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White/Blue 11 oz. Ceramic Mug

Item SM11BU · 11 oz. · Drinkware

White/Blue 11 oz. Ceramic Mug (item SM11BU) is in our Mugs range of Drinkware, with a 2 in x 2 in personalization area. At 48 pieces it costs $9.25 each all-in: $6.00 for the piece plus $3.25 to engrave, setup included. 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.
$4.65 each at 500+ · $7.50 at 1
QuantityPrice eachYou save
1-11$7.50 -
12-23$6.90 save 8%
24-47$6.45 save 14%
48-95$6.00 save 20%
96-249$5.55 save 26%
250-499$5.10 save 32%
500+$4.65 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 36. 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 2in x 2in.

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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 White/Blue 11 oz. Ceramic Mug?

White/Blue 11 oz. Ceramic Mug. A coffee mug at 11 oz in ceramic, specified for decoration and for daily use rather than for a display shelf. It measures 11 oz.. This is the white colorway, one of 2 in the range.

Ceramic is the substrate people actually keep at a desk. It holds heat well, it is microwave and dishwasher safe in most configurations, and it does not impart any flavour. That is the difference between something kept and something replaced.

Dye-sublimation bonds full-color artwork into the glaze rather than sitting on top of it, so photographs, gradients and exact brand colors all reproduce. And the result survives the dishwasher. The desk mug is the longest-dwelling promotional item there is. It earns impressions every working day for years.

This sits in the giveaway tier, where the job is reach: enough units to hand one to everyone who walks past the table, at a cost per impression low enough that nobody has to justify it line by line. Concretely: $7.50 each at 1-11, $4.65 at 500+.

Specifications

Item numberSM11BU
Product typeCoffee Mug
MaterialCeramic
Capacity11 oz
Dimensions11 oz.
Shipping weight13 oz
ColorWhite, Blue
Decoration methodsDye Sublimation, UV Printing
Standard imprint area2 in x 2 in
Minimum order1 piece
DurabilityHigh, with normal ceramic fragility.
CareDishwasher and microwave safe unless the item carries a metallic accent.
CategoryDrinkware
CollectionMugs

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 2 in x 2 in.

Dye Sublimation

Heat converts solid dye to gas, which bonds into a polyester coating or ceramic glaze. Full-color artwork embedded in the surface rather than sitting on top of it.

Best for

Full-wrap photographic decoration on mugs, coated drinkware and coated metal.

Color

Full color. Cannot print white. The substrate supplies white.

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.
  • Do not spend a week hunting for the perfect file. Send what exists and we will tell you what is usable.
  • Outline your fonts before sending. It removes the most common cause of a proof coming back wrong.
  • Vector files are the safe option. They hold their edges whether the mark runs at an inch or a foot.
  • Supply Pantone (PMS) references for any color that has to match exactly.

Production schedule

Digital proofSame or next business day
Standard run3 to 5 business days once the proof is signed off
Rush runquoted per job once the proof is signed off, with the date confirmed in writing
Delivery1 to 5 business days on the ground network

Common uses

Desk and break roomWorks well for desk and break room, where the coffee mug format does what a printed handout cannot.
Onboarding kitsA natural fit for onboarding kits, which is one of the settings this coffee mug was specified for.
Holiday giftingBuilt for holiday gifting. That is the use case the format was designed around, not one retrofitted to it.
Customer loyalty tiersA physical marker of status that an account dashboard cannot replicate.
Team and department awardsRecognizing a group without the cost or ceremony of individual crystal for every person.
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.

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

Onboarding & New Hire Kits

Day one sets the tone for everything after it. Order for the year, not the hire. Onboarding kits fail on availability rather than design: a start date arrives, the item is out of stock, and the new person gets an apology instead of a welcome. Hold quantity against forecast headcount and the problem disappears. Dye-sublimation bonds full-color artwork into the glaze rather than sitting on top of it, so photographs, gradients and exact brand colors all reproduce. And the result survives the dishwasher. Volume is the point at $7.50; nobody is auditing this line item.

2

Corporate Gifting & Client Appreciation

Client gifting has one job: to be kept. The recipient is rarely the decision maker you are trying to reach, which is the part most programs get wrong. Choose something that will sit in a shared space rather than a drawer, and the gift starts working on people who were never on your list. The coffee mug format earns its place here on keep-rate rather than headline price. Cost per impression is the number that matters here, and it is very low.

3

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. Cheap enough to over-order slightly, which is the right call for a table.

