Custom die-cut stickers and window decals for Mount Vernon

An order for Mount Vernon is identified by its ZIP code before anything else, which is worth saying out loud because there are three of them in play: 10550, 10552 and 10553. Most of the places we cover sit under a single code, so the street line carries the whole address on its own. Here the code is the first thing that tells one order apart from another, and it is the first thing we read when one arrives. Put the right one on the checkout form and the rest of the address needs no explaining from you at all.

Three codes, one county, no difference at our end

All three of those codes fall inside Westchester County, and nothing about the handling changes between them. We do not run separate rates or separate rules for one code over another. The reason to be careful about which one you type is plainer than that: a decal set is going to a specific piece of glass at a specific door, and an address that resolves cleanly is one that does not come back to you with a question attached. If you have moved premises and your old paperwork still carries the previous code, use the current one.

How the square inch rate works

Die-cut stickers here are priced by area rather than by a flat figure per piece. Measure the finished shape at its widest point across and its tallest point up, multiply the two, and that is the square inch number the price runs from. The rate per square inch then falls as the piece count climbs: 35 cents at 1 to 24 pieces, 30 cents at 25 to 49, 28 cents at 50 to 99, 26 cents at 100 to 249, 24 cents at 250 to 499, and 22 cents at 500. The bands do the work that a quote sheet would otherwise do, so you can price a job before you talk to anyone.

A worked example you can check yourself

Take a small square decal, 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches. That is 2.25 square inches. At 50 pieces the rate is 28 cents, so each one comes to $0.63 and the fifty come to $31.50. Move the same design up to 100 pieces and the rate steps down to 26 cents, so each is $0.58 and the hundred is $58.50. Notice what that second line really tells you. You doubled the count and the piece price fell by five cents, which is a smaller drop than people expect. The bands reward volume, but they reward it gently, so there is no reason to order two hundred of something you only want fifty of.

The minimum sits on the order, not on the price

An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces or at $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first. That is worth reading twice, because it is not a price floor. A run of twelve larger decals clears it on the piece count alone, whatever the total. A run of six clears it as soon as the merchandise reaches $10. Either door lets you through, and you do not have to pad an order with pieces you have no use for just to satisfy a rule.

Artwork, and where the cut actually falls

Die cut means the blade follows the outline of your design rather than boxing it into a rectangle. The shape you send is the shape you get, and the square inch figure that prices the job is taken from the box that shape sits inside, not from the ink coverage within it. That matters when you are laying out lettering for glass, because a long thin word costs less area than the same word set inside a badge or a roundel. If you are undecided between two layouts, work out the area of both before you commit.

Distance, and the places immediately around you

The shop is 23.2 miles east of Mount Vernon in a straight line. Several of the places we also cover sit far closer to you than we do: New Rochelle at 2.9 miles, Yonkers at 3.4, the Bronx at 5.0, Manorhaven at 8.0 and Kings Point at 8.4. Everything is printed and cut at our single storefront at 205 East Main Street in Huntington, New York, and we ship anywhere in the United States, with free pickup at the counter for anyone who would rather come to us.

Four shopkeepers, four different orders

You are fitting out a storefront for the first time and the glass is still bare. Start with the door, not the window. Your name, a payment notice and a push or pull marker are the three that customers look for first, and all three are small enough to sit in the lower bands without much outlay.

You have a sign already and you want the glass to match it. Send the same artwork file the sign came from. Working from the original rather than from a photograph of the finished sign keeps the letterforms and the colours consistent across the frontage, and it saves you from redrawing a logo you already own.

You run a counter inside somebody else's building and your frontage is one pane of glass. Your whole identity is fighting for a few square inches, so measure the usable pane before you design rather than after. A decal built to the space reads better than a larger one trimmed down to fit it.

You are replacing decals that have been on the door a while and you want the same thing again. Send the artwork rather than describing the old set. If you are ordering the same design in the same size, the worked example above will tell you what the new count costs before you reach checkout.

Questions people ask before ordering

Which ZIP code should I use if my Mount Vernon shop sits right on the line between 10552 and 10553? Use the one the postal service has assigned to your street address, even if the neighbouring code is physically nearer. All three codes are handled identically at our end, so an honest address beats a tidy looking one.

What does 100 of the 1.5 by 1.5 inch decal cost for a Mount Vernon window? That size is 2.25 square inches, and 100 pieces puts you in the 26 cent band, so each decal is $0.58 and the run is $58.50.

I only need eight decals for the door of my Mount Vernon shop. Is that enough to place an order? It can be. The minimum is met at 10 or more pieces or at $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first, so eight qualifies as soon as the merchandise total reaches $10. Eight small ones might not get there, and eight larger ones will.

Do you cover the places next to Mount Vernon as well? Yes. New Rochelle sits 2.9 miles from you, Yonkers 3.4, the Bronx 5.0, Manorhaven 8.0 and Kings Point 8.4, and all of them are priced off the same bands.

Why does going from 50 to 100 decals for my Mount Vernon frontage change the piece price so little? Because those two counts sit in neighbouring bands rather than at opposite ends of the scale. Fifty pieces is 28 cents per square inch and a hundred is 26, so the 1.5 inch square moves from $0.63 to $0.58. The total still roughly doubles, from $31.50 to $58.50, since you are buying twice as many.