Yes, anyone can find a promotional pen online.
Search for “custom logo pen” and you will probably get thousands of results in a few seconds.
So why does Call2Print offer promotional pens when we are a printing company?
The answer is simple:
Because our customers need them.
And more importantly, because our customers have better things to do than spend their time finding them.
One Less Thing for Our Customers to Worry About
Many of our customers come to China for exhibitions, conferences and corporate events.
They may need 400 brochures, 500 business cards, two roll-up banners, a backdrop, some flyers — and 500 promotional pens with their logo.
The pens might be the smallest part of the project.
But somebody still has to find them.
Somebody has to check the price, choose the color, confirm the logo position, communicate with the supplier, approve the artwork, check the production schedule, inspect the finished product and make sure everything arrives at the right place at the right time.
Our customers could do all of this themselves.
But why should they?
Their time should be spent on their products, their presentation, their customers and their business.
Let us worry about the pens.
We Are Not a Promotional Gift Company
Call2Print is not trying to become a promotional gift company.
There are companies with catalogs containing hundreds or even thousands of promotional products.
That's not us.
We don't want to offer 300 pens, 200 notebooks and 500 different keychains just so we can say we have a huge catalog.
Instead, we prefer to keep our selection small.
We choose products that our customers frequently need, that are practical for exhibitions and corporate events, and that we feel comfortable putting the Call2Print name behind.
We don't want to sell you everything. We just want to help you solve a few more problems.
Why Did We Choose This Pen?
Our latest promotional pen is a good example.
We weren't looking for the most expensive pen.
We weren't looking for fancy packaging.
And we certainly weren't trying to find something that looked impressive in a catalog but wasn't practical at an actual event.
We asked ourselves a much simpler question:
If Call2Print were exhibiting at a trade show, would we be happy to put our own logo on this pen and hand it to visitors?
The answer was yes.
It is simple, lightweight and practical. It is available in a useful range of colors, has a clean area for logo customization, and works well for quantities of a few hundred or a few thousand pieces.
It does exactly what we need an exhibition promotional pen to do.
Nothing unnecessary. Nothing complicated.
Just a good, practical pen.
Finding the Pen Is Actually the Easy Part
Here is something we have learned after many years in business:
Finding a product is easy. Finding the right supplier is much harder.
Anyone can search online.
Honestly, a school student can do that.
The real work starts after you find the product.
Who is behind it?
How quickly do they respond?
Do they really understand their product?
Can they explain the different customization options?
If there is a problem with your logo, will they tell you before production?
If you have a tight deadline, will they actually help you find a solution?
Is their pricing reasonable?
Is the quality consistent?
And when they promise Tuesday, does Tuesday really mean Tuesday?
For us, these questions are much more important than finding the cheapest pen on the internet.
We Also Care About Something That Isn't on the Price List
There is another thing we look for when choosing suppliers.
Are they nice to work with?
It may sound like a small thing, but it isn't.
We are printing specialists. We understand paper, color, binding, finishing and print production very well.
But we don't pretend to be experts in every promotional product.
Different industries have different knowledge.
So when we work with a supplier in another field, we appreciate someone who is professional, patient and willing to share what they know.
If there is a better option, tell us.
If something won't work, explain why.
If there is a mistake we might make because we don't know your industry well enough, warn us before we make it.
We value suppliers who help us learn.
Because that's exactly how we try to treat our own customers.
A Good Product Is Only Half of the Product
This is especially important in exhibition work.
When your event starts on Thursday, receiving something on Friday doesn't help.
A beautiful product from a supplier who doesn't answer messages, misses deadlines or doesn't communicate problems clearly is not a good product for us.
That's why, when Call2Print selects something as simple as a promotional pen, we are actually selecting much more than a pen.
We are selecting:
The product + the supplier + the communication + the quality + the reliability.
All of those things have to work together.
Because a good product with a difficult supplier can quickly become a bad product when you have a deadline.
That's Why We Offer Promotional Pens
We are not expecting promotional pens to become a major part of Call2Print's business.
That's not the point.
If you only need 500 pens, there are probably hundreds of companies that can sell them to you.
But if you are coming to Shanghai for an exhibition and you already need us to produce your brochures, business cards, flyers, banners, backdrops and other event materials, then adding 500 customized pens shouldn't require you to find and manage another supplier.
Send us your logo.
Tell us the quantity and the color you prefer.
We'll take care of it together with everything else.
And you can spend that time on something more important.
That's what we mean by service.
Call2Print
Printing, exhibition materials, and a few useful extras — all from one reliable partner in China.