Most companies land between ₹300 and ₹1,500 a head, and the number is decided far more by headcount than by generosity — a hundred people at ₹500 is ₹50,000, and that is the conversation finance is actually having. What matters is knowing which band you are in, because each one buys a genuinely different kind of gift.
The bands, and what each buys
| Per head | Realistic at | What it gets |
|---|---|---|
| ₹200–300 | 200+ people | A print set, or a good consumable |
| ₹300–500 | 50–200 | 30 polaroid-style prints at ₹270, or a shared object |
| ₹500–800 | 20–50 | An 8-page magazine at ₹499, individually made |
| ₹800–1,500 | Under 20 | 16–24 pages, genuinely specific to each person |
| ₹1,500+ | Departures, milestones | An album, usually for one person not fifty |
Flat ₹70 delivery per address on top. At fifty separate home addresses that is ₹3,500 — a real line, and one routinely forgotten when the budget is set.
Where more money stops helping
Past about ₹1,300 for a printed keepsake, you are buying materials. A heavier album is a nicer object; it is not a better record. If the budget rises, buy more pages rather than better binding — more pages is more content.
Past about ₹1,500 a head for a whole team, the problem is no longer budget. Fifty expensive identical objects are still fifty identical objects. At that point the money is better spent making the gift specific — varying one element per person, or making one shared object properly — than on upgrading the material.
Where less money is genuinely fine
₹270 buys thirty polaroid-style prints. For a team that has done something together — a launch, a season, an offsite — thirty prints of the actual year beats a ₹900 branded object comfortably, and costs a third as much.
That is the commonest mistake in this category: assuming the band determines the quality of the gesture. It determines the format, not the thought.
Two costs people forget
Delivery per address. Flat ₹70 each. Distributed teams need individual delivery, and shipping in bulk to an office means a second round of postage plus the two people who never collect theirs.
Collection time. If colleagues are contributing photographs or lines, that is somebody’s week. Not a cash cost, but it is the reason bulk orders run late.
What to tell finance
Per head, plus ₹70 delivery per address, plus a contingency for the three people whose addresses arrive late. For a fifty-person team at ₹500: ₹25,000 plus ₹3,500 plus a little — call it ₹30,000 rather than ₹25,000, and the number will hold.
Timing
5 to 14 days from order to doorstep, 5 to 12 days to Delhi NCR, flat ₹70 per address. We dispatch once a week, on Mondays, so ordering by a Friday rather than over a weekend can save a full week. Allow three weeks in total for a bulk order, including collection.
Frequently asked
What is a normal corporate gifting budget per employee in India? ₹300 to ₹500 for teams over fifty, ₹500 to ₹1,000 for twenty to fifty, ₹800 to ₹1,500 under twenty. Headcount drives the number more than generosity does.
Does spending more make the gift better? Up to about ₹1,300 per keepsake, yes. Beyond that you are buying heavier materials, and for a whole team the money is better spent on making it specific than on upgrading it.
Is delivery included? No — flat ₹70 per address. For fifty home addresses that is ₹3,500 and it belongs in the budget from the start.
What can ₹300 a head actually buy? Thirty polaroid-style prints at ₹270, which for a team that has shared a real year beats a more expensive branded object.
How far ahead should we budget and order? Three weeks, including collecting addresses and any contributions. Longer around Diwali.
Part of our guide to gifting for large teams. See also: branded vs personalised corporate gifts and how ordering 100 units works.
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