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With the constant budget cuts in school funding it seems as if nearly every club, sports team, choir, band, and cheerleading squad is searching for some way to raise funds. While this is a great way to teach the children responsibility, it can become disheartening very quickly. When everyone is selling something, it’s important to have the best product at the lowest price or you won’t have much success. Thus, if you are a member or leader of a group that is looking for original fund raising projects you may want to look into selling school lanyards.
School lanyards are the perfect fund raising project. These cheap lanyards show school spirit and are very useful. Students and adults alike will love school lanyards. They can be simple like the type used for carrying keys, or they can have a more advanced attachments which bring myriad uses. School lanyards can be customized to carry cell phones, mp3 players, id badges and they can even serve as a wallet. Although they are inexpensive, they do not have to be “cheap” lanyards.
Some companies see school lanyards as a way to make money by selling ridiculous, “throw away” type products. Before you select a company to do business with make sure that this is not what they offer. Any reputable school lanyard supplier will usually be happy send samples if you pay the cost of postage or handling. They will also take special care to match your school colors and use any type of lettering or logo you desire. The better companies will have in-house graphics departments which will prepare a graphic proof for you to preview before production. By comparing samples, services and prices from various websites you can be sure to acquire cheap school lanyards rather than “cheap” school lanyards.
Most companies lower the price of lanyards as you increase your order. For example the cost for 500 will be less per piece than the cost for 250. This is because once production begins the printers cost is reduced. If you choose to order only 250 school lanyards you can expect to pay a little more than $1 per piece. If you order 20,000 your cost will much lower. Since this is the case you obviously will want to order as many as you think you can use. However be careful not to order too many, custom printed lanyards will not be returnable.
A good way to measure the quantity you will need is to order 2 school lanyards per student in the schools student body. While not every student will buy 2 this will allow for the students who buy more than 2. It will also allow for parents and teachers who wish to purchase school lanyards. Believe it or not some adults really do support the public education system. Often these adults wish to show school spirit just as much as the students currently in attendance. Do not leave out perspective customers by limiting your sales base.
Another thing to keep in mind is that most companies save your screen setup. So, by printing the lanyards with just a school name and logo (rather than including, say, the year) you will be able to us the same print on re-orders and save money by avoiding the setup cost on subsequent school lanyard purchasing.
Make selling school lanyards your next fund raising project. This can be done by using cheap lanyards as long as they are of good quality. You may find that school lanyards become so popular that you will only need one fund raiser. Give it a try and see for yourself.