What is Brand4ia?
Brand4ia is a division of Mercom, a trusted distributor of high quality promotional items founded in 1997. Mercom is a specialty service that pairs iconic brands with world-class promotional items in every product sector – from athletic apparel and beverage containers to writing instruments and trophies.
Brand4ia takes the most popular, proven and successful promotional items that our Mercom specialists have discovered, and presents them to you. We’ve streamlined the search process to help you find exactly what you’re looking for in as few as clicks as possible.
Where are Brand4ia promotional items made?
Brand4ia sources promotional items from all around the world; we hold our manufacturers to the highest standards for quality, safety and performance. In some cases, the imprinting process takes place in a different location that the point of manufacture. Domestic imprinting allows for the faster delivery of the finished product.
Why does Brand4ia only offer Drinkware products?
Brand4ia is launching with one of Mercom’s most popular product categories. In the months and years to come, we will steadily bring the streamlined Brand4ia experience to other product categories.
What are my drinkware imprinting options?
The Brand4ia Drinkware Collection comes with two imprinting options: Laser Engraving and Screen Printing.
What is LASER ENGRAVING?
Laser Engraving uses a high heat laser beam to etch a logo into the surface of a beverage container. Laser engraving works on stainless steel and plastic (polymer) containers; it is very precise and does not damage the integrity of the container itself. The process allows a wide variety of font options and can replicate very intricate logos. Best of all, the finished logo will never fade throughout the life of the product – even with daily dishwasher use.
Laser engraving projects typically call for a 7-10 day lead-time between logo upload and shipping.
What is SCREEN PRINTING?
Screen printing is closer to the traditional printing press process. This very flexible process prints a logo onto the surface of a product. Screen printing allows for logos and text to be printed in one color, two colors, or even full color.
Screen printing is fast and affordable. Today’s screen-printing technology typically lasts for all or most of the life of the product when users follow the proper care instructions. Rush delivery – 24 to 48 hours is often available.
Other websites offer tens of thousands of promotional items, why does Brand4ia offer so few?
In the promotional products industry, too many choices can often lead to too many headaches. When a distributor lists every single available product, the customer carries the burden to sort through all of the promotional items and guess which ones look best, perform best and are the safest and most durable. Brand4ia taps the expertise of industry professionals to narrow down their top picks and present them exclusively for you. Our experts will fully manage the project to make the whole production experience feel like less of a process.
Other sites might be able to provide a slightly better price per piece, but what good is that if the logo looks strange or the product arrives late? Due to the volume of work we deliver to our manufacturing partners, our prices typically can’t be beat – and we know exactly how to secure and set-up your art files so the end result looks perfect and lasts.
What additional charges can I expect?
The prices we quote is the price we deliver – no hidden fees or bait and switch offers.
Can Brand4ia guarantee shipping?
Under normal working conditions, our promotional items are guaranteed to arrive when we promise. Natural disasters – fires, floors or storms at the point of manufacture, delivery or anywhere in the delivery chain can, and do happen. When headlines break, we keep you informed at every step of the process.