We have already explained why 3D printing changes the way giveaways are made. This article shows what to do with it instead. Every idea comes from pieces we actually printed in our workshop in Talais, with their photos.
Cut the piece in the shape of something from your trade
Anyone can put a logo on a round disc. With 3D printing, the piece can take any outline, so you might as well use it.
eXtreme Jet 33 rents out jet skis in Port Médoc: their keyring is a jet ski, with one accent colour per model. Bateau Cassy, a fisherman in Le Verdon-sur-Mer, has a ship’s wheel. You recognise the trade before you have read the name.
Reuse a sign your customers already know
La Dame de Cœur, a newsagent in Soulac-sur-Mer, has a name that draws itself. Its keyring is a heart, displayed by the till, where customers wait and look around. When your shop already has a shape or a character, the keyring only has to pick it up.
Two sides, two drawings
The back of a keyring usually carries the QR code. Camping Le Royannais, in Le Verdon-sur-Mer, preferred a colourful parrot there, with a hummingbird and the campsite’s motto on the front. You never know which way up a keyring will land on the table, so both sides count.
A business card nobody throws away
NovaCycle Négoce, in Saint-Vivien-de-Médoc, hands its customers a keyring with the address and phone number printed on the back. A business card ends up in a drawer or in the bin. A keyring stays on the keys, and the number is there on the day it is needed.
A QR code that leads somewhere
CPC Formation pointed the QR code on its keyrings to its reviews page. A trainee finishing a course does not have to hunt for the link: they scan and write. Gitem Soulac points to whatever the shop wants to highlight. Choosing the right destination is less simple than it looks, so we gave it its own article: QR code keyrings, where to point them.
The souvenir at the front desk
For a place people visit, the keyring is the souvenir they buy or receive as they leave. At the Euronat village in Grayan-et-l’Hôpital, a display stand greets visitors at reception. At the restaurant Le LB in Soulac, the stand is in the dining room, and the keyrings have been ordered by the thousand.
The small gift on top of the sale
Bateau Cassy gives its keyring to customers who come to buy fish. The gesture costs less than four euros, and people remember it long after the meal.
An object for a community
The CANALISE keyrings have nothing commercial about them: they were made for fans of Clémence Dubent, an adventurer on Koh-Lanta 2026. A sports club, an association, a supporters’ group or a school year can do the same, from 50 pieces.
What 3D printing doesn’t do well
Better to know before you design your giveaway.
Four colours at most per piece. Our printers switch filament during the print, with four spools at a time. A logo in eight shades has to be simplified.
No photos or gradients. Each colour is a layer of material, in a flat tone. A photographic portrait cannot be reproduced on a 3D printed keyring. For a photo, we switch to laser engraving on slate, explained in engraving a photo on slate.
Details that are too fine get lost. Tiny text or a very thin line does not stand out. For the Margaux tourist office’s very detailed emblem, we kept two colours, black and white: a strong contrast does more for legibility than a full palette.
What it costs
From 50 pieces, €3.50 per keyring, and the price drops with quantity down to €1.50 from 1,500 pieces. We send you a mockup before printing anything. The full price grid is in custom keyrings: lead times and prices, and you can prepare your order on the custom keyrings page.
Want something other than a keyring? Describe your idea on the bespoke page and we will tell you whether it can be printed.
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