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Accessories Help Make Custom Trading Pins Exceptional

Published on June 4, 2010 in All About Pins. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , .

Pin trading is an exceptionally fun hobby enjoyed by people of all ages.  Sports teams nationwide create custom trading pins as a way of promoting teamwork, friendship, and interaction with family members and fans.  The most standout designs often feature accessories.  Here are a few of the most popular ones ordered by All About Pins customers:

  • Glitter. An economic option that fits every budget.  Glitter helps accent specific areas of a trading pin by adding something special.  We charge $0.15 per color per pin.

  • Gemstones. Gives trading pins the appearance of fine jewelry.  Gemstones come in assorted colors and cost an additional $0.25 each per pin.
  • Danglers. Dangle off the pin and are a great way to add identifying details about the team including the sport that they play, the state that they come from, and the current year.  Danglers range in price and start at $0.45 per pin.
  • Spinners. One pin is laid over another pin and spin when touched.  These items are not motorized, they are manual.  Spinners cost an additional $0.65 per pin.
  • Blinkers. Red blinking LED lights make trading pins stand out. We charge an additional $0.75 each for one blinking light and $1.25 each for two blinking lights.
  • Sliders. Sliding players, balls or tornadoes and hurricanes are common.  This accessory is slow motion.  Sliders cost an additional $0.95 per pin.
  • Bobbles. A small spring shakes giving the appearance of movement when touched.  Bobbles cost an additional $1.25 per pin.

Pin trading is a highlight at tournaments and other sports events. Athletes and fans travel from all over the world with lanyards and towels full of custom trading pins. The trading pins with the highest perceived value often include the accessories listed above.

We were able to create an enviable Spinner for the Charlotte Canes baseball team for the 2008 Cooperstown Tournament.  A touch of orange glitter helped accentuate the movable piece and make it more appealing to other teams.

We were also able to create a Slider for the Tornadoes.  We created a design that featured the year, the type of sport, and the individual player’s name.  The trading pin was a hit with the customer because of these details.

Trading pin accessories are optional but captivating.  They grab a person’s attention instantly and cause a buzz at pin trading events around the nation.  From glitter to sliding pieces, All About Pins makes every team a winner in terms of the appearance and value of their custom trading pins.

Matthew Duncan knows a thing or two about lapel pins. As Manager of All About Pins, he works directly with businesses and organizations to design custom lapel pins that exceed his customer’s expectations.

5 Ways to Prepare Yourself for Your First Pin Trading Event

Published on May 14, 2010 in All About Pins. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , .

Pin trading is a great way to promote your team to other players and a fast way to make new friends.  At tournaments like the Little League World Series and Cooperstown, pin trading events are wildly popular.  Designated trading areas are cordoned off for players, coaches, and collectors.  For novices, the atmosphere is unlike any other experience that they have ever encountered.

Pin trading is a serious business.  People from around the world travel to sports events with armloads of pins to trade.  In fact, the Olympic Games has turned pin trading into an art form.  Pins from past events are sought after by collectors.  The right pin can enhance a collection and even increase its worth substantially.

Before going to your first pin trading event, All About Pins wants to offer you some advice.  As a leader in designing and manufacturing custom trading pins, we know how competitive it can be on and off the field.  Sub par pins do not escape the scrutiny of players and sports enthusiasts.  Here is how we can help you make the most out of your first pin trading experience:

  • Think about what you would like your team’s custom trading pins to look like.  Pay careful consideration to include such details as your team’s name, hometown, colors, and mascot.  Decide whether you want the pin to have other distinctive details like glitter, blinking lights or mobile pieces.
  • Determine how many pins to order for each player.  You can do this easily by calculating the number of games or tournaments that you have throughout the season and the number of players and coaches that you have on your team.  Big tournaments require a significant number of pins.  Players typically want to have enough to cover a towel or lanyard.
  • Visit All About Pins on the web or call us toll-free at 1-866-604-9462 to discuss your design ideas with us.  In addition to presenting you with a full color digital proof, we also offer free shipping on every order.  We can take your team information and transform it into a Blinker, Spinner, Slider or Bobble Head.  We can even add glitter to specific sections of the pin as a way of enhancing its appearance.
  • Decide how each player is going to display their trading pin collection. Will they wear it on a lanyard or sling a pin covered towel over their shoulder?  Would they benefit from having a trading pin bag instead?
  • Specify where you want your order delivered.  With the rising costs of carry-on luggage making today’s headlines, it may be better for you to have your order shipped directly to your hotel.  We never charge extra for this service.  It is just one of the ways that we reward you for ordering from us.

