Our newly added Personalised Gift Section is proving to be very popular! Our Silver Star Paper Weight engraved with your personal message of up to 50 characters is by far the most popular, offering the perfect gift choice for so many different occasions.
Personalised gifts not only make the recipient feel extra special but they will be treasured for years to come as they carry your emotions with them. A handwritten note to accompany just about any gift whether low or high value will place extra significance on that gift making it a treasured gift for years to come.
Adding a personal touch to your gift such as the recipient's name or initials provides that feeling that someone has not only remembered the day but has taken the time to buy a special gift with extra meaning. It's guaranteed if you're unwrapping several gifts, you'll be drawn immediately to the gift that carries your name!
The most important thing to consider when choosing a personalised gift is whether the gift itself will be useful to the recipient. Whether you're shopping for personalised baby gifts, anniversary gifts, personalised birthday gifts, personalised Christmas gifts, or personalised wedding gifts it's often a good idea to choose what will be practical and useful or conveys a special message.
If he's a golf enthusiast he's bound to be thrilled by a personalised golf ball to commemorate a special occasion such as he's birthday with a message that you think he's a great golfer!
If it's their anniversary a commemorative china plate with the wedding date together with a personal message or a pair of exquisite champagne flutes will be treasured for ever.
If it's a new baby gift celebration what better way to mark the occasion than with a charming china breakfast set. Each piece can be customised with the baby's name and after it's used can be packed away in the lovely gift box and treasured forever.
In a survey conducted by 'It's in the Stars' it seems birthdays, weddings and anniversaries are probably the top three occasions which are most popular to buy a personalised gift for. Other discoveries which we would agree with are –
- Men consider the price most important when selecting a personalised gift whereas women consider uniqueness and durability of the gift matters most
- Around 50% of buyers are willing to wait up to 7 days to receive a personalised gift, half that percentage are prepared to wait up 14 days whereas 24% are prepared to wait up to 3 days only
- Although gift wrap is nice to have it is not essential, the majority of buyers will allow enough time to wrap the gift themselves or simply would not spend the money on a gift-wrapping service
- £30 seems to be about the average price point most buyers are happy to pay
The types of personalised gifts to give are –
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Items of special interest such as "World's Best Golfer" golf ball
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Photo based gifts, calendars and art being the most popular
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Items with birth date such as an astrology chart or newspaper cover
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Name based items such as jewellery or a paper weight
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Personal message items such as candles or ceramic plates
Items of special interest are the highest on the list for most likely personalised gift to give.
It seems most personalised gifts are given to close family members and close friends, nearly two-thirds of personalised gifts are given to a spouse or partner.
Buyers are more than likely to give a gift to their close friend than their children and parents receive 40% of personalised gifts.
It seems that most people (88.5%) have bought at least one personalised gift in the last 12 months with 60% buying two or more personalised gifts in the past 12 months. It seems those in the age group 44-62 years are the biggest consumers of personalised gifts with 46% buying 4 or more personalised gifts in the last 12 months.
The most important attributes about personalised gifts for most buyers are –
It also seems that your birth sign may have a bearing on your gift choices as Cancers and Taureans are regarded the most likely to give gifts that really delight the recipient followed by Leos but highly discriminating Virgos seem to need a bit of help in selecting gifts that delight their recipient!
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