Corporate Durian Gifting

A corporate gift has one job: to be remembered by the person who opened it. Most of them are not. Durian is remembered, because almost nobody sends it and because the person receiving it has to make a decision about it rather than put it on a shelf.

That same quality is why durian gifting goes wrong when it is handled like any other hamper. It is perishable, it is seasonal, it is loud in a shared office, and not everyone wants it. This page covers what we can do, what to send to whom, and the questions worth settling before you place the order.

What we handle

• Bulk orders from 10 boxes, with volume pricing
• Branded packaging, your company logo on the gift box
• Mixed variety boxes, so one order can cover different tastes
• Split delivery to several addresses on a single order
• Scheduled deliveries for recurring gifts to key clients
• A card with your message included with each box

Our standard corporate box is the Royal Gift Box at SGD 188: 2kg of dehusked Musang King and Black Thorn, freshness-sealed and presented in a signature box. See it on the products page. For choosing between varieties by recipient, and the ordering dates around each festival, see the durian gift guide.

Choosing what to send

Variety matters more than quantity in a gift. Sending 2kg of the right durian lands better than 4kg of something the recipient tolerates.

Timing, which is the part that catches people out

Durian is not warehouse stock. Supply follows the harvest, and the varieties available in any given week depend on what is actually coming out of the orchards. Two things follow from that.

Standard boxes can move fast. When we have stock, an order placed before 2pm is delivered the same evening. For a last-minute thank-you, that is usually enough.

Anything customised cannot. Branded packaging, a fixed delivery date, a large volume or a split across many addresses all need to be confirmed before you commit to the date, and it is the printing and the volume that set the deadline rather than the fruit. Send us the date first and we will tell you what is realistic for it. We would rather turn down a date than miss one.

Sending durian to an office

This is the one that goes wrong. Durian carries through a shared floor, and plenty of buildings restrict it. Before you send fruit to a workplace, check with the recipient's office manager. It takes one message and it avoids a gift that annoys forty people to please one.

• Dehusked flesh travels better than whole fruit. Freshness-sealed containers hold the aroma in far better than a husk does, and the recipient does not need a knife, a table and twenty minutes.
• A home address avoids the problem entirely. For senior recipients this is usually the better call anyway.
• Tell reception it is coming. A perishable gift sitting at a front desk until 6pm is a wasted gift.
• Check dietary and personal preferences. Not everyone likes durian, and a gift that says "I did not ask" is worse than no gift.

What to send us for a fast quote

Most corporate enquiries take three rounds of messages before anyone can quote. Send these six things in the first message and we can usually come back with a price and a confirmed date straight away.

1. How many boxes, and roughly what you want to spend per box
2. The delivery date, or the event it has to land before
3. How many addresses, and whether they are offices or homes
4. Branding, whether you need your logo on the box, and your artwork if so
5. Recipients, whether they are durian regulars or first-timers
6. Anything to avoid, dietary restrictions or offices that ban durian