Custom Die-Cut Stickers for Hauppauge, New York

A 1.5 by 1.5 inch die-cut sticker is 2.25 square inches, and at 120 pieces the rate is 26 cents per square inch, so each sticker is $0.58 and the run of 120 comes to $70.20. That is the entire sum. There is no plate charge sitting underneath it, no separate line for the cutting, no handling fee that appears at the end. You choose a size, you choose a quantity, and the square inches and the rate settle the price between them. Anyone ordering stickers for a Hauppauge address can work out the cost on the back of an envelope before they ever upload a file.

The same arithmetic runs in both directions. Shrink the sticker and the square inches fall. Raise the count and the rate per square inch falls with it. Those are the only two levers, which is why the quantity bands matter more than almost anything else on this page.

Three ZIP codes under one name

Most of the places we cover sit inside a single postal code. This one spans three: 11749, 11760 and 11788. That is worth knowing before you order, because it tends to catch people out in two ways.

The first is addressing. If your office is in one of those codes and the property you are branding is in another, the delivery address we need is simply the address you want the box to arrive at. We do not need the listing address, only yours. The second is the assumption that different codes mean different coverage. They do not. All three sit in Suffolk County, all three are inside the area we serve, and the price you see is the price wherever in that spread the box lands.

Where the rate steps down

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

Take the 1.5 by 1.5 inch sticker again. At 120 pieces you are in the 26 cent band, which is the $0.58 each and $70.20 total from the opening. Push the same sticker to 250 pieces and the rate drops to 24 cents, which makes each one $0.54 and the full 250 $135.00. You have roughly doubled the quantity and added about $65 to the bill. That is the shape of every band on the list: the step down is never dramatic on its own, but it compounds against a larger count.

The useful habit is to check where you are sitting relative to the next break. If a plan calls for 230 pieces, the 250 band is close enough to be worth a look before you commit.

Ten point seven miles east

Our shop is at 205 East Main Street in Huntington, and Hauppauge lies 10.7 miles east of it in a straight line. Everything is printed and cut at that one address, so there is no broker in the middle and no second facility to route a file through.

The straight line matters mostly because of what sits inside it. We cover Smithtown Pines 2.1 miles away, Smithtown at 2.2, Islandia at 2.4, Central Islip at 3.1 and Nesconset at 3.2. If you work across that whole stretch, you are ordering from one shop for all of it rather than sourcing each patch separately.

Sizes, shapes and the cut line

Die-cut means the sticker is cut to the outline of the artwork rather than left on a square. A circular logo comes back circular. A badge with a pointed base comes back with the point. A long horizontal wordmark comes back as a long horizontal wordmark, and its price is driven by the rectangle it occupies, which is why a wide, short design often costs less than people expect.

Square inches are calculated from the bounding dimensions of the design, so 1.5 by 1.5 is 2.25 whether the shape inside it is a square, a circle or a shield. Keep any text a comfortable margin in from the edge so the cut has somewhere to land, and send the artwork at the size you want it printed if you can.

Four ways this tends to get used

An agent preparing a single open house usually wants a small run tied to one property: directional markers for the sign rider, seals for the folder that goes home with a visitor, a sticker for the sign-in sheet. That is the kind of job the 26 cent band was made for.

An office branding a whole listing book works differently. One design, one size, a count high enough to cover every property on the roster for the season. This is where the 250 and 500 breaks start to pay for themselves.

A two person team splitting a territory often orders one design with two counts, because the box goes to one desk and gets divided afterwards. Nothing about the order changes: the price follows the total number of pieces, not the number of people using them.

Someone testing a new identity before committing to it wants a small proof run. The 1 to 24 band exists for exactly that, at 35 cents per square inch, which is the highest rate on the list and still a small absolute number on a handful of pieces.

The minimum is a gate, not a floor

An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces or at $10 of merchandise, whichever it reaches first. That is a threshold for placing the order, not a bottom price you are pushed up to. If your 12 pieces work out to $9.45, you pay $9.45, because you cleared the gate on count. If you want 6 larger stickers and they come to $11, you pay $11, because you cleared it on value.

Questions we get

Can I collect a Hauppauge order instead of having it sent out? Yes. Local pickup at the Huntington shop is free, and it is chosen at checkout like any other option. Plenty of people working that 10.7 mile stretch prefer to take the box themselves.

Our office is in 11788 but the property is in 11749. Which address does a Hauppauge order use? Whichever one you want the box delivered to. We ship to the address on the order and nothing about the price changes between those codes.

What does 120 of the 1.5 by 1.5 inch sticker actually cost for a Hauppauge listing? $70.20. The sticker is 2.25 square inches, 120 pieces puts you in the 26 cent band, and that works out to $0.58 apiece.

I need about 200 stickers for Hauppauge open houses. Is there a reason to go to 250? There is one worth weighing. At 250 the rate falls from 26 cents to 24, so the 1.5 by 1.5 inch sticker becomes $0.54 and the 250 come to $135.00. Whether the extra pieces are useful to you is the real question.

I only want a few stickers for one Hauppauge property. Is that enough to order? Very likely. You need 10 pieces or $10 of merchandise, and a single design at a usable size normally clears one or the other without any effort. The same gate applies to the smallest run and the largest one.