Today we are not here to talk about the fierce competition of the World Cup, let’s take a look at the Lapel Pins of the World Cup. This edition of Brazil 2014 World Cup 32 strong badge was bought online four years ago, looks very spectacular, in fact, this kind of pins is very cheap, has certain collection significance.

Below we pick a few zoom in, today’s badge is the second, mainly to see the team custom pins ~

Brazil 

Brazil is the emperor of the football world, and so far it is still the only country that has won the World Cup five times. The emblem of Brazil’s team is mainly yellow, green, and blue on the national flag, with shield and cross as the frame of the composition. CBF is the abbreviation of the Brazilian Football Confederation. The most dazzling are the five stars that symbolize the status of the football kingdom.

Germany

The defending champion Germany is still Samsung in 2014. After winning the championship in Brazil, the logo has been upgraded to four stars. Germany has won the World Cup finals eight times in its history and won the championship four times, second only to Brazil. German team’s excellent performance depends on the rigorous character of the German nation, focusing on the overall play, strict tactics and discipline, as well as the national football system to cultivate a continuous stream of new forces.

Germany’s team emblem, in the middle, is the Federal Eagle on the German national emblem, surrounded by the German national football team, below is the German national flag black, red, yellow, four stars, symbolizing that they won the World Cup Championship four times.

Argentina

Argentina is another football star on the South American mainland. Because of Messi’s existence, it has become my most supportive team. The two World Cup winners in Argentina’s history were led by Maradona, so Messi is one FIFA World Cup Trophy away from becoming soccer’s king.

France

France won the championship at the 1998 World Cup in France. In the past two years, it is said that France has reserved a lot of fresh strength. Even stars like Ribery and Benzema have not been selected as strong competitors in this World Cup.

The Gallic cock is the eternal symbol of France. Wherever it goes, it has a very high degree of recognition.

England

The Three Lions Regiment of the British Empire has always had many topics in the World Cup, but it has only won one World Cup champion. It has done nothing in the past 50 years. It is really a shame to the reputation of the birthplace of modern football.

Spain

Spain is also one of my favorite teams. Their exquisite control and cooperation and elegant foot technology are pleasant to watch. They have won the European Cup for six years and the World Cup. Latin American teams, such as Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and Argentina, often shine in the world in the era of great masters. Once the masters leave, their achievements often drop dramatically.

Portugal

Portugal can be said to be one of the worst economies in southern Europe, but this small country, football strength can not be underestimated. Just two years ago, they just won the European Cup championship.

Italy

Italian football has a glorious historical tradition. However, in this World Cup, they were not possessed by the soul. Not even qualified for the finals, and was eliminated early.

Compared with two Mediterranean neighbors, Spain and Portugal, the design of the Italian team logo is simple and straightforward.

Netherlands

The Netherlands national team is called the uncrowned king. It used to be a pleasant full-attack and full-defense method and won the second place in world competitions many times. But this year, like Italy and China, they went home early.

In my mind, the design of the Dutch team emblem is absolutely the most brilliant of all the above, and the concept of simple graphic design is very advanced.

By the way, I have introduced so many badges. And I don’t know which football team do you like best? Do you want the custom enamel pins of your favorite team? So you can try to buy online, if there is no online hosting you want, quietly tells you a way to get them, please log on to the GS-JJ.COM, here is absolutely any lapel pins you want.

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The Turkey dinner is part of the Turkey festival. But what about BF and CM? Did they just have a big sale and end the weekend holiday?

In fact, there’s more to BF and CM.

The story of Black Friday

Black Friday dates back to the early 1950s, when Christmas shopping typically began after Thanksgiving. Retail stores started the Christmas shopping binge with big sales. Because stores typically record deficits in red and profit in black, the crazy rush to buy on the Friday after Thanksgiving has boosted profits, so they are called Black Friday. Stores are expected to make the most money for the year through Christmas shopping, which starts on the day. This year’s “Black Friday” is November 23rd, but it can start trading earlier.

The day after Thanksgiving is usually a day of rest, a perfect day for shopping. It used to be in the shops. And now shop online.

The story of Cyber Monday

“Cyber Monday” is the first Monday after Thanksgiving every year. Around 2000, Amazon, eBay and other e-commerce companies will launch large-scale promotions on this day, becoming the “Black Friday” e-commerce version.

Shoppers still needed to be encouraged to order anything online before it was very popular. In order to compete with the hegemony of Black Friday, online stores have launched their own promotions. For example, in 2017, there are many discounts in the lapel pins market. All custom pins in GS-JJ.com have a 30% discount.

