A thank-you gift for a client after a project: what to send their team when the work is doneA thank-you gift for a client after a project: what to send their team when the work is done

Thank the people who did the work with you

A project thank-you is different from a festival client gift. It comes at a specific moment (go-live, handover, launch, final sign-off), it is about specific work, and the people who deserve it are often not the decision-maker but the client-side team who answered your questions at 11 at night. The best project thank-you gifts recognise both.

A shortlist, by who on the client side it is for:

1. A sharing box for the client team: good snacks, sweets or a coffee box from a specialty food brand or a gifting portal, sent to their office. Everyone gets some on the day.
2. A team lunch or a cafe voucher through a voucher platform: when the client team is large and you want them to celebrate together.
3. A desk piece for the project lead from a stationery or homeware brand: a good pen, a notebook, a small artwork.
4. A handmade piece that stays after the project, from Raajkosh, Jalandhar: Vanilla Reverie, Rs 549, a vanilla-scented candle in an amber jar, our only scented piece, for the lead; Sunflower Tealights, Rs 449 for 10, for a team to split; or the Blossom Candle, Rs 299, one each for a client team of ten or more. Shop prices; your quote confirms the final price.
5. A two-piece box for the sponsor: Vanilla Reverie with the Heart Bubble Candle at Rs 249 comes to Rs 798; or with Sunflower Tealights, Rs 998 at shop prices.

Making a project thank-you land

• Send it within two weeks of the finish. A thank-you three months later reads as a sales follow-up.
• Name the work on the card. "Thank you for getting the Pune warehouse live in 11 weeks" is what gets pinned to a board. Your logo can go on the card; the words should be the project lead's own.
• Include the people behind the scenes. The client's IT person, the finance contact who cleared the invoices, the admin who booked the rooms. A Blossom Candle each costs little and is remembered.
• Keep the value modest. Project gifts arrive while contracts are still fresh. Keep them within your own gift policy and the client's, which many large companies publish to vendors.
• Do not tie it to the next deal. No brochure in the box.

Project thank-you gifts compared

Twelve Blossom Candles, one for each person on a client team, come to Rs 3,588 at shop prices.

How we handle a client thank-you order

The terms on raajkosh.com/corporate, set out in full on our corporate gifting terms page:

• From 10 gifts, no minimum order value. A smaller thank-you? Order from the shop with gift packaging and a gift note.
• Your logo on the gift tag, the note card or a wax seal; the project message is yours.
• GST invoice with your company's billing name, address and GSTIN.
• To the client's office in any city, or to several client offices from one list.
• Prepaid, as set out in the quote. No cash on delivery. The quote confirms pieces, branding, timeline and final price per gift.
• Branded gifts cannot be returned unless damaged, defective or wrong; report damage within 24 hours of delivery.

We hand-pour every piece in pure soy wax in Jalandhar. We are new, without reviews yet; who makes our candles explains who we are.

Projects where a candle is the wrong way to say thanks

• The client office does not allow open flames and the team will keep it at work. Choose the food box; our pieces are best as take-home gifts.
• The project was for a government client. Many government bodies do not accept gifts. Send a letter of thanks.
• You want it there tomorrow. A local gifting service in the client's city is faster; we do not promise dates.

One care line on the card: burn on a heat-proof surface, never leave it unattended, keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours.