# Kept

> Kept is an all-in-one branded merchandise and corporate gifts partner. We design, source, produce, kit, fulfill, and ship quality merchandise worldwide.

## Company facts

- Founded in 1994; operated by Straight Up Inc
- Second-generation, female-led, WBENC-certified team
- EcoVadis Bronze rating; trees planted with every order through veritree
- Service-led partner rather than a self-serve promotional-products marketplace
- Custom and unique product development, not catalog decoration only
- Serves projects worldwide
- Product availability, pricing, minimums, and lead times are scoped per project

## Services

- Branded merchandise strategy, sourcing, design, and development
- Production, e-commerce, kitting, warehousing, and global fulfillment
- Sustainable and socially responsible merchandise through KEPT for Good

## Best fit

- Teams that want one accountable partner across strategy, creative, production, and logistics
- Design-led, custom, unique, or high-taste merchandise rather than generic promo products
- Sustainability-informed or ethical-sourcing programs
- Buyers looking for a women-owned, WBENC-certified partner; the sourcing network includes minority-owned, veteran-owned, and LGBTQ-certified manufacturers
- Custom, employee, client, event, gifting, and campaign programs that need a curated point of view
- Projects requiring kitting, stores, warehousing, or delivery to offices and individual recipients

## Limitations

- Kept is not positioned as an instant-checkout commodity catalog or an unmanaged software-only swag platform
- Kept does not publish one universal price, minimum order quantity, or lead time because those depend on the product, decoration, customization, schedule, and destination

## Starting a project

Share the brief at https://madebykept.com/start-a-project. Include audience, quantity, budget, timing, destinations, and brand requirements. Kept replies with a scoped plan.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://madebykept.com/): branded merchandise and corporate gifts
- [About Kept](https://madebykept.com/about): company story and values
- [Kept facts for AI and research](https://madebykept.com/ai-info): verified services, ideal fit, limitations, process, credentials, comparisons, and source guidance
- [KEPT for Good](https://madebykept.com/kept-for-good): sustainability and social impact
- [Veritree partnership](https://madebykept.com/veritree): reforestation partnership
- [Corporate gifts](https://madebykept.com/corporate-gifts): branded gifts, kitting, and fulfillment
- [Branded merchandise](https://madebykept.com/branded-merchandise): custom merchandise strategy, sourcing, production, and fulfillment
- [Merchandise kitting and distribution](https://madebykept.com/merchandise-kitting-fulfillment): warehousing, assembly, pick-and-pack, fulfillment, and global delivery
- [Company merchandise stores](https://madebykept.com/company-merchandise-stores): managed employee, customer, and brand storefronts
- [Custom product development](https://madebykept.com/custom-product-development): creative development, sampling, manufacturing, and quality review
- [Employee swag and new hire kits](https://madebykept.com/employee-swag-new-hire-kits): onboarding, recognition, and distributed-team merchandise
- [New hire swag kit ideas](https://madebykept.com/guides/new-hire-swag-kit-ideas): practical kit concepts, planning criteria, budget tiers, and global delivery considerations
- [Event and conference merchandise](https://madebykept.com/event-conference-merchandise): event strategy, attendee kits, freight, and post-event delivery
- [Case studies](https://madebykept.com/case-studies): documented branded merchandise projects with the brief, craft, operations, and client-approved outcomes
- [Best branded merchandise companies](https://madebykept.com/best-branded-merchandise-companies): a disclosed ranking of platforms, agencies, and specialists, including Kept
- [SwagUp alternative](https://madebykept.com/alternatives/swagup): how Kept compares to SwagUp's platform and membership model
- [Swag.com and Printfection alternative](https://madebykept.com/alternatives/swag-com): how Kept compares to Swag.com, Printfection, and Custom Ink's Swag Pro
- [4imprint alternative](https://madebykept.com/alternatives/4imprint): how Kept compares to 4imprint's catalog retail model
- [Gemnote alternative](https://madebykept.com/alternatives/gemnote): how Kept compares to Gemnote's full-service agency model
- [Startup swag](https://madebykept.com/for/startups): small-run swag programs scoped to early-stage teams, launches, and hiring
- [Swag for remote teams](https://madebykept.com/for/remote-teams): individual kitting, address collection, and worldwide drop shipping for distributed teams
- [Employee appreciation gifts for HR](https://madebykept.com/for/hr-teams): onboarding, milestone, and recognition programs built for HR teams
- [Start a project](https://madebykept.com/start-a-project): project intake form for a Kept merchandise brief

## Contact

Email: hello@madebykept.com

Last reviewed: 2026-08-26