Corporate gifts and branded merchandise in Bengaluru
We asked three Bengaluru hamper makers how a company order goes and what it costs, and read the prices and terms of 11 more businesses, from print shops to gifting companies. Here's what each way of buying costs per person, how early to order, and what gets added to the price you're quoted.
How early should I order corporate Diwali gifts in Bengaluru?
With under a week, pick a ready food box or vouchers. With one to three weeks, a box with your logo still fits at the sellers who say so, and with a month or more any seller can take it. Printed t-shirts are the quick part: 1 to 5 working days for up to 300.
What's the cheapest way to buy gifts for employees, and what does each way cost per person?
Ready gifts start near ₹300 a person at a sweet house or a gifting company, and Bengaluru makers who build a box to your brief start around ₹400 to ₹500. Packing it yourselves saves nothing: a welcome kit bought piece by piece works out to about ₹700 to ₹900 a set, close to what kit sellers charge (from ₹799) to put it together for you.
What can I get for ₹1,000 a person as a corporate gift that doesn't look cheap?
About ₹1,000 a person before GST buys about 400 g of sweets or dry fruit in a good box with your logo. At this money the box is where the extra goes. One gifting company lists the same 400 g of dry fruit at ₹700 a box in a rigid gift box and ₹1,060 in an engraved metal box, before GST, with the logo and delivery quoted on top.
In a rigid gift box
₹700 a box, before GST
In an engraved metal box
₹1,060 a box, before GST
Why is one logo t-shirt quote ₹250 and another ₹650?
₹250 is about a basic 160 GSM round neck in an order under 10 (₹249 at Kapricorn Prints), and ₹650 is about a polo at 100 (₹649 to ₹699 at Printigly). The cloth, its weight (GSM) and a second print each add to the price, and more pieces bring it down. Kapricorn says its price depends on fabric, colours and design size.
What does a corporate gift cost once GST and delivery are added, and will I get a GST bill?
Add GST unless the quote says it's in: 5% on most food, t-shirts and cotton bags, but a hamper sold as one is taxed at its highest-taxed item, so one 18% piece can take it all to 18%. The GST you pay on gifts usually can't be claimed back, and delivery is extra almost everywhere.
Can a gifting company ship each gift to an employee's home, and who pays if a box goes missing?
Yes: gifting companies and the bigger sweet houses ship each box to a home from your spreadsheet, from about 20 boxes. Couriers usually charge by weight and box size. None of the sellers we read prints a rate per box or says who pays for a lost one, so get both in writing. A voucher sent by email needs no shipping.
How much advance do gift vendors take, and how do I protect the money?
Advances run from half to 80%, and the rest is due before dispatch at two makers and on delivery at a third, so you've paid most or all of it before you see the boxes. Before the bulk order, see one finished sample, get the delivery date in writing, and agree in writing what happens to a damaged or missing box.
Is a corporate gift taxable for the employee, and what about gifts to clients and dealers?
Plan on ₹5,000 a year per employee in gifts that aren't cash until your finance team confirms the 2026 rule: tax firms and a copy of the rule put the limit at ₹15,000, but the tax department's own page still shows ₹5,000. Cash is taxed from the first rupee, and for a client or dealer your company deducts 10% tax once gifts to one person pass ₹20,000 in a year.
Before you pay a gift vendor, settle these
- The full count: people joining before the date, people on leave, names added late, and a few spares
- Everyone's t-shirt size, asked, with spares in each size
- Your logo as a vector file, and a printed proof signed off
- One finished sample, seen before the bulk order
- The delivery date, and what happens to a damaged or missing box, in writing
- A GST tax invoice, if finance needs one
- For an office drop: the tech park's gate pass and goods lift, and a room for the cartons
- For clients: their company's rule on accepting gifts
What Bengaluru buyers asked us for
Four of the five gift requests from Bengaluru companies that reached the point where we sent makers, 1 April to 10 September 2026, in our words.
Want us to find them?
Around a festival, a box with your logo takes one to three weeks depending on the seller, and most makers quote a company order one job at a time. You need someone who can do your count by your date, gives the invoice your finance team needs, and ships to the addresses you have.
Tell us once instead. We come back with gift makers who fit, each priced for your count, with their own past work. We already know them: we've checked their real work and their prices, and called their past clients, including about what went wrong. Only about 1 in 10 who apply get in, and every one is re-checked at least every six months. How we verify
Every booking comes with an agreement on what's included and what it costs. It's free for you. The maker pays mytribe a small fee when you book, and you pay them directly, at the same price as going to them yourself. If something isn't going to plan, a person here sorts it out.
The same chat answers questions about the job itself, like whether a quote is fair. This guide is about Bengaluru. For another city, ask on the same number.
Decide these before you ask
Each one changes the price or who can do it.
- How manyQ2
- Budget per personQ3
- Does the budget include GST?Q5
- When it must arriveQ1
- Where it goesQ6
- What kind of gift
The providers in this guide
Their own prices and terms, from calls with us and their own shop, 2026.
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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 28 October 2026
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