Jre said:
Wow very nice and professional work. The warning/reward sticker is just awesome. The cost seems a little bit high, but maybe understandable considering that you are working alone on this.
Just wanna know about the material, before placing an order, could the arm stickers potentially be removed and placed back on the sticker sheet for later use (if I wanted to rotate between color themes)?
Edit: Missed the part that says "Stickers are designed for one time use, but are repositionable." But does this mean you can, or can't? Sorry long day...
Jre, Good questions and comments- and if one person says it, others are probably thinking it, so worthy of comment:
The cost seems high for a dozen little stickers, until you break down what it takes to make 'em:
Each order is a new file, and there isn't a fancy integrated database that automatically handles and prints your order. To make these stickers, I take each order and check spelling and order errors (don't want to send them twice!)- things like duplicates, extra characters/numerals, mis spelled common words etc. Then copy the numbers and text to the print file, and output to the printer after loading material and print foils. Then, move to plotter and align registration marks, cut shapes and pull off to trim each order into an envelope with a printed sheet of thanks and instruction, write the address on the envelope and pull out a Johnny Cash or similar postage stamp. Drop 'em off at the post office before 4 pm so they go in the same days mail stream.
If I was making one set of these for one customer, the time and material would easily run around $100 for a prototype print of this quality and such a small run. By somewhat standardizing the layout and offering some personalization, we can lower the price to where it's at, so I'm thinking that this is a discounted price in the world of custom printing small run graphics- it's all perspective!
Unfortunately (or fortunately) this isn't high production, and each order is personally handled to be accurate. It's a whole new perspective for me, having made big commercial signs for the last 20 years, but it's slow here after the flooding in September and this could be helpful to the bottom line? So, totally worthwhile- and very cool to see how far and wide these stickers are traveling- all over the world!
As to deals that a few have asked about? I have posted a couple of bonus offers, if you order all sets at the same time, or multiples of the color arm stickers:
http://www.signsoflife.net/phantom-graphics.php
Have an idea for a cool sticker? Send me an email or PM. I have a few that I'm working on that should be online Monday or Tuesday thanks to suggestions- stay tuned! Also more patterns for the arm stickers that have been popular.
All of that said, it's fun putting together little things that can make the Phantom look even better, and I'm pleased to hear that the personal touch has been appreciated by many of you, which is encouragement enough to keep up that detail.
Thanks, and Merry Christmas! (Must start/finish shopping today for wife) Back to stickers on Monday.
Mark
Here's a little webpage for my hobby:
http://www.estespk.com/
And the sticker page:
http://www.signsoflife.net/phantom-graphics.php