Custom Enamel Pins with No Minimum
from 1 pin · 10 to 25 pins is the small-run sweet spot · same free proof
Who orders without a minimum
Wedding parties making lapel pins for the groomsmen. A D&D group striking a campaign badge. Designers who want one physical sample before pitching a client. Families making a memorial pin. None of these need 100 pieces, and none of them should have to buy 100 pieces to get real die-struck enamel.
Most custom lapel pin shops set a 50 or 100 piece floor because the mold makes small runs awkward to price. We price the mold honestly into the small run instead, and keep it on file in case you scale.
Making a small run worth it
Two tips from small orders that went well. First, pick soft enamel: on a run of ten, the hard enamel polishing premium buys you nothing a display case will show. Second, go slightly larger on size; at 1.5 inches a single commemorative pin reads as an object, not a sample.
If your run grows past 25 pieces, compare against the tiers on the main enamel pins page, and past a few hundred the bulk pricing page takes over.
Price a small pin run.
Small-run questions
Yes. A single 1.25 inch soft enamel pin runs about $38 including the mold, artwork redraw, and shipping. It is the same die-struck process as a thousand-pin run, not a printed substitute.
The steel mold costs the same whether it strikes one pin or a thousand. On small runs the mold is most of the bill. The good news: the mold stays on file, so if your single pin becomes a 100-pin order later, you only pay per-piece costs.
10 to 25 pins is the sweet spot for clubs, wedding parties, and small teams: enough to spread the mold cost to a few dollars per pin without committing to a box of leftovers.
No. Small orders run on the same line, with the same plating bath and the same QC pull, as our thousand-piece runs. The proof you approve is identical either way.