Build your list and sort it into tiers

Start with the spreadsheet, not the store. Pull every client you want to thank into one list with their name, company, email and shipping address. It's the most boring step, and it's the one that makes everything after it easy.

Then sort by relationship, not just revenue. The accounts who'd notice if you skipped them get the bigger gift. Everyone else gets a gift that still feels generous. Two or three tiers is plenty. Any more and you'll spend December defending the spreadsheet.

Our holiday boards map neatly onto tiers. The Holiday Classic (serves 2 to 3) is a personal thank-you, the Medium (serves 4 to 6) suits a small team, and the Large (serves 10 to 14) feeds a whole office.

Pick a gift people actually share

The client gifts that stand out are the ones that get opened with other people around. A branded tumbler goes in a drawer. A board goes on the conference room table, and suddenly your name is the reason everyone stopped working for 20 minutes.

That's why food works so well, as long as it isn't the same tin of popcorn they got from three other vendors. Our holiday boards arrive fully arranged on a reusable acacia wood board, with hand-selected artisan cheeses, meats, dried fruits, nuts and chocolates, plus our gingerbread man cheese cutouts. No prep, no plating, nothing. They open the box and it's a party.

Got clients who don't eat meat? The Holiday Cheese Board (No Meat) comes in the same three sizes, so nobody gets left out of a tier.

Choose the date, or let them choose

Timing is where most client gifts fall flat. Land on December 23 and your board competes with every other box in the mailroom, or sits in an office that already closed for the break. Aim for early to mid December instead.

You've got two ways to send. Pick a delivery date for each client and we'll ship it overnight, chilled, so it arrives fresh that day. Or send an e-gift: your client gets a gift email, then picks their own delivery date and address. It's the easy answer for anyone who travels, works from home some days, or keeps a calendar you can't guess.

Either way, you can schedule any date in the next 365 days, and shipping is free nationwide. Nobody home when it arrives? Our insulated packaging keeps boards at the right temperature for up to 48 hours, even on a doorstep.

Write a note that sounds like you

The note is what they'll remember you by, so skip "Happy holidays from all of us at...". Name one specific thing you worked on together this year and say thanks for it. Two or three sentences, signed by a real person. That's it.

Every Boarderie order includes a personalized gift note for free, printed on the packing slip, and it can be the same for everyone or different for each client. Want your logo on it? We offer a custom card insert with your logo and message for $10 per card (one design across the order), and orders of 30 or more boards can add logo notes, engraved boards or both.

Order early and check every address

Give yourself a buffer. For orders with logo engraving or custom notes, we ask for at least two weeks' notice. With no customizations, we need a 3 day turnaround, which gives everyone time to confirm payment and double check addresses.

Under 30 boards? Order online and add each client's address, delivery date and note in one checkout. Over 30, email your spreadsheet to corporategifting@boarderie.com and a corporate concierge manages the whole order, catches address errors and reaches out if weather causes a delay (a 5% processing fee applies).

Then check the addresses one more time. You can change an address, date or message yourself until 24 hours before the ship date. After that it's in production, and a board delivered on time to last year's address is still a board delivered to last year's address 😅.