Promotional Merchandise
For Brisbane Brands
Most briefs start as half an idea. We take it from there, curating the right product, customising it to your brand, and producing it locally or offshore depending on what the job needs. Promotional products Brisbane brands are glad to hand out, delivered across Queensland on the date you need them.
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Take your Brisbane brand to the next level
Your employees and customers are at the heart of your brand. We create branded merchandise Brisbane businesses use to spark pride, connection and loyalty, from an onboarding kit for a new starter in Fortitude Valley to a campaign landing in every store from the CBD to Chermside on the same morning.
Branded by Dashing is a branded merchandise partner headquartered at 27 Sirius Road, Lane Cove West, Sydney, with a second Australian office in Richmond, Melbourne. We curate, customise and produce merchandise for Australian brands, locally or through our own office in Shanghai, and deliver it to the dates you set. We have been doing it for over twenty years, and we are part of Dashing Group.
Some of the brands that have merchandised with purpose:
From half an idea to something they keep
Nobody arrives here with a blank page. You have a moment to mark, a team to kit out or a campaign to land, and usually a fair idea of what it should be. Our job is to turn that into something people actually keep, and to have it there when you need it. One team does the lot, with no handover between a reseller, a printer and a courier along the way.Curated, not catalogued. You get a short, considered range that fits your brand, your people and your budget. Not four hundred pages to wade through on a Friday afternoon.Customised properly. Decoration chosen for the product and how it will be used. Embroidery where it needs to survive a hundred washes, print where it needs to be seen across a room, packaging that makes it feel like a gift rather than a delivery.Sourced & Produced locally or offshore. Whichever gets you the right product at the right price in the time you actually have. Local when the date is tight, our own office in Shanghai when the product needs making from scratch.Delivered to the date. We work backwards from the day it needs to be in someone's hands, not the day it leaves us. If a date cannot be met we will say so at the brief, not the week before.
Split by site, not by pallet. Head office in the CBD and stores across Brisbane each get their own quantities, packed and labelled, with single packs to home addresses when that is what is needed.Twenty years of knowing what works. Which products last, which decorations hold up, and which ideas look better on a mood board than they do in someone's hands.
We’ve got every touchpoint covered
From someone's first day in the job to the last day of a campaign, we cover every point where your brand meets a person. Custom merchandise Brisbane brands can stand behind, because they have seen where it is made.
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With you for any Brisbane occasion
Every moment your brand shows up in public is a moment worth getting right. Here is where we usually come in.
Conferences and expos
Delegate packs, lanyards, apparel and giveaways for events at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, the Royal International Convention Centre and the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. Delivered to the venue, checked and ready before the doors open.
Brand activations and events
Festival activations, sporting fixtures and street level campaigns, from the Ekka to South Bank. Timelines are planned backwards from the date, so nothing arrives the morning of.
Retail launches
Store openings from Queen Street Mall to Chermside and Pacific Fair. We produce at volume, hold the stock and get the right quantities to the right stores on the right day.
Onboarding and employer brand
Welcome packs for Brisbane offices, sent to home addresses one at a time as each person joins.
End of year and Christmas
Client and staff gifting locked in mid year rather than mid November. The good product goes early, and freight into December is nobody's friend.
Sustainable merch
Recycled and organic apparel, reusable drink ware and packaging that is not headed for landfill, plus onsite recycling and LED curing in our own production.
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From sustainable gifting to corporate uplift, discover the latest and greatest in merchandising.
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We’ve worked with Branded several times for promotional items, from product launch giveaways to corporate team-building gifts, and they’ve consistently delivered excellent results. Every project has been handled with care, clear communication, and a genuine focus on quality. The attention to detail and reliability make the process smooth from start to finish, and the final products always meet expectations. It’s a team that’s easy to work with and one we’re happy to recommend
Working with Lauren has been an absolute pleasure! Her energy, creativity, and attention to detail make every collaboration seamless and impactful. Branded consistently delivers high-quality solutions with a personal touch that sets them apart.
"Lauren was exceptional from start to finish through creating our custom merch. Her responsiveness, attention to detail, and collaborative approach made the process effortless and enjoyable, resulting in products that our customers truly love."
I’ve loved working with the team at MyMerch. They’re responsive, easy to work with, and always bring great ideas to the table. Their attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality, exciting products on time makes the whole process effortless. It’s rare to find a supplier who makes things this seamless - they’ve been an absolute pleasure to partner with.
Thanks again for our packs, they're amazing! Everyone loves them and we will definitely be doing another order.
Reaction upon receiving the custom merch for the campaign: "They do look fab! WOOHOO!!! Very happy!
Last year I worked with MyMerch on an order for the Foundation which is awesome! The team loved it so much that they would like to order more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do we start if we are not sure what we want?
Answer three questions and the rest gets easy. Who is receiving it, what do you want them to do with it, and what is the spend per person. The third one does most of the filtering: a small per head budget points you at drinkware, stationery and bags, a mid range one opens up decent apparel and small gift sets, and above that you are into curated boxes and single premium pieces. Bring those three answers and we can skip the catalogue stage entirely. Most custom merchandise Brisbane brands are proud of started as a much vaguer idea than that.
What does it cost, and how much do we have to order?
Three things move the price, and quantity moves it most. The same hoodie can vary enormously between fifty units and five hundred. After that it is decoration: a single colour print is the cheapest, embroidery costs more and wears better, and every extra colour or print position adds a setup charge. The mistake we see most often is a budget split across four products at low volume, when one product at higher volume would have bought better quality for the same money. We supply promotional products Brisbane wide at every budget, so tell us the number and we will tell you where it goes furthest.
How long does it take?
Longer than most people plan for, and the delay is almost never production. It is artwork approval. Sourced product moves faster than bespoke, but both wait on the same thing, which is someone with authority signing off the proof. Decide who has final say before you brief anyone, allow time for a sample if the product matters, and work backwards from the date it needs to be in someone's hands rather than the date it ships.
Can we see it before we commit?
Yes, and here is what to actually check when it arrives. Look at the logo from arm's length rather than up close, because that is how everyone else will see it. Check the decoration on the garment colour you are ordering, not a white sample, since thread and ink read completely differently on dark fabric. Then wash it. A print that cracks after one cycle is the most common complaint in this industry and it is entirely avoidable at sample stage.
What makes a good corporate gift?
Something the recipient would have bought for themselves. In practice that means restraint on the branding and none on the product, because a cheap item with a big logo reads as advertising while a good item with a small one reads as a gift. Corporate gifts Brisbane clients actually keep tend to have a daily use: drinkware, a bag that holds up, good socks, something edible that is genuinely good. What gets binned is desk ornaments, novelty items and anything with a slogan on it.
Can you manage uniforms across multiple sites?
Yes, and the part worth getting right is sizing. Order a size run off headcount alone and you will be short at both extremes within a month. We work from sizing collected at onboarding, hold a buffer in the sizes that actually move, and set each site up to order replacements itself through B-Portal. Worth knowing: embroidery outlasts print on anything worn daily, which is the difference between replacing corporate uniforms Brisbane teams wear every shift once a year instead of twice.
How do our Brisbane sites order and reorder?
Through B-Portal, which exists to solve one specific problem. Head office loses control of the brand the moment ordering is decentralised, and loses control of the budget the moment it is not. Each site orders from one approved range within its own allocation, with an approval step you can switch on or off. You see live stock, proof of delivery and who is ordering what, so corporate merchandise Brisbane teams stay on brand without anyone at head office processing requests. Request a demo
