Onboarding
New hire welcome gift ideas that feel personal.
Give new hires things they’ll use in their first week, and one thing with their name on it. In ASI’s 2026 survey, 68% of people said a personalized item makes them think better of the company that gave it.
Their name on their laptop is one way. Describe the design and our AI draws it.
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Put their name on day one. See it on the desk.
Type a name and your company. This is a quick sketch drawn in your browser; the studio makes the real skin, sized to their laptop, with your logo file.
Kits by budget
Three welcome kits. Each builds on the last. Tap one.
Prices are ASI’s averages, not quotes. We make the laptop skin; the rest comes from your usual swag supplier. More ideas, ranked: company swag ideas.
01 · A T-shirt in their size
55%
would be excited to get one, the top score in ASI’s survey
A $20 kit · about $20 a person
55% would be excited to get one, the top score in ASI’s survey
90% wear one at least monthly. Ask the size first.- For the first week of meetings. 75% of people use a promotional notebook weekly.
- Handwritten, three sentences, mentioning something from the interview.
Add $30 · about $50 a person in all
It lives on their desk from day one.- To carry the rest home.
- Handy for anyone who travels or works away from a desk.
Go premium · $100 and up
87% of people keep one more than a year.- Their name and your logo on the laptop they’ll open every day. You can generate the design with AI.
Make day one feel planned
Personal means specific. Not a mail merge.
- 01Get it there before day one. For remote hires, ship it the week before.
- 02Put their name on one thing that matters. On a laptop it feels personal; on a pen it feels like a mail merge.
- 03Ask their shirt size. Guessing wastes the most wanted item in the kit.
- 04Hiring a group? Order the laptop skins together; shipping is charged once per order.
Team orders covers several laptops at once, and laptop ads for business covers what to put on them.
FAQ
Welcome gift questions.
What is a good welcome gift for a new employee?
Something they’ll use in their first week, plus one thing with their name on it. A good T-shirt, a bottle and a notebook cover the first part, and 68% of people think better of a company after a personalized item, in ASI’s 2026 survey.
What should be in a new hire swag kit?
Start with a shirt in their size, a notebook and pen, and a note from their manager: about $20 at ASI’s average prices. Add a tumbler, a tote and a power bank to reach about $50.
How much should you spend on a new hire welcome gift?
There’s no set amount. At ASI’s average prices a useful kit starts around $20, and a jacket plus a personalized laptop skin take it past $100. Buy fewer, better things: 55% of people say quality affects whether they’d buy a branded item, more than anything else.
What should their laptop say?
Free to start. You pay when you order a skin or want more than 15 AI designs.