Custom dinner plates are excellent ways for you to add a personal touch to your dining experience. You can get them for yourself, as a brand for your business or for special events like a wedding or an anniversary. When you want to order these plates you’ll need to be very careful and there are some details you’ll need to pay attention to.
Individual Options
These are details you need to pay attention to when you want to order a custom dinnerware for your personal use.
Minimum Requirements: For personal use plates, manufacturer’s usually set a minimum order value of about $150 to $350 for bulk orders. This will make their cost of production and profit to be met. You can buy individual plates from $25 to $40, this is based on the material type and design complexity
Customization Options: When placing an order for a plate, there are different design options you can choose from. Plate size is the first thing you need to select. Sizes 6.5, 8 and 10.3 inches are usually the popular choices. Then pick a material for your plate. Popular plate materials are bone china, porcelain and ceramic. All these materials have their advantages and disadvantages, each offering varying levels of quality. After choosing a plate size and material, you need to select what design you want for your plate. You can choose patterns, colors, text or you can just make a custom artwork unique to your plate. After getting your plate, if you want to showcase it, you can get display stands or wall hangers.
Delivery Timeframes: Time taken to receive your custom plate after placing an order depends on how complex your order is. However, the standard production time for basic orders with few customizations is about 3-4 weeks while intricate designs or large orders usually call for a longer production timeline of about 4-6 weeks. If your order is urgent, the production company will prioritize it but it’ll cost you more. Placing your orders early will ensure your delivery is done early too.
Bulk Orders
Bulk orders are orders that are made by people that want large number of plates. Manufacturers usually give a discount price for bulk orders. Typically, these orders are priced at $38 each for 1-5 pieces, $26 each for 6-11 pieces, $20 each for 12-23 pieces and $16 each for 24 pieces and above. These prices make restaurants to prefer purchasing plates in bulk, event planners and corporate businesses also do the same.
Corporate Orders: Are the best choice for you if you’re aiming to get a branded dinnerware for promotional purposes or as a gift. In this type of order, the minimum you can place is 100 pieces. There are discounts for you when you make an order exceeding 150 units. This makes large scale projects cost effective. There are also design setup fees especially if multiple designs are requested. Manufacturers also provide advice for businesses planning to make a custom dinnerware so that there will be no mistake in material and design choice.
Event Planning: when hosting events like weddings, parties and so on, you can share custom plates to guests as souvenirs. When placing an event order, you need to consider ordering more plates than there are guests to ensure that there are sufficient extras to go round in case of breakage or other unexpected events. Manufacturers will also allow you to review and approve a sample design before the manufacturing process begins so you do not become disappointed with the end result. Professional design services are available to help you create plates that are in line with the theme of your event.
Production Process: When the production process begins, regardless of the size of the order there is a standard pattern that is followed to ensure consistency and quality. These include having the design you submitted to be in the required format, usually JPG, TIFF, or PSD, reviewing a sample plate so you know how the end result of the plate is supposed to be. Other requirements are your approval after seeing the sample plate, mass production and thorough checks to ensure the final plate meets the standard for durability and safety.
After understanding these processes, ordering plates should no longer be an issue and now you can order as much as you like with an idea of the price.
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