Die-cut stickers and labels for Franklin Square, New York

A 2.5 by 2.5 inch die-cut sticker is $1.63 each at 100 pieces, so the hundred comes to $162.50. Take the same square up to 250 pieces and each one falls to $1.50, which puts the run of 250 at $375.00. That is the whole calculation. The finished size, against the number of pieces on the order, and nothing added for the shape of the cut. What that buys you is the ability to try a size on paper before committing to it. Trim the square by half an inch in each direction and at the same hundred pieces it is $1.04 apiece instead of $1.63.

One quirk is worth knowing before you start typing an address. Franklin Square has no ZIP code of its own on file with us, which sounds like it ought to cause trouble and does not. Orders go by street address: the house number, the street name and the state are what we print and what the carrier reads. If the checkout's address lookup fills a code into the ZIP field on its own, leave it there. Nothing about the order changes and nothing about the price moves.

Where the price steps down

The price per piece is the only thing that changes with quantity, and it moves in six steps. On that 2.5 inch square it is $2.19 at 1 to 24 pieces, $1.88 at 25 to 49, $1.75 at 50 to 99, $1.63 at 100 to 249, $1.50 at 250 to 499 and $1.38 at 500. Every piece is billed at the step the whole order lands on, so it is worth counting first and sizing second. A run of 24 and a run of 25 sit one piece apart and thirty one cents apart.

Sizing a label for a jar or a bottle

Size is the lever, so measure the container rather than guess. A straight sided jar with a two inch face takes a 1.75 inch square comfortably, which is 80 cents each at a hundred pieces. A bottle that wants a wraparound band is a different shape entirely: a 2 by 6 inch rectangle is $3.12 each at the same count. Rounds, ovals and irregular outlines are all priced on the space they take up, so a circle instead of a square is a design decision rather than a budget one.

Artwork, and where the cut line goes

Send the design at the finished size, or tell us the size to bring it to. A die cut follows the outline of the art, so the thing to decide is whether the cut hugs the artwork or sits out from it with a border. An eighth of an inch of border around a busy design gives the eye somewhere to rest and makes the label easier to peel and place on a curved surface. If your design has a defined outline, say so and we will cut to it. If not, we will propose one and show you first. Text running close to the edge is the usual thing we flag.

The minimum is a door, not a floor

An order qualifies at 10 or more pieces or at $10 of merchandise, whichever you reach first. It is not a price floor and it is not a fee. Ten tiny labels clear it on count alone, and a single large piece clears it on value. So a first batch can be genuinely small, which is the sensible way to test a size and a cut line before committing to a quantity.

The shop, and what is close by

Everything is printed and cut at one address, 205 East Main Street in Huntington. Franklin Square sits 19.3 miles to the south west of it in a straight line. Several places we also cover are far closer to you, measured the same way: Garden City South at 1.2 miles, West Hempstead at 1.4, Malverne at 1.5, Elmont at 1.7 and Lakeview at 2.1. Orders across Nassau County and the rest of the United States go out by post, and pickup at the shop is free if you would rather come to the counter.

Four people who order this way

The home producer with one product. One jar, one recipe, one label, and the question is how many to commit to. At 2.5 inches square, 100 pieces is $162.50 and 250 is $375.00, so the larger run buys two and a half times the labels for a little over twice the money.

The home producer with a range. Three flavours, three designs, one order. Each design is priced on the number of pieces you take of it, so three lots of 85 are priced as three runs of 85 rather than as one run of 255.

The person renaming or reformulating. A recipe changes, an ingredient list has to be redone, and the old label no longer matches. This is the case for a deliberately small first run: clear the 10 piece minimum, check the new wording at actual size on the actual container, then order the quantity you meant to.

The person giving jars away. Batches for a family occasion or a gift run tend to be small and specific, and often want a date or a name on the face. Small is fine. The minimum is built to let small orders through.

Questions that come up

How do I address a Franklin Square order when there is no ZIP code on file for it?

Put the house number and street name on the first address line and the state in the state field. The street line is what we print and what the carrier goes by. If the address lookup drops a code into the ZIP field, leave it alone.

My jar label is 2.5 by 2.5 inches. What does a run of 250 to Franklin Square come to?

At that size, 250 pieces is $1.50 each, so $375.00 for the 250. The same square at 100 pieces is $1.63 each and $162.50 for the hundred.

Can one Franklin Square order carry three different label designs?

Yes. Each design is priced on its own size and on the number of pieces you take of it, so ninety, eighty and eighty are three separate runs rather than one run of 250. If the lower price per label is what you are after, a single design ordered deep is what reaches it.

I only want 10 small labels sent to Franklin Square. Is that enough to place an order?

Yes. The minimum is 10 or more pieces or $10 of merchandise, whichever comes first, so ten pieces clears it on count alone whatever the total works out to.

Garden City South and West Hempstead are both within a mile and a half of Franklin Square in a straight line. Can I have the order sent to one of those instead?

Yes. One order goes to one address, so put whichever is easiest for you in as the delivery address. Splitting a run across two addresses means two orders, and each order's price is set by its own piece count, so 250 pieces split into two lots of 125 would be billed at $1.63 a label on both.