Swapping pins with other teams for the very first time is exciting.  When equipped with the right amount of knowledge, even a novice can be wildly successful at events like the Little League World Series and Cooperstown.  Call or email us today to place your custom trading pin order.

Amanda Knight knows a thing or two about custom lapel pins. As Manager of All About Pins, she works directly with businesses and organizations to design custom lapel pins that exceed her customer’s expectations.

Limited Edition Custom Trading Pins Are Today’s Trend

Published on April 29, 2010 in All About Pins. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , .

The act of trading pins has evolved over the years.  Since the early 1980s, Little League players have been swapping pins with other teams and spectators.  At tournaments and events like Cooperstown and the Little League series, you can feel the anticipation building up around the pin trading tents.  As much a part of baseball as the sport itself, trading pins is something that children, parents, coaches, and collectors look forward to.

Having a unique design on hand can help increase your chances of going home with an enviable collection of custom trading pins from other teams.  Take your sketch or team logo and turn it into artwork that will have other players taking notice.  We offer extra features like glitter, Danglers, Spinners, Sliders, Blinkers, and Bobble Heads that can help your custom trading pin make an impression on everyone you come into contact with.

The big trend these days is having two custom trading pins for each team.  In fact, the Texas Twisters and Sandy Plain Wildcats recognized this need and contacted us with their design ideas.  Each team ordered a large number of standard trading pins to hand out to their players.  They also altered their designs ever so slightly and ordered a few hundred “limited edition” pins to increase tradability amongst teams.

Not all teams are alike and many opt to offer two entirely different designs for trading with other teams. The “limited edition” pins almost always include a few of the special features such as dangling pieces and spinning pieces.  All About Pins has a gifted group of designers who can take your sketch or team logo and turn it into a trading pin design that will have other players taking notice.  The sky is virtually the limit to the type of “limited edition” custom trading pins we can create for you and your players.

A no obligation free quote can be acquired through the All About Pins website or by calling us toll-free at 1-866-604-9462.  Our skilled sales professionals have experience working with sports teams from around the world.  We offer you 100% satisfaction with every step of the ordering process.  In addition to providing you with a free proof with unlimited revisions, we also pick up the shipping charges on all orders.  Now, that’s what we call great customer service!

Matthew Duncan knows a thing or two about lapel pins. As Manager of All About Pins, he works directly with businesses and organizations to design custom lapel pins that exceed his customer’s expectations.

Generating a Team Spirit with Custom Lapel Pins at Destination ImagiNation

Published on April 27, 2010 in All About Pins. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

Each year, 100,000 students from over 30 countries form teams and participate in an after-school activity called Destination ImagiNation.  The objective of the program is to help children from all over the world learn and experience creativity.  In addition to competing in challenges, the top teams also travel to tournaments where they meet up with other students from the United States, Canada, Argentina, England, Japan, and Mexico.  The events elicit their fair share of excitement as teams develop their strengths, make new friends, and trade custom lapel pins with other students.

The Destination ImagiNation program is huge.  It has 1.3 million alumni and over 35,000 volunteers.  The non-profit organization started in 1999 and has steadily grown through the efforts of men and women around the world.  Each team creates their own custom trading pins based off the theme of the competition.  Designs are extravagant and colorful.  The custom lapel pins are then used to promote interaction between teams, develop friendships with other students, and encourage teamwork, creativity, and problem solving.

All About Pins creates custom trading pins that have high perceived values and offer exciting features like glitter, blinking lights, and sliding pieces.  Students love swapping lapel pins with other Destination ImagiNation Tournament attendees.  The more attractive the lapel pins are to teams, the better.  Participants in the event want to walk out with an armload of enviable trading pins after swapping with other teams and volunteers.

In addition to offering participants custom artwork featuring the competition’s theme, All About Pins also has many shapes, sizes, styles, and colors to choose from.  We work with our customers to create the kind of design that best represents their team and challenge.

With the global finals approaching May 26-29, 2010 in Knoxville, Tennessee, there is no better time to order your custom trading pins than today. With over 16,000 participants, you want unique trading pins to swap with other students.  Call us toll-free at 1-866-604-9462 or email info@allaboutpins.com to discuss your Destination ImagiNation trading pins designs with one of our knowledgeable sales professionals.

Amanda Knight knows a thing or two about custom lapel pins. As Manager of All About Pins, she works directly with businesses and organizations to design custom lapel pins that exceed her customer’s expectations.