Conference badge hire and training-day badges from a shared programmable fleet: design faces in the online designer or import your attendee list, receive 250×122 e-ink badges before doors open, return after your event.
Multi-track conferences, corporate training days, certification workshops, and leadership offsites share the same registration problem: every attendee needs a readable name on their chest, and printed inserts create waste, queues, and last-minute reprints. Hiring reusable e-ink badges programmes each face once, issues hardware at the door, and returns devices to the fleet afterward.
Training organisers often know the full delegate list days ahead — ideal for pre-loaded badges. Conference teams can still update faces during the hire window if a speaker changes or a VIP arrives late. See conference badge printing for how hire compares with bulk print on waste and CSR.
Full operational detail: how it works. Faces use four colours — brick red, black, paper white, and the remaining channel the panel supports — sharp name, firm, category bar, and QR, not full CMYK sponsor artwork.
| Hire | Buy | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | One-off conference, training day, exhibition | Repeat events, owned fleet, global dispatch |
| Checkout | Event dates + quantity | Hardware + welcome-year plan |
| After the event | Return hardware | Keep badges; update faces from account |
| Geography | UK hire dispatch and return | Global buy via e-inkbadge.com |
Running training quarterly? Buy pricing may cost less over a year than repeated hire. A single annual conference often fits hire better. Compare on the pricing pages — we do not quote fixed amounts here because rates are set in admin.
Trade shows and open networking mornings can hire the same fleet with MEMBER or VISITOR footer bars. Exhibition teams skip the sticker printer; visitor hosts see who is a guest at a glance. Detail: visitor badges and eco-friendly exhibition badges UK.
Organisers outside the UK, or teams that want to own hardware outright, use e-inkbadge.com for the same conference and training content with buy checkout. Hire remains UK-only on inkbadgehire.com; both hosts self-canonicalise — no cross-domain canonical tags.
You rent programmable e-ink name badges for your event dates. Design faces online or import a spreadsheet, we ship badges ready to wear before doors open, and you return the fleet after — no single-use print stock per delegate.
Yes. Training days, leadership offsites, certification workshops, and multi-session programmes use the same hire flow as conferences. Import your attendee list, programme each face, and issue badges at registration without an on-site print queue.
Hire is priced per badge per event day plus postage — suited to one-off conferences and training events. Purchase suits organisations that run events regularly and want to keep hardware. Both use the same 250×122 four-colour e-ink face and online designer.
Yes. Import your roster or design in the online designer before checkout. We load each face onto the hardware and ship before your event. At the door you issue badges like lanyard credentials — without a print desk.
inkbadgehire.com hire is UK dispatch and return within Britain. For worldwide purchase and fleet ownership, see e-inkbadge.com — the same hardware and designer, buy checkout instead of hire.
Exhibition stands and open networking sessions can use the same hire fleet with MEMBER or VISITOR bars on each face. See visitor badges for open-day detail, or design your template free before you order.
Hire for your event Design a badge Import roster Buy instead