Custom Pin-Back Buttons for Garden City

From this far out, the honest question is whether you would rather collect the buttons in person or pay to have them sent, and there is no universally correct answer. Collection costs nothing on top of the buttons themselves. Shipping is a flat charge that depends only on how many buttons are on the order, not on where in Nassau County they are going. Most people placing a workplace order from Garden City end up choosing on convenience rather than money, because on a large order the postage is a small slice of the total. This page lays out both routes with real figures so the choice can be made once and then forgotten.

Collection or shipping, with the actual numbers

Shipping is charged in flat tiers based on the total number of buttons on the order. Up to 100 buttons is $9.99. Up to 250 is $14.99. Up to 500 is $19.99. Up to 1000 is $24.99. That is the entire structure. There is no per item postage, no weight calculation and no surcharge that appears later. Collecting in person removes the charge altogether, which counts for most on a small order where $9.99 sits next to a modest subtotal. On a several hundred button order for an office the postage is a minor line, and the decision comes down to who is willing to go and fetch a box.

No ZIP code on file, so the street line does the work

There is no ZIP code recorded on our system for Garden City, which is worth knowing before you reach the address step. Nothing is wrong and nothing is missing. Orders here are keyed to the street address exactly as you type it, so the street line, the building and any suite, floor or unit are what carry the order. Write the address the way your mail arrives at the office: full street line first, then the suite or floor, then the department or the name of the person who will sign for the box. A line that would get a letter to your desk will get a carton of buttons to your desk.

Five sizes, and the bands they share

We make round pin-back buttons in five sizes and nothing else. The 1.5 inch button is $1.89 each. The 2.25 inch button is $1.99 each. The 3 inch button is $2.49 each. Up to 99 of a size the rate is the one listed, and at 100 of that size it comes down 20 percent. Twenty five pays the listed rate. A thousand of one size is past the ceiling, so that one is quoted rather than priced automatically. Every button is printed in full colour from artwork you upload, so a three colour design and a photographic one cost the same. Choose the size by the artwork rather than the budget: 1 inch and 1.25 inch hold a symbol or an initial, 1.5 inch holds a symbol and a short word, 2.25 inch holds a symbol and a line of text, and 3 inch holds a symbol, a line of text and a department name underneath it. Below those sit two smaller sizes: the 1 inch at $1.49 and the 1.25 inch at $1.69.

What a 251 button order actually costs

Take a common shape for an office order: 251 of the 2.25 inch button. At $1.49 each, the 250 to 499 band, earned by that size's own count, that is $373.99 in buttons. The order sits in the up to 500 shipping tier, so postage is $19.99, and the order comes to $393.98 before tax. Now look at that quantity again. At 250 buttons the order falls into the up to 250 tier and postage drops to $14.99, a saving of $5.00. At one the 2.25 inch is $1.99 each. At 250 it is $1.49 each, because that count reaches the 250 to 499 band. The only thing that moved is the postage tier. If your headcount plus a handful of spares lands you at 251 or 252, it is worth asking whether those last one or two are genuinely needed, because a quantity sitting just over a tier line is the one place where a small change to the order changes the total out of all proportion to its size.

Artwork for an awareness month

Awareness month designs tend to be a ribbon or a simple mark, a slogan and sometimes a date range or a hashtag. Two things are worth checking before you upload. First, contrast: a pale ribbon on a pale background reads on a monitor at full screen and disappears at 1.5 inches across a corridor. Second, the edge: a button curves over its rim, so anything tight against the outside of your artwork wraps around the side and out of view. Keep the mark and the words toward the middle. If a slogan is long, the larger sizes give it room, and since the gap between them is sixty cents a button, that call is about legibility rather than cost.

Where this town sits on the map

This is one of the further points we cover in Nassau County, at 16.4 miles from the shop in a straight line to the south west. That is distance on a map, not a route. We also cover several neighbours within a couple of miles: Mineola at 1.6 miles, Garden City South at 1.7 miles, Garden City Park at 2.0 miles, Carle Place at 2.0 miles and Williston Park at 2.1 miles. Those similar names are a second reason to be careful with the address line: an order naming only a town and a street can look plausible for more than one of them.

Four people who tend to place this order

The organiser running the month. You are the one who put your hand up at a meeting, and now you own a design, a headcount and a date. What you need from this page is a number you can put in an email today: quantity times unit price, plus one shipping tier, and that is the total.

The person holding the budget line. You need the figure before approval, not after. The unit price is fixed, so the only variables are size, quantity and which of the four shipping tiers your quantity lands in. Nothing else gets added between the quote and the charge except tax.

The colleague doing the design. You have the brand file on hand and you are being asked to adapt it. The things that matter here are contrast at small sizes and keeping the outer ring of the artwork clear, because the print wraps over the curve of the button.

The one avoiding the postage. If somebody on the team is willing to come and collect, the shipping charge disappears entirely, whichever tier the order would have fallen into. On a 251 button order that is $19.99 back.

Questions we get asked

Do you ship to Garden City, or do we have to collect?

Both are available. Shipping is charged at the flat tier for your quantity, from $9.99 up to $24.99. Collecting in person removes that charge entirely.

Your form has no ZIP code on file for Garden City. Will that hold up my order?

No. Orders here go by the street address you enter, so as long as the street line, the building and the suite or floor are correct, the absence of a ZIP on our records changes nothing.

Our Garden City office is one tenant in a shared building. What should the address line say?

Put the full street line, then the suite, unit or floor, then the department or the name of the person who will receive the box. With no ZIP on file for the town, that detail is what separates your office from the others at the door.

We want 251 of the 2.25 inch buttons for a Garden City workplace. Is there a cheaper way to order that?

251 at $1.49 each, the 250 to 499 band, earned by that size's own count, is $373.99, and postage at that quantity is $19.99, so the total is $393.98 before tax. Ordering 250 instead keeps you in the $14.99 shipping tier and saves $5.00. The buttons are the same price either way.

Does a larger order lower the price per button for a Garden City workplace?

Yes, within a single size. There are three steps, at 100, 250 and 500 of a single size, worth 20, 25 and 30 percent. Discounts are worked out per size, and the first one lands at 100 of that size. The order has two step functions in it now, the rate band and the shipping tier.