Guides
Conference badges to hire for UK events
One UK conference at a time. Hiring suits a single congress, training week, or a handful
of dates per year — not a full season of owned badges.
Send us everyone’s names and who’s coming, and we’ll set them up on reusable four-colour e-ink badges —
no print desk, no reprints for late swaps, delivered for your dates and collected afterward.
One event, start to finish
- Design free first — Open the designer or design your badge so you see the 250×122 layout before you order.
- Send your list — Share who is attending and their roles when you hire; we programme one badge
per person from your layout.
- Badges arrive named — Recorded delivery before doors open; issue at registration.
- Late change — Speaker swap or extra delegate? Tell us inside your hire window and we update
names without a print run.
- Return — Use the included return label after close; hire completes when the courier scans.
four colours — brick red, black, paper white, and the remaining channel the panel supports on a 250×122 panel — readable at distance. UK hire only; we do not promise US
shipping. Badge size and printing trade-offs:
conference badge size,
conference badge printing.
Hiring for a specific training day or conference? That page walks
through training and congress hire in detail. How it works · Hire pricing
Hire vs print vs buy
| Hire e-ink | Print / PVC | Buy e-ink |
| Cadence | One event (or a few UK dates) | Per print run | Season of repeat events |
| Last-minute changes | We update during hire window | Often reprint or fixes | You refresh from account |
| After the event | Return badges | Leftover stock | Keep for next show |
| Geography | UK only | Local vendor | Global buy |
Running events outside the UK or reusing badges all year?
See conference badges to buy on e-inkbadge.com.
Frequently asked questions
What are conference badges to hire?
You rent programmable four-colour e-ink name badges for your UK event dates. Tell us who is coming, we programme each badge from your design, deliver before doors open, and collect the badges after — no single-use print stock per delegate.
Can I change a name the night before?
Yes, within your hire window. Send an updated list or revised designs and we reload badges before dispatch — without a reprint run or wasted card stock.
Do badges arrive ready to wear?
Yes. Badges ship programmed with attendee names and your layout. At registration you hand them out like lanyard credentials — no on-site print desk.
Is hire for one conference or a whole season?
Hire suits one UK conference or a few dates in a year — you return badges after each booking. Teams running events every month often buy instead; see e-inkbadge.com for owned badges reused across a season.
Do you ship conference badge hire outside the UK?
No. inkbadgehire.com hire is UK dispatch and return within Britain only — we do not position hire for US shipping. Worldwide purchase is on e-inkbadge.com.
How is hire different from buying badges?
Hire is priced per badge per event day plus postage — suited to one-off UK events. Purchase suits organisers who reuse badges across many events with a different design each time. Both use the same 250×122 four-colour e-ink badge and designer.