Custom Die-Cut Stickers for Oakdale, New York

What does a school fundraiser in Oakdale actually pay for a box of custom buttons?

The answer is short, and it is the same answer whether the order is eighty buttons or a thousand. Sizes are priced separately, so it is a hundred of one size that earns the break. The 1.5 inch is $1.89 each. The 2.25 inch is $1.99 each. The 3 inch is $2.49 each. There is a reason to round up now, but only one. Landing on 100, 250 or 500 of one size moves every button of that size onto a lower rate. The only number that changes as the order grows is a flat shipping charge, which steps up in bands based on the total count. That makes the math on a fundraiser worksheet simple: multiply one price, then add one shipping figure. Smaller again are the 1 inch at $1.49 and the 1.25 inch at $1.69.

Five names on the same short list

There is an unusual thing about this corner of Suffolk County, and it shapes how these orders tend to come together. The five nearest places we also write pages for all sit inside a 2.7 mile radius. West Sayville is 1.6 miles out. North Great River is 2.2 miles. Bohemia is 2.4 miles. Sayville is 2.5 miles. East Islip is 2.7 miles. A group ordering from the 11769 ZIP is rarely ordering for one set of doors only, and the buttons that come out of an Oakdale order often end up in hands from any of those five. Nothing about the order changes based on which of them the box is meant for. The price per button is identical, the sizes are identical, and the shipping band is worked out from the total button count on the order, not from how many places the buttons are later handed out in.

How far the buttons travel

The straight line distance is 16.8 miles, south east of the shop. That is worth knowing for one reason only: it tells you this is a shipped order rather than a walk across the parking lot, so the flat shipping band belongs in your budget from the start. It does not change the cost of a single button.

Five sizes, and what each one is really for

The 1.5 inch is the handout size. It pins to a lanyard or a backpack strap without weighing anything down, and it is the one that goes out by the tray at a table. Its print area is small, so a design that leans on a line of text under a logo tends to lose the text. A mascot head, a single letter, a year, a two word chant: those hold up at that diameter.

The 2.25 inch is the one most groups land on. There is room for a logo plus a short line beneath it, and it still reads as a button rather than a badge.

The 3 inch is the biggest, and the reason to pick it is print area, not presence. A full crest, a team photo, a roster name under a number, a design with real detail in it: all of that needs the 3 inch to survive the shrink. The listed rate holds from one button up to ninety-nine of that size.

Everything is printed in full colour from artwork you upload. Nothing is redrawn or simplified on our end, so what you send is what gets printed.

Where the shipping bands fall, and the one place to look twice

Shipping is flat and set by the total number of buttons on the order:

• up to 100 buttons, $9.99
• up to 250 buttons, $14.99
• up to 500 buttons, $19.99
• up to 1000 buttons, $24.99

Worked through with real numbers, a run of 500 of the 3 inch button at $1.74 each, the published 500 to 999 figure, is $870.00 in buttons. An order of that size falls in the $19.99 band, so the order comes to $889.99 before tax.

Notice where 500 sits. It is the last count in its band. A group that pads a 500 count up to 505 or 510 because somebody suggested a few spares has pushed the whole order into the $24.99 band for the sake of a handful of buttons. That is not a reason to come up short on a count you actually need, but it is a reason to look at the number before you submit. The button price is doing nothing at that boundary. Two designs at the same size count as one quantity for the discount.

Counting heads without guessing

Designs at the same size pool for the discount and different sizes never do, so a mixed order does not combine its way into a band. What you do lose by splitting is a second shipping charge, since each order carries its own band. Two orders of 250 pay a shipping charge twice. One order of 500 pays it once. Four bands per size, with the boundaries at 100, 250, 500 and 1,000.

For the treasurer with a line item to defend

You can hand the board a number before anything is designed. Pick a size, pick a count, multiply, add the band. Everything up to 999 of a size is priced automatically, and a thousand of one size is where a person takes over. If the count changes at the next meeting, the only thing you recalculate is whether the new total crossed a shipping band.

For the parent collecting artwork from a committee

If four people each want their design represented, that works, and it does not change the price. Multiple designs on one order still bill at the per button rate you can look up for whichever size you choose. The shipping band is calculated on the combined count.

For the spirit committee that wants the mascot to read across a gym

Go to the 3 inch. Detail that looks obvious on a laptop screen is the first thing to disappear at 1.5 inch, and a crest with a motto ribbon in it needs the space.

For the group running a giveaway table

The 1.5 inch at $1.89 is the size that makes a giveaway count work, since the per button figure holds no matter how deep the tray gets. Build the count off how many people you expect to reach, then check which shipping band that count lands in before you finalise it.

Common questions

Our Oakdale PTA needs 500 of the 3 inch button for a fundraiser. What is the total?

$870.00 for the buttons at $1.74 each, the published 500 to 999 figure, plus $19.99 flat shipping, which is $889.99 before tax.

If our Oakdale order goes from 500 buttons up to 520, what actually changes?

The discount comes off the per button figure first, then multiplies by the count. The two things a bigger count changes are the band each size is priced in and the one shipping charge on the order.

We want three different designs in one Oakdale order. Does that raise the per button price?

No. The size changes the rate and so does the count, but they are independent: pick the size for the artwork and let the count do what it does. The shipping band is set by the combined button count.

Can an Oakdale order be split so part of it goes to a group in West Sayville?

Splitting a run across designs is free as long as the designs are the same size. Each order carries its own flat shipping charge, so splitting adds a second shipping line rather than reducing anything.

We only need 80 buttons for one Oakdale classroom. Does a run that small cost more per button?

Yes, and it is worth knowing where the steps are. The saving is 20 percent from 100 of a size, 25 percent from 250 and 30 percent from 500, applied automatically by the count. A small run pays the same $1.49, $1.69, $1.89, $1.99 or $2.49 as any other. An 80 button order sits in the $9.99 shipping band.