Die-cut stickers and labels for Franklin Square, New York

A 2.5 by 2.5 inch die-cut sticker is 6.25 square inches, and at 100 pieces the rate is 26 cents per square inch, so the piece price is $1.62 and the hundred comes to $162.50. Take the same square up to 250 pieces and the rate falls to 24 cents, which puts each one at $1.50 and the run of 250 at $375.00. That is the whole calculation. Area times rate, with the rate set by the number of pieces on the order, and nothing added for the shape of the cut. What that buys you is the ability to try a size on paper before committing to it. Trim the square by half an inch in each direction and 6.25 square inches becomes 4, which at the same 100 piece rate is $1.04 apiece instead of $1.62.

One quirk is worth knowing before you start typing an address. Franklin Square has no ZIP code of its own on file with us, which sounds like it ought to cause trouble and does not. Orders go by street address: the house number, the street name and the state are what we print and what the carrier reads. If the checkout's address lookup fills a code into the ZIP field on its own, leave it there. Nothing about the order changes and nothing about the price moves.

Where the rate steps down

The per square inch rate is the only thing that changes with quantity, and it moves in six steps: 35 cents at 1 to 24 pieces, 30 at 25 to 49, 28 at 50 to 99, 26 at 100 to 249, 24 at 250 to 499 and 22 at 500. Every piece is billed at the band the whole order lands in, so it is worth counting first and sizing second. A run of 24 and a run of 25 sit one piece apart and five cents apart.

Sizing a label for a jar or a bottle

Area is the lever, so measure the container rather than guess. A straight sided jar with a two inch face takes a 1.75 inch square comfortably, which is 3.06 square inches, or 80 cents each at the 100 piece rate. A bottle that wants a wraparound band is a different shape entirely: a 2 by 6 inch rectangle is 12 square inches, and the same band puts that at $3.12 each. Rounds, ovals and irregular outlines are all priced on area, so a circle instead of a square is a design decision rather than a budget one.

Artwork, and where the cut line goes

Send the design at the finished size, or tell us the size to bring it to. A die cut follows the outline of the art, so the thing to decide is whether the cut hugs the artwork or sits out from it with a border. An eighth of an inch of border around a busy design gives the eye somewhere to rest and makes the label easier to peel and place on a curved surface. If your design has a defined outline, say so and we will cut to it. If not, we will propose one and show you first. Text running close to the edge is the usual thing we flag.

The minimum is a door, not a floor

An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces or at $10 of merchandise, whichever you reach first. It is not a price floor and it is not a fee. Ten tiny labels clear it on count alone, and a single large piece clears it on value. So a first batch can be genuinely small, which is the sensible way to test a size and a cut line before committing to a quantity band.

The shop, and what is close by

Everything is printed and cut at one address, 205 East Main Street in Huntington. Franklin Square sits 19.3 miles to the south west of it in a straight line. Several places we also cover are far closer to you, measured the same way: Garden City South at 1.2 miles, West Hempstead at 1.4, Malverne at 1.5, Elmont at 1.7 and Lakeview at 2.1. Orders across Nassau County and the rest of the United States go out by post, and pickup at the shop is free if you would rather come to the counter.

Four people who order this way

The home producer with one product. One jar, one recipe, one label, and the question is how many to commit to. At 6.25 square inches, 100 pieces is $162.50 and 250 is $375.00, so the larger run buys two and a half times the labels for a little over twice the money.

The home producer with a range. Three flavours, three designs, one order. The quantity band follows the total count rather than the number of designs, so three lots of 85 sit in the same 250 to 499 band a single lot of 255 would.

The person renaming or reformulating. A recipe changes, an ingredient list has to be redone, and the old label no longer matches. This is the case for a deliberately small first run: clear the 10 piece minimum, check the new wording at actual size on the actual container, then order the quantity you meant to.

The person giving jars away. Batches for a family occasion or a gift run tend to be small and specific, and often want a date or a name on the face. Small is fine. The minimum is built to let small orders through.

Questions that come up

How do I address a Franklin Square order when there is no ZIP code on file for it?

Put the house number and street name on the first address line and the state in the state field. The street line is what we print and what the carrier goes by. If the address lookup drops a code into the ZIP field, leave it alone.

My jar label is 2.5 by 2.5 inches. What does a run of 250 to Franklin Square come to?

That is 6.25 square inches at the 250 to 499 rate of 24 cents, so $1.50 each and $375.00 for the 250. The same square at 100 pieces falls in the 26 cent band instead, which is $1.62 each and $162.50 for the hundred.

Can one Franklin Square order carry three different label designs and still reach the 250 piece rate?

Yes. The band is set by the total piece count on the order, not by how many designs are on it. Ninety plus eighty plus eighty is 250 pieces, and every piece is billed at 24 cents against its own area.

I only want 10 small labels sent to Franklin Square. Is that enough to place an order?

Yes. The minimum is 10 or more pieces or $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first, so ten pieces clears it on count alone whatever the total works out to.

Garden City South and West Hempstead are both within a mile and a half of Franklin Square in a straight line. Can I have the order sent to one of those instead?

Yes. One order goes to one address, so put whichever is easiest for you in as the delivery address. Splitting a run across two addresses means two orders, and each order's rate is set by its own piece count, so 250 pieces split into two lots of 125 would be billed at the 100 to 249 rate on both.