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A selection of different styles of pin badges featuring a car, guitar, funky triangle, a crocodile on a disco ball, and a circular branding badge.

Are All Pin Badges Printed?

30 April 2025

"How long does it take to print pin badges?" If we had a cookie for the number of times we're asked this question, our entire office would…

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A close up of a custom challenge coin that shows the intricate details of a coin that has a satanic style design with a pentagram and horned skull.

Challenge Coins Design Ideas To Help You Create Unique Products

28 April 2025

One of our most popular products is our custom challenge coins. Clients use them for awards and tokens, as collectibles, and to commemorate…

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A custom cap, branded socks, keyring, PVC fridge magnet, and pin badge showcasing what you can do for your tradeshow efforts.

5 Functional Tradeshow Giveaway Ideas

22 April 2025

Tradeshows are a golden opportunity for businesses to showcase products, services, and, most importantly, their brand. But how do you make…

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A close up of a beautiful cat pin badge with an Egyptian vibe.

Help! Someone Stole My Pin Badge Designs

31 March 2025

How can you prevent your pin designs being stolen? What can you do if it does happen? And what measures do Made by Cooper have in place to…

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A collection of custom keyrings that you can use for inspiration to create your own products. They are football keychains, a koi carp keyring, trans rights keying, illustrated keychain, and two promotional keyrings for the tv show Good Omens.

10 Ideas To Help You Create Custom Keyrings

19 March 2025

Creating custom keyrings isn't as expensive as you think, and if you come up with a clever or beautiful design, you can make a decent profit…

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A collection of custom patches that all have different backings for you to choose from.

How To Choose The Right Backing For Your Custom Patches

11 March 2025

Choosing the proper backing for your custom patches can be all the difference between an awesome product your clients love and one that…

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A collection of five challenge coins for military groups, emergency services, and for collecting.

What is a Challenge Coin? History, Purpose & Creating Your Own

9 March 2025

Challenge coins are small custom coins or medallions, often featuring an organization's insignia, that hold significant meaning, particularly…

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A collection of enamel pins with designs that promote mental health positivity.

Mental Health Pin Badge Ideas for Feel-Good Merch

10 January 2025

Now more than ever, it's essential that we look after our (and each other's) mental health. Here's how we've helped some of our clients make…

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A collection of customer merch that you can update for the new year.

New Year, New Merch: Updating Your Products for 2025

8 January 2025

The dawn of a new year brings fresh opportunities. For businesses, it's a chance to revamp product lines, boost marketing efforts, or raise…

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A pile of Made by Cooper branded boxes and envelopes surrounded by pin badges to show people how and why packaging for pin badges is essential.

Packaging Enamel Pins - Tips From The Experts

16 October 2024

For most people, enamel pins are fun items to wear for many reasons. But to pin badge designers, manufacturers, and sellers, they're how we…

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