24
2010
DiscountMugs.com Gets Stellar Reviews from Better Business Bureau
Read more..We here at DiscountMugs.com were excited to hear that our company received an “A” rating on the Better Business Bureau (BBB) review. The BBB determined that DiscountMugs.com was an “A” rated company based on prefixed standards and categories that help determine a final grade on a scale of “A” to “F”. The BBB provided an opinion on our company rating by stating that it was “An extremely high rating”. This high rating will help customers understand that our company is dedicated to quality services and providing excellent products at the best possible price. Here is a link to our page on the BBB that display our “A” rating and general company information: DiscountMugs BBB Review.
The Better Business Bureau is a consumer protection organization designed to create quality assurance in the general business industry. Companies apply to the Better Business Bureau and are rated based on industry experience, length of operation, licensing, ethical advertising, sufficient information provided, good standing with the Better Business Bureau and quantity of complaints. DiscountMugs.com has all the necessary licensing with local government, has no history of government action against us as well as having all the proper accreditation and a spotless record of ethical advertising. Our website is a trusted site signed up with VeriSign Trust certification.
DiscountMugs.com has strived to adhere to the highest standards in our industry since the company started in 1995. We participate in our local community and provide jobs to over 600 people in the South Florida area. From our humble beginnings DiscountMugs.com now occupies a 350,000 square feet warehouse and has some of the most advanced printed, embroidery and engraving technology available. All of this success was achieved by providing customers with factory-direct products that could only be acquired through our amazing website that is consistently updated with new products, new features and better designs.
DiscountMugs.com is one of the largest distributors of customizable promotional products in the country and offers extremely competitive pricing that is rarely beat by our competitors. Recently we found disturbing trends of negative reviews being posted from mysterious sources on various online locations. While the size of our company and the rate of our operations makes it impossible for us to make every customer completely happy, we know that our sales, art and customer service team will do anything and everything to ensure the satisfaction of our customers. Many of the negative reviews we received seemed baseless and made us wonder, perhaps our competitors are not adhering to the same ethical standards as our company. We know customers will be smart enough to see our quality ranking on the BBB and our amazing prices and not be deterred by false reports from our competitors. Here is a link to our customer reviews.
22
2010
Save the planet, get a Coffee Mug!
Did you know that over 25 billion Styrofoam cups are wasted and used in the United States each year? Styrofoam cups are a hazard to our planet. Made from petroleum byproducts Styrofoam cups last forever, leaving a negative impact on our eco-system. Toxic chemicals seep from the Styrofoam cup into the beverages you consume, especially when heated in the microwave. Lead free ceramic coffee mugs provide an earth-friendly, green solution in comparison to the non-biodegradable Styrofoam cups. That’s why at DiscountMugs.com we offer a surplus of lead free ceramic coffee mugs!
The obvious eco-friendly choice, our variety of lead free ceramic coffee mugs can be personalized to meet all your promotional and event needs. The difference is in the coffee mug. Unlike Styrofoam cups, at DiscountMugs.com our ceramic coffee mugs are lead-free, non-toxic and safe for daily use. Microwave friendly, our ceramic coffee mugs insulate your coffee to keep it warmer for longer.
From custom printing with your corporate logo to your name, we imprint all of our mugs with USA. We offer a variety of colors and sizes to choose from. In addition, we offer a variety of shapes to meet all your personal expectations and desires for your special ceramic coffee mug. They include eleven ounce mugs, c-handle mugs, bistro ceramic mugs, cafe ceramic mugs, spooner mugs, and latte mugs. Furthermore we also offer cappuccino and espresso mugs for the coffee enthusiast.
Help save the planet while promoting your business, event, or by rewarding your employees with custom ceramic coffee mugs by DiscountMugs.com. The smooth sleek ceramic coffee mug is the best alternative to Styrofoam cups and paper cups. Gentle on our eco-system ceramic coffee mugs help cut down on waste and are more colorful and stylish than harmful Styrofoam cups. Bring unique style and goodwill to your workplace or event. Do your part, order your custom personalized coffee mugs at DiscountMugs.com today!
