Fridge Magnet

Custom Fridge Magnets in Dubai — Everyday Branded Reminders by PrintStack

Few promotional items achieve the sustained, repeated visibility of a fridge magnet. Once placed on a refrigerator door, a magnet is seen by every member of a household multiple times a day, for months or years, at zero ongoing cost to the brand that gave it away. For restaurants, real estate agents, clinics, home maintenance and pest control companies, schools, and any business that wants its contact number within easy reach of a customer's kitchen, a well-made fridge magnet remains one of the most cost-effective branded giveaways available. PrintStack, a division of Forton General Trading LLC, produces custom fridge magnets for corporate clients, retailers, and event organisers across Dubai and the UAE.

Materials and Types

Flexible rubber magnetic sheet, sometimes called soft magnet, is the most common base material and is produced in a range of thicknesses from 0.4mm for lightweight, low-cost giveaways up to 0.7mm and above for magnets that need stronger holding power on a refrigerator or metal cabinet surface. This flexible sheet can be die-cut into any custom shape, from a simple rectangle or business-card format through to a company logo silhouette, a product shape, or a character mascot, at no significant premium over standard rectangular shapes for reasonable quantities.

Photo magnets, produced by mounting a printed photographic paper or vinyl sheet onto a rigid or semi-rigid magnetic backing beneath a protective gloss or matte laminate, are used for personalised gifting, event photo booth take-home items, and premium promotional magnets that need to reproduce a full-colour image with photographic quality. Acrylic and metal magnets, where a printed or engraved acrylic or metal disc is bonded to a strong rare-earth or ceramic magnet, are used for premium corporate gifts and desk accessory sets, giving a more substantial, higher-end feel than a standard flexible fridge magnet. Wooden magnets, laser-cut and printed or engraved, are popular for boutique retail, cafés, and gift shop merchandise where a natural material aligns with the brand.

Bottle-opener magnets, combining a functional bottle opener with a magnetic back plate, are a frequently requested hybrid item for restaurants, bars, and beverage brand promotions, since the added function increases the likelihood the item is kept and used rather than discarded.

Sizes and Shapes

Standard rectangular and square magnets range from a compact 5x5cm through to 9x6cm business-card format magnets, which remain the most popular size for contact-detail magnets used by real estate agents, clinics, and home service providers. Larger format magnets from 10x15cm up to A5 size are used for restaurant menus, calendar magnets, and school term calendars, giving enough surface area for detailed information alongside branding. Custom die-cut shapes, including logo outlines, mascots, national landmarks, and seasonal shapes for Ramadan, National Day, and New Year promotional magnets, are produced using custom cutting tools at a one-off tooling cost that is absorbed quickly across reasonable order quantities.

Printing and Finishing

Full-colour offset and digital printing is applied to the face of the magnet, finished with gloss or matte lamination for durability and a professional appearance, or with a spot UV highlight on a logo for a premium retail-style finish. Because magnets are handled frequently and are often exposed to kitchen humidity and occasional moisture, we specify laminates and inks that resist fading, smudging, and edge lifting under normal domestic use rather than the thinner coatings found on very low-cost imported magnets, which often curl or discolour within weeks.

Use Cases Across the UAE

Fridge magnets are widely used by real estate brokers and agents distributing contact details after viewings, restaurants and delivery services printing their menu and phone number for repeat ordering, clinics and pharmacies providing emergency contact and appointment reminder magnets, pest control, AC maintenance, and home service companies leaving a magnet with every job so their number is on hand for the next call-out, schools distributing term calendars to parents, and retail and hospitality brands using magnets as a low-cost take-home item at events, exhibitions, and in-store promotions. Property management companies and community developers across Dubai frequently distribute welcome-pack magnets with building management contact numbers to new residents.

Ordering, MOQ, and Lead Times

Fridge magnets are one of the most accessible promotional items to order in volume, with minimum order quantities typically starting at 100 pieces for standard rectangular shapes and 250 pieces where a custom die-cut shape is required, reflecting the one-off cost of producing the cutting tool. Unit pricing improves substantially at 500, 1,000, and 5,000 pieces, making magnets a practical choice for large-scale distribution campaigns such as area-wide leaflet drops or new-resident welcome packs. Standard production lead time is five to seven working days from artwork approval for rectangular and standard shapes, and seven to ten working days where a custom die must be produced. Reorders using an existing die are typically faster since the tooling stage is already complete.

Artwork Guidance

We ask for your logo and any contact details as vector or high-resolution files, along with a note on how the magnet will typically be viewed on a refrigerator door — usually at a slight distance — so that our design team can recommend a font size and layout that stays legible rather than being crammed with information that becomes unreadable once printed at final size. If a custom shape is wanted, a simple sketch or reference image of the desired outline is sufficient for our team to produce a cutting die.

Request a Quotation

Whether you need a small run of business-card magnets for a single agent or a large-scale distribution order for a property development or restaurant chain, PrintStack's Dubai team can advise on the right material, shape, and finish for your budget and distribution plan. Send us your artwork, preferred shape and size, and quantity, and we will return a quotation along with a design mockup for your approval before production. We also supply small counter-top display stands and branded polybag packaging for magnets distributed at exhibitions or trade counters, so the item looks considered from the moment a customer picks it up rather than being handed over loose, and larger distribution orders can be split into pre-counted bundles to simplify handout logistics across multiple branches or event days.