Project record
The lead arrived already knowing its own event
A 12U softball team bound for the Softball World Series. The event, the size and the artwork all arrived on the enquiry form before anyone spoke.
Senoia · GA · Metro AtlantaSoftball World Series confirmed
- Size
- 2.0"
- Pin type
- Standard pins
- Process
- Soft enamel
The brief
The customer named their event on the quote form before anyone picked up the phone: Softball World Series.
How the design got made
- Beat 1
Arrived through Google Ads on the softball pins page with the logo already attached
- Beat 2
Answered the same morning with a full ladder: 2 inch base, spinner as an upgrade, glitter per colour
- Beat 3
Customer asked to add glitter to the design
- Beat 4
Ordered at 2 inch with one glitter colour, proof D1A
The full account
Everything was in the form
Most enquiries need a conversation before you know what the job is. This one did not.
The quote form arrived on a Monday morning carrying the size, the logo, and — in a field most people leave blank — the reason:
Why do you need the pins for? Softball World Series
The team was going to a World Series and said so at the moment of first contact. No inference, no folder name, no guessing.
Priced in three and a half hours
The reply went out the same morning with the full ladder rather than a single number:
- 2 inch soft enamel, 200 pins — $2.49 each
- Add a spinner — +$0.65 per pin
- Add glitter — +$0.10 per pin, per glitter colour
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.
That is the clearest statement of add-on pricing anywhere in the library, and it settles a common misunderstanding: a spinner is not an accessory bolted onto a pin. It is a different build of the pin itself, priced per unit like any other spec.
The customer came back asking to see glitter on the design. The order went in at 2 inch with one glitter colour, proof D1A.
Six weeks, not three
The enquiry landed on 31 March. The purchase order was raised on 13 May — six weeks later, comfortably inside the window where there is no delivery charge and no rush fee.
That is what ordering early buys, and it is why this record is worth showing to a team still deciding.
Specification
| Team | AP Pope 12U |
|---|---|
| Sport | Softball |
| Size | 2.0" |
| Fill | soft enamel |
| Pin type | Standard pins |
| Finish options | 1 glitter colour |
| Banner included | No |
| Event | Softball World Series |
| Event confirmed | Yes |
| City | Senoia |
| State | GA |
| County | Coweta County |
| Region | Metro Atlanta |
| Inquiry | 2026-03-31T08:01 |
What this price was quoted under
- $2.49 / pin2.0" · 200 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
- March 31, 2026
- For quantity
- 200 pins
- At size
- 2.0"
- Build
- soft enamel
- Finishes
- 1 glitter colour
- 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
Glitter is a finish, so it applies to any pin type — standard, spinner or slider alike. It is mixed into the enamel of a chosen colour rather than applied on top, so it will not rub off.
It is specified per colour: one glitter colour, or several. Commonly it lands on a single accent area — the shape of a state, a star, a puck. A 1,500-pin association order ran one glitter colour across the whole run; another design used gold glitter only on the state-shaped element.
Sourced — Multiple 2025–26 orders
A spinner pin is a construction type, not an accessory. An element of the design — usually a round logo, a puck or a ball — is mounted on a rivet so it rotates in place. It reads as a fidget as much as a badge, which is exactly why players trade for them.
Because it changes how the pin is built, it carries its own per-pin price. On a 2.5-inch soft enamel order at 250 pieces the quote was $3.44 per pin standard against $4.09 per pin as a spinner. That team chose standard construction and spent the difference on putting every player's number on the pin instead.
Sourced — Philadelphia 13U AA order, December 2025
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
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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