EventPlanner109

Oct 12, 2023

Which Are the Best Services for Trade Show Material Storage?

Question for the group! Right now at my job, all of our swag/collateral/materials is being kept in the basement of our office building and manually shipped out to trade shows and events by someone in-office. Does anyone have a storage/warehousing/shipping/fulfillment service that they love? Basically I'm looking for a company that will warehouse all of our stuff + provide a portal where we can log in and select items to ship out.

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EventPlanner109

Oct 12, 2023

At my old company we used this vendor, but I didn't love working with them. Just having a hard time finding something comparable!

EventPlanner687

Oct 12, 2023

Yes! Brilliant Made was our VOR at Samsara as an enterprise company and I use them now as an agency, for our needs and our clients. They are great!! Feel free to reach out to [email hidden] for more details and mention I passed you their way. Their website is super informative as well.

EventPlanner131

Oct 12, 2023

I second Brilliant!

EventPlanner687

Oct 12, 2023

I've used a handful of others and was the driver for the RFP process at Samsara, here is a copy of the evaluation I had put together if it's helpful at all!

EventPlanner109

Oct 12, 2023

thank you!!!

EventPlanner427

Oct 12, 2023

Kenna Group is also amazing! They've created many online swag portals and programs for companies like Match Group, Google, Sephora, etc. They also have Bad Design an unlimited design subscription for any creative work needed. Highly recommend. You can email [email hidden] - he's the best!

EventPlanner417

Oct 13, 2023

Reachdesk is used by my current client. So far it’s alright. They have warehouses in every region + portals + you can order/send merch/SWAG through them. One con I ran to so far is that the warehouse lost one of the packages (tablecloths) from the previous event. But they offered to cover production and shipping of the new ones which is very nice and helpful!

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Guest count: 60

Event format: Content: Presentation + Panel + Breakouts + dinner

Run-of-Show:

4:30 - 5:00 | Cocktails, apps + networking

5:00 - 5:05| Introduction + welcome

*5:05 - 5:20*| Lightning Talk: Presentation

5:20 - 5:50 | Client Spotlight: Panel

5:50 - 6:40 | Breakout discussion groups (need to be able to break out into 6 groups of 10 or 10 groups of 6 in the same room)

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AV Requirements:

• 1 monitor OR screen + projector