Kinsie

What Kinsie does

Kinsie is a women-owned, full-service corporate gifting and promotional products distributor headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, founded in 2020 by Linsey Koshlap and Katie Jennings. The company sources branded merchandise, trade show swag, employee onboarding kits, executive gifts, and curated retail-quality gifts through a network of more than 3,000 industry suppliers and direct relationships with retail and specialty brands, enabling trend-aware curation that differentiates it from generic catalog distributors.

Kinsie's core offering spans two product lines: (1) Promotional Products, including logoed apparel, giveaways, and branded essentials priced from $0.50 to $15 per unit, and (2) Corporate Gifting, including curated, retail-quality non-branded gifts with custom packaging, kitting, and direct-to-recipient fulfillment, typically priced from $40 to $150 per recipient for holiday and client appreciation programs. A complementary partnership with The Speaker Exchange Agency extends the offering into speaker and entertainment booking for corporate events. Pricing is transactional and pay-as-you-go, with setup fees and shipping billed separately, and program budgets are sized per attendee, kit, or recipient rather than via subscription.

The company operates a sales-led, full-service go-to-market: dedicated account executives manage clients from concept through delivery, supported by an Account Director and Senior Account Manager, while a self-serve product search website (kinsie.espwebsite.com) serves SMB and transactional buyers. Customers span SMB through enterprise across multiple industries, with use cases covering brand awareness campaigns, employee recognition, client appreciation, and incentive programs. The business is bootstrapped with no external institutional funding and is certified as a Women-Owned Business, a credential used to access enterprise supplier diversity programs.

Name

Kinsie

Legal name

Kinsie

Website

https://kinsieco.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kinsie is a women-owned, full-service promotional products and corporate gifting distributor founded in 2020 and headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, serving SMB through enterprise clients with branded merchandise, curated retail-quality gifts, kitting, and fulfillment sourced through 3,000+ suppliers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Promotional Products and Corporate Gifting Services

NAICS

Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers (424310)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130)

akta.pro primary industry

Gift Sourcing & Procurement (Local & Online) (HSACANAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gift Basket & Curated Hamper Assembly (HSACANAD), Promotional Set-Up & Gift Pack Assembly (TLAIAFAJ)

Keywords

• Corporate gifting services
• Promotional products
• Branded merchandise
• Trade show swag
• Employee recognition gifts

Headquarters

HQ city

Leawood

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Promotional Products Sales: Sale of branded promotional products including trade show swag, branded apparel, give-away items, and logoed essentials. Revenue is generated through per-unit product pricing with additional setup/decorating fees.
2. Corporate Gifting Services: Curated, retail-quality gift sourcing and fulfillment for executive gifts, holiday gifts, employee incentives, and client appreciation. Includes custom packaging, kitting, and direct-to-recipient fulfillment services.
3. Professional Services: Full-service support including concept development, custom packaging design, kitting, and fulfillment services bundled with product orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kinsie is a full-service corporate gifting and promotional products distributor. It sources and supplies branded merchandise (trade show swag, branded apparel, employee onboarding items, giveaways) as well as curated, retail-quality non-branded gifts, with bundled services spanning custom packaging, kitting, and direct-to-recipient fulfillment for corporate clients.

Product overview

Kinsie is a women-owned, full-service promotional products distributor and elevated corporate gifting partner. The company operates two core product lines: (1) Promotional Products — branded items such as trade show swag, employee onboarding kits, branded apparel, and marketing giveaways sourced through a network of 3,000+ suppliers; and (2) Corporate Gifting — retail-quality, curated gift solutions including custom packaging, kitting, and fulfillment for employee recognition, holiday gifts, incentives, and executive client appreciation. Kinsie also offers a partnership with The Speaker Exchange Agency for speaker booking services. The company differentiates through direct retail brand relationships, trend-tracking expertise, and full-service support from concept through delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Promotional Products Branded promotional items including trade show swag, employee onboarding apparel, branded apparel, and cost-effective give-away products for brand-awareness and marketing campaigns, sold to corporate clients.
• Corporate Gifting Elevated retail-quality gifting services including custom curation, packaging, kitting, and fulfillment for employee incentives, holiday gifts, sustainable gifting, and executive client gifts, delivered to corporate recipients.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Speaker Exchange AgencyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerKinsie announced a partnership with The Speaker Exchange Agency, a boutique speaking bureau with over 25 years of experience. The partnership allows Kinsie to connect clients with a resource for booking motivational speakers, celebrities, entertainers, bands, and trainers for corporate events and meetings.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Caroo: Corporate gifting and employee recognition platform that handles curated gift boxes, swag kits, and direct-to-recipient fulfillment. Directly comparable to Kinsie's kitting and corporate gifting motion, with overlapping enterprise buyer personas.
• Alyce: Direct mail gifting platform focused on B2B sales and marketing motion (one-to-one gifting for prospects and customers). Adjacent to Kinsie's client-appreciation gifting line but more sales-oriented and SaaS-led rather than service-led.
• SwagUp: Tech-enabled promotional products and corporate gifting platform focused on startups and SMBs. Competes with Kinsie's branded merchandise line via a self-serve portal and kitting-as-a-service; less emphasis on the elevated, retail-quality curation Kinsie offers.
• Snappy: Digital gifting marketplace that lets recipients choose from curated gift collections. Competes with Kinsie's elevated, retail-quality gifting tier through tech-enabled selection rather than account-executor-led curation.

Broad incumbents

• 4imprint: One of the largest direct promotional products distributors in North America. Operates a self-service catalog model that competes with Kinsie's branded merchandise line but lacks Kinsie's curated, retail-quality gifting premium tier.
• HALO Branded Solutions: Large corporate distributor of branded merchandise and recognition programs serving enterprise accounts. Overlaps with Kinsie's promotional products line and increasingly with corporate gifting, but operates at much greater scale and with a tech-enabled platform.
• Sendoso: Direct mail and corporate gifting platform with a broad gift marketplace and integrations into sales/marketing tools. Overlaps with Kinsie's curated-gifting and direct-to-recipient fulfillment use cases, particularly for trade-show and client-appreciation moments.
• Boundless (formerly Corporate Imaging/BrandConnections): Branded merchandise and corporate gifting distributor serving enterprise marketing teams. Comparable to Kinsie's promotional products and gifting model but with significantly larger scale and broader supplier portfolio.

Direct peers

• Quality Logo Products: Mid-sized promotional products distributor with a heavy e-commerce catalog. Overlaps with Kinsie's budget and mid-range branded merchandise tiers and serves a similar SMB-to-mid-market customer base.
• Crestline Promotional Products: Established promotional products distributor offering corporate gifts, branded apparel, and recognition programs. Closely comparable business model to Kinsie—service-led sales with full concept-to-fulfillment support and similar enterprise/SMB customer mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/KinsieCo
• Facebookfacebook.com/KinsieCo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kinsie-corporate-gifting-and-promotional-products
• Instagraminstagram.com/kinsieco

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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