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Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

Hi William,

Our store found the same problem with Yeti, but Hydro Flask lets us order blanks (which we engrave) and I have had a few other stores that ordered their Hydros blank and then had us engrave them for them.  I spoke with our buyer and she said Hydro Flask doesn't have a minimum that she knows of, but she has to order in increments of like 4, 8 or something like that.

Hope this helps.  I like what Doug said as well.  We have stores in town that carry Yeti and they let customers know that we or one other engraver in town can engrave them.  And I REALLY like the idea of talking to a Stanley rep and letting them know we can do theirs!  

Hope this helps!

Michelle

Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

Thanks for the response Michelle...  is your buyer able to buy at Wholesale or Retail?    LMK thanks,     Bill

 

Bill Lindsell President/CEO Access Uniforms INK     O 650.697.7550  CP  650.892.6581   Bill@accessuniforms.com   www.AccessUniforms.com   1731 Adrian Rd, St. 1, Burlingame, CA

 

 

 

 

Hi William,

Our store found the same problem with Yeti, but Hydro Flask lets us order blanks (which we engrave) and I have had a few other stores that ordered their Hydros blank and then had us engrave them for them.  I spoke with our buyer and she said Hydro Flask doesn't have a minimum that she knows of, but she has to order in increments of like 4, 8 or something like that.

Hope this helps.  I like what Doug said as well.  We have stores in town that carry Yeti and they let customers know that we or one other engraver in town can engrave them.  And I REALLY like the idea of talking to a Stanley rep and letting them know we can do theirs!  

Hope this helps!

Michelle

Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

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William Lindsell
Access Uniforms Ink
Burlingame, CA 94010
650.697.7550 Cell 650.892.6581
Bill@accessuniforms.com
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Hi Bill,

I doubt you'll get a true wholesale price but you can find discounts.  We have a customer who buys at Ace Hardware in bulk and gets a discount on Yeti's.  For Hydro Flasks we get a similar discount by buying bulk from Dick's Sporting Goods, REI Corporate, and Scheels Sporting Goods.  We've found that if a customer insists on Hydro Flask or YETI they are more than willing to pay the premium for the brand.  For customers that don't want to pay the premium we direct them to Polar Camel and RTIC.  Stanley has become popular but I'd say less than 5% of our customers are requesting Stanley at this time.

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Mike Westbrook
Owner
Mile High Laser Engraving
Denver, CO
720-930-4667
info@milehighlaserengraving.com
www.milehighlaserengraving.com

Original Message:
Sent: 08-08-2023 20:34
From: William Lindsell
Subject: Yeti, Hydroflask and other "Brands" that don't want you to decorate!

Hello Everyone,  have any of you come up with a "hack" or way to buy at wholesale or near wholesale BLANK Yeti or Hydroflask Drinkware so we can do the Branding ourselves.  These particular brands (and others) control their blanks and either only let certain approved decorators brand OR insist on branding themselves and are very slow and limited.

Any suggestions or sources  (other than Amazon LOL) would be greatly appreciated!

If your source is confidential please DM me or my e mail is in my signature!

Thanks in Advance,  Bill  

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William Lindsell
Access Uniforms Ink
Burlingame, CA 94010
650.697.7550 Cell 650.892.6581
Bill@accessuniforms.com
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