Die-Cut Stickers for Muttontown, New York

A 1.5 by 1.5 inch die-cut sticker comes to $0.58 each at 200 pieces, which is $117.00 for the run, and $0.54 each at 250 pieces, which is $135.00. That one pair of figures explains most of how ordering here works. A 1.5 by 1.5 inch shape is 2.25 square inches, stickers are priced by the square inch, and the rate steps down as the piece count rises, so the 200 piece run bills at 26 cents a square inch and the 250 piece run at 24 cents. The bigger order costs more in total and less per sticker. Whether the step is worth taking depends on whether you have somewhere to put the extra fifty.

That is the whole calculation. Two numbers go in, the finished size of the shape and how many of them you want, and a price comes out. A square mark and a mark cut around its own outline occupy the same square inches and cost the same, so the decision in front of you is about size and count rather than about which drawing you send.

How the rate steps down

There are six rate bands and they all describe cents per square inch. One to 24 pieces is 35 cents, 25 to 49 is 30 cents, 50 to 99 is 28 cents, 100 to 249 is 26 cents, 250 to 499 is 24 cents, and at 500 it is 22 cents. The band is set by the number of pieces on the order, and the price of any one sticker is its own square inches multiplied by whichever rate the order has earned.

This matters most for small shapes. A 1.5 by 1.5 inch sticker is little enough that the gap between 35 cents and 22 cents a square inch is pennies on a single piece and real money across a few hundred. On a larger decal, say one sized for the middle of a door, the same few cents of rate movement swings the per piece figure much harder, because there are many more square inches for it to act on.

The place where the count is worth a second look

Look again at the worked example. Two hundred pieces sits inside the 100 to 249 band at 26 cents, giving $0.58 a sticker and $117.00 for the run. Two hundred and fifty crosses into the next band at 24 cents, giving $0.54 a sticker and $135.00. If your count lands at 200, 220 or 240, it is worth asking whether you can use 250. If it lands at 90 the same question applies at the 100 piece line, and at 480 it applies at the 500 line.

Where you sit in relation to the counter

Muttontown lies 8.9 miles south west of our shop on East Main Street in

Huntington, measured as a straight line rather than as any route you would take. The more useful geography is closer in. Syosset and Jericho sit at exactly the same remove, 2.5 miles each, on opposite sides. Old Westbury is 3.6 miles out, and Hicksville and Locust Valley are both 3.9. If you run more than one storefront, those five are all places we cover, and a single order can carry decals meant for more than one of them.

What the shape is doing on the glass

A die cut follows the outline you give it rather than a rectangle drawn around it, which is the reason a mark reads as a mark on glass instead of as a panel stuck to a window. Send the artwork with the outline you want cut, at a size you have measured against the glass. Hold a ruler to the door before you decide. A mark that looks right on a screen is very often half or double the size it should be once it is standing at the height of a door handle.

Addressing an order

We keep no ZIP list of our own for Muttontown, so orders travel on the street address you type at checkout. Write it as you would on your own mail, suite or unit number included if the storefront has one, and that is what goes on the label. If you would rather come to the counter in Huntington and take the box yourself, local pickup is free, and we ship within the United States.

The ten piece line

An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces, or at $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first. That is a qualifying line rather than a price floor, so a single large decal reaching $10 of merchandise on its own is an order, and so is a handful of small ones reaching 10 pieces without reaching $10.

Four kinds of order these usually are

If you are opening a second door and want the two entrances to match, order both sets at once rather than in two runs. The count on one order sets the rate for every piece on it, and two small runs placed apart are two small runs at two small run rates.

If you are putting up a panel listing when the shop is open, keep the type larger than instinct suggests and the shape simple. Text cut to its own outline is read from the pavement, not from arm's length, and the smallest characters on it decide how far back that reading can start.

If you want one mark repeated the length of a window, count the repeats before you price anything. A run of the same small shape is the case where the band structure pays, because the count climbs and the square inches per piece stay low.

If you are ordering for a shop with a printed mark on its signage, send us the artwork file the sign came from where you still have it. A decal cut from the original outline sits beside existing signage far better than one traced back off a photograph.

Questions people ask before ordering

Can I collect a Muttontown order at the Huntington shop instead of having it sent? Yes. Local pickup at the counter on East Main Street is free, and you are welcome to choose it whatever the size of the order.

My Muttontown order has come out at 200 pieces. Should I make it 250? At 200 the rate is 26 cents a square inch, which puts a 1.5 by 1.5 inch sticker at $0.58 and the run at $117.00. At 250 the rate is 24 cents, the same sticker is $0.54 and the run is $135.00. If you can use fifty more, take the step. If you cannot, there is no reason to buy stock you will not put up.

What address should I put on a Muttontown order? The full street address as you would write it on your own mail. There is no ZIP code held on file at our end, so whatever you enter at checkout is what is printed on the label.

Can one Muttontown order mix a large door decal with smaller window stickers? It can. Each piece is priced on its own square inches, and the total number of pieces on the order is what sets the rate band, so the small ones help the large one and the large one helps the small ones.

I only need eight decals for a Muttontown storefront. Is that enough to order? It is enough if those eight reach $10 of merchandise between them, since the order qualifies on either 10 pieces or $10, whichever arrives first. If eight pieces fall short of $10, add two more and the piece count carries it.