Promotional merchandise Melbourne
Nobody hands us a finished brief, and we have never needed one. Tell us the idea and we will handle the rest: the right product chosen, branded the way it should be, and made locally or offshore depending on the job. Promotional merchandise Melbourne brands are glad to hand out, delivered on the date you need it.
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Take your Melbourne brand to the next leve
Your employees and customers are at the heart of your brand. We create branded merchandise Melbourne businesses use to spark pride, connection and loyalty, from an onboarding kit for a new starter in Cremorne to a campaign landing in every store from the CBD to Chadstone on the same morning.
Branded by Dashing is a branded merchandise partner working with Melbourne businesses from our office in Richmond. Our head office is at Lane Cove West in Sydney. 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.
Melbourne & Australian brands that have merchandised with purpose:
From half an idea to something they keep
Almost nobody starts from nothing. You have a launch, a conference or a new intake arriving, and usually a fair sense of what it should be. Our job is to make it real, make it good enough that people keep it, and have it in Melbourne for the day you need it.A Melbourne team in Richmond. Plenty of suppliers have a Melbourne phone number. We have a Melbourne office, which matters on the days a sample needs looking at in person or a brief needs talking through rather than emailing.Curated, not catalogued. You get a short list that suits your brand, your people and the budget you actually have, put together by someone who has seen what works. Not a four hundred page catalogue and a login.Customised properly. The decoration is chosen for the product and the job it has to do. Embroidery on a jacket that will live outdoors all winter, print on something that has to read from across a room, packaging that makes it land like a gift.Produced locally or offshore. Whichever gets the right product at the right price inside the time you have. Local suppliers when the date is close, our own office in Shanghai when something has to be made from scratch.Delivered to the date. The plan is built backwards from the day it has to be in someone's hands, not the day it leaves us. If the date cannot be met, you will hear that at the brief rather than the week before.Twenty years of pattern recognition. We know which products last, which decorations stay looking new, and which ideas work better on a mood board than they do in real life.
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 Melbourne teams are proud to be seen with, made and managed by one team.
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With you for any Melbourne occasion
Melbourne runs on a calendar of its own. We plan around it, so your merch is on the floor when the moment arrives rather than the week after it.
Conferences and expos
Delegate packs, lanyards, apparel and giveaways for events at MCEC, the Showgrounds and everywhere in between, delivered to the venue and ready before the doors open.
Spring Racing and the Cup
Marquee merch, client gifting and hospitality pieces for the carnival. Order in winter and you get the good product at the right price, rather than whatever is left in September.
Retail launches and activations
Store openings and brand activations from Chapel Street to Chadstone. An activation lasts a day. The right merch keeps it going for months.
Onboarding and employer brand
Welcome packs for Melbourne offices, sent to home addresses one at a time as each person joins.
End of year and Christmas
Client and staff gifting sorted in winter rather than the week before everyone leaves. Same gifts, better product, less panic.
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 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 Adelaide 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 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 Melbourne 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 check when it lands. 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 actually 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. Being local, we can also put it in front of you rather than posting it and hoping.
Do you have an office in Melbourne?
Yes. Our Melbourne office is at 4-12 Amsterdam Street, Richmond VIC 3121, and you can reach the team on (03) 8582 8632. Our head office is at Lane Cove West in Sydney. It means we can sit down with you, walk a sample in rather than post it, and be at a launch if that is what the job needs. We supply promotional merchandise Melbourne wide, and it is the same team every time.
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 Melbourne teams wear every shift once a year instead of twice.
How do our Melbourne 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 Melbourne teams stay on brand without head office processing requests. Request a demo.