16
2010
Three Types of Unique Promotional Pens
Read more..Pens are great promotional products because of their affordability and versatility. Pens can be purchased in bulk and easily distributed to hundreds even thousands of potential customers. The promotional value of pens is incredibly high because they are often used at the office and other public locations that create more exposure for the company logo printed or engraved on the pen. Many people choose pens based on price and quality which are standard guidelines by which to purchase any product. However, there are some designs and features that make promotional pens unique like extreme affordability, high-end appeal or eye-catching designs. While these are not the most popular pen products purchased they are often more effective than contemporary promotional pens. Here are examples of pen types that are both unique and exceptional.
Affordable Pens: I know what you are thinking, aren’t all promotional pens affordable? Well, that may be true, but certain pens have extremely low costs which qualifies them as uniquely affordable. For instance Value Stick Pens can be sold in bulk for as low as seven-cents apiece. These pens still offer standard features and designs with multicolor printing options but at an incredibly low rate. With pens this affordable, companies will be able to distribute promotional pens and store additional pens for future distribution. This many promotional pens will allow companies to distribute promotional products throughout a vast group of potential customers even on a modest budget.
Luxurious Pen: Certain qualities determine a pens level of luxury. Pens made of metal and stainless steel is considered higher end as well as pens that are custom engraved as opposed to being custom printed. A popular pen material is a leather or leatherette coating on the outside of the pen which provides a combination of grip and aesthetics. Gold and silver trimmings are popular with luxurious pens and they generally have twist tops or standard pen caps. One of the many luxury pens at DiscountMugs.com is the Margate Silver Net Barrel Pen which has a silver designs and interwoven metal that forms its grip area and a brushed metal body.
Wacky Pens: One of the most important qualities of a promotional product is that it stands out in a crowd. That’s the idea behind pens with fun wacky designs. Some pens are made of elastic material which allows them to be bent this way and that, other pens have flashlight lights that make them easy to see in the dark and attractive to the eye. Some wacky pen designs have multifunctional purposes like highlighter pens and key chain pens, but the most unique wacky pen design of them all is the Multifunctional Keylight Pen. These pens serve as a pen, knife, bottle opener, light and key chain. These sorts of designs are bound to grab attention and give your promotional pen more exposure.
12
2010
Nine Fine Jute Tote Bags
Read more..Jute tote bags are such a hit that DiscountMugs.com has expanded their inventory and now has an extensive collection of these environmentally friendly bags. Here is a list of our best jute tote bags;
Jute Panel Tote Bags – These tote bags have quality colorful designs, beautifully stitched handles and great string seal. These bags are certainly the most stylish bags available and hold great appeal as shopping bags.
Large Jute Tote Bags – These large bags are great items to bring to the beach or on a picnic as they can easily carry bulky items like blankets or towels. These bags also have large imprint areas.
Small Jute Tote Bags – Small jute bags are particularly popular for bringing to work or for use as a purse. They can carry small items like pens, makeup and other small accessories. These tote bags also have fine interwoven handles.
Jute Bag with Rope Handle – These are large jute tote bags that have quality designs and a strong rope handle that is large enough to carry this bag by shoulder and small enough to conveniently carry by hand.
Two Tone Jute Bag – These two tone jute tote bags have multiple color options with a one color represented on the broad side of the bag and another on the base and trim.
Shopping Jute Bag – Shopping tote bags are specially designed to fit all of a person’s grocery, accessory and random shopping needs. These bags are perfectly sized to be big enough to carry substantial items and small enough to be easily carried.
Colorful Jute Tote Bag – These are extremely popular jute tote bags that have full color designs and multiple color options. These colorful bags attract a lot of attention to their custom imprint areas.
Jute Tote with Wood Handles – These are very elegant jute tote bags with aesthetically pleasing wooden handles. These bags are considered the most formal of the entire jute tote bag collection.
Two-toned Color Stripe Jute Bags – These jute tote bags have beautiful color stripe designs that look great with custom printed logos.
