Custom Pin-Back Buttons for Huntington Station

An order from Huntington Station is identified by the town name you type on the address line together with the ZIP code sitting next to it, and those two fields need to agree before anything else on the order matters. Three ZIP codes serve this town, so the number on its own does not settle which name belongs on the label. Write the town out in full, put the matching ZIP after it, and the order is unambiguous from the moment you place it. Everything below assumes you have done that much.

Three ZIP codes and one name to go with them

11746, 11747 and 11750 all reach Huntington Station. That is three where most of the places on this list get by with one, and it is the detail that causes the most avoidable confusion on orders from here. It matters in both directions. Going out, the label has to carry the name the carrier expects to see, and the ZIP alone will not supply it. Coming back, if you ever need to point us at your order, the ZIP is not a unique handle either, so quote the town name and the order number together.

The names around you are also close enough to be easy to mix up on a form. South Huntington, Huntington, Greenlawn, West Hills and Cold Spring Harbor are covered here as well, and each has its own page. If you are not certain which name your building sits under, use the one that appears on your own mail. We route on what you write.

The five sizes and what each one costs

There are five round pin-back buttons and nothing else. The 1.5 inch is $1.89 each. The 2.25 inch is $1.99 each. The 3 inch is $2.49 each. All five are full colour and printed from artwork you upload.

A larger count of one size cannot cost more per button than a smaller one. One prices itself at the listed rate, and a thousand of one size goes to a quote instead of an automatic price. 100, 250 and 500 of a single size are the three numbers worth knowing. Pick a size, multiply the price by the count, and that is the button cost exactly.

What separates the sizes is how much artwork stays readable. The 1.5 inch holds a single mark or two or three words. The 2.25 inch takes a logo with a short line under it. The 3 inch gives room for a logo, a line of text and a ribbon graphic without any of the three crowding the others.

A worked order at 750 of the largest size

Take 750 of the 3 inch button. At $1.74 each, the 500 to 999 rate, 30 percent off, that is $1305.00 in buttons. Flat shipping for an order of that size is $24.99, so the order comes to $1329.99 before tax.

Notice which number moved and which did not. Buy 100 of a size and all 100 are 20 percent cheaper each. The shipping fee responds to the total count and the rate band responds to each size's own count, which is the one distinction worth holding on to.

Where the shipping tiers fall

Shipping is a flat fee set by the total number of buttons on the order: $9.99 up to 100, $14.99 up to 250, $19.99 up to 500, and $24.99 up to 1000. It is charged once per order, whatever mix of sizes you have put in it.

Because the fee is flat inside each band, it is worth knowing where the boundaries sit before you settle a count. An order that lands just over 500 is in the same $24.99 band as the 750 button order above. That does not make any single button cheaper, and it should not be read that way. It only means the shipping line stops changing until the count reaches 1000.

How far south of us you are

Huntington Station sits 2.4 miles south of the shop, measured as a straight line rather than as a route. For comparison, and on the same measure, South Huntington is 1.7 miles out, Huntington is 1.8, Greenlawn is 2.3, West Hills is 2.5 and Cold Spring Harbor is 2.7. Every figure is drawn from the same point, so they are comparable with each other and with nothing else.

The practical use of that number is simple. At a distance that short, the shipping band is a choice rather than a given, since free pickup takes the fee off the total entirely.

Preparing artwork for an awareness month run

Awareness month buttons tend to be built out of three elements: a ribbon or symbol in a specific colour, an organisation name or logo, and a short line of wording. All five print in full colour, so a colour that carries meaning stays a colour rather than being approximated in a limited palette.

Two things are worth checking in the file before you upload. First, a round button has no corners, so any element you push toward the edge loses the space a rectangle would have given it. Keep type and logo marks in from the edge and let background colour do the work out there. Second, the rim curves, which means the outermost ring of your artwork wraps around the side and reads at an angle. If a tagline has to appear, the 3 inch gives it the most room to sit clear of that ring.

If you are ordering for a group that will wear these together, one file for the whole run keeps the order simple. Mixed designs are ordered as separate line items, and the shipping band still reads the total count across the order.

Who this page is written for

The workplace organiser. You volunteered to handle the awareness month display, the buttons are one item on a longer list, and you want that line settled so you can move on. Size, count, multiply. There is no pricing structure to study.

The one who has to get it approved. You need a figure before you can ask for money, and you need that figure to hold. A per button rate for your count means the number you submit is the number on the invoice, with the shipping fee as the only other line to add.

The person doing the artwork. You are not a designer, you are the one who owns the file. Work out how much has to fit, then pick the size that carries it, rather than picking a size first and cutting the wording to suit.

The one collecting rather than shipping. You have looked at the bands, seen the fee, and decided the trip suits you better. Choose pickup at checkout and that line comes off the total.

Questions we get asked

Is my ZIP enough, or do I also need to write Huntington Station on the address line?

Write both. Three ZIP codes reach this town, so the number by itself does not identify which name belongs on the label. The town name plus the matching ZIP is what makes the address unambiguous.

Does ordering more buttons lower the price per button on a Huntington Station order?

No. Two sizes on one order climb two separate ladders. The 1 inch is $1.49, the 1.25 inch is $1.69, the 1.5 inch is $1.89, the 2.25 inch is $1.99 and the 3 inch is $2.49 for a handful, and a thousand of any one of them is a quote rather than an automatic price.

What does 750 of the 3 inch button come to for a Huntington Station workplace order?

750 at $1.74 each, the 500 to 999 rate, 30 percent off, is $1305.00 in buttons. Shipping at that count is the flat $24.99 band, so the order totals $1329.99 before tax.

Our Huntington Station order is just over 500 buttons. Which shipping band does that fall into?

The $24.99 band, which runs up to 1000 buttons. Anything above 500 and up to 1000 carries the same flat shipping fee, so the count you choose inside that range changes the button total and nothing else.

Can a Huntington Station customer collect the order instead of paying a shipping band?

Yes. Pickup is free and removes the shipping fee from the total, which is worth weighing given the short straight line distance given above. Ninety-nine of a size costs more in total than a hundred of it, which is worth a second look at a boundary.