We send a digital proof for your review before production is officially scheduled.  If approved, we are rolling, but if you need adjustments, we will get new proofs until you approve.  There is not a hard sample fully completed to review before production resumes.  If you need to see a single sample first, it will 2x the turnaround.  They'd need to do a full labor run for a single item, and if approved, they have to start the process over again.  

Most pins take about a month from proof approval to shipment. The complexity of your design factors into it's turn around time, so an easier pin will be done quicker than something very complex.

The quickest options are Soft Enamel, Soft Enamel with Epoxy or UV printed. Hard Enamel pins go through additional labor steps and take longer.

Rainbow metal pins are on average 6 weeks.

If you have a rush order, please email us and we will find out if it is doable for you.

Yes.  Simple variants are no problem or ones with at least 50 per color way.  If you have a lot of variants or tons of colors changing, specialty inks, changes in numbering, etc, please email us for an exact quote.  At the end of the day, pins are priced based on materials and labor.  If we do a run of 100 pins with 4 colors, 25 x 4 and each has different colors, we are creating a lot more labor than 100 of one color way.

Soft enamel have flat metal and inks are at a lower profile/recessed.  Hard enamel are buffed down flat.  They cost more because they have additional labor steps.  Soft enamel with epoxy has a clear coating of epoxy added (free to do) and creates a flat surface, like a mock hard enamel.  This can be great if you have thinner details in your pin, want to use a soft enamel metal, etc.  We are big fans of soft epoxy here.

Simple shapes or ones with sofer edges can be made by being stamped in sheets of iron.  More complex shapes with deeper cut in areas, cut outs and tight cut in sections needs to be casted in zinc alloy and use a different mold and base metal.  The cost more because of the material/mold differences.  If you are unsure, email us.  and if you check out with one and needs one or the other and you chose wrong, we will either refund the difference or send a request for the remaining amount.

Yes! We can make any size, quantity or number of colors needed. We can also make spinners, latched pins, multi-piece pin on pin and more.  Please email us for an exact quote.