Top Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Personalized Gifts
By personalizing a gift, gift recipients are getting gifts made just for them with the personal touch in mind.
Gift recipients can personalize the gifts for their loved ones - so it is not a mass produced item, but there still are common pitfalls customers should know about we will discuss in this post.
So, if you’re choosing a gift a Mom, Dad, a couples gifts etc and gifting for birthday, anniversary or whatever the occasion here are common pitfalls to avoid to help get the perfect gift which puts a smile on the gift recipients face.
Here at Cloncaia, we specialise in designing personalized gifts which have heart, which are meaningful for customers, as they are made uniquely for them.
Top Mistakes to Avoid
Wrong Type of Gift
Think first Who are you the getting the gift for ?
What is the occasion ? then What type of gift would they like ? ie their preferences.
If a Mom is into cooking, a custom chopping board with her name might be a nice gift.
Can the gift tie into the gift receipts likes ? passion ?
This can be done with personalized gifts.
A Dad who likes golf, custom golf balls would be a nice gift or a custom golf towel.
Choose a gift that suits their tastes, interests.
No Emotional Resonance
Gift giving is a mixture of both art and science.
Sentiment matters in gift giving. Being sentimental has rich rewards when gift giving for a loved on.
We want to feel loved, appreciated, feel seen. A sentimental gift which reflects a moment, such as, a custom canvas print gift of a Grandma and a Grandchild will have massive emotional resonance over a yearly calendar which is useful for example.
Science Direct has published research in February 2021 which indicated that people prefer to receive gifts with greater emotional resonance.
Be sentimental - we always say when gift giving.
It has emotionally rich rewards for the gift recipient.
Many customers tell us their Dads or Grandpas said they did not want anything for their birthdays, but then loved the personalized gifts designed for them.
They reason is these gifts had meaning for them. They had emotional resonance in essence.
They were personal to their life.
Using Incorrect Spellings
Before you click purchase just double check the product preview, is the Name you want personalized spelt correctly ?
Is the Custom Message you want personalized to the product spelt correctly ?
Our customization team will assume the message / photo / text you choose when ordering a gift from us is your desire.
Our team will read the text, if it sounds wrong, they are not permitted to change this, as we have to assume this the text chosen by the customer is their desire.
This includes wrong birthdates.
Less is More
Customers do not need to overdo it when personalizing.
Less really is more.
Less can be sublime with emotional gifting.
You want your message to say just enough, just enough to land that emotional punch so it is welcomed and enjoyed by the gift recipient.
We really believe this and have seen it time and time again.
Gift recipients love gifts that show their loved, have that emotional bond to the gift giver.
Saying I love you or any message you choose which is succinct – the words really can speak for themselves so to speak.
Simplicity of intent can go along way and be easily understood and the message appreciated by the gift recipient.
Uploading Dark Photos / Dark Photo Backrounds
If a customer is uploading a Photo to the product listing, the Photo should be in a well lit room, check the photo there is nothing obstructing the main visual image in the photo.
The customer will know the photo intimately, but our designers will be seeing it for the first time when fulfilling an order.
Dark photos make it harder for our artists to draw portraits with dark photos / dark backrounds and well lit photos are also better for photo gift products also.
Conclusion
Our customers love personalized gifts as they are custom made, unique, personal gifts which have meaning for their loved ones.
From customer feedback we know how our custom gifts make the recipients feel.
Our opinions are based from practical day to day experience as personalized gifts specialists but we also assess published research and data to get greater insights into what makes people tick and happy.
Sciencedirect published a paper exploring gift personalization which found some interesting facts.
It indicated gift recipients want personalization as they value gift utility with the ability to express love or a message the recipient.
We have long believed people love greeting cards as they are an opportunity to say an important message to a loved one it can be difficult to say face to face, but with personalized gifts you can do both ie convey a message plus have the gift utility.
A Next in Personalized Report from 2021 published by Mckinsey found that 71% of customers expect personalization and 72% expected companies who they buy from to recognise them as individuals and know their interests.
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Cloncaia Bio
At Cloncaia we turn everyday objects into meaningful, personalized gifts for family members, friends and for any loved one of our customer. Our motto is ''show the love'' so we apply this to the products creation process by turning Photos, Names, Custom Messages, Portrait drawings into gifts with heart & style for our customers.
Author: Roger J. is the author of this blog and founder of Cloncaia. He believes the best gifts come form the heart and which pack an emotional punch. At Cloncaia we are inspired to create gifts that have meaning and make our customers happy.
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Important Note :
At Cloncaia, we are an ethical company and have clear shipping, return, refund policies. Our designers and production team have many years of experience, act professionally and with care when custom designing and fulling orders.
We can be contacted on support@cloncaia.com
Feel free to contact us anytime. We're happy to talk about Personalized Gifts and answer any questions to help you find the right one.
Written by Cloncaia — creators of custom gifts for heartfelt moments