Just about to start this, I’ve had a look and Etsy seems a bit expensive to me. And you’re right about the printer. My colours of my prints are quite bright but could well look the part under a shiny plastic covering.
I have an American Button Machine setup. Press and pin pieces cost over $700 (I make 1.25” buttons only) and have made my money back many times over. I sell my buttons cheap at $1 each for a profit of about 75 cents each. Once I get my bigger and smaller presses I’ll adjust those prices slightly higher. I plan on spending another $1500 next year and making it back in six months. I’m excited to see how you do!
@@EveryCameraCounts I now have a canon lbp6222cdw laser printer. It's the cheapest way to print and you get super great images, I just suggest not using the wireless capability and plug it into your pc/laptop. I use it to make pins, cards, stickers, price lists etc and I'm still running off the toner they send with the machine. I think it was like $200 or so, it goes on sale sometimes. If you print daily or weekly, then the canon pixma pro 100 is the way to go, it's 500$ but super worth it, I just don't print all the time to justify it. I actually just figured out lists of button stuff, looking to get more presses etc and if I sell 5000 1.25" buttons at 1$ each then I am looking at 4650$ profit. Now with the world today all of my shows are being canceled and I only do 3-4 small shows a year so that would probably be over 3 years, but that's good. The other machines I want with supplies are 5600 so that's great!! My new printer has made my profits higher and sorry I rambled so much haha
@hotgaard 0 seconds ago Thank your for your very helpful video. I have a machine essentially like the one you demonstrate, but for some reason, although the device seems excellent, well made and robust, it crimps the image paper perfectly, but the plastic disk is crimped only part way round, making the button unusable. It appears that the disk is off center and too small on one minor arc of the circle. Do you have any idea why this happens every time? I'm tired of wasting materials on perfectly crimped buttons with no plastic cover.
Hey, i have a question about badge shipping, if you could make a video about that! What is confusing is how to set price of shipping for international orders! Please help 👋
@@GrantJoiner Just getting ready to start my online and Etsy journey, glad I found your channel - look forward to watching more of your great content and maybe the possibility of collaborating in the future.
What I love about the e-badges machine is that all the components are easily replaced if they get damaged - the dies, "top hat" and metal ring, spacers etc. I bought one recently and had a slight problem with it. The company provided fantastic customer service. Turns out there was a piece of foil stuck in the die. Easily sorted.
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Thank you very helpful! and lovely how you are sharing your journey with us too
Glad you enjoyed. I’m slightly behind on new content however there should be some new videos coming soon
Great video! I’m inspired.....I’ll need to make some more sales before I invest in machine though!
Just about to start this, I’ve had a look and Etsy seems a bit expensive to me. And you’re right about the printer. My colours of my prints are quite bright but could well look the part under a shiny plastic covering.
I have an American Button Machine setup. Press and pin pieces cost over $700 (I make 1.25” buttons only) and have made my money back many times over. I sell my buttons cheap at $1 each for a profit of about 75 cents each. Once I get my bigger and smaller presses I’ll adjust those prices slightly higher. I plan on spending another $1500 next year and making it back in six months. I’m excited to see how you do!
Jeannette wondering what printer you would recommend i have been wanting to make buttons for years, but still unsure about how to print them
@@EveryCameraCounts I now have a canon lbp6222cdw laser printer. It's the cheapest way to print and you get super great images, I just suggest not using the wireless capability and plug it into your pc/laptop. I use it to make pins, cards, stickers, price lists etc and I'm still running off the toner they send with the machine. I think it was like $200 or so, it goes on sale sometimes. If you print daily or weekly, then the canon pixma pro 100 is the way to go, it's 500$ but super worth it, I just don't print all the time to justify it. I actually just figured out lists of button stuff, looking to get more presses etc and if I sell 5000 1.25" buttons at 1$ each then I am looking at 4650$ profit. Now with the world today all of my shows are being canceled and I only do 3-4 small shows a year so that would probably be over 3 years, but that's good. The other machines I want with supplies are 5600 so that's great!! My new printer has made my profits higher and sorry I rambled so much haha
Nice vid, I'm an Etsy seller gearing up for Christmas. I did £80k in 2020 on Etsy.
If you hold the pin on the back you can twist round the front to line it up. Does that make sense?
Thank you. Appreciate the comment and advice
You inspired me, just purchased a badge maker!
That's great. If you're selling online share your store's URL and I'll try and mention it in my next video
@@GrantJoiner will do, got to get some designs ready and set up an Etsy store. Hope it all goes well for you too
@hotgaard
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Thank your for your very helpful video. I have a machine essentially like the one you demonstrate, but for some reason, although the device seems excellent, well made and robust, it crimps the image paper perfectly, but the plastic disk is crimped only part way round, making the button unusable. It appears that the disk is off center and too small on one minor arc of the circle. Do you have any idea why this happens every time? I'm tired of wasting materials on perfectly crimped buttons with no plastic cover.
You may find you can rotate the circular clasp at the back to straighten it up. Xk
is it your own design or can I just use google images?
Loved your video. Inspired me to start making badges. Random question by have you found a best type of paper for them ?
I only have a cheap inkjet printer that I use for my badges so standard 100gsm works just fine for me
Do you find that they scratch easily & you get a lot that you can't send out ? I used to do fridge magnets & this was an issue.
Great video (too many ads tho) explained operation well. £2 profit seems ok but not sure how good this would be after Etsy listing fees?
Agreed! Too many ads
Hi, great video. What computer programme do you design your badges with?
I’m using Adobe InDesign. Probably not the best software solution and overkill, but it’s what I am used too
I don’t understand things in pounds lol help
Well the pound almost has the same value as the dollar now :-) should make it easier lol
Hey, i have a question about badge shipping, if you could make a video about that!
What is confusing is how to set price of shipping for international orders! Please help 👋
Camp_ Nou great suggestion I’ll do a video within the next few days
@@GrantJoiner thank you so much!
Very useful.... Thanks!
Love the look and layout of your website, nicely done!
Are you using Shopify or Wordpress?
Brian Martin it’s Prestashop. Not my first choice but good non the less
@@GrantJoiner Just getting ready to start my online and Etsy journey, glad I found your channel - look forward to watching more of your great content and maybe the possibility of collaborating in the future.
What you really need mate is to stuff more adverts into this video.
How did you end up getting on with this machine? I've looked at e-badges, but I'm leaning more towards Blank Badge's G-Series machines.
plastic pins are crap!
Nice tutorial, but this machine is the worst I've seen, avoid at all costs.
I do agree that it's an entry level system or machine but given the volume of badges that I sell it does the trick nicely
What I love about the e-badges machine is that all the components are easily replaced if they get damaged - the dies, "top hat" and metal ring, spacers etc. I bought one recently and had a slight problem with it. The company provided fantastic customer service. Turns out there was a piece of foil stuck in the die. Easily sorted.