musket held the gunpowder and if it failed to ignite and discharge the round it was described as a “flash in the pan”.

Twisters - Pantone Matched

Branded and Promotional Flash Drives certainly don’t fall into this category. In fact, flash drives (also called memory sticks, USB pen drives and thumb drives) are on set to become one of the best selling promotional products of recent times. Why? Well, these humble little drives deliver on so many levels:

Fantastic Brand Ambassador – Flash drives carry print incredibly well and can even be produced in a 3-D representation of your brand or product. The print quality achievable today by the factories that produce the flash drives is superb with many drives now able to support photo realistic printing. So, no matter how complex a logo or brand is, it can be reproduced to a very high standard.

High Perceived Value – Anyone given a flash drive is immediately going to recognise the worth of what they have been given and will attach a high perceived value to the item. By association this “value” transfers to any brand printed on the drive and engenders a feeling of gratitude and satisfaction.

Easy Distribution of Sales Data and Files – unlike inert promotional products such as umbrellas, mugs, caps etc. flash drives give you the capability to pre-load your sales material onto the flash drive. This is an incredibly powerful capability because not only can you distribute easily and cheaply all of your brochures, price lists, presentation slides but you can also include media files and applications that start automatically as soon as the flash drive is inserted in any USB port on a PC.

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Small and Portable – Memory sticks have never been the largest of products but even so the current generation are roughly 25% smaller than they were a couple of years ago. This is good news not just in terms of portability for anyone that is given a promotional flash drive but also for any company having to transport flash drives to a show or event. Compare the shipping overhead of transporting 1,000 small flash drives around compared to 1,000 umbrellas or mugs.

High levels of repeat usage – The fact that flash drives are very popular for saving data to and carry files around means they are handy for use at work, school and home. As a consequence they get high levels of repeated use and with this there is repeated brand exposure.

Relatively inexpensive – Whilst they might be a little more money than a mug, a keyring or a cap they are still relatively inexpensive and the costs can be kept low by ordering smaller memory sizes. Be careful you don’t go too low though because its important if you want to give the recipient enough memory storage and motivation to use the flash drive. When you factor in the costs you can offset on transport, printing of brochures and sales literature and combine this with the benefits outlined above branded flash drives more than stack up in terms of cost vs benefit.

Without doubt branded flash drives are here to stay, they deliver time and time again in terms of real value to the giver and receiver and as such they will never be a “flash in the pan”

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