Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Yorkershire on November 30, 2021, 10:47:11 PM
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Just seen a post on twitter and made me think...
I appreciate most brands don't sell their stickers to prevent fake goods etc..
How about just non series stickers... so e.g. just some Gray Nics, GM stickers, Kook etc.. but clearly obvious they aren't for a specific bat model... legacy style maybe..
There maybe reasons why its nota good idea...
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The point of designing great stickers is for you to buy the great bat they are on.
For a big brand, anything else defeats the purpose of the stickers.
If you send your bat to GN for a refurb you can get gn stickers, but they will look like this..
(https://i.postimg.cc/XYhkzwhJ/IMG-20210914-161239.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rD14dtqX)
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Ah okay.. that GN sticker is what I meant even though it is via refurb.
Fair play.
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As @Buzz said really. What's the point in companies going to the trouble to design stickers, have them made up and sell them for small margins, only to see them on a sub standard bat which isn't theirs and could potentially damage their brands reputation.
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It's always a debated one, personally I've always sold at least a limited number of the labels. Whilst I absolutely agree it opens yourself up to abuse (eBay/people applying them poorly), it's not wildly different to having them applied by us when someone sends a bat in for refurbs - I've still seen these end up on eBay the day after they've been sent back etc, all that does is control what state they leave me in.
Ultimately the labels are the key to marketing the brand. I've seen no end of orders from guys who've bought a single set of labels along with the matching softs initially, only to then return over the next season or two to buy a new bat when they've needed it - I absolutely wouldn't be selling the quantities of kit I do now if I hadn't made the labels readily available since the relaunch. Admittedly I am starting to scale back access, for example the new gradient designs are available solely on new bats, but I plan to always have at least a small number available for those that want the look but can't afford/don't require a new bat.
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Like Jonny has alluded to, think this would only work if there was a market for stickers at a huge mark-up. If say GN charged £50 for a sticker set I can't see people buying that instead of a knock off set from eBay.
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Yup most of the posts make sense... and as a customer you don't always think it through from a commercial perspective.
Don't think the average cricketer outside CBF would care as much. Just a picky lot we are...
My thinking was if you were a GN fan boy and you had a non GN bat you may want it stickered up with GN livery but not specifically pass it off as a specific model.
Getting a sticker as part of a refurbishment is a fair offerring.
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I'd happily perform a refurb but would never apply my own stickers if it's not one of my bats.
Ive heard many times 'Can I have some stickers as I've refurb'd my bat' even then you shoud sent it back to the original manufacturer to be professionally done if you want the stickers.
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I've never thought much about stickers personally. The quality of the bat is most important. In fact, I got my own sticker design made by a chap on fiverr.com with my name on it and have applied to my refurbished Kippax bat and my brand new B3 bat. And no, I'm not in bat making business. I'm a doctor with strange interests. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/JDKajWV.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/73hDOjc.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3X1ihRd.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/hVZh0iH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/eAILYai.png)
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I've never thought much about stickers personally. The quality of the bat is most important. In fact, I got my own sticker design made by a chap on fiverr.com with my name on it and have applied to my refurbished Kippax bat and my brand new B3 bat. And no, I'm not in bat making business. I'm a doctor with strange interests. :)
Posts like this make CBF a great place! We're def not normal on this forum! :D
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I've never thought much about stickers personally. The quality of the bat is most important. In fact, I got my own sticker design made by a chap on fiverr.com with my name on it and have applied to my refurbished Kippax bat and my brand new B3 bat. And no, I'm not in bat making business. I'm a doctor with strange interests. :)
(https://i.imgur.com/JDKajWV.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/73hDOjc.jpeg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3X1ihRd.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/hVZh0iH.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/eAILYai.png)
I just assumed the Sachin along with ST stood for Sachin Tendulkar :D
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Whilst we sell the stickers for pryzm on our website, we do not send the 'authenticity' sticker with sticker orders - this is clearly stated on the product listing. The authenticity sticker is only applied to bats which are bought directly from us.
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I just assumed the Sachin along with ST stood for Sachin Tendulkar :D
:D
There are more people with same initials, and that's why I thought this design was perfect. ;)
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I'd happily perform a refurb but would never apply my own stickers if it's not one of my bats.
Ive heard many times 'Can I have some stickers as I've refurb'd my bat' even then you shoud sent it back to the original manufacturer to be professionally done if you want the stickers.
I will apply my stickers to refurbs, but not if they've had a major repair or they're planks! I'd rather offer stickers on refurbs than people feed the fake sticker market on Ebay personally.
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I'd happily perform a refurb but would never apply my own stickers if it's not one of my bats.
Ive heard many times 'Can I have some stickers as I've refurb'd my bat' even then you shoud sent it back to the original manufacturer to be professionally done if you want the stickers.
I live in Norway, if I send a bat back to the U.K. for a quick end of season strip and clean up it’ll cost me £100 before I even pay for the refurb, which is probably another £30-50, cheaper buying a new bat.
Laver and Warsop have both happily sent labels having asked for photos to prove it was one of their bats I owned. Haven’t asked any others that I recall.