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5" x 7" High Gloss Cherry Finish Plaque
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5" x 7" High Gloss Cherry Finish Plaque

Item HG157 · 5" x 7" · Awards & Recognition

5" x 7" High Gloss Cherry Finish Plaque (item HG157) is in our Piano Finish/High Gloss Plaques & Awards range of Awards & Recognition, with a 3.5 in x 5.5 in personalization area. The piece is $6.90 at 1-11 and $4.28 at 500+; engraving is priced on your artwork. It can be ordered from a single piece. Production is 3 to 5 business days after you approve a free digital proof.

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Counted from today, allowing a day for your proof and 5 days of ground transit. It holds if your artwork is with us today and you approve the proof within one business day. Checkout will not accept a date we cannot keep, and it names this one.
Often sooner: the fast end of that window is Wed, Oct 21. We promise the late end, because a date is worth nothing if we miss it.
$4.28 each at 500+ · $6.90 at 1
QuantityPrice eachYou save
1-11$6.90 -
12-23$6.35 save 8%
24-47$5.93 save 14%
48-95$5.52 save 20%
96-249$5.11 save 26%
250-499$4.69 save 32%
500+$4.28 save 38%
✓ 1,000+ in stock
Estimated delivery Wed, Oct 21 - Mon, Nov 2 (order today, artwork approved within a day)

Sold loose or by the case of 52. Ask us if you want a full case: we will check the case price for you.

See your logo on it

Drop your logo on, drag it where you want it and size it. You will see exactly what we engrave, and what it costs, before you pay. The personalization area on this item is 3.5in x 5.5in.

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Included at no extra charge
  • No setup fee, at any quantity (most promo sites charge $40 to $63 per design)
  • Free digital proof before anything is produced
  • Free artwork check at the real imprint size
  • Free ground freight on orders over $250
  • Artwork kept on file for fast, matching re-orders
No proof fees, no art fees, no small-order fees. Engraving is priced on its own line and shown in full before you pay, never added afterwards.

What is the 5" x 7" High Gloss Cherry Finish Plaque?

5" x 7" High Gloss Cherry Finish Plaque (HG157): a plaque where Solid wood with a natural grain and a finished surface does most of the work. It measures 5" x 7".

In practice: wood carries a warmth that metal and acrylic do not, and that is why it keeps showing up on service awards and retirement pieces where the message is personal rather than corporate..

Wall-mounted recognition stays visible to everyone who walks past, not just the recipient. Laser engraving burns directly into the grain for a permanent mark. Expect slight tonal variation between pieces. The two together are why this item re-orders.

Treat this as reach inventory. The point of the tier is that you can put one in every hand at an event without the total ever becoming a conversation with finance. Concretely: $6.90 each at 1-11, $4.28 at 500+.

Specifications

Item numberHG157
Product typePlaque
MaterialWood
Dimensions5" x 7"
Shipping weight9 oz
ColorGloss Cherry
Decoration methodsLaser Engraving, UV Printing
Standard imprint area3.5 in x 5.5 in
Minimum order1 piece
DurabilityVery high.
CareDust with a dry cloth. Avoid prolonged direct sunlight.
CategoryAwards & Recognition
CollectionPiano Finish/High Gloss Plaques & Awards

Decoration options

The decoration method is chosen to match the substrate, which is why the mark is permanent rather than printed on top of it. Standard imprint area on this item is 3.5 in x 5.5 in.

Laser Engraving

A focused laser removes the surface layer to expose the substrate beneath. A permanent, high-contrast, single-color mark with no ink involved.

Best for

Logos, names, dates and fine text. The default choice when the mark has to outlive the campaign.

Color

Single color: the natural color of the material under the surface.

UV Printing

UV-cured ink is jetted directly onto the product and cured instantly under ultraviolet light. Full-color, photographic-quality artwork with hard edges and no dot gain.

Best for

Multi-color logos, gradients, photographs and exact brand-color matching.

Color

Full color, including white ink on dark substrates.

Artwork requirements

  • Name the PMS values for anything that has to match a brand standard; screen color is not a reliable reference.
  • Artwork we redraw stays on file under your item number, so the next order runs from the same corrected file.
  • Do not spend a week hunting for the perfect file. Send what exists and we will tell you what is usable.
  • Type should be converted to curves or outlines, otherwise a missing font silently substitutes on our end.
  • Supply Pantone (PMS) references for any color that has to match exactly.

Production schedule

Proof to youWithin one business day of usable artwork arriving
Production, standard3 to 5 business days, counted from your approval
Production, rushquoted per job, confirmed in writing before you pay
Transit by ground1 to 5 business days, by distance from the shipping point

Common uses

Service awardsService awards is where this earns its cost, and where buyers re-order it.
Donor recognitionSpecified regularly for donor recognition. The imprint area at 3.5 in x 5.5 in is sized for exactly that job.
Sponsor and partner recognitionSponsor and partner recognition is where this earns its cost, and where buyers re-order it.
Client thank-you programsSent after a renewal, a referral or a project close, when the relationship is warm and the gesture will land.
Renewal and retention giftsTimed to the contract date rather than the calendar, which is when the recipient is actually paying attention.
Booth and trade show handoutsThe item that gives someone a reason to stop walking, and a reason to remember which booth it came from.
Remote team welcome kitsShipped to a home address, which for a distributed team is the only physical touch the company gets.
Customer loyalty tiersA physical marker of status that an account dashboard cannot replicate.

