Custom keychains
for your gift shop

It depends on the material, the size, how many colours the artwork carries, one side or two, the plating and the ring, the packing, how many you order of each design, and the freight and customs entry. We do not publish a keychain price. The quote puts each of those on its own line, and the landed cost calculator on this site adds them up.

Promotional suppliers print a logo on a stock keychain and ship it soon, which suits an event or a giveaway. A keychain in your own shape, colours and packing is made to order, which suits a shop that plans its season months ahead. We run that second route with factories in China, import the keychains and deliver them to you.

Custom metal keychains are die-cast in zinc alloy, plated, and filled with enamel colours between raised metal lines. They suit a crisp logo in a few flat colours, and they feel heavy in the hand. Custom acrylic keychains are clear plastic cut to your outline and printed in full colour, so they suit artwork with gradients or fine shading. PVC and rubber keychains are moulded soft, in layers of flat colour, and suit a chunky, rounded shape. Metal and PVC need a mould made for each design; acrylic is cut and printed.

Not usually. A keychain with your logo, sized for a set of keys and sold with the rest of the shop's merchandise, is a general-use product, and that is how we quote it unless you tell us otherwise. A keychain designed for children 12 and under is a children's product in US law. A cartoon or toy-like design, a size made for small hands, or a place on the peg next to the toys can make it one, whatever the label says. We quote that keychain only as a children's product: a production sample goes to a CPSC-accepted lab, the certificate from whoever imports it rests on the lab's report, and tracking marks go on the keychain and its card. Without the report, it does not ship.

As general information: US rules ask for an imported article to be marked with its country of origin, legibly and permanently. On a keychain that usually means "Made in China" stamped, engraved or printed on the back. Marking only the card is an option where your broker confirms the card is enough. The spec sheet also names the material of every part, and every logo on the artwork needs its owner's written authorisation. Your broker or counsel can confirm what your goods need.

Yes. The opener is cut into the metal body, or a steel insert is set into it, and the spec names the metal of both. Try the sample on a real bottle before you sign it off.

Yes, as a plush. A small plush on a clip or ring is quoted as a plush, and the custom plush page covers it, from the pattern to the lab.

Ask for the quote in spring and sign off the artwork over the summer, so the keychains can ship with the season's containers. Tell us the day they have to be on your peg wall, and we work back to the date the order has to be placed.

Yes. Keychains can share a shipment with your cups, beanies, plush or other goods, or with a light attraction's season of lights. Each design gets its own carton marks and packing list, so your stockroom can check them in.