Sending corporate gifts to employees who work from home across India: three ways to do it, and how to pick oneSending corporate gifts to employees who work from home across India: three ways to do it, and how to pick one

Three ways companies reach a remote team

When a team is spread across Bengaluru, Indore, Kochi, Guwahati and someone's hometown in Punjab, the gift is the easy part. Getting it to everyone at roughly the same time is the work. Companies in India mostly do it one of three ways:

1. One supplier ships a gift to every home. You hand over an address list, the supplier packs and couriers each gift separately, and you get one invoice. This is the cleanest option for a physical gift, and it is how most work-from-home gifting is done now.
2. Bulk boxes to a few city hubs. Gifts go to two or three offices or co-working spaces, and a local manager hands them over or reships them. Cheaper on paper, but it needs a person in each city and it leaves out anyone not near a hub.
3. E-vouchers or gift cards. Emailed in minutes and nothing breaks, but they feel like a payroll item, and many people never redeem them.

Some teams mix the second and third: a physical gift for those near an office, a voucher for the rest. If the point is that everyone gets the same thing, choose the first.

Picking the right way for your team

Ask four questions:

• How many people, and how spread out? For 10 to 300 people in many cities, shipping to each home is simplest. For two large offices and a few remote people, hubs can work.
• Is the gift physical? If yes, it has to survive a courier. Compact, solid pieces travel better than anything with glass or loose parts.
• Does everyone celebrate the same festival? A remote team rarely does. Lohri in Punjab, Onam in Kerala, Pongal in Chennai, Durga Puja in Kolkata. Many companies send one neutral gift at year-end or New Year instead of picking one festival, or send at Diwali with a note that says "for the season".
• Who owns the address list? HR usually. Collect addresses through your own form, not by asking the supplier to email employees.

The three methods compared

Gifts that suit a doorstep delivery

From our own range, at shop prices per piece (your quote confirms the final price per gift with branding and delivery):

• Daisy Tealights, Rs 449: ten tealights topped with little wax daisies, in mint and ivory or purple and ivory. A set that a whole household can use.
• Diya Candles, Rs 449: six terracotta-red wax diyas, for a Diwali send-out.
• Matki Candles, Rs 599: four hand-painted matki pots, a festive piece that also sits on a shelf all year.
• Spiral Pillar Candles, Rs 179 single or Rs 799 for the set of five: a neutral choice for a team that celebrates many festivals.

For 40 people at home, Daisy Tealights come to Rs 17,960 at shop price before branding and delivery.

How Raajkosh ships to a remote team

On raajkosh.com/corporate, choose many addresses in the enquiry. The process:

1. Tell us the number of gifts, the budget per gift, your date, the branding and that it goes to many addresses.
2. We send a quote with the pieces, the branding (logo on the tag, the note card or a wax seal), the timeline and the price with GST.
3. Once the quote is agreed, we ask for the address list. You approve and pay; orders are prepaid.
4. Each gift is packed and sent to its address across India, with a GST invoice in your company's name.

We do not promise that every home receives its gift on the same day; courier times differ between a metro and a small town. The timeline for your order is confirmed in the quote, so give us your date early. Full terms, including from 10 gifts with no minimum order value, are on our corporate gifting terms page.

Branded gifts cannot be returned unless damaged, defective or wrong. If a gift arrives damaged, the employee or HR should report it within 24 hours of delivery for a replacement or refund.

When another route is better

If the gift must reach everyone on one exact day, an e-voucher sent by email will do that and a courier will not. If your team includes people outside India, plan another route for them: our delivery is across India, and we do not list shipping abroad. If the gift should be a gadget, apparel or a food hamper, a gifting portal or hamper company that ships those is the better supplier.

Start with the number and the date

Ask for a many-address quote at raajkosh.com/corporate, or WhatsApp +91 85958 24586.