Here’s a question, why Monday instead of Saturday? Because in the early days of online shopping, people liked to shop in the office and using fast computers and high-speed connections. So Monday is a very profitable day for online stores, it makes online stores were happy to accept it.

This year’s “Cyber Monday” is November 26th, please get ready for your deposit.

What’s the difference?

Black Friday was born in brick-and-mortar retail; Cyber Monday is the newborn in the internet world. So, initially, you’ll go to the store on Friday and then go online on Monday.

Today, black Friday is not only a brick-and-mortar event, but also an online one. While many stores are still running “flier”, “door-to-door” sales events that invite shoppers to physical stores, the online world has also fully embraced black Friday.

But the reality is different, with sales at brick-and-mortar stores typically taking place on Friday. And cyber Monday is a total cyber “holiday.”

Which day is the better day to trade?

Actually, it depends on what you really need. Whether it’s Friday or Monday, the shop will make no money or even lose money on a product in order to get you into the shop. If the product is what you need, you don’t care if it’s Monday or Friday. However, modern consumers tend to shop online, and the sales volume of online shopping keeps increasing. (In 2017, CM sales hit $6.59 billion, a new record and ahead of BF’s $4.03 billion.)

The Internet, by contrast, is a more attractive place, where prices can be compared and avoiding tiredness. You can buy appliances, clothes, cosmetics and so on all at once.

And while Cyber Monday can definitely be compared to Black Friday, if you don’t like to join the crowd, it’s better to look for it online. Because many stores don’t necessarily have what you want, and there’s no way to run multiple stores in a day.

So a “better “deal might require a few clicks, not hours.

What should you pay attention to these two days?

First, don’t be fooled by the hype. Because in these two days all the stores are pulling out all the stops to let you experience the “best price of the year!”  Second, choose what you need and don’t buy things you can’t use because they are cheap. Finally, before you buy anything, do your homework and choose the real deal.

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Below are the flow and major 6 steps of our Automated Quotation System (AQS):

After the above 6 custom steps finished, payment in time, then the order successfully placed.

How to access to the page of the Automated Quotation System (AQS)?

-1. Access to page: www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins;

-2. Find the active lion of the page on your right hand;

-3. Click the Get Started button in the dialog box;

The dialog box is writing: “Do you want to create your own custom lapel pins? “

-4. Then you enter our online quotation system;

Custom Steps 1—Select Pin Craftwork

1-1 Select Pin Style  

We have 6 main styles of pins: 1. Soft enamel pins; 2. Hard enamel pins; 3. Offset printed pins; 4. Sandblast pins; 5. Antique pins; 6.3D Cast or Cut out pins;

Follow the below guide flow called-“Which Pin Process is Right for My Design” to choose the style that fits your design most.

If you want to know more detailed information about those 6 styles, please click below links to enter the corresponding introduction pages.

1-2 Select Pin Size

Now the system has automatically jumped to the size option with a total of 11 size options.

Size is the longest length of the custom pins. As the custom lapel pins can be designed and custom-made in different shapes and sizes. But the most commonly used sizes for custom pins are 1/2 inch, 3/4 inch, 1 inch, 1-1/4 inch, 1-1/2 inch, and 1-3/4 inch. If you have a special request for size, please contact us.

1-3 Select Metal Finish

The Metal Finish also called the electroplating process is very important for the custom lapel pins. The facade of the lapel pins depends on which kind of plating you chose. The electroplating process refers to the application of metal protective film on the surface of metal raw materials to prevent it from corrosion & oxidation and give the pin an aesthetic appearance and increase its abrasion resistance.

We offer all kinds of plating options; each has its own unique look. Whether a traditional & colorful look or a classic look from the old world, you are available to choose the most suitable plating for all the occasions for your custom pins.

Choose the plating options according to your preference in the system as below picture showed;

1-4 Colors Number of Your LOGO  

Choose the number of colors that you want to hand-paint on your custom pins:

Quantity: 1/ 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 color(s) or more are available;

1-5 Add-On & Upgrades

We offer a variety of upgrades to make your custom pins more functional and special. Custom enamel pins are also available with some additional options.GS-JJ can apply Rhinestone, mix in Glitter Colors, add an Epoxy Coating, or even use the glow-in-the-dark enamel paints for your creative lapel pins. Tell us your idea and what you are envisioning, we will, and we are able to help you create and achieve it.

