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Laser Engraved Personalized Urns

Why Offer Laser Engraved Personalized Urns?

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With a large portion of your customers choosing cremation combined with the rising trend of personalized goods and services, your customers are now expecting, it is important for your business to offer products to satisfy both of these rising demands. Why not do that with laser engraved personalized urns?

You can look at cremation as a low cost, low profit, bottom of the line sale, or you can take advantage of it and turn it into a high-profit opportunity. Not all customers opting for cremation do so because of the cost. Often times, families don’t purchase an urn because they simply don’t see anything that they like that reflects their loved one.

What if you could offer a laser engraved personalized urn for each and every one of your customers opting for cremation? An urn that reflected their life, memories, and all of the unique characteristics that made them the person they were? AP Lazer provides you the ability to do just that by adding photos, text, and other artwork to the urns you are already stocking.

Offering laser engraved personalized urns will set you apart from your competitors, add a high level of customer satisfaction to your services, and can add additional profit to your cremation sales. Don’t just offer cremation, specialize in cremation by turning it into a high revenue opportunity that will delight your customers one by one.

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Photo courtesy of Buxton & Bass Okeechobee Funeral Home & Crematory

What Types of Urns can be Engraved?

Today’s urns are most commonly made of metals such as brass and alloy, wood, (oak, pine, bamboo, and walnut just to name a few) granite, glass, wood, and marble, all of which can be permanently marked with a laser engraver. AP Lazer can also engrave on less common urn materials such as powder-coated metals, leather, rubber, and much more.

A Personalized White Marble Memorial Plaque Featuring An Engraved Portrait Of A Woman And An Inscription In Loving Memory Of Rhonda Kay Jordan, Including Her Birth And Death Dates.
A beautifully engraved white marble memorial plaque honoring Rhonda Kay Jordan, with a heartfelt message and portrait, serving as a lasting tribute to her memory.

Photo Engraving On Cremation Urns:

Photo engraving on a cremation urn is a deeply meaningful way to keep cherished memories alive. By capturing a loved one’s image on the surface of the urn, families can create a lasting tribute that offers comfort and a tangible connection to those they have lost. This personalized touch transforms the urn into more than a vessel; it becomes a symbol of love, remembrance, and the shared moments that fill a grieving heart. The engraved photo serves as a constant reminder of the life lived and helps bring solace in the midst of loss.

Granite Garden Urn With Personalized Memorial Plaque.
This elegant granite garden urn includes a custom laser-engraved plaque that captures a portrait of a man, making it a timeless tribute for home garden memorials. Perfect for families looking to honor their loved ones with a lasting and meaningful remembrance piece.

Cremation Garden Urns

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Urns are not just for inside anymore! As more of your customers opt for cremation, it’s important to offer them as many types of laser engraved personalized urns as possible.

Cremation Garden Urns offer a solution to those seeking a final resting place for their loved one with the characteristics of a memorial. Garden urns can be placed by 1-2 people in a home garden or other favorite setting and can be admired in the natural outside world. View our full line of cremation urns and other cremation memorial solutions.

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Laser Cut and Engraved Wood Urn

This laser-cut and engraved wood urn, designed to honor a young lady, is a deeply personal and affordable tribute. Made from just $2 worth of material, the urn captures the essence of a life beautifully lived without the heavy costs associated with traditional options. The engraved photo, name, and dates add a highly emotional and personalized touch, turning the urn into a meaningful keepsake. Each detail reflects the uniqueness of the individual, helping families hold onto memories in a heartfelt, tangible way. It’s a tribute that offers both beauty and comfort in a time of loss.

Various Wood Urns:

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This beautifully crafted laser-engraved hardwood urn serves as a heartfelt remembrance for a beloved mother. The rich, natural wood, adorned with delicate floral designs and personalized engravings of her name, dates, and touching scripture, transforms this urn into a timeless tribute. Each side tells a story, with meaningful inscriptions reflecting her life, faith, and the love she shared with her family. The elegant craftsmanship captures the essence of who she was, providing a tangible way to honor her memory and bring comfort to those who miss her most. This urn not only holds her remains but also preserves the love and legacy she leaves behind.

