At USBEXTRA, we love technology. We love technology more when it makes our lives easier and when it makes us more productive. We love technology even further when it makes a difference in marketing and advertising.

USBEXTRA pioneered the promotional USB drive in the UK in 2004. We have been at the inception of this outstanding promotional technology product. Branded technology is what we do at USBEXTRA. This means we do not produce promotional pens, mugs or sweets. Not that there’s anything wrong with these more generic promotional products, it is just that we have always designed and produced promotional technology products. USBEXTRA at its inception in 2004/2005 was a promotional USB drive company and we’re proud to be pioneers of branded memory stick in the UK.

The popularity of branded technology products can be seen everywhere these days. Competing companies that looked on the promotional USB stick as a fad have now belatedly tried to jump on the bandwagon. In 2013, every statistic in the UK and US showed that more personalised memory sticks were purchased by marketers when compared to other generic promotional product.

Notice some fantastic customer developments for companies like Penguin publishing, Daily Mirror and many others.

With the potency of the promotional USB drive settled. We can now discuss why we think this is the best time to purchase promotional USB drives. The argument about the inception of promotional USB drives was made above because it was hard to justify marketing with personalised USB flash drives BECAUSE of the price. Dramxchange is a NAND website that ‘Joe public’ can go on to view the prices of IC Chips and it is a good resource for marketers to make sure unscrupulous suppliers are not baiting them with cheap/sub-standard IC Chips.

So why is it a good time to market your company with branded memory sticks??? In 2004/2005 for example, 8GB IC chip (without the casing, printing, delivery, etc.) was 17USD, today the same 8GB IC Chip is 3USD (or £2). This means marketing with personalised flash drives is NOT just for the bigger companies anymore but SMEs (Small to medium companies) can also market their businesses and projects with the most retainable promotional product available.

Another reason is that the prices are not as volatile as they used to be. USBEXTRA used to publish daily IC Chip prices on Pinterest daily flash spot prices to inform our clients of fluctuating prices. With more stable IC Chip prices, we haven’t published IC Chip prices lately. An example of these published IC Chip prices can be seen below:-

As mentioned above, we love technology here at USBEXTRA. We particularly love technology that can be leveraged for marketing and advertising. We have a diverse catalogue of branded technology products that can make a difference with your marketing and brand exposure. We can help in matching the perfect branded flash drive with your company’s marketing requirements. Please visit the USBEXTRA site to peruse some of these outstanding personalised USB drives.

There are many branded memory sticks on the USBEXTRA website. If you’re not sure what will suit you, we can help with your decision making process. The best way to contact our team is by email at sales@usb-extra.co.uk. If you prefer a natter instead, please contact our team on +44 11 33 50 50 65. Our account managers have many years of experience and can help. We can also advise re how other companies in your industry have used the personalised USB sticks as part of their marketing mix.

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