Big Designs Meets Small Business

Posted by Badges and Promotions Australia Admin


If you are a designer or illustrator with a passion to create, we can help bring your designs to life. Whether it is doodling for fun or a lifelong hobby, we can help kickstart your side business.

As we build relationships with our creative clients, we learn that a side business selling designs can quickly become so much more. It becomes a passion, a creative outlet and in some cases a full-time job. If you have thought about turning your illustrations into merchandise for your friends or fans to proudly wear, then our pin badges or broach could be for you.

Here at Badges and Promotions Australia we are designers by profession, meaning we appreciate a well-designed product and understand your creative needs. With an experienced in-house design team, we can produce pretty much anything in metal, no matter how unique to you.

With our low minimum order quantities, you can start off small when working against a budget and get a feel of what your audience love. Looking at online marketplaces such as Etsy to sell your products is a popular platform amongst makers and creatives. It allows you to grow your side business with little commitment and at your own pace, targeting buyers who love alternative products from small businesses.

There is lots of potential for high profit margins when it comes to custom made products. For example, starting off with a small run of 100 pin badges could leave you with great returns. If you were to order 100 soft enamel pins with up to 3 colours, gold plating and a butterfly clutch in 25mm size, your lapel pin could be just $5.50 per unit (excluding GST). Meaning if you were to sell your lapel pin badges at the competitive market average of $15.00 plus per badge, you could quickly maximise your profits and expand your designs and product range. Turning your passion into a business and on your way to side business success.

Did you know you can also add extras to your pin badges? We can create custom cards with branding, presentation boxes, bags and techniques such as oxidization, textured finishes, over 20 different plating finishes! Have something else in mind? Let us know and we can create it, adding extras to your lapel pins not only makes them unique and stand out against your competition, it also adds value to your lapel pins making them more exclusive.

Get in touch today to get started with a quote or advice, and in the meantime why not check out our Facebook for all your pinspiration.