Custom die-cut stickers for Floral Park

New Hyde Park is 1.1 miles off and North New Hyde Park another 1.7, so three of the places we cover around here carry most of the same name between them, and Elmont at 1.3 miles borders the whole cluster on the far side. Franklin Square at 2.2 miles and Garden City South at 2.5 fill in the rest of the near list. We print and cut custom die-cut stickers from one storefront in Huntington, New York, and this page is written for a Floral Park order in particular: what it costs, how the quantity bands work, and the one addressing habit worth picking up before you send us a roster.

Three names that overlap on a label

Sharing a name root with the two Hyde Parks next door is charming on a map and less charming on a packing slip. A committee roster typed from memory can put half the group under one name and half under another, and nobody catches it until the label is already printed. The two ZIP codes in use here are 11001 and 11004, both in Nassau County, and the ZIP is the part that settles the question when the street name alone does not. When you hand us an address, hand us the ZIP with it. If some of your members sit over the line in Elmont, Franklin Square, North New Hyde Park or Garden City South, say so when you place the order rather than after, and we will keep the right names on the right sheets instead of guessing from the town field.

What a 3 by 4 inch badge costs

Die-cut stickers are priced by the square inch, and the rate per square inch falls as the piece count rises. At 1 to 24 pieces the rate is 35 cents. At 25 to 49 it is 30 cents. At 50 to 99 it is 28 cents. At 100 to 249 it is 26 cents. At 250 to 499 it is 24 cents. At 500 it is 22 cents.

Take a 3 by 4 inch badge, which is a reasonable size for a name tag somebody has to read from across a table. That shape is 12 square inches. Sixteen of them fall in the first band at 35 cents, so each badge is $4.20 and the run of 16 comes to $67.20. Ask for 25 instead and the rate drops to 30 cents, which puts the same 3 by 4 inch badge at $3.60 and the run of 25 at $90.00. The bigger run costs more in total and less per badge. That is the whole of the logic, and it is worth checking against your headcount before you settle on a number, because a committee of sixteen that expects a few walk-ins is sitting right on the edge of a band.

Where the ten piece line falls

An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces or at $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first. It is not a price floor, and it is not a minimum spend in the way that phrase usually gets used. A group that wants to see the shape in hand before committing the whole roster can clear the line on dollar value alone: at 12 square inches and 35 cents, one 3 by 4 inch badge is $4.20, so a few of them pass $10 of merchandise and the order qualifies without coming anywhere near ten pieces.

Artwork when every badge is different

Event badges usually carry one layout and many names, and that is fine. A run of 30 name badges is 30 pieces, not 30 separate designs, and it prices in the 25 to 49 band at 30 cents per square inch. Send the artwork as one file with the shared layout, plus a plain list of the names in the order you want them. If two names are spelled two ways on your list, we will ask rather than pick. The cut line follows the outside of the shape you give us, so leave a little room between the text and the edge of the badge, particularly on the longer surnames.

Nineteen and a half miles, in a straight line

Measured straight line rather than by any route you would actually drive, this corner of Nassau County sits 19.5 miles south west of the shop at 205 East Main Street in Huntington. Local pickup is free if somebody on the committee is heading that way anyway. Otherwise the order ships, within the United States only, to whatever address you give us.

Four people who order this sort of thing

The organiser who runs the sign in table. You need badges that a stranger can read while walking past, one layout, a name on each, and a count that matches the RSVP list with a small cushion on top.

The volunteer who got handed the job. You did not design the logo, you have whatever file the last person left behind, and you want to know whether it will hold up at 3 by 4 inches before you spend the group's money. Send it and ask.

The treasurer signing off on it. You are the one who cares that 16 and 25 sit in different bands, and you want the per piece figure in writing before the vote, not after it.

The member who wants a few extras. Leftover badges become swag: on a water bottle, a notebook, the back of a laptop lid. That is an argument for ordering into the next band rather than exactly to the headcount.

Questions people ask before they order

Our group meets in Floral Park but our mail goes to the 11004 ZIP rather than 11001. Does that change the order?

No. Both ZIPs are covered and both reach the same pricing. Give us the one that actually appears on your mail, because that is the one the shipping label needs.

Half our roster lives in Floral Park and half in New Hyde Park. Can one order carry two different name lists?

Yes. One order can carry as many names as you like, in whatever groupings you send them. Label the lists clearly so we know which names belong together, and tell us if they need to arrive as separate stacks rather than one pile.

We need 16 badges for a Floral Park committee. Is there any reason to order 25?

At 16 the rate is 35 cents per square inch, so a 3 by 4 inch badge is $4.20 and the 16 come to $67.20. At 25 the rate is 30 cents, the badge is $3.60 and the run is $90.00. You pay more overall and less per badge, and you have spares. If your headcount moves around, the 25 is usually the easier decision.

Does an eight piece test run for a Floral Park group meet the minimum?

Yes, on dollar value. Eight 3 by 4 inch badges at 35 cents per square inch are $4.20 each, which is well past the $10 of merchandise that qualifies an order, so the piece count does not matter.

If a Floral Park badge design has 30 different names on it, is that 30 designs or one?

Thirty pieces. The names are content on a shared layout, not separate jobs, so the run lands in the 25 to 49 band at 30 cents per square inch and every badge is priced the same way.