Current despatch times 21st July 2023
Single dropshipped items: 1 – 3 business days.
Bulk Wholesale Orders: 3 – 9 business days.
Plus your chosen delivery method.
Price drops at PrintDrop
8th May 2023
With the announcement that the pandemic is officially over, what better way to forget that it all ever happened, is to set back our prices back to pre-pandemic levels.
Everything relating to the manufacture of your products increased substantially over the last 3 years. From cardboard, to deliveries and of course, the wholesale cost of mugs and coasters. As a result, we lost some customers, but we gained some new customers.
Stock shortages last Christmas and Royal Mail strikes this Christmas, caused a lot of hardship for all of us. So thanks for all of your support and as a thank you for still being in business, we have reduced a box of mugs by £20 – £50. No tricks or gimmicks…our lowest prices in 3 years!
No New Royal Mail Strikes Announced.
3rd January 2023
No new strikes have been announced by Royal Mail (yet). However, expect delays as they clear the backlog of mail as a result of pre Christmas strike action.
Royal Mail backlogs – BBC News
LAST POSTING DATES & STRIKES
10TH December 2022
Royal Mail management released a letter on the 9th of December, giving us one business day’s notice of a change to their last posting date for Christmas. RM48 services are likely to arrive after Christmas Day.
After reviewing tracking numbers, single dropshipped orders are taking around 9 days to arrive which included two strike days. There are 5 strike days planned between now and Christmas.
Bulk wholesale orders are sent by DHL, so not affected by strike action.
CHRISTMAS
December 2022
Please note that we are unable to provide any guaranteed delivery dates as we have no control over the postal system.
Expect delivery delays due to the usual Christmas rush, bad weather and Royal Mail industrial action.
We advise our customers to extend their despatch and delivery times to avoid disappointment.
Royal Mail advise that posting after a strike day will be subject to delays, as postal workers clear the backlog of mail. We recommend upgrading to RM48 Tracked services and RM24 as these services will be processed quicker than standard RM48. The strike days each week, have been deliberately timed to cause maximum disruption to 48 hour services.
ROYAL MAIL STRIKE ACTION
30TH Septemper & 1st October 2022
Due to the planned strike action by Royal Mail staff, there will be delays to deliveries of samples and single drop-shipped items only. Bulk wholesale orders will not be affected.
Please adjust your marketplace delivery estimate times accordingly. Expect delays in the days after each strike day, as postal workers clear the backlog of mail. We recommend upgrading to RM48 Tracked services and RM24 as these services will be processed quicker than standard RM48.
P&P INCREASES
7th September 2022
Price increases for bulk wholesale orders. Unfortunately, we need to pass these on, due to significant price increases relating to Fuel Surcharges and HGV charges which are part of the hidden charges imposed by DHL, DPD and Royal Mail. These additional charges are reviewed frequently by courier companies, so prices may rise without prior notice in the future. The world is getting expensive!
ROYAL MAIL STRIKE ACTION
26TH & 31ST AUGUST, 8TH 9TH SEP 2022
Due to the planned strike action by Royal Mail staff, there will be delays to deliveries of samples and single drop-shipped items only. Bulk wholesale orders will not be affected.
Please adjust your marketplace delivery estimate times accordingly. Expect delays in the days after each strike day, as postal workers clear the backlog of mail. We recommend upgrading to RM48 Tracked services and RM24 as these services will be processed quicker than standard RM48.
More industrial action is planned. Please keep up to date with news sources.
FREE P&P BULK WHOLESALE
6th August 2022
As a thank you for all of your repeat custom, free UK P&P when you spend £185 in the bulk wholesale section only. Does not apply to samples/ single dropshipped items, so order these items separately.
EXTENDED DESPATCH TIMES
29th July 2022
Longer despatch time for Dropshipped Orders will be 3-5 business days from the 2nd August 2022 due to maintenance this week. Please adjust your marketplace shipping profiles accordingly.
New Product – Coaster Gift Boxes
19th July 2022
A new large letter friendly gift box has been added to the print on demand coaster listing. Lower priced and with cheaper delivery than our previous deeper box.
May also be purchased in bulk in the mug packaging section here.
11oz Mug Design Template Updated – Standard Printing.
15th July 2022
A new template for 11oz mug standard printing has been added here:
For designs which don’t require full top to bottom printing which costs a little extra.
Design Template Update – 500ml Water Bottle
9th July 2022
The design template for 500ml bowling bottles has been updated with increased circumference allowing an extra 2cm width to your design. Download the new template here.
New Product – 350ml Water Bottle
9th July 2022
New Product – Balmoral Fine China Mug
28th June 2022
By customer request, a small Balmoral fine china mug is now available. Order a sample here. Product photography coming soon.