OEM & ODM stainless steel drinkware from our own factory in Zhejiang — MOQ 500 pcs, samples in 3–7 days.

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Sampling

The Sample Is The Specification

Once a sample is approved it becomes the limit sample every unit of the run is measured against. Everything before it is a conversation; everything after it is a comparison.

Three Kinds

Which Sample You Actually Need

Most first enquiries ask for the wrong one, which costs a week. Stock if you are still choosing a format, decorated if you have chosen and need to see your own mark on it, new tooling only if nothing in the range will do.

Stock sample

An undecorated body and lid from current tooling, so you can judge size, weight and how it feels in the hand.

Lead time
2–4 days
Charged
Piece cost plus courier
Carries into production
Nothing. It exists to let you rule a format in or out before you spend anything on decoration.

Decorated sample

Your logo and colour applied by the method you are considering, on the body you have chosen. This is the sample that decides the run.

Lead time
3–7 days
Charged
Piece cost plus any new screen, Pantone match or mask set, plus courier
Carries into production
The screen, the colour match and the print proof — all of them are used again in production.

New-tooling sample

A structure that does not exist yet: a new body, a new lid or a bespoke assembly. Development work, not sampling.

Lead time
Quoted per project
Charged
Quoted as a separate line for the tooling and the development
Carries into production
The tooling, which is archived against your account.

We do not send free decorated samples. A decorated sample is made by the production method, so it carries real setup cost — a screen, a colour match or a mask set. That work is reused in the run, which is why it is quoted as a separate line rather than buried in the unit price. Whether the sample charge is credited back against the order depends on the agreed terms, and it is stated in the quotation.

Before You Ask

What Makes A Sample Come Back Right First Time

  • The logo file as vector (AI, EPS, SVG or PDF), or a raster file at 300 dpi or better at final print size
  • The colour reference — a Pantone number, or a physical chip if your brand colour is not a Pantone
  • The model or the capacity you are working to, and whether the lid matters as much as the body
  • Where it will be sold, so we send a lid and a finish that suit that market rather than a default
  • The quantity you are planning, even as a range — it decides which tooling we sample on
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From A Logo To A Picture

See It On The Product Before You Spend On A Sample

The step that stalls a first enquiry is the one between the artwork file and the decision to pay for a decorated sample. Send the vector logo and the body you have in mind, and the next thing you receive is your own mark on the product.
Send your artwork
01

Send the vector artwork

AI, EPS, SVG or PDF, and a Pantone reference or a physical chip for the colour. A raster file is usable at 300 dpi or better at final print size.

02

Tell us the body and where it will be seen

Item number or capacity, and whether it is judged on a shelf, in a product photo or in the hand — it decides the lid, the finish and the size of the mark.

03

We return a visual mockup

Your mark placed on the body and finish you chose, at the real proportions, so size and placement are being judged rather than imagined.

04

You approve it, or we change it

Placement, scale and colour are settled on the picture before anything is cut or printed. Iterating on the visual is free; a printed sample is what costs.

What a mockup is

  • Your artwork on the exact body, lid and finish you would order
  • True proportions, so placement and scale are judged rather than guessed
  • Free to iterate on — it is a picture, so a change costs nothing
  • A way to get internal sign-off before a budget is committed

What it is not

  • Not a physical sample, and it does not replace one
  • Not a colour guarantee — screen colour and printed colour differ, so the Pantone chip is the reference
  • Not a proof of the print method, which is what a decorated sample exists to prove
  • Not a quotation. It places your logo; it does not price your programme
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Send The Artwork And The Model

We will confirm the sample route, what it costs and when it will be ready.

Send The Artwork And The Model

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