–Epoxy Coating Option

We can add a transparent epoxy resin coating on the surface of soft enamel pins to protect it and give it a smooth surface (lose the sense of concave and convex).

Attention: An epoxy coating is usually used for soft enamel, if you want to use for other styles, please let us know.

Click below link to know more about the Epoxy Coating 

–Glitter Color Option

–Without Glitter Color                            –With Glitter Colors

Click below link to know more about the Glitter Color

–Rhinestone Option

–Without Rhinestone                                               –With Rhinestone

Custom Steps 2—Select Pin Attachment 

The Attachment option you select will decide how the pin will be attached to your garment and other accessories. Select from several attachment options for your custom pins that best fits it. Most pins are attached to the traditional butterfly clutch, but there’s also has a huge range of other options. Here are just 6 commonly used types. If you prefer other non-showed options, contact us directly.

Click below link to know more about the Pin Attachment

Custom Steps 3—Select Pin Packaging  

Now, choose a suitable package to make your custom pins stand out.

We have four ways of Pin Packaging: Poly Bag, Velour Pouch, Plastic Box, and Velour Box.

Except for the standard and free Poly Bag, the other three ways need to be purchased separately. Noted that these 3 ways need to pay the extra cost and the prices are different in size.

–Poly Bag

The individual Poly Bag is STANDARD and FREE.

–Velour Pouch

Our Velour Pouch is the perfect choice when you want to show your custom pins in a special and elegant way.

Velour Pouch for 1.5” pin or less           Velour Pouch for 1.5” to 2.5” pin

–Plastic Box

Plastic Box is the cheapest one among the box-packages, and a transparent plastic cover makes your custom pins more intuitive on display.

Plastic Box for 1” pin or less————————Plastic box for 1-1.5″ pin—————————-Plastic Box for 1.5” to 2” pin

This black Velour Box includes a satin and a velvet pad to hold your custom pins. These exquisite boxes are displaying your custom pins to its audience in a highly elegant and classic way.

–Velour Box

Velour Box for 1.5” pin or less                               Velour Box for 1.5” to 2” pin

Custom Steps 4—Input Quantity of Your Order

Please enter the Qty of pins that you want to make this time in the blank;

Custom Steps 5—Select Your Acceptable Production Time  

The production time will start from proof approved.

– 5 working days FAST Production + 2 Days Shipping, No discount-

-10 working days production + 2 Days shipping; 10% discount for the U/P-

-15 working days production + 2 Days shipping; 20% discount for the U/P –

-40 working days for any quantity & shipped by Sea, Cheapest 30% discount for the U/P –

Custom Steps 6—Select Your Available Currency

USD / EUR / CAD / AUD are all available for your options;

Once you finished those 6 custom steps, you will get an order for payment as below picture showed;

-Without further questions, click Submit Order, go to the next step to fill in your information and upload your design.

-After your payment, we will send you the first proof within 24 hours of the working day to get your confirmation. (We do the first proof within 24hours, and modify it within 12hours)

-After the final proof is confirmed, you just need to wait for your final end-products to arrive at your address now! (Free Shipping to USA / Canada /Europe)

Note:

About Design Process (Free Artwork and Design)

–Start the journey of customizing your custom pins with an idea, a picture, a sketch, or an artwork. GS-JJ offers free design services to help you with any requirements.

–Artwork will be created by a professional designer from GS-JJ, and then a proof will be sent to you for your confirmation, review and final approval.

–Proofs are the best practical way to make sure all the spelling, pattern, styles, colors, sizes, and other details are accurate with your approval.

–Recommend you to visit our exhibition page to have a look at our ready-made cases to gain more inspiration and idea! You will love our artworks.

–Once the design approved, we will create, inspect, and ship your custom pins, with your true satisfaction as GS-JJ’s priority.

Finally, we hope that the guidelines will allow you to take custom steps more clear and confident to customize your custom pin order.

-If you’re still hesitant or have any questions, contact us, GS-JJ will assist you at once;

You can also call: 1-888-864-4755 or email:info@gs-jj.com.

-If you are ready, click the below button to get a free quote for your next pin order now!

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Electroplating:  Electroplating is a process that a metal coating is added to the surface of a carrier, such as gold, silver, copper, nickel, and other metallic materials. Through the movement of atoms, metals join with metals. Electroplating can prevent metal oxidation, improve wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and aesthetic enhancement. To the lapel pins, different electroplating on the pins protection is the same, and the main difference is its aesthetic impact.

