Custom Sales Awards to Recognize Top Performers
A sales award turns a number on a dashboard into something a rep can put on a shelf. The quota resets every quarter. The trophy stays. At Awards.com we make sales awards, sales trophies, and sales award plaques for your top salesperson, President's Club winners, and the people who beat quota. Order one piece or three hundred, with engraving and a proof included at no charge. Most of what you will find here is optical crystal or jade glass, and we also build perpetual awards for programs that hand the same trophy down year after year.
Materials & Styles for Sales Recognition
Most sales awards come down to four materials, and the choice is usually driven by what the award is for and how many you need.
Optical crystal is the default for annual honors and President's Club. It has real weight in the hand, it catches stage light, and engraving cuts into it cleanly. It is also the bulk of what we stock, so the selection is widest here.
Jade glass is the quiet favorite and our bestseller in this category. It costs less than crystal, the green edge photographs well, and it lets you recognize an entire team without the budget conversation. If you are buying twenty awards instead of one, start here.
Acrylic holds full-color printing better than crystal does, so it is the right call when the logo needs to be loud or when a monthly program means you are reordering constantly.
Metal and wood plaques suit wall displays and recurring programs where you add a nameplate each cycle instead of starting over. See plaque awards if that is the direction you are headed.
Comparison of Sales Award Materials
| Material | Best for | Works for large groups | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optical crystal | President's Club, Salesperson of the Year | Yes, widest selection in stock | Heaviest and most formal. Deep, clean engraving. |
| Jade glass | Quarterly and team-wide awards | Yes, best value at volume | Our bestseller here. Green edge, photographs well. |
| Acrylic | Monthly programs, full-color branding | Yes | Best surface for printed logos and color. |
| Plaques, metal and wood | Wall displays, perpetual programs | Yes | Add an engraved nameplate each cycle. |
Personalization & Branding Options
Sales awards are most effective when they reflect specific performance data and company identity. Personalization reinforces credibility and turns a trophy into a documented achievement.
Engraved Names, Titles & Sales Figures
Include the recipient's name, title, fiscal year, and sales volume. Data-driven engraving enhances the award's meaning and reinforces measurable success.
Company Logo Integration
Incorporate your logo through engraving or full-color printing. Logo placement ensures brand alignment and consistency across your recognition program.
Full-Color Printing & 3D Subsurface Engraving
Use full-color graphics for vibrant branding or 3D subsurface engraving for dimensional impact within crystal awards. These options enhance the award's visual presence.
Custom Award Designs Turned Around in 3-5 Days
Our in-house design team provides free renderings within 3 to 5 business days. Custom shapes, layered designs, and branded elements can be developed quickly to meet event deadlines.
What to Call Your Sales Award
The name matters more than people expect. It is what gets engraved, what gets read out at the podium, and what the winner repeats when a visitor asks about the thing on their desk. These are the ones we engrave most often.
Salesperson of the Year
The top annual honor at most companies, usually given to the highest revenue producer, though plenty of programs weight it for margin or new accounts instead. Many organizations still call this Salesman of the Year and we engrave it either way, but if your team is mixed, Salesperson of the Year is the wording that ages better.
Top Sales Award
A broader label, useful when you are recognizing several people at once or want one design that covers multiple tiers. It reads well with the period attached, as in Top Sales Award, Q3.
President's Club
Reserved for reps who hit or beat quota, and normally presented at an annual trip or banquet. Because the same honor repeats every year and the winners compare them, this is where a heavier crystal piece earns its cost.
Sales Achievement Award
The right choice for anything that is not a ranking. Biggest single deal, first sale in a new territory, fastest ramp by a new hire. It lets you recognize what actually mattered without forcing it onto a leaderboard.
Rookie of the Year and Most Improved
Two of the most effective awards in any sales program and the most frequently skipped. They reach people who will not win on raw revenue for another year or two, which is exactly the group you are trying to keep. For more wording, see our sales award ideas.
Building a Sales Recognition Program That Lasts
One trophy at the holiday party is a nice gesture. A program is what changes behavior, because reps can see the award coming and work toward it.
Set the criteria before the period starts
If people learn the rules after the fact, the award reads as a popularity contest and does more harm than giving nothing. Publish the metric, the window, and the tiebreaker up front.
Run a short cycle and a long one
Monthly or quarterly awards keep the leaderboard alive. The annual award is the one people remember. Running both means the rep who has a huge March hears about it in April instead of next January.
Engrave the number
Names and dates are standard. Adding the figure, whether that is revenue, units, or percent of quota, turns a trophy into a record. It also keeps this year's award from looking identical to last year's.
Use a perpetual trophy for the recurring honor
For something like Salesperson of the Year, a perpetual award that takes a new nameplate each year builds a visible history. A new hire can read a decade of names off it, which does more than any onboarding deck.
Hand it over in front of people
The award does most of its work in the thirty seconds it is presented. Sales kickoff, President's Club dinner, Friday all-hands, it does not much matter which. Just do not mail it.
Why Choose Awards.com for Sales Awards?
Awards.com supports sales organizations with scalable, branded recognition solutions. We combine manufacturing expertise with program design support to help you build recognition systems that last.
40 years of making and engraving awards
We have been designing and producing custom sales awards since 1985, across every team size from a five-person floor to a national salesforce.
Factory direct, so quality and timing are ours to control
We manufacture and decorate in house rather than routing your order through a middleman. Stock pieces ship in about six days once you approve the proof, and fully custom work runs longer, which we will confirm with you up front.
Real people who have built these programs before
If you are not sure how to structure tiers, what to engrave, or how many to order, call us. Our team works with sales leaders and HR partners on this constantly, and the advice is free whether or not you buy.
Sales Awards FAQ
What awards do companies give their sales teams?
The most common are Salesperson of the Year, Top Sales Award, and President's Club, plus Sales Achievement Awards for a specific result and Rookie of the Year for new hires. Most companies present them at an annual kickoff or banquet.
What should we call the award for our top salesperson?
Salesperson of the Year is the most widely used and the wording that ages best. Many companies still use Salesman of the Year and we engrave it either way. Use Top Sales Award if you are recognizing several people at once.
What is the difference between a sales trophy and a sales award plaque?
A sales trophy is freestanding and sits on a desk or shelf, usually crystal, glass, or acrylic. A sales award plaque mounts on a wall, which makes it the better choice for a perpetual program where you add a nameplate each cycle.
What should be engraved on a sales award?
The name, the award title, and the year at minimum. Adding the actual figure, whether that is revenue, units, or percent of quota, is what turns a trophy into a record rather than something interchangeable year to year.
How do President's Club awards usually work?
Most companies set a quota threshold and give every rep who clears it the same piece, presented at an annual trip or dinner. Because winners compare them side by side and the program repeats, order the whole group together so the engraving layout stays matched.
Can we order just one sales award, or is there a minimum?
Order as few as one. There is no minimum and no setup fee. Stock pieces ship in about six days after you approve your proof, and we will confirm timing on fully custom work before you commit to a date.
Start Your Sales Recognition Program
Sales teams perform best when achievement is visible and consistent. Build a recognition system that rewards momentum and reinforces measurable results.
Browse crystal awards, jade glass awards, or perpetual awards to start, or read our sales award ideas if you are still deciding what to give. For help structuring a program, contact our team or call 1-800-4-AWARDS.