![]() Pin companies know customers what pins cheap so they advertise cheap pins. The moral to the story is, cheap is merely a marketing ploy. Either will look exactly the same when finished. You cannot tell the different when the pin is finished because of the gold or silver plating. Iron is less expensive than brass or copper. Metal: this is probably the most legitimate are that can be changed to make a pin less expensive. So cheaper didn’t make it lesser quality, it just made it different. If you asked 10 people, 5 would prefer soft enamel and 5 would prefer hard enamel. This extra step in labor makes hard enamel more expensive, but choosing hard enamel over soft enamel isn’t choosing quality it is choosing preference. Hard enamel vs Soft enamel: soft enamel is cheaper than hard enamel because hard enamel is hardened by heat and then polished off smooth. But, this is not common so you still get a quality pin. If you want a pin that has more substance you can make the pin thicker for an increase in price. Thickness: standard pins are 1.2 to 1.5mm thick. ![]() Here are some tips that might further explain pin quality. A pin is a pin is a pin and there aren’t many things that can be substituted to make it cheaper. So, what cheap means in the custom pin world is the pin company is taking less profit. There just isn’t anything that you can skimp on or substitute for to make a pin less quality. However, custom enamel pins are different. ![]() If you were buying a vacuum, cheap would translate into lesser quality materials such as cheaper plastic vs metal, wheels that don’t rotate well, suction that literally sucks in two different ways, and fewer attachments that might be included on a more expensive vacuum. We are a society that wants the cake and to eat it too.Ĭheap and quality don’t always go hand in hand, but in the case of enamel pins they do. Most people want quality pins cheap, which is very understandable. Just for comparison, if you ordered 10,000 pins the piece price would be about $0.74 cents or less depending on size. So, when evaluating why enamel pins are so expensive, remember the mold cost, and buy in bulk to lower the piece price. If you ordered 100 pins, the average cost per pin would drop to about $2.50 per pin. But again, the custom pin company has to cover the cost of design, manufacturing and shipping when ordering 50 pins you likely would pay about $250. If the mold costs $50 each pin would cost $1.00 per pin. This spread the mold cost over many pins instead of just one and reduces the overall cost of the pins. ![]() Most people are not willing to pay $100 for a single enamel pin, so companies set a minimum order of 50-100 pieces. In addition, the custom pin company has to also cover the cost of design, manufacturing and shipping, so to order one pin you most likely would pay about $100, and that is one expensive pin. If you only order one pin, you would pay a minimum of $50 to cover the cost of the mold. Most people order small quantities so the price per pin may seem high, but it is because they are paying to create a mold and spreading the cost over few pins.Ī typical enamel pin mold costs $50. And, since the mold is the most expensive part, the fewer pins you make the more expensive the pins will be. It doesn’t matter whether you make one pin or 1000 pins, the mold costs the same. Enamel pins are expensive because you must create a mold in order to produce an enamel pin.
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