10
2010
Black Glassware makes Bold Statement
It is always important in the world of style and fashion to push contemporary designs and pioneer new looks in industries ranging from clothing the glassware. Glassware design doesn’t have the ever-changing fashion trends of clothing but still have seen a slow evolution throughout the years. Recently stemless glassware has become popular and interesting stem designs, bowl shapes and color combination have brought liveliness to the world of glassware fashion. The newest trend in glassware is a line of glassware that has a bold black color. These black wine glasses, black champagne glasses and black martini glasses have smooth exterior designs and look great with white custom printed logos. Below is a list of the most popular black glassware items along with their features and best possible usage.
14 oz. Exclusive Black Wine Glasses: These glassware designs were meant to stand out. Their designs are eye catching and truly make a bold statement at any event. These glassware items have a unique color scheme and can hold up to 14 ounces of liquid storage, which is considerably more than the average wine glass. Black wine glasses can be used at special occasions like weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and other more. They are not only elegant glassware but can be used as a gift for guests – memorabilia for the event. Especially events which have color themes involving black, these 14 oz. Exclusive Black Wine Glasses are great promotional glassware items.
6.25 oz. Black Champagne Glasses: Champagne glasses are ideal and often essential items for festive occasions. Whether it’s a best man performing a toast at a wedding or a couple sharing champagne on their anniversary champagne glasses are elegant and important glassware items. Black champagne glasses really stand out in any ceremony and contain quality features and designs that allow for personalization. These champagne glasses are nine inches in height and 2 ¾ inches in width. They hold up to 6.25 ounces of liquid storage space and are great items to customize for any occasion. These champagne glasses only come in black and the best color to choose from when creating custom printed titles or logos in white for contrast purposes.
6.25 oz. Black Martini Glasses: Martini glasses are by nature fun but have designs that are acceptable for formal occasions. This makes customizable martini glasses great for any kind of occasion. Black martini glasses stand out as being particularly creative and elegant. These 6.25 oz. Black Martini Glasses have standard martini glass designs with 7 ½ inches in height and 4 ½ inches in width and have over six ounces of liquid storage. The most outstanding design these martini glasses have is their bold black color which looks great with contrasting white logo text. Martini glasses can be used as formal glassware, standard barware and even for decorative purposes. Many consider martini glasses to be superior promotional products because of their large imprint areas.
9
2010
A Giant Leap in Mouse Pad Technology
Read more..Modern technology is not only pioneering new products but they are improving features and designs on existing products. Mouse pads have been around since the late 1960’s and have a basic but essential function: to provide traction for a mouse ball or sensor to move. Mouse pad technology has not had many major leaps in terms of design throughout the years despite the immense growth in computer technology. The mouse pad may seem like a dull tool in an otherwise revolutionary and exciting computer tech age, but new models and designs hope to change the view of mouse pads both as computer tools and promotional products. Here are some of the newest designs that hope to reenergize the mouse pad industry.
Round Mouse Pad with Calculator – This customizable mouse pad is made of hard plastic material with custom color coating. It comes in, black, gray, blue or red and has an imprint area that is 3.5 inches in width and 2.5 inches in height. Though these customizable mouse pads have modern designs features, the most outstanding is its embedded calculator tool that displays a screen with large touch pad. These customizable mouse pads are great promotional gifts for businesses and a favorite for certain types of professionals like accountants.

Round Leatherette Mouse Pads – These mouse pads may not have all the gadgets and gizmos other high tech promotional products have, but their simple designs and revolutionary wrist cushion makes this a highly sought-after mouse pad. These mouse pads are made of smooth and aesthetically pleasing leatherette material and have fine stitching and look great with custom printed logos. Their wrist cushion is a simple half sphere design that minimizes space need on the mouse pad and allows people to move their wrist freely on the mouse pad. This may seem like a minor convenience, but after using it the usefulness of these cushions become much more evident.

Square Leatherette Mouse Pad with Calculator – These custom printed mouse pads have the perfect combination of elegant style and convenient features. These mouse pads have state-of-the-art calculators and are made of fine leatherette material. The material is black leatherette and is put together with quality stitch work. Black leatherette looks great with white custom printed logos. The calculator is embedded into the top of the mouse pad and comes with a display screen, full button pad and unique ruler tools on the top and bottom of the calculator.
