We feel a burden to say this – beware of “dirt cheap” personalised USB flash drives.

The core of every branded USB drive product is the IC chip memory. IC Chips are the memory section that determines the cost of your printed memory stick. So you can decide whether the 1GB, 2GB or maybe even the 16GB IC Chip memory is suitable for your marketing project.

With promotional USB drives currently at their cheapest price that they have been in the last 12 years, there are still some unscrupulous suppliers out there supplying branded flash drives with sub-standard IC Chip memory. Today’s blog was triggered by a ‘quote request’ looking for us to supply “dirt cheap” personalised USB flash drives for £1/unit for 1GB. With current record low prices, we believe this is the best time to leverage this outstanding branded USB product for your business.

Even though we tend not to compete based on price but on the quality of our product and service offering. We definitely KNOW how our prices compare to the competition and we are one of the cheapest out there – if not the cheapest. The prices offered by some suppliers sometimes can only be described as unbelievable. As pioneers of branded USB drives in the UK with over 11 years’ experience in the industry, this is a topic we have relentlessly blogged about.

To further shine some light on any ambiguity, we recently created a board on Pinterest where we published daily IC Chip prices. The aim of this board was to better inform our clients re how to judge the quotes they’re receiving for their promotional USB flash drives. Notice some the IC daily price images posted on the board below:-

The source of the data above is of course Dramexchange.com. You can go on the Dramexchange website to view today’s IC Chip quote sheet.

We would always advise our clients not to make a judgment solely on price. The marketing tool that is the branded memory stick, serves as an extension of your business reputation. It is pivotal that you ensure that the reputation built over years is not marred by a branded flash drive that might lose information or might stop working in 6 months.

On a lighter note, USBEXTRA are on the 5 major social media platforms. Along with the Pinterest account mentioned above, you can also find our 2 pence worth of knowledge on Twitter, Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn . If you happen to be on any of these social media platforms, why not add, follow and like the USBEXTRA social accounts. We look forward to connecting with you on the cloud.

If you have any upcoming project or would like to discuss anything re branded technology products, we would be glad to hear from you. Our team are knowledgeable and friendly and always go the extra mile for our clients. Please contact the USBEXTRA team today by phone or email by using sales@usb-extra.co.uk or +44 11 33 50 50 65.

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Lastly, there’s only one place to view all the branded technology products we manufacture. Along with personalised USB sticks, the USBEXTRA site houses our vast range of promotional products like branded MP3 players, printed portable charger, credit card USBs and many more.

We wish the very best with your business and marketing.