What does buying conference badges mean?
You own programmable four-color e-ink badges. Prepare a design per event, keep people and layouts in your account, and reuse the same badges across a season — without ordering print stock for every show.
Conference badges you own: e-ink for repeat events
A season of events. Buying suits repeat congresses, client forums, and venue programmes where you reuse the same badges — with a different design for each event.
Own programmable four-color e-ink badges, prepare rosters and layouts in your account, and walk into each show without a fresh print order.
Design your conference badge
No account needed to start. Your design is saved in this browser.
One layout, three roles, shown at the badge's real size in its real ink colors.
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Delegate
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Speaker
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Crew
Plan a season of events
Event agencies, venues, corporate event teams, and associations with an annual congress often outgrow single-event hire. The same badges can serve your spring summit, summer client show, and autumn congress — each with its own layout and people list in /account/ (Dashboard, People, Events, Designer, Team, Billing).
- Buy once — Global checkout on e-inkbadge.com; plan shape on how it works.
- Design per event — Duplicate a conference template in the free designer or Pro Designer for layered layouts, spacing grids, and role styling.
- Reuse people and layouts — Keep rosters and saved designs; attach attendees to each dated event before the next show.
- Update between events — Load a new design for the next conference on the same badge — no new print run.
Panel size stays 250×122 four colors — brick red, black, paper white, and the remaining channel the panel supports. Size and printing context: conference badge size, conference badge printing.
Pro Designer and VIP verify (buy)
- Layout and spacing — Nested frames, grid placement, drag-to-reorder layers, image swap on the canvas.
- QR on the badge — Edit URL, telephone, or vCard QR in place; bind payloads to roster fields; color and identity binding for role-visible styling.
- Editable text — Type stays editable in Pro when it is not bound to an imported field.
- VIP ticket verify — Optional VIP ticket token on buy checkout for purchase paths that expect verification (buy host only).
Buy vs hire vs print
| Buy e-ink | UK hire | Print / PVC | |
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| Cadence | Season of repeat events | One UK event at a time | Per print run |
| Design | Fresh layout per event | One layout for the booking | New artwork per run |
| After the show | Keep badges for the next date | Return to hire pool | Discard inserts |
| Geography | Global buy | UK hire only | Local vendor |
UK date-range hire instead? See conference badges to hire in the UK.
Frequently asked questions
Is buy for one event or a season?
Buy suits repeat programmes: March’s summit, June’s client forum, and autumn congress each get a fresh layout on the same badges. Occasional UK-only events often fit hire on inkbadgehire.com instead.
What does Pro Designer add?
Pro Designer adds layout frames and spacing grids, drag-to-reorder layers, in-place image swap, QR codes (URL, telephone, vCard) bound to roster fields, color and identity binding, and text you can still edit when it is not tied to imported data — on the same 250×122 canvas as the free designer.
What is VIP ticket verify?
On buy checkout you can supply a VIP ticket token so purchase paths that expect ticket verification can proceed — a buy-side gate on e-inkbadge.com, not part of UK hire checkout.
Do I need Pro for people and events?
No. Dashboard, People, Events, Designer, Team, and Billing in /account/ cover roster and layout prep. Pro is for advanced layout authoring.
When should we hire instead of buy?
Hire suits a single UK event or occasional conferences where return logistics beat ownership. Buy suits agencies, venues, and corporate teams with repeat programmes worldwide.