subject: Cheap and Fast Custom USB Flash Drives – Mutually Exclusive Terms [print this page] Cheap and fast are not two words normally associated with custom USB flash drives, particularly if by custom the meaning is bespoke or manufactured to your specific design rather than just a standard USB flash drive that is printed with your logo.
When people talk about true custom USB drives they immediately think big bucks, big minimum order quantities and long lead times. Well, this was a pretty accurate assumption up until a year or so ago when the market changed dramatically. Increased global competition for the supply of USB flash drives has driven prices down and improvement in manufacturing techniques have speeded up the process and again driven costs down.
So there's never been a better time to go for a fully customised USB flash drive. They certainly make a bigger impact than standard USB flash drives and done well they create lots of "chatter" and social network comments that lift any campaign.
These days the most difficult part of ordering a Custom USB flash drive can be coming up with the inspiration for what the drive should look like or be in the shape of. Typically companies will choice a product of shape that is immediately synonymous with their business so, Golf Club companies get USB golf clubs, Fork Lift Truck companies order USB Fork Lifts and so on. If you're really struggling you could always have your company name (if its not too long) made into a Custom USB stick as was the case with Organix.
Even though timings have improved dramatically from a couple of years ago you still need to allow around 5 weeks. Part of this extra time is to create a mould for the drive and then to produce a physical sample from the mould for you to approve and sign off. This step in the process might seem "overkill" but its strongly recommended that you see the product in the flesh before committing to several hundred or thousand pieces.
From a pricing perspective they will also be a little more expensive but considering you will "own" the design and mould at the end of the process and considering the added benefits they offer its worth spending the extra pennies.
Cheap and Fast Custom USB Flash Drives Mutually Exclusive Terms
