Custom Die-Cut Stickers for Yonkers, New York

"Which ZIP code do I put on the order if our players come from all over Yonkers?" That one comes up more here than anywhere else on our list, and the answer is short: use whichever mailing address you want the box to go to. All six codes, 10701, 10702, 10703, 10705, 10707 and 10708, sit inside the area we cover, and an order addressed to one of them is priced, printed and cut exactly like an order addressed to any of the others.

Most of what follows is written with one job in mind, the job that brings team managers to a die-cut sticker shop: a run of decals for a youth sports squad. One logo, one size, one quantity, repeated. Simple to quote and simple to get wrong, so this page walks through what the numbers look like.

More ZIP codes than usual, and why it does not matter

Six postal codes for one place is a lot compared with most of the towns and villages we take orders from, and it causes some second guessing. People ask whether they need separate orders, or whether a different code means a different rate. Neither is a factor in how we quote.

Price depends on the finished size of the sticker and the number of pieces, and on nothing else. If your roster is scattered across 10703 and 10708 and a coach who lives out near 10707, you still place one order, at one quantity, to one address, and the person who placed it hands the decals out. That is the simplest path and also the cheapest, because quantity is what moves the rate.

What a run of team decals costs

Die-cut stickers are priced per square inch, and the per inch rate falls as the quantity climbs. The bands are: 35 cents per square inch 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 and up.

Take the size a team manager asks for most often, a 2 by 2 inch decal. Two inches by two inches is 4 square inches. At 100 pieces you land in the 26 cent band, so each one works out at $1.04 and the hundred comes to $104.00.

Now push the same decal to 250 pieces. The rate drops to 24 cents, so the identical 2 by 2 inch sticker is $0.96 each, and 250 of them is $240.00. You have added 150 stickers for $136.00, which is why we suggest counting the parents, the siblings and the spare sheet for the equipment bag before you settle on a number.

The smallest order we will take

There is a minimum and it is low. An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces, or at $10 of merchandise, whichever you reach first. That is a qualification, not a price floor: nothing is added and nothing is rounded up. A squad of a dozen players clears it on count alone.

Getting a team logo onto a cut line

A die cut follows a shape, so what matters most is whether your logo has a clean outline to follow. A crest, a mascot, a number inside a shield, a wordmark with a border: all of those cut well, because the edge of the artwork is obvious. What causes trouble is a logo pulled off a printed document or photographed off a jersey, where the edge is soft and the background is still attached. Send the best version you can find, and if the only copy that exists is a rough one, say so when you place the order.

Size is worth a second thought too. A crest that reads well at 3 inches can turn to mush at 1 inch, because thin outlines and small lettering do not survive the reduction. If you are unsure, order the larger size.

Where we are in relation to you

Everything is printed and cut at our shop at 205 East Main Street in Huntington, New York, which sits about 26.5 miles east of Yonkers in a straight line. That is map distance, not a route.

We take orders from much of the surrounding area too, so a club that draws from more than one place is not off the edge of our map. Mount Vernon is 3.4 miles away, the Bronx 5.9 miles, New Rochelle 6.2 miles, White Plains 10.0 miles, and Manorhaven 11.4 miles. All price from the same bands, so a combined order for two clubs is quoted as one quantity rather than two. Free pickup at the Huntington counter is there if someone is making the trip anyway, and otherwise orders ship anywhere in the United States.

Four people who tend to place this order

The team manager with a roster and a logo. You know the head count, you have the crest in some form, and you want a number you can take to the parents. Multiply the finished size in square inches by the rate for your band, then by the piece count. That is the whole calculation.

The parent who volunteered and now owns it. You did not ask for this. The decision is only two things, how big and how many, and the bands above do the rest. Pick a size the youngest sibling can recognise across a kitchen table, and count generously.

The coach running more than one squad. Two age groups with the same crest is one order, not two, as long as the artwork and size match. Combining pushes you up a band, and the saving is real: the difference between the 26 cent and 24 cent bands on a 4 square inch decal is 8 cents a piece.

The person doing a second run. A repeat batch is quoted from the same bands on its own count, so if the first run was 100 and you now need 150 more, the second batch prices on 150, not on the combined total. Worth knowing before you settle on a first number.

Questions team managers ask

Does it matter which of the six Yonkers ZIP codes I use on the order? No. All six are inside the area we cover, and none of them changes the price or the way the order is handled. Use the address you want the box sent to.

Our Yonkers squad only has 14 players, is that enough to place an order? Yes. The minimum is 10 pieces or $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first, so 14 decals clears it on count alone. Most managers order well past the roster anyway, because parents ask.

What would 250 of the 2 by 2 inch decals cost for a Yonkers team? At 250 pieces the rate is 24 cents per square inch. The decal is 4 square inches, so that is $0.96 each and $240.00 for the 250.

Can a Yonkers order be collected at the shop instead of sent? Yes. Pickup at 205 East Main Street in Huntington is free, and it is the same order either way. Choose pickup at checkout rather than a shipping method.

We also have families in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, can one Yonkers order cover them? Yes, and it is usually the better move. One order at a higher combined quantity sits in a lower per square inch band than two smaller orders placed separately, and the pieces can be split up once they arrive.