Project record
The customer drew it. We made it. Two years running.
A returning customer who authors his own pin design and sends it in for execution — and the clearest example of what a 100-piece run costs.
San Lorenzo · CA · East Bay
- Quantity
- 100 pins
- Size
- 1.5"
- Pin type
- Standard pins
- Proof rounds
- 2
The brief
A returning customer who draws his own pin and sends it in for execution — two years running.
How the design got made
- Beat 1
Second year with the same design lineage, not a fresh start
- Beat 2
Customer authored the drafts himself: 'Please review my rough draft'
- Beat 3
Sent a marked-up 2026 draft with his own edits, rather than a brief
- Beat 4
Two proofs from our artist working off his drawings — C1, then C1A
- Beat 5
'Proof # C1A has been approved for 100 pins'
- Beat 6
100 pins at $2.76 — the minimum run, priced accordingly
The full account
Who does the designing
Most orders in this collection work one way: the customer sends a logo and a description, our artist interprets it, and proofs come back for comment.
This one runs the other direction.
"Please review my rough draft…"
The customer draws the pin. He sends the drawing. Our artist produces a proof from it, he marks it up, and the second proof gets approved. In 2026 he sent a document titled BIKERDAHAN PIN 2026 - DRAFT a player's number with his own edits already made.
Two proofs, C1 and C1A, then:
"Proof # C1A has been approved for 100 pins."
That's a different service entirely. Not design — production. Both are real work, and it helps to know which one you're asking for.
Two years, one design lineage
This is the second year. The 2025 pin came first, and the 2026 order picks up from it rather than starting over.
That matters more than it sounds. When artwork exists and the customer is refining rather than inventing, a year-two order is faster and involves fewer rounds. The die is the expensive part, and a design that evolves from the previous year keeps more of that value than one redrawn from scratch.
What a hundred pins costs, and why
One hundred pins. An inch and a half. Standard construction.
$2.76 per 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.
Elsewhere in this collection a Florida city ordered 1,500 comparable pins at 75 cents. Same product, same process, nearly four times the price here.
The reason is straightforward: every custom pin needs a die cut for it, that cost is fixed, and it doesn't care how many pins come off it afterwards. At 1,500 it's a rounding error. At 100 it's most of what you're paying for.
When a hundred is still the right number
A small brand. A first run to test a design. A limited edition. Something for a specific group of people rather than a crowd.
The alternative to an expensive hundred isn't a cheap hundred — it's no pins. Worth knowing where the curve bends, though: value improves sharply between 100 and 300. If you're close to that line anyway, ask before you commit.
Specification
| Team | Bikerdahan |
|---|---|
| Quantity | 100 |
| Size | 1.5" |
| Pin type | Standard pins |
| Banner included | No |
| City | San Lorenzo |
| State | CA |
| County | Alameda County |
| Region | East Bay |
| Artwork approved | 2026-08 |
| Proof rounds | 2 |
| Multi-year account | Yes |
What this price was quoted under
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.
- For quantity
- 100 pins
- At size
- 1.5"
- 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
What the customer said
“Proof # C1A has been approved for 100 pins.”
Customer, Bikerdahan · 2026-08 · on final approval
Questions this order answers
Runs of 100 are made. Per-pin price is higher because the one-time mould cost spreads across fewer pins, so most teams find the value improves sharply between 100 and 300.
Sourced — 100-pin single-player order, 2026
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
The account usually survives it. One Philadelphia program's 2024 and 2026 orders share exactly one jersey number between them — the roster turned over almost completely and the program kept ordering, because the same coach stayed.
A Northern Virginia little league went further: the person doing the buying changed entirely between 2023 and 2026, and the account continued anyway. Keeping artwork files on record is what makes the second order faster than the first.
Sourced — Anderson Monarchs 2024/2026; ANSLL 2022–2026
Before the order goes to production, yes — changes are normal, and most designs go through two to four rounds.
Late roster changes are the common one. Tell us as soon as a number needs to come off; recomposing the layout is straightforward while the file is still open and expensive once tooling has started.
Sourced — Cooperstown 2026 order — mid-cycle roster change
Two inches or larger is the working floor for tournament trading — smaller pins get passed over. Sizes run from 2 inches up to 6.
One little league's four orders across three years show the migration in practice: they started at 1.25 inches and moved to 2.0. Larger sizes also unlock the banner threshold, which is why the bigger pin often costs less in total.
Sourced — Sizing guidance across multiple orders; Northern Virginia little league, 2022–2026
The pins are manufactured in China and are subject to US import tariffs. This is disclosed on every quote rather than surfacing at invoice.
Shipping method changes the exposure: the fastest air options are tariff-subject, while a roughly two-week freight-forwarding route avoids the tariff entirely. On a deadline with room in it, the slower route is usually the cheaper one.
Sourced — Shipping options quoted, October 2025
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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