You might have already had a few negative surprises when ordering promotional products online. Final products may have looked nothing like you imagined. So, before you place your order, you need to know exactly what you are buying. To help you out, we offer you our promotional product samples.
These samples serve to avoid any potential disappointment in our goods. Our goal is to deliver nothing less than you expect. That’s why we’ll be happy to send you our samples before you place your trust in us. The promotional products we’re offering come in four types:
- vision boards
- physical samples
- pre-production samples
- virtual proofs
Let’s dive into each promotional sample type so that you understand how they work.
What Are Vision Boards?
Vision boards are visual representations of a promotional item you’re ordering. More precisely, these samples are 3D images of our products made by our team of designers. Their purpose is to mimic a real version of the product so that you know what to expect. Visual boards also place your item in a natural setting to help you see its real potential.
Most commonly, you get them in PDF format via email. That’s one of the most convenient methods because it’s fast and secure. Plus, we often give out our visual boards for free. And, if you want, our designers can even include your quote in your visual board sample.
If you’re having trouble visualising a product, these 3D replicas will be right for you.
What Are Unadorned Physical Samples?
Visual boards can help you imagine what the real thing looks like. But they don’t show the product’s quality, unfortunately. So, if you want to check whether your promotional items will be durable, opt for a physical sample. This sample will be very close to your actual order.
However, the physical sample won’t feature your logo. Instead, it will be unadorned and free from any inscriptions. That’s because its purpose is to help you test the quality of your order and not its looks. But if you want, you can still choose a colour to your liking.
Contact us at GoPromotional for more information, and we might be able to send you our physical samples for free.
What Are Pre-Production Samples?
Pre-production promotional samples are also physical items that help you see how your product will turn out. But unlike plain samples, these guys do feature your logo or inscription. A pre-production sample looks just like the final version of the product you’re buying. And that’s the closest you’ll get to your actual order.
So, these items are what you need to approve before your order sees the light of day. But this isn’t always our practice as it depends on our clients’ needs. It might even surprise you that we don’t recommend pre-production samples that often. They’re usually costly and unnecessary, and they can slow down your order.
But if neither time nor money is your issue, ordering a pre-production sample won’t disappoint you.
What Are Virtual Proofs?
As their name suggests, virtual proofs are closer to virtual boards than to the other two sample types. That’s because they’re also visualisations rather than actual physical items. But unlike visual boards, a virtual proof sample isn’t three-dimensional. Instead, it represents a 2D digital drawing of the item you’re ordering.
The best thing about it is that it shows your logo featured on your promotional product. Thus, it can help you imagine how it will fit the product’s design. It might help you realise you’d like to change the product’s colour or go with a different logo. Most importantly, a virtual proof sample will help you position your logo or inscription the way you want it to.
Virtual proofs are the only sample type that goes with every order. But bear in mind there’s a reason why we do this. Before we produce what you ordered, you need to make sure everything’s the way you imagined. So, check the colour, logo position, and spelling on a virtual proof sample before you approve it.
Have you found this information useful? If so, be sure to order the promotional samples that best suit your needs. Hopefully, you’ll be happy with the final results, as well.
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