15 units
Typical order (median)
Half of the orders fall between 3 and 50 units; 16% are 100 units or more.
Lemon Index · Q4 2026
Lemon Index of Corporate Gifts in the Dominican Republic
How long a corporate gift order really takes, which months move demand, what companies order most, and how they brand it. Data from 358 orders handled by Lemon Creativo between October 2025 to September 2026, published every quarter. In short: a median of 5 days from order to delivery, 15 units per order, and July as the peak month.
- Median delivery time
- 5 days
- Delivered within 7 days
- 75 %
- Units in the typical order
- 15
- July orders above average
- +58 %
Period: October 2025 to September 2026 · Data cutoff: October 21, 2026 · Next update: next quarter
This quarter's headlines
A corporate gift order in the DR takes a median of 5 days from order confirmation to delivery; 75% arrive within 7 days.
Size sets the pace: orders under 25 units are delivered in a median of 3 days; orders of 100 units or more, in 7.
July is the busiest month, 58% above the monthly average, driven by Father's Day (last Sunday of July in the DR); January is the slowest, at 50% of the average.
The most ordered items are mugs and glassware (in 25% of orders), followed by kits and gift boxes (22%) and tumblers, cups, and bottles (18%).
The most used branding technique is sublimation (44% of personalized orders), followed by UV printing (40%) and DTF transfer (29%); 32% combine two or more.
The typical order is 15 units (median); half fall between 3 and 50, and only 16% are 100 units or more.
During business hours, the first reply from a person on WhatsApp arrives in a median of 9 minutes; 81% of conversations get one within an hour.
34% of the companies and people who buy come back for another order.
How long does a corporate gift order take?
From the day the order is confirmed to the day the last package is delivered, in calendar days. Median 5 days; half of the orders take between 2 and 7 days, and 9 out of 10 are delivered within 13 days (346 delivered orders).
- 1 to 24 units3 days
199 orders · half between 2 and 6 days
- 25 to 99 units7 days
89 orders · half between 5 and 10 days
- 100 units or more7 days
58 orders · half between 4 and 9 days
- Laser engraving3.5 days
80 orders · half between 2 and 7 days
- Sublimation4 days
139 orders · half between 2 and 7 days
- DTF transfer5 days
92 orders · half between 3 and 8.5 days
- UV printing5 days
128 orders · half between 3 and 7.5 days
- Embroidery7 days
15 orders · half between 4 and 9 days
Each bar spans the middle half of the orders (from the 25th to the 75th percentile); the mark is the median. A kit with special packaging or several deliveries is planned with 10 to 18 business days from art approval. If your date is close, see how we handle rush corporate gifts.
Which months see the most corporate gift orders?
Orders per month; 100 is the monthly average for the period. The dates that move demand most in the DR are Father's Day (last Sunday of July) and Christmas.
- October: 27 orders (index 91)
- November: 37 orders (index 124)
- December: 35 orders (index 117)
- January: 15 orders (index 50)
- February: 36 orders (index 121)
- March: 29 orders (index 97)
- April: 21 orders (index 70)
- May: 23 orders (index 77)
- June: 20 orders (index 67)
- July: 47 orders (index 158)
- August: 43 orders (index 144)
- September: 25 orders (index 84)
The dashed line is 100, the monthly average (29.8 orders). One column per month, October 2025 to September 2026.
Corporate dates calendar in the DR: what to give and when to order
What corporate gifts do companies order most?
Share of orders that include each type of product (an order can include several). Units are the total pieces of that type in the period.
- Mugs and glassware25 %
90 orders · 1,723 units
- Kits and gift boxes22 %
80 orders · 1,252 units
- Tumblers, cups, and bottles18 %
65 orders · 2,324 units
- Pens12 %
43 orders · 1,752 units
- Notebooks and planners10 %
35 orders · 913 units
- Bags and tote bags9 %
34 orders · 2,336 units
- Print, lanyards, and labels9 %
34 orders · 2,273 units
- Polos, T-shirts, and apparel9 %
31 orders · 630 units
- Pins and keychains6 %
23 orders · 2,089 units
- Umbrellas6 %
23 orders · 591 units
- Plaques and awards5 %
18 orders · 61 units
- Tech accessories5 %
18 orders · 1,110 units
- Caps3 %
11 orders · 246 units
Which branding techniques are used?
Share of personalized orders that use each technique (321 orders with a recorded technique). 32% combine two or more, for example UV on a tumbler and laser on a pen.
- Sublimation44 %
141 orders
- UV printing40 %
129 orders
- DTF transfer29 %
92 orders
- Laser engraving25 %
80 orders
- Embroidery5 %
16 orders
Order size, WhatsApp reply time, and repeat customers
9 min
First WhatsApp reply
Median time until a person replies to a new conversation that starts Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 81% get a reply within an hour (738 conversations, April 9, 2026 to September 30, 2026). Automatic greetings don't count.
34 %
Come back to buy again
Share of the 344 companies and people with at least one order since March 1, 2024 who placed a second one.
Methodology
- Source
- Lemon Creativo's management system: sales orders, delivered packages, workshop work orders, and WhatsApp Business conversations.
- Period
- Orders confirmed between October 1, 2025 and September 30, 2026. Data cutoff: October 21, 2026.
- What counts
- 358 orders with at least one physical product. Canceled orders, drafts, and test records are excluded, as are service lines (delivery, design, setup) and packaging.
- Delivery time
- Calendar days from the order date to the delivery of its last package. Orders not yet delivered are left out.
- Categories and techniques
- Each line is classified by the catalog item or, when it is not linked, by its description. Techniques come from the line description and from the workshop work orders. Groups with fewer than 10 orders are not shown.
- A conversation starts with a customer message after 24 hours of silence, received Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Santo Domingo time). The reply is the first message written by a person; automatic greetings and away messages don't count.
- What is not published
- Prices, amounts, customer names, and the on-time delivery rate (it is not yet measured with enough rigor). The figures are aggregated: none can be traced back to a customer.
- Updates
- Every quarter, with the four most recent complete quarters. Previous editions keep their own data.
How to cite this index
Reference
Lemon Creativo (2026). Lemon Index of Corporate Gifts in the Dominican Republic, Q4 2026 [dataset]. Data from October 2025 to September 2026. https://lemoncreativo.com/en/corporate-gifts-index-dr
In a story or article
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