Custom fridge magnets
for your gift shop

There are two routes. A print shop prints your design on flat magnet stock and ships it soon, which suits an event or a mailing. A souvenir magnet in your own shape and material, made in wood, resin, metal, acrylic or PVC and packed for your shop, is made to order, which suits a gift shop that plans its season months ahead. We run that second route with factories in China, import the magnets and deliver them to you.

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 We do not publish a magnet price.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

Custom souvenir magnets come in five main materials. Wood is engraved or printed, and suits a simple outline with a natural look. Cast polyresin is moulded in relief and painted by hand, so it suits a sculpted landmark, animal or mascot. Die-cast metal carries enamel colours between raised lines, for a crisp logo in a few flat colours. Acrylic is cut to your outline and printed in full colour. PVC is moulded soft, in layers of flat colour. Each is a rigid piece with a magnet set into the back.

A small rigid ferrite or neodymium magnet is set into a recess in the back of the piece and bonded there, and it is sized to the weight of the piece, so a heavy resin piece gets a stronger magnet than a thin acrylic one. The sample is tried on a steel door before you sign it off, and magnets from every carton of the run are pulled by hand before it is packed.

Yes. A wooden piece in walnut, beech or acacia with a steel opener set into it, your design engraved above the opener and a magnet in the back. The spec names the wood and the metal of the opener. Try the sample on a real bottle cap before you sign it off.

As general information: US rules ask for an imported article to be marked with its country of origin, legibly and permanently. On a souvenir magnet that usually means "Made in China" engraved, printed or moulded on the back, not a loose sticker, and it matters most when a town or place name is on the front. Every logo on the artwork needs its owner's written authorisation. Your broker or counsel can confirm what your goods need.

No. We quote rigid souvenir magnets only, each a solid piece with a small magnet set into the back. We do not quote flexible magnet sheet, printed or plain. Flat magnets for business cards, calendars or cars are a print shop's product.

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

Yes. Magnets 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.