• Advantages:

1. Good uniformity and strong binding force of the coating

2.Wear resistance and corrosion resistance

3. A beautiful metallic appearance

• Suitable for custom pins:

1.  Shiny platings: gold, silver, copper, nickel, black nickel, etc. This kind of electroplating is suitable for Soft Enamel Pins, Hard Enamel Pins, and Die struck pins with sandblasting.
2.  Antique Platings: Antique brass, Antique Gold, Antique Copper, Antique nickel. This kind of electroplating suits to lapel pins with the old appearance. For example, Antique pins and 3D or Cutout Pins.

Spraying:  Spraying is used as the air pressure of spray guns that disperses liquid paint into uniform and fine droplets and then covering on the surface of the carrier. The spraying on the enamel pins is to spray different colors of paint on the metal surface. The paint is attached to the pins, and the binding force is weaker than the electroplating. (electroplating: the combination of metal and metal).

• Advantages:

1. You can choose any color other than metal color at will.

2. The price is the same as metal electroplating lapel pins

3. The coating is thicker than metal plating

• Suitable for custom pins: Soft enamel pins

Attention- Spraying cannot be used in hard enamel pins

Q&A：Why hard enamel pins can’t use the Spraying process?

Because of the different workmanship, the hard enamel pins are filled with enamel color and then need to polish, after the polish to electroplate. And the soft enamel pins that can use spray paint craft is, add electroplating layer or coating first, after on enamel color, and then complete already, need not polish. For example: if hard enamel pins are spraying black paint(dye black finish) before filled enamel color, then the black paint will wear off after polishing. If you fill enamel color and polish first and then spray black paint, the filled enamel color will also be covered with a layer of black paint. It will cause the whole lapel pins to be black.

Suggestion:

If you want the dye black effect of your custom pins, you can choose the black nickel plating.

After reading above, how about doing a quiz to consolidate the knowledge you’ve learned?

Yes, the or False?

1. Is there only one kind of plating process for the protection of the lapel pins?
2. Can the soft enamel pins use the Spraying process?
3. Can the hard enamel pins use the Spraying process?

Surely you can answer these three questions correctly? If not, go back to the above to find the answer!

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So, today, let’s talk about playing CARDS. Let’s find out the wonderful story inside the little playing CARDS.

There are many claims about playing CARDS origin, the most widely accepted one is that playing CARDS first appeared in China, at least in 969 AD. A deck of 52 CARDS (excluding jokers) represents 52 weeks a year. The red joker, represents the sun; the black joker, representing the moon. The four seasons, namely spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are respectively represented by spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. Among them, red heart, square represents day, spades and clubs represent night. In addition, the four colors of playing CARDS have different implications: spades symbolize olive leaves, which represent peace; A red heart is a heart-shaped, denoting wisdom. The black pattern of clubs, originating from the clover; Diamonds represent diamonds, wealth, and good wishes. Next, let’s talk about the historical figures on K/J/Q.

Diamond K: Caesar, the general and statesman of Rome. Caesar has a side face on a Roman Empire coin, so out of the four pieces of K, only the red square is a side face, and the historical figure is Julius Caesar. His hair was curled inwards, and he holds a war ax to symbolize power.

Heart K: Charlemagne, King of Frank. There was a craftsman who cut off his beard while carving his figure. Therefore, only the king on the Heart K had no beard. His hair was curled inwards, and he held the sword behind his head.

Club K: Alexander the Great, who built a vast empire with Babylon as its capital. His clothes were always worn with jewels bearing the cross and this is a characteristic of Club K. His hair curled outward and his sword in hand.

Spade K: King David, the ancient Israeli hero of the Bible, and a musician who plays the harp. Hence, the harp often appears on the Spade K. This is to commemorate David’s musical talent. His hair is curled outwards.

Heart Q: Judith, the heroine of Israel. Under the siege of the army, the beautiful widow Judith stood up, put on her most expensive and beautiful clothes, and went to the enemy’s barracks alone. And then she seduced him and killed him, and saved her city.

Club K: Argine, Elizabeth of York. The Royal Lancaster in England is symbolized by red roses. The royal family of York symbolizes a white rose. The two royal families reconciled after the war of roses and tied the roses of both sides together. So the queen had roses on her hands.

Spade Q: Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war. Of the four queens, he was the only one with a weapon.

Diamond Q: Rachel, the female character in the Bible. She is Jacob’s daughter.

Heart J: La Hire, Charlie VII’s attendant. He had a hatchet ax and a white ribbon.

