Budget is usually decided before the gift is. This page works the other way round: here is what each band genuinely buys once printing, personalisation and packing are paid for, so the number you set produces something you would be happy to hand over.
Under ₹250 — volume and giveaways
This is the band for conference tables, campaign handouts and lists that run into the hundreds. It buys personalised key rings, fridge magnets, coasters and small printed stationery. Personalisation is a logo or a short line rather than individual names, because at this quantity individual setups dominate the cost.
The trap here is choosing something cheap that has no use. A magnet costing ₹189 that stays on a fridge for five years outperforms a novelty item at twice the price that is thrown away in the taxi home.
₹250–500 — the working band for staff gifting
Most employee gifting sits here. It buys mouse pads, notebooks, diaries, clipboards, photo frames and small desk pieces — things used daily at a desk. Individual names become practical at this level, and a named gift is materially more likely to be kept than an identical unnamed one.
See the under-₹200 and under-₹1,000 guide for specific picks in and around this band.
₹500–1,000 — named clients and milestones
At this point the gift can be a set rather than an item: a coaster set, a diary and pen together, a framed photograph. Materials improve — solid wood and thicker acrylic instead of MDF — and so does packaging, which matters more than people expect when the gift is handed over in person.
This is the right band for named client contacts, work anniversaries and welcome kits for new joiners, where the gift is the company’s first physical impression.
Above ₹1,000 — the few, not the many
Premium gifting is for senior stakeholders and genuine milestones. What the extra money buys is weight, finish and singularity: a heavier engraved piece, a properly made box, a design that exists only for that recipient.
Spending more stops improving the gift once it passes the point where the recipient can tell it was chosen for them. Beyond that you are buying materials they did not ask for. A ₹1,500 engraved piece with the right name on it lands better than a ₹4,000 generic one, almost every time.
How to set the number
Work from the list, not from the total. Decide the per-head figure for each group — wide festival list, named clients, senior contacts, staff — multiply, then compare against the budget. Teams that start from a lump sum and divide almost always end up with one band that is wrong for its audience.
Remember that GST is charged on top, and that packaging and delivery are separate lines. A quotation shows all three, so the per-piece figure you approve is the one you actually pay.
Where to go next
- MOQ and bulk pricing — how quantity moves these numbers
- Corporate gifts for clients — matching band to relationship
- Corporate gifts — the full range
- Shop — browse by price