Labels on the back of products

[John Jackson]

I was wondering if most people here put labels on the backs of their engraving products like name badges, desk name plates, etc.?

I was working on some for a local school and they sent me a desk name plate and a name badge over to get the style and colour. On the back was a sticker from their original supplier, which was about 0.33" high by maybe 1.25" wide, gold foil with black printing.

I inquired about getting some made with local printing companies and none have dies that small, and the price was high ($200 for 1000 labels, plus taxes). Most online companies think that return address sized labels 0.5 X 1.5 are the smallest anyone should ever want.

So for those who label your products, what kind of labels do you use?

Thanks,

John Jackson
Russell, ON

thingsmade.ca

[David Fairfield]

Its a good idea to help advertise. You can have a little sticker made up very inexpensively if you go with one of the companies that prints return address labels. Instead of your address, you provide your business name email whatever. Cost you about a penny each and you have a choice of fonts and colors. Dave

[Joe Pelonio]

I used to be a dealer for Kaeser & Blair when I had a retail shop and got great wholesale prices on a roll of screenprinted
stickers. Made many sales of magnetic business cards, pens, caps and mugs. Gave it up when I got the laser and pushed engraved items instead. You should be able to find custom stickers for a lot less than $200, I have seen the roll version (1,000) online for as little as $97 with no setup charge.

[Mike vonBuelow]

If 1 3/4 x 1/2" is OK, you can make your own with a inkjet....uline dot com item # S-15183

[Joe Pelonio]

If 1 3/4 x 1/2" is OK, you can make your own with a inkjet....uline dot com item # S-15183

Unless you do a lot of outdoor signs, then screenprinting will hold up a lot better.

[John Jackson]

I am in no rush, I just want to find SMALL stickers. Return address size is too big for something like a 0.75 X 3.0 name tag by the time you put a pin or magnet on the back. These other ones I saw were about a third the size of a return address label. I remember similar stickers on many products which were oval in shape and said "Made in Taiwan".

[John Frazee]

I make my own. I use the Avery labels, 80 per page that are 1/2x1 3/4. Depending on where it goes I use clear or white. The ones I'm using right now I printed my info along with the US flag. Cheap advertising.

[Rodne Gold]

We make our own with a large format print and cut machine , "supplied and engraved by toker bro and a tel no and website ..very small , about 7mm x 15mm.
You can do yours cheaply , use a self adhesive inkjet vinyl (actually laser friendly polyester) from Papilio , print and then laser kiss cut em. Get it right and you then have a facility to print and die cut stickers , add some doming and it opens you to even more opportunities.
You can also use that laserlight material , engrave and kiss cut , but its more expensive

[Mike Lysov]

The cheapest way is to make a rubber stamp and stamp your products instead of labeling them. The greatest one is to etch them.

[Mike Null]

Those little labels were responsible for building a 5 figure segment of my business.

I originally purchased them but they were expensive. Now, depending on the item I make my own or I hot stamp some things. I never laser engrave--but I have seen them.

[James Rambo]

I do a quick engraving onRowmark Laserlights (self stick foil with black background)

[walter hofmann]

Hi there
I engrave directly on the backside my logo.
happy hollidays
greetings
waltfl

[Martin Boekers]

You should be able to find small labels, check with a local scrapbooking shop they may be able to help.

[Mark Conde]

I just ordered a bunch of 1.5" circle sized stickers from VistaPrint for about 2 cents each.

[John Frazee]

Speaking of labels. A really cool thing happened yesterday! I stopped in a big flea market and was walking through checking out the junk. I ran across an old wooden shelf that looked so familiar. I picked it up and looked at the back.... YES! it had my ink stamp marking on the back from over 15 years ago! I had a wood shop before we started our trophy shop. Then, I saw a trophy with the "horses rear" figure on top. It was missing the year date but looked at the bottom and it still had our Avery label! I took pictures of front, back and bottom of both items. I hesitated posting about the trophy being that it sounds too far fetched being that I found two of our old items!!! Over the years I have gone through times that nothing left here without a sticker. At times I've gotten sloppy and short of time and skipped that step. After this weekend, I have to go back to the stickers. I told the sellers my relationship to those peices but didn't inquire as to the costs.