Club J: Lancelot, one of the twelve round table knights in the legend of King Arthur. Lancelot on a playing card, like the historical record, was armed with a spear.

Spade J: Ogier, a servant of Charlemagne the great. He has no sword on his side.

Diamond J: Saint Knight Roland, the attendant of Charlemagne the great. He has a tough sword, which symbolizes courage and courage.

Read here, you should know a lot about the historical figures of playing CARDS. But if you’re a poker collector, I think you’d also like to collect CARDS related to collectibles. So here’s a look at some of the collectibles you might like to collect.

Do you know these playing cards historical figures that correspond to the above custom pins? If you do not know, please check the pictures of historical figures above, it will give you the answer. Also, I have purchased these custom pins on the GS-JJ website. The quality is very good. If you like it, you can go to their website to buy or customize it.

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The Mensa Club has more than 100,000 members in more than 100 countries and regions around the world. The Mensa test papers generally have 30 questions, and the correct answer is 23 questions. The conversion to IQ is 148, which is the standard that can be added to the Mensa club. The Mensa test generally comes from the aspects of attention, observation, logical thinking, imagination, and memory. The distribution ratio of these 30 questions is roughly the same. You will find that you are better at these topics, and which aspect is more prominent.

Mission

MENSA’s three public purposes are: to identify, nurture and consolidate human IQ in the interests of humanity; to encourage the development of intellectual instinct, characteristics, and uses; to provide members with valuable opportunities for intellectual stimulation, communication, and development.

Principle

MENSA is an equal round table society where there is no difference in status. In this society, all races, colors, dogmas, nationality, age, political education, and social background are irrelevant.

If you have a high IQ, try joining the Mensa club. It’s an honor to be able to join Mensa. In fact, there are many other meaningful clubs in the world besides Mensa. Joining a charity club, a car club, etc., can help people in need and enrich your life. Of course, club members also have custom enamel pins.

If you want to own unique mensa pins, choose GS-JJ. We’ve made a lot of club Custom enamel pins, for example, Lion Club International Pins. Each of the custom enamel pins is individually poly bagged and fixed by a butterfly clutch back. GS-JJ can provide all kinds of lapel pins at the lowest price. Enamel pins wholesale will be cheaper.

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However, we should how to choose a promotion gift?

First, be targeted

The choice of promotional gifts should be targeted according to the specific promotion occasions, customer groups, the purpose of promotional activities, etc. For example, the customer group is a fashion and beauty person, you can choose custom lapel pins, brooch pins, and other jewelry promotional gifts. Because not all products are suitable for promotional gifts, the market department and marketing personnel of the company should pay attention to it at this point. Of course, they should communicate with the front-line sales department in-depth and after clearing their products, promotions, and customers, and then select the appropriate promotional gifts.

Second, different target customers should choose different products

Enterprises that do promotional activities should choose the corresponding promotional gifts according to the specific target customers. For example, if the company wants to make promotional activities for children, then it should not choose some large-sized, high-quality, fragile products. Fun toys or good-looking custom enamel pins would be a good choice.

Third, customize corporate information on gifts

Customizing logos and other corporate logos on promotional gifts can promote corporate image and spread brand image while promoting sales. However, customizing corporate promotional information on gifts, there are certain requirements for the order quantity. For example, some custom pins manufacturers, the minimum order quantity can be done 100pcs. If the quantity is small, the unit price will be increased. So you need to be with the gift company to conduct specific communication. Of course, you can also find a manufacturer without a minimum order quantity. Like GS-JJ is an enamel pin manufacturer without minimum order quantity.

Fourth, exquisite packaging is very important

Since it is a gift, we must pay attention to the packaging of gifts. First of all, good packaging can attract customers’ attention and let customers fall in love with this gift. Secondly, good packaging will make customers feel that the quality of gifts is higher and more valuable.

In short, promotional gifts play a vital role in a promotional event. Not only can there be a lot of things to do in the choice of gifts, but also a lot of work can be done in the release stage. For example, we can guide customers to participate in the gift experience. When the experience is good, the customer will be interested in the purchase behavior. In addition, you can also register the contact information for the customers who receive the gifts and carry out targeted marketing work in a targeted manner.

Promotional custom lapel pins ordering

We are a professional gift manufacturer who has 20 years of experience in the gift industry. Especially in the production of lapel pins, embroidery, medals, double-sided coins are very good. If you want to make enamel pins wholesale or other gift wholesale, the price is more favorable. Details can be found on our website: https://www.gs-jj.com/lapel-pins/Custom-Lapel-Pins.

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