4
2010
Top Four Fun Beer Glasses
Beer glasses like wine glasses and other glassware items come in many different shapes and sizes to accommodate the type of beer and beer drinker. There are pint glasses, beer tankards, beer mugs, beer steins and Pilsner glasses all designed to cater to certain kinds of beer and beer drinkers. While Pilsner glasses and pint glasses are designed for certain beers, some beer glasses are designed simply for the sake of being fun. From boot shaped beer glasses to over-sized glasses these drinkware items truly represent the fun and leisure that makes beer drinking so popular. Here is a list of the top four fun beer glass designs based on creativity and popularity.
# 1 Boot Glass Mugs – These are by far the most popular fun beer glasses. These beer glasses are shaped like a boot and have over-sized liquid storage capabilities that make them fun in any beer drinking setting. Bars and restaurants use these beer glasses frequently because of their unique design and fun appeal. The boot shape makes drinking beer fun and these glasses range in size from standard pint sized glasses to over-sized beer glasses.
#2 Over-sized Beer Mugs – The standard beer mug holds around a pint of beer which is sixteen ounces. A fun way to mix up any barware collection is to offer an incredibly large beer mug like the 34 ounce Libbey Sports Beer Mug. Thirty-four ounces is a good amount to serve being that you don’t want to serve customers too much beer and anything over 34 ounces may be difficult to carry and drink.
#3 Sports Beer Mugs – I know what you’re thinking, there’s nothing special about sports beer mugs. However, sports beer mugs like the 23 ounce Libbey Football Tumbler Beer Glasses and the 16 ounce Clubhouse Collection Baseball Pilsner Glass have designs and shapes like the balls in their respective sports. The 23 ounce Libbey Footabll Tumbler Beer Glass is shaped like a giant football with laces on the side and the 16 ounce Libbey Clubhouse Collection Baseball Pilsner Glass has a baseball shape at the base of the glass.
#4 Beer Steins – Beer Steins are mostly made of ceramic or plastic but also come in glass. Glass beer steins have classic designs which is great for anyone who enjoys traditional beer drinking. Ceramic beer steins can have colorful designs and are great items to have at a bar or restaurant that serves foreign beer, especially from Germany.
25
2010
Personalized Glassware for Special Occasions
Special occasions require specialized favors; weddings, birthdays and anniversaries are the main occasions in which people look for favors like cakes, presents and personalized glassware. The most popular events to acquire favors are weddings and the most popular favor is personalized glassware items. But all occasions require favors and all occasions can use custom glassware to add a personal touch to their special event. Personalized glassware is a broad genre of glassware products and can include drinking glasses, wine glasses, champagne flutes, whiskey glasses, shot glasses, beer glasses and more. Glassware is considered elegant and looks great with custom printed logos on their translucent backgrounds. Depending on the glassware product chosen for a special event further customization in the form of multicolor designs could also be available. Listed below are the ideal personalized glassware items for weddings, birthdays and anniversaries.
Wedding Glassware – Weddings require lots of elegant favors, especially when it comes to glassware items. One of the first items that come to mind is champagne flutes. Champagne flutes are used for ceremonial toasting and are traditional wedding favors. Additionally custom candle holders are very popular wedding favor items. Custom printed candle holders can really bring together any place setting and make it more personal and decorative. Lastly, one cannot forget wine glasses which are very popular drinks to have at weddings both white and red wine glasses. Customizing these glassware products
Birthday Glassware – Birthday’s are popular celebratory occasions. They can be celebrated in very formal settings but are mostly casual events. Popular personalized glassware items for these occasions are beer glasses, shot glasses and wine glasses. Custom beer glasses are great gifts to remind friends and family of a great event and special birthday. These items are especially popular for milestone birthdays like thirtieth, fortieth, fiftieth and sixtieth birthdays. Shot glasses are particularly popular and embody the fun and free spirited nature of birthday celebrations. Wine glasses are great birthday glassware items for wine aficionados.
