Thank you so much to all you fine folks who have gotten this campaign off to a roaring start!!
COINCIDENTALLY, I just received my latest reprint of older pin designs:
there are so many of them
"Pinny" (Clippy's...sibling, maybe? Cousin? Irreverent offspring? Imperfect clone?) has been the standout success of the original batch of pins. I'm so glad!!
As you can see, I get the pins manfuactured without backing cards. And generally when I have sold pins in-person, it's on a display such as this:
And when someone buys one, I'll get a loose one from behind the table (in the little meth baggie) and hand it to them.
In other words, I supply the pins loose -- not with a backing card, which I would need if I ever sold them in a store, for example.
Since right now I only ever sell pins in-person or online, I've never bothered with the extra trouble and expense of the card. But it does skip over the opportunity to do something interesting design-wise with the card, or incorporate promo art or information.
For this campaign, I may be having some of the orders shipped out by remote fulfillment centers, which means each pin would need an identifier, which most likely means a card with a barcode on it. So I'm trying to figure out if the card is something I want to incorporate everywhere, all the time.
So I'd like to ask your opinion on backing cards, as a person who is at least a little bit interested in pins!
Do you WANT a backing card? Do you CARE if it has a backing card? Is the pin LACKING something if it doesn't have one? Or is it just more litter to dispose of?
Leave your vote and comments on the poll below! I'd love to hear your thoughts while there's still time to plan for either option this time around!
