Project record
Approved on the first proof.
275 pins, one design, no revision rounds — and the order that earned a much larger one two years later.
NC
- Quantity
- 275 pins
- Size
- 2.0"
- Pin type
- Standard pins
- Process
- Die struck soft enamel
The brief
275 pins, approved on the first proof — and two years later the same club came back for eleven hundred.
How the design got made
- Beat 1
Single design, two inch, die struck soft enamel, nickel plated
- Beat 2
Approved at V1A - the first proof, with no revision rounds
- Beat 3
$2.35 a pin at 275
- Beat 4
Ordered two days after the first enquiry
- Beat 5
The club returned in 2025 for a Cooperstown order four times the size
The full account
An unremarkable order
275 pins. Two inch. Die struck soft enamel, nickel plated. $2.35 a pin.
Price shown is what this order was quoted at, for this quantity, size and specification, on this date. It is not a current price list.
Approved at V1A — the first proof. No revision rounds, no back and forth about colours, no size debate. Two days from first enquiry to purchase order.
There is genuinely nothing dramatic here, and that is the reason the page exists.
Why a boring order matters
Most of this library is built from the interesting cases: the negotiations, the rare-pin tiers, the customer who asked whether 75 of the 200 could say something different. Those pages are useful because they show judgement being exercised.
This one shows what it looks like when nothing needs deciding. A team sent a logo, got a proof, said yes, and had pins.
Approving on the first proof is not luck. It usually means the brief was clear, the artwork was usable, and the expectations were realistic — a two inch pin with a team logo on it, which is what the overwhelming majority of trading pins are.
The part that happened later
Two years after this order, the same club came back:
"I am interested in getting a quote for 1100 pins for Cooperstown this summer. We have used your company before a few years ago"
Eleven hundred pins. Four times the size, for Cooperstown.
That is what this 275-pin order bought — not just the pins, but the second conversation. A club that has a straightforward experience once does not shop around the next time; it opens with what it wants and a reference to the last order.
Why this one is here
Because the honest version of a project library includes the ordinary jobs. Not every order is a story. Some are just a team that needed 275 pins and got them, and came back when it mattered more.
Specification
| Team | Carolina Bulls |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Quantity | 275 |
| Size | 2.0" |
| Process | die struck |
| Fill | soft enamel |
| Pin type | Standard pins |
| Banner included | No |
| State | NC |
| Inquiry | 2023-05-09 |
What this price was quoted under
- $2.35 / pin2.0" · 275 pins
Price shown is what this order was quoted at, for this quantity, size and specification, on this date. It is not a current price list.
- Quoted on
- May 10, 2023
- For quantity
- 275 pins
- At size
- 2.0"
- Build
- die struck soft enamel
- Excludes
- delivery charge, rush fee, import tariff
The banner threshold
This order sat under the threshold, so no banner was included. At the time the line fell at 1,000 pins at 2.0 inches or larger: the size step cost $0.20 more per pin — $1.07 to $1.27 — and brought a free 3ft × 6ft banner plus 100 bonus gold-metal or blackout pins with it.
Worth checking before you commit to a quantity: the bigger pin is frequently the cheaper total order.
quoted for this order onlyAbout the prices on this page
Every figure here is taken from a real quote for a real order. That is the point of it — and also the reason it will not match what you are quoted.
- Quantity moves the price more than anything else
- Size and build are priced separately
- Turnaround changes the total
- Import tariffs apply and are disclosed on the quote
- These are historical
Questions this order answers
Say so up front. Artwork is kept on file, so a repeat order can start from your existing design instead of a blank page, and a reorder that reuses the same die skips the mould charge.
Several accounts here have ordered across two, three and four seasons — and reference to a previous pin is often the fastest way to explain what you want.
Sourced — Multiple repeat accounts, 2022–2026
No. Every figure in this library is what one team was quoted for one order, on the day they asked. It is published as a record, not as a price list.
Quantity and size move it most: the break runs about $0.20 per pin for every hundred pins, and the range here goes from a 1,500-pin corporate run at 1.25 inch to a 3 inch dangler with glitter. Pin type and finish are priced per pin on top of that — a spinner was $0.65 more per pin on one order, glitter is $0.10 per pin per glitter colour.
Timing is separate again. Six weeks ahead of your date carries no delivery or rush charge; four weeks adds a $40 delivery charge; three weeks adds $40 plus a $75 rush fee. The pins are manufactured in China and are subject to US import tariffs, disclosed on the quote rather than at invoice.
For a price that applies to your order, send your quantity, size and in-hands date and we will quote it.
Sourced — Quoted ladders and fee schedule across the AP Pope, Corona Avengers and Brainerd AHA threads, 2025–2026
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