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- Why are badges a good idea for charity or fundraising givaways, instead of lollies?
- In Australia, the tax office considers that the purchaser of the lollies, has gained a material advantage (food), a badge has no other use, if the charity/fundraising offers for a donation, food, the charity may be liable for GST. PLEASE NOTE; this doesn't constitute financial or legal advice, talk to your accountant!
- My image quality is not very good, why is this?
- It is quite frequently the case that the paper quality you have used is not correct. For example, if you use an inkjet printer, using a standard photo copy paper will not work very well. Photo copy paper is actually quite fibrous, and the ink will run along the paper fibres, this gives a very blurred and smudged image. It is particularly important for a small area like a badge so we always recommend you use the correct paper for your printer.
- I can't seem to get my 25 mm badges to press together properly, I'm trying to use some photographic paper?
- Generally photographic paper is much thicker than normal paper, with the 25 mm badges, the curve radius is so small the paper cannot wrap around the badge properly. In this situation we recommend going to a larger badge size or use a thinner paper
- The simplest way is to decide in what area you would like to specialise, for example, on eBay there are some sellers selling badges for bands, others make badges for their local schools, we certainly know other people that make badges for their Union and still others for birthday parties, going away parties, all sorts of things. In reality, you are only limited by your imagination!
- OK, how about you give me some ideas for selling badges that nobody has thought of yet!
- Well, how about that for a challenge! This is one I thought of a few minutes ago.... Many people are now playing computer games where they gain skill levels the longer they play. Why not grab the images for those levels (something like Mage, Warrior, thief, sorcerer, wizard etc) and advertise those badges on eBay? Or perhaps even pass a few badges around school, I'm sure word-of-mouth will have your Badge Business growing dramatically!
- Is it difficult to make badges? I'm not mechanically minded, will this be a problem?
- It is extremely easy to make badges using our machines, and in fact there are children as young as eight quite happily making badges (probably at that age I would suggest parental supervision) it is however very simple to do, and most people pick it up within a couple of minutes!
- Where can I go for a badge making workshop?
- Melbourne University students union had a badge making workshop in February 2010, I'm sure if you contacted them they would tell you when the next one is scheduled. see: http://union.unimelb.edu.au/artslab/badge-making-2
- I have a badge machine, but not from you, and I don't know what badge size it takes!
- The easy way is to grab the "dome" or top component, and CAREFULLY measure it, remember, there are companies out there selling "non-standard" badge sizes. If you don't have any components, then CAREFULLY measure the place where the "dome" fits into your press. Don't worry though, we always supply a "test" badge kit, so if you order from us, just try the test badge first, if it works, all is well, if it doesn't, we will accept back the unopened pack and refund your purchase price (excluding any freight charges).