4

Healthcare & Senior Living

Healthcare buyers screen for practicality and hygiene before they screen for design. Shift work changes the specification. Items are carried between home, locker and ward, so anything that leaks, breaks or cannot go through a dishwasher gets abandoned within a fortnight regardless of how good it looked at the point of purchase. Ceramic is the substrate people actually keep at a desk. At this price the risk is under-ordering, not over-ordering.

5

Technology, SaaS & Startups

Distributed teams have no office to carry the culture, so the objects have to. Company swag competes with genuinely good consumer products for the same desk space, and it usually loses. The piece has to be something the recipient would plausibly have bought, or it becomes a donation to a charity shop. Down to $4.65 at volume, which is where this stops being a cost.

6

Nonprofit & Fundraising

Every pound spent on a donor gift is a pound not spent on the mission, so the gift has to earn it. Recognition pieces for major donors and board members are the clearest win: they are relatively few, they are highly personal, and they materially affect renewal. For event merchandise, price the item to sell rather than to give. 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.

How does ordering and turnaround work?

Minimum order1 piece
SetupNone: setup is built into the price
FreightFree ground freight above $250, and we can split a run across individual addresses
Rush serviceRush is quoted per job, with the date confirmed in writing before payment
ProofingProof back to you next business day, and nothing runs until you approve it
Re-ordersRe-orders run from the file you already approved
ShippingFree ground freight above $250, and we can split a run across individual addresses

What do buyers ask about SM11BU?

How should this be cared for?

Dishwasher and microwave safe unless the item carries a metallic accent. SM11BU measures 11 oz. and is made of ceramic. Ceramic is the substrate people actually keep at a desk. We keep the approved artwork on file against the item number, so a re-order runs from the same file.

Is there a setup charge?

There is no setup charge, ever. Art preparation, machine setup and the proof are part of the price on this page. Engraving is a separate line, shown per quantity in the cost table on this page, so the all-in figure is visible before checkout. Ground freight is free on orders over $250.

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.

Can you work to a fixed in-hand date?

Yes. Give us the in-hand date and checkout tells you immediately whether standard production makes it. Standard production is 3 to 5 business days after proof approval, then 1 to 5 business days of ground transit. A rush is quoted per job, with the date confirmed in writing before you pay.

Can I get a sample before committing?

Yes: order one piece. SM11BU sells from a single unit at $7.50, 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.

What does it actually cost at quantity?

Most orders land near 48-95, which prices at $6.00 a piece. The published ladder on SM11BU runs from $7.50 a piece at 1-11 down to $4.65 at 500+, about 38% less per piece. Engraving is a separate line, shown per quantity in the cost table on this page, so the all-in figure is visible before checkout.

Do you keep this item in stock?

Yes. The warehouse shows more than 1,000 of SM11BU 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.

What is the minimum order for SM11BU?

SM11BU can be ordered from a single piece. The published ladder on SM11BU runs from $7.50 a piece at 1-11 down to $4.65 at 500+, about 38% less per piece. There is no setup fee at any quantity. The personalization area on SM11BU is 2 in x 2 in.

See it with your logo first

Send us your artwork and we will produce a free digital proof of SM11BU decorated with your mark. Usually within one business day, with no obligation and no account required.

Get a free proof

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What SM11BU costs at each quantity

The piece, the engraving and the freight, worked out at every break on this item's own ladder. Most suppliers publish the piece price and leave you to find out the rest at checkout.

QuantityPieceEngraving All-in eachOrder totalGround freight
12 $6.90 $5.50 $12.40 $148.80 Priced by weight
24 $6.45 $4.00 $10.45 $250.80 Free
48 $6.00 $3.25 $9.25 $444.00 Free
96 $5.55 $3.00 $8.55 $820.80 Free
250 $5.10 $2.75 $7.85 $1,962.50 Free
500 $4.65 $2.75 $7.40 $3,700.00 Free
  • Ground freight is free from 24 pieces, which is where this order passes $250.00 of merchandise.
  • The personalization area is 2 in by 2 in. Engraving is charged on the share your artwork actually covers, so a smaller logo costs less. Place yours on the product above and the price updates as you size it.
  • At 50 pieces this costs less than 89% of the 532 other priced items in Drinkware.
  • The table starts at 12 because below that the engraving setup costs more than the goods, and we will not guess at a price there. Ask us and we will quote a smaller run from your artwork.
  • Setup is free at every quantity, including 12.