Anniversary Glassware – Anniversaries are personal occasions but often shared by family members as a great moment. Milestone anniversaries are often celebrated by the married couple, their children and other important family and friends. Wine glasses are very popular for these occasions. Wine glasses symbolize a refined and special occasion. Wine glasses can also be used as a memento for husband, wife, children and friends to symbolize the bond and memories anniversaries represent.
21
2010
A Tote Bag for Every Occasion
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Collegiate Tote Bag
Tote bags are one of the fastest growing promotional products in terms of demand and production. It appears everyone can use a tote bag in some part of their lives. With the rapid popularity of these bags come new innovative designs that make these nifty portable bags even more convenient. A typical tote bag has a decent size storage area, long handles and an open main compartment that is open for easy access. By adding specific features or modifying existing designs, tote bags can be made to fit specific situations. For instance, a tote bag that being taken to the beach should be waterproof, able to store multiple towels in its main compartment and have an additional pocket for suntan lotion and other miscellaneous items. These custom features are designed to fit specific situation while maintaining the versatile qualities of tote bags. Here are some specific examples of tote bags for any occasion.
Lunch Tote Bags – Lunch tote bags are smaller than traditional tote bags and are made to fit in small compartments like refrigerator drawers and shelves. While lunch tote bags maintain the same long handle, flat base designs that traditional tote bags have, that’s about where the similarities end. The biggest innovation in lunch tote bag technology is the insulated lining which allows perishable items to be stored in these customizable tote bags. And of course, to insulate a bag requires a sealable lid which is available in these unique tote bags.
Business Tote Bags – Business tote bags are particularly popular because they serve specific business functions. Some business tote bags are designed to perform a variety of tasks like carrying a lap top, pens and other miscellaneous items while other business tote bags are very specific like bags that carry files. Business tote bags are growing in popular because they are high quality, affordable and can be customized for promotional purposes.
School Tote Bags – School tote bags are perhaps the most multifaceted bags available. Tote bag designs are meant to be simple and have large amount of storage space, but these bags have multiple compartment s and are made of strong material to serve the many needs of the modern student. These bags are able to carry laptops and other portable electronic devises as well as books and traditional academic supplies.
20
2010
Crazy Pen Features
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Ultra Light Promotioanl Pens
Pens are extremely popular promotional products – and for obvious reasons. Pens are used by many people on a variety of occasions in different locations, which gives them great exposure to a broad audience. Pens are also easy to store and distribute which makes them particularly sought-after for promotional purposes. A growing trend in pen technology is to create multifaceted pens with ground-breaking features. Though these designs are meant to increase the amount of functions promotional pens can perform, they also give the pens unique designs. Here are some pens that have crazy features and designs that help these promotional products stand out.
Promotional Light Pen – Check out these high quality Promotional Light Pens with the very unique feature of a grip area that illuminates. These pens appear to be regular push top pens with sleek body designs, but upon clicking the pen into action, the grip area illuminates as the pen tip is exposed. This may seem like a purely aesthetic function but it also allows users to write in the dark. Even if one never finds themselves in a situation where a light is needed to write, these pens remain extremely stylish and certainly attract attention.
Springer Pens – This pen gets its namesake from its elastic body that is made up of a coiled spring. The spring allows this pen to be bent or wiggled. These promotional pens have a certain playful appeal and attract a lot of attention with their unique functions. Beyond the fun spring attraction of these pens, their spring designs allow for comfortable storage and a more ergonomic grip.
Multifunctional Keylight Pen – The Multifunctional Keylight Pen is an amazingly versatile item with quality features and designs. They have a pen, knife, light and bottle opener on one key chain. With so many features it’s amazing that the Multifunctional Keylight Pen is still fairly stylish. That’s because most of the features are concealed leaving these multifaceted pens with a sleek design.
Ultra Light Promotional Pens – These pens are similar in features to the Promotional Light Pen, but many find these Ultra Light Promotional Pens more appealing because of their quality designs. These Ultra Light Promotional Pens have translucent designs which create a fantastic show when the internal light is activated. Ultra Light Promotional Pens definitely attract attention and are the perfect fusion of form and function.










