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# Universal Branding Calculator

Price branded products the same way on every quote, with branding and setup lines added for your sales reps.

A branded item doesn't have one price. It has a price for each position, branding method, number of colours, and quantity break, plus a once-off setup charge. Worked out by hand, every sales rep prices it differently, and setup fees get forgotten. The Universal Branding Calculator (UBC) in OrderEazi holds your branding rules in one place, and adds the priced branding and setup lines to a project for your sales reps. An administrator or product manager sets the rules up once, and sales reps use them every time they quote.

### Before you start

You'll need the branding type and branding group permissions in the **U B C** permission group, such as **Add Branding Type** and **Edit Branding Group**. If you don't have them, ask your OrderEazi administrator to add them to your role.

### When it's most useful

* **Promotional products and corporate gifting:** A client orders 500 pens with a 1-colour pad-printed logo, and 50 notebooks with a debossed cover.
* **Corporate clothing, workwear, and uniforms:** A school orders 300 blazers with an embroidered crest on the chest pocket and a name on the sleeve.
* **Embroidery and print shops:** A sports club orders 80 shirts, with a 3-colour screen print on the back and a sponsor's logo on the sleeve.
* **Event and conference merchandise:** An organiser orders 1 000 lanyards and 1 000 bags, each branded with the event's name.
* **Trophies, awards, and engraving:** A company orders 25 glass awards, each laser engraved with a different name.

### How to set it up

1. **Read how pricing works.** It explains how the pieces fit. See [How branding pricing works](/central/order-management/universal-branding-calculator/how-branding-pricing-works.md).
2. **Create the branding and setup products.** Each price you charge for branding is a product, with its own cost and selling price. See [Branding and setup products](/central/order-management/universal-branding-calculator/branding-and-setup-products.md).
3. **Create the branding types.** Each type is one branding method, with its quantity tiers. See [Branding types](/central/order-management/universal-branding-calculator/branding-types.md).
4. **Create the branding groups.** Each group is a set of products that can be branded in the same places. See [Branding groups](/central/order-management/universal-branding-calculator/branding-groups.md).

Your sales reps can then select **Add Branding** on a project line for any product in a branding group. The page "Branding and variants on lines", under Projects, shows how.

**Example:** You sell golf shirts. You create the embroidery and screen printing products, a branding type for each method, and a "Golf Shirts" group with Left Chest and Full Back positions. A sales rep quoting 250 shirts selects **Add Branding** and chooses the positions. OrderEazi adds the shirt lines, and the priced branding and setup lines.

If you get products from Amrod or Barron, their supplier feeds create branding types and groups for their products for you.

### Related pages

* [How branding pricing works](/central/order-management/universal-branding-calculator/how-branding-pricing-works.md): how a branded line is priced
* [Branding on documents and production](/central/order-management/universal-branding-calculator/branding-on-documents-and-production.md): what your clients and suppliers see
* [Branding and variants on lines](/central/order-management/projects/branding-and-variants-on-lines.md): brand a line on a project