Clear Clics Gold-Trim Translucent Ballpoint Pen
The Branded Pen Your Clients Will Actually Keep
Hand someone a Clear Clics Gold Pen and watch their reaction — there's a brief pause, a closer look, and then they pocket it instead of leaving it behind.
Finding a promotional pen that looks polished without arriving six weeks late or requiring a minimum order in the thousands is genuinely difficult. Most options force a choice between quality and convenience. You end up settling for something that feels cheap, or you overbuy just to meet a supplier's terms.
The Clear Clics Gold Pen was built for exactly this kind of decision. Its translucent barrel with gold-plated trim gives it a finished, professional look that works just as well in new hire welcome kits as it does at trade show giveaways. When you order your Clear Clics custom imprinted pens in bulk, you get a low 250-unit minimum, a crisp screen-printed logo, and a writing instrument with a smooth plunger ballpoint click action that recipients actually notice. HR manager branded pens have never been this straightforward to source.
Specifications
- Ink Color: Black or blue ballpoint ink choices
- Point Size: Fine point or medium point pen options (0.8mm or 1.0mm)
- Mechanism: Plunger ballpoint click action
- Barrel: Translucent barrel with gold-plated trim
- Material: Made with 26% plastic from renewable resources
- Ink System: Patented ball and tip system for consistent performance
- Imprint Method: Screen print
- Imprint Area (Barrel): 2 1/8 in. W x 3/4 in. H
- Imprint Area (Clip): 3/4 in. W x 5/32 in. H
- Minimum Order Quantity: 250 units
- Assembly: Assembled in the USA
- Packaging: Standard bulk packaging
Orders start at just 250 units — a quantity that makes sense whether you're stocking a conference booth or building out a new hire kit. Get your custom quote or place your order online today.
Explore our full range of custom promotional pens for more options.
Anatomy of a Custom Pen
Choosing the right pen construction ensures your promotional giveaway looks professional, functions flawlessly, and stays in your customers' hands.
- The Essentials: A pen is built from core structural components—like the barrel (your main design real estate) and the ink style (ballpoint, gel, or rollerball), which dictates how smoothly it writes.
- The Accents: Secondary details like ergonomic grips, structural trim, and secure clips add both comfort for the writer and vibrant color-matching opportunities for your brand.
Dive into a pen's anatomy with our full guide: The Anatomy of a Custom Pen.
Artwork Resolution & File Formats
Because custom pens offer a compact printing canvas, standard web images (like JPG or PNG) can become blurry or jagged when scaled down.
- Required Formats: Please submit your corporate logo or text in a vector format, specifically .EPS or .SVG.
- Why it matters: Vector files use mathematical coordinates rather than pixels. This allows our printing equipment to scale your graphics down infinitely without losing a single pixel of crispness, ensuring fine lines.
That being said, feel free to send over whatever you have ready and our team will take it from there!
Exact Color Matching (PMS Colors)
When trying to align the Trim Color or accent pieces of a pen with your strict corporate identity, guessing the shade isn't an option.
- The System: We utilize the Pantone Matching System (PMS) to guarantee precision.
- How to use it: When submitting your design requirements, specify your brand's unique PMS color codes if you know them. This ensures the ink imprint on the barrel or the selected plastic trim matches your official company colors perfectly.
Don't fret if you don't have that information. We will do our best to match the colors!
Font Legibility & Minimum Sizes
The Clip Imprint (Clip Imp) area is an incredibly high-visibility spot for phone numbers or taglines, but it offers highly limited real estate.
- Font Choice: We recommend using clean, sans-serif fonts (like Helvetica, Arial, or Futura) for high-contrast legibility. Avoid intricate script or cursive fonts in this area.
- Minimum Size: Any text placed on the clip must be a minimum of 6 pt font to prevent the ink from filling in the loops of letters like e, o, or a. If you're squeezing a long URL onto the clip, consider using the main barrel instead to keep it readable at a glance.
- If you have any questions, feel free to contact us first.
