Many people wrote me to ask "what are glue dots?" There are several brands but they generally look like this: In the blog post I mention that I use either wires or glue dots to attach the hangtags. The ones I'm using now are actually smaller than the ones I wrote about in this blog post last year: I do agree with you that it's possible for hangtags to be too big, and therefore cluttery looking. I sometimes write prices on the hangtag, but mostly I do it for presentation and marketing. First, I put hangtags on just about everything (except items that are too small). I have a few suggestions of things that work for me. :Psrc=" " height="20" width="20"> Waiting for five years is a good start. ![]() I believe that until a person is able to throw that too precious pot in the slop bucket realizing it was a mediocre existence that they should only foist their wares on their relatives and then in limited numbers. So many people start inflicting their precious first pots on the world after a pottery class or two (sort of like someone wanting to be doctor starting to practice medicine after biology 101), that it is really refreshing to read the above. Some stick better than others.), but I want to thank you for the above statement. No suggestions on price tags (okay, just one: Try different brands. What has worked for you guys, or a method you have seen and think is fantastic? I'm not completely sold on the marketing advantage of a hangtag (seems to look cluttered to me especially when the wind blows). However, they are still a pain in the butt to afix, the medium weight card stock curls up with any change in temp or humidity, and packing up is a nightmare trying to keep the tags from being bent/folded/spindled/and mutilated. Looks a lot better from a "professional" standpoint and I get compliments on the tags. My latest venture has been a nice professional looking folded hangtag (Logo on front, shop and generic pottery info inside, price/shop name and contact info on back) and I use jute twine through a hole in the label to either tie to the pot or tape with a piece of clear shipping tape. Again, the tape ended up being almost impossible to dynamite off. But.still had to tape the string onto pieces that didn't have a place to tie.like a bowl. The strings were cool since I could tie them around small necked pieces or through any holes. Then I changed to hand written cheap string hangtags. In fact, so well that it took half an hour to get the tape/sticker/and residue off. Well.that method sure kept the sticker on the pot. So I decided to put a strip of clear "scotch" tape over the sticker. Those labels would end up later falling off. I started out just writing the price on a sticker and sticking it to the glazed surface (as the labels I had wouldn't stick to the unglazed bottom). ![]() My question for all you pro's is, What method do you use to affix a pricing label to your pots? This year I decided to ramp up and try to actually make a bit of profit. ![]() Started doing a show or two a year at about year 5 just to make some hobby money back.
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