This handmade wooden urn, adorned with antique-style handles that evoke the warmth of old memories, serves as a heartfelt tribute to a cherished life. The laser-engraved photo on its surface captures a moment of love, preserving the essence of the couple in a deeply personal way. Their names and anniversary date add to the sentiment, making this urn not only a vessel for ashes but a true memorial piece. Crafted with care, the urn symbolizes a lasting connection, allowing loved ones to hold onto those memories for generations to come.

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This beautiful oak wood urn, engraved with a serene deer scene, is a fitting tribute to a life connected to nature. The detailed laser-engraving captures the elegance of the deer, standing in quiet strength and grace, symbolizing peace and the majesty of the outdoors. Personalized with the name and dates of Dansby Tarrelle Skinner, the urn reflects a meaningful connection to both the natural world and the cherished memories that live on. The natural grain of the oak adds warmth and depth to this piece, making it a timeless and comforting memorial.

Profit Capabilities

Offering laser engraved personalized urns can add revenue to your cremation sales on multiple levels. A laser engraving on an an urn can add anywhere from $50-$200 to a cremation sale. Better yet – you can use a personalized laser engraving to entice those customers who wouldn’t normally purchase an urn at all. Display a variety of laser engraved urns in your showroom and your customers will have a hard time turning down the opportunity to honor their loved one.

Matthew Buxton, Funeral Director at  Buxton & Bass Okeechobee Funeral Home and Crematory states:

“In most cases I will add a $65 engraving charge to an urn. Sometimes, I add a complimentary engraving to an urn purchase. By doing that, I am selling more urns. I had a family that originally was going with a cardboard minimum container and when I offered the engraving at no charge, the decided to go with a $325 MDF urn that I pay about $40 for. That is extra money that I otherwise would not have been able to make.”

Laser Engraved Urn Designs

There are many design options for personalization on an urn. Getting to know your family and learning about their loved one will help determine what kind of artwork they may like. Most everybody is passionate about something whether it be their religion, music, sports, family, animals, or even skydiving – there is artwork out there to capture any interest. Add the names and dates and you can come up with a uniquely personalized urn honoring the legacy of a life once lived

What Funeral Homes are Saying

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“We bought our AP Lazer about 2 years ago. We’ve been excited since the first day we brought it into our place and can’t live without it. There are so many people in the industry that can take advantage of additional revenues AP Lazer provides.” [watch full testimonial]
Mike Mims – Cherokee Caskets


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“We do engravings for cremation items and headstone engravings for a lot of families. [AP Lazer is] very easy to use and the staff is great. We’ve been able to diversify, we’re not just focusing on funeral home items. [We have plans to] start doing more memorials and other gifts for grieving families.”[watch full testimonial]
Mark McKenzie – McKenzie Funeral Services


Adding personalization to urns not only creates more profit for you when working with cremation customers but, more importantly, provides your families with another level of satisfaction when celebrating a loved one’s life. Today’s buyers are seeking a more personalized experience and you can provide that when you offer personalized laser engravings on urns and other items such as caskets, tribute memorials, and other commemorative gifts.

Are you ready to add laser engraving to your list of memorial services?
Contact one of our laser experts to learn more!

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3 Comments

  1. John

    Many of the funeral homes we work with use laser engraved urns and they tell us that the families of the deceased love the detail that laser engraving offers. We haven’t seen any of the urns containing images, although the text is always beautifully styled.

  2. Jeanelle

    I’m looking for a urn to put my husbands dad in in our back yard by a memorial tree we planted for him. I would like it engraved with his name and born til his passing. I live in dublin ohio my cell number is 614-512-7977

  3. sikis izle

    A good blog! I will bookmark a few of these..

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