Where this works best

The same item lands differently depending on who gets it and why. Here is how this one performs across the programs it sells into most.

1

Faith & Community Organizations

Faith communities give to mark moments rather than to advertise. Congregations buy in small quantities across many occasions rather than in one annual run. That makes minimum order quantity and re-order consistency more important than unit price for almost every purchase in this segment. Wood carries a warmth that metal and acrylic do not, and that is why it keeps showing up on service awards and retirement pieces where the message is personal rather than corporate.. At this price the risk is under-ordering, not over-ordering.

2

Sports Leagues, Tournaments & Clubs

Sport needs volume, deadlines and a clear hierarchy of awards. Participation medals for the field, distinct pieces for placegetters, and something with real presence for the overall champion. Production timing is usually the binding constraint, so lock artwork well before the event rather than after the results are known. Down to $4.28 at volume, which is where this stops being a cost.

3

Employee Recognition & Service Awards

Recognition fails when the object does not match the words. The presentation matters as much as the piece. An award handed over in a hallway is worth a fraction of the same award presented in front of the team, which means the object should be specified for the moment it will be photographed in, not the shelf it ends on. Decoration holds up in this setting, which is where cheaper substrates fail. Buy for coverage. The arithmetic rewards it and the budget will not notice.

4

Nonprofit & Fundraising

Every pound spent on a donor gift is a pound not spent on the mission, so the gift has to earn it. Volunteer recognition is where the money works hardest. Volunteers give time that would otherwise cost you wages, and the marginal cost of thanking them properly is trivial against what their continued involvement is worth. An imprint area of 3.5 in x 5.5 in is enough for a logo and a line of text without crowding. At $6.90 before breaks it is cheap enough to hand out without counting.

5

Education, Schools & Universities

Education buys in waves: orientation, homecoming, graduation, staff appreciation. Budgets are tight and quantities are large, which pushes toward mid-tier items ordered in volume. Alumni and donor gifting is the exception: that is where the spend per unit rises sharply, because the return is measured in gifts rather than impressions. The unit cost here is low enough that reach matters more than restraint.

How does ordering and turnaround work?

Minimum order1 piece
SetupFree on every order, at any quantity
FreightOrders over $250 ship free by ground; individual address splits available on request
Rush serviceRush available: tell us the date and we confirm it in writing before you pay
ProofingDigital proof within 1 business day; production begins on written approval
Re-ordersArtwork kept on file so re-orders run fast and match
ShippingOrders over $250 ship free by ground; individual address splits available on request

What do buyers ask about HG157?

What happens if something arrives damaged?

Tell us within 10 days of delivery and we replace it. Note any damage on the freight bill before you sign for it, because that is what the carrier claim turns on. Resolving it with the carrier is our job, not yours. The replacement runs from the artwork you already approved, so it matches the rest of the order.

Do you ship to multiple addresses?

Yes, through a quote. Card checkout ships one order to one address, so for a split run send the address list with a quote request and we confirm the freight for every destination in writing before you pay. The artwork is proofed once and applied across the whole run. Ground freight is free on orders over $250.

Can I order more later and have them match?

Yes. We keep the approved artwork on file against the item number, so a re-order runs from the same file. Material batches can vary slightly on natural materials, which is worth knowing if color matching across orders is critical. The published ladder on HG157 runs from $6.90 a piece at 1-11 down to $4.28 at 500+, about 38% less per piece.

What if the artwork does not fit the imprint area?

The personalization area on HG157 is 3.5 in x 5.5 in. If your mark does not sit well in that shape we redraw or re-proportion it and show you the result on the proof before anything is produced. Engraving is charged on the share of the area your artwork covers, so a smaller mark costs less.

Can I get a sample before committing?

Yes: order one piece. HG157 sells from a single unit at $6.90, the first rung of its published ladder, so a sample is simply a normal order. A decorated single piece goes through the same proof as a full run.

Do you keep this item in stock?

Yes. The warehouse shows more than 1,000 of HG157 in stock as of the last hourly sync. If a color is short we say so the day you order rather than the week before the deadline. Standard production is 3 to 5 business days after proof approval, then 1 to 5 business days of ground transit.

Can you work to a fixed in-hand date?

Yes, and it is the right way to brief us. Tell us the date the box has to be open rather than the date you want it shipped, and checkout works the schedule backwards from there. It refuses a date it cannot keep rather than accepting it and missing it. Standard production is 3 to 5 business days after proof approval, then 1 to 5 business days of ground transit.

What is the minimum order for HG157?

There is no minimum beyond one piece on HG157. Price breaks on this item fall at 1-11, 12-23, 24-47, 48-95, 96-249, 250-499, 500+. The price per piece only goes down as the quantity rises. The published ladder on HG157 runs from $6.90 a piece at 1-11 down to $4.28 at 500+, about 38% less per piece.

See it with your logo first

Send us your artwork and we will produce a free digital proof of HG157 decorated with your mark. Usually within one business day, with no obligation and no account required.

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