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How Promotional Product Printing Costs Are Calculated
A low unit price means little once setup, extra positions, handling and delivery are in. What goes into a decorated price, and a checklist before the quotation goes out.
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Tips for the teams working in TronShop, TronManager and TronDesigner, what we see across the supplier network, and what has changed on the platform. Written for distributors and suppliers who sell promotional merchandise every day.
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What Corporate Buyers Expect from Promotional Merchandise
Relevant choice, a complete price, a preview that matches the variant, a clear way to approve, and evidence behind a claim. What the buying experience now has to include.
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Read articleIndustry insightsWhy Print Ready Product Data Matters
Product data says what an item is. Print data says how it can be branded. Without the second, the online journey ends exactly where promotional-product work begins.
Read articleProduct tipsHow to Create Accurate Branded Product Mockups
A convincing visual is not enough if production cannot follow it. Correct variant, real printable area, honest decoration effect, and the approved size recorded rather than estimated.
Read articleIndustry insightsThe Future of Promotional Product Sourcing
A brief never asks for a supplier SKU. What changes when catalogues, attributes, prices and stock are searchable through one structure, and what normalisation has to get right first.
Read articleProduct tipsHow to Choose a Promotional Product Printing Method
Screen, pad, digital, transfer, embroidery or laser: the method is decided by the product surface, the artwork and the quantity, not by a preference. A comparison and a checklist.
Read articleIndustry insightsWhy Promotional Product Suppliers Need an API Strategy
File exchange holds until the network grows. What product, price, stock and ordering interfaces each have to define, and why many direct integrations rebuild the problem an API was meant to remove.
Read articleProduct tips · TronDesignerPantone vs CMYK vs RGB for Branded Products
Screens make colour with light and products are decorated with ink, thread and heat. What each colour system is for, and how to keep one brand reference through a job.
Read articleIndustry insightsHow AI Is Used in the Promotional Products Industry
Where assisted processing genuinely removes work — artwork cleanup, catalogue content, translation, categorisation — and where a person still has to decide. Plus a four-question test for any AI feature.
Read articleProduct tips · TronDesignerBest Logo File Formats for Promotional Product Printing
Vector artwork scales to a pen or an exhibition panel; a logo pulled off a website does not. Which formats to send, when a raster file still works, and the artwork problems that delay an order.
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