Button pricing

Nimai

I'm taking over a photography gig from another photographer that has used a local shop for fulfillment. A big seller for them was 3" photo buttons, which they sold for $10 for the first one, and $5 each for additional.

Searching around online, I see photo buttons available for around $2. I believe the lab they used charged $1.49.

SmugMug's merchandise price for a 3" button is $4.95!? That's not even in the ballpark! Does anyone know why there's such a disparity? Any sports or team shooters out there use a particular place for buttons?

MileHighAko

We have a local source (crafty lady that does it out of her home) that charges us $1 for a 3" button, and we resell between $3 and $5 depending on sport (we batch the photos to her, which I think helps keep the cost down). I've never purchased a button through SM so I don't know how the quality compares.