The Inconvenient Bag has two sectors to our company: 1) Our label, “The Inconvenient Bag”; and 2) Custom Bags. We will discuss the latter of these two sectors and how you may be interested in making your own eco-cool custom bag with our company.
It is our goal to help your school’s eco-image, carbon footprint and contribution to the environmental movement. I believe we will make a great team!
Making your own bag achieves 5 major goals:
1) Green Identity: Obviously, making a organic canvas, bull denim, or hemp reusable bag conveys a green message about your school: you care about the environment and want to help reduce paper and plastic bag consumption.
2) Quality: In comparison, our bags are the best, strongest and highest quality reusable bags in the marketplace. Our bags have a gusset which enables it to hold 45 pounds… most other bags are just two pieces of canvas without a bottom (our bags have a flat bottom). Our bags are pre-shrunk (canvas, bull denim or hemp really shrinks down.. we pre-wash) and made of a heavy duty 10-12oz. canvas that is doubled stitched – built to last. We are the forefront quality leaders of the eco-friendly bag movement.
3) Eco-Cool: If done right, your bag will be designed (either by your own, or by our gifted team of designers) in a manner that makes it attractive, and fun. Therefore, instead of feeling like one is using a bag advertisement, people feel compelled to use, and show off the design using it at all occasions (and can’t wait to use your logo because it is cool, or as we say, “eco-cool”).
See a few current Fund Raiser Custom Bags that we produce below:
Schurr High School Academy Of Sciences Natural History Museum Huell Howser’s CA Gold Show
Montebello, CA San Francisco, CA Los Angeles, CA KCET/PBS
See a few current Custom Bags that we produce below for retailers/organizations for-profit:
(From left to right: Target, Target, Pottery Barn Kids, Seattle Space Needle, and Toyota)
4) Educational Value: In the case of a school or educational institution, the bag also has educational value in teaching the students about the current green movement and plastic bags. It also teaches about Made in USA v. made in foreign countries. Upon request, we will also go to any educational institution or organization and speak about plastic bags/canvas bag issues as well as other green issues and take questions from students, members and/or faculty. Everything done is in a positive manner, our outlook is that we all can be part of a positive change.
5) Walking Promotion: When people use your eco-cool bag, they will be your walking promotion . We find that people ask questions about the bag and users field questions about the environment: people ask where the person obtained the bag, where one could buy it, ask about its costs, how durable it is, where is it made, etc.
In other words, the bag will spark conversation (word-of-mouth) about your school. This person-to-person conversation school raises awareness about your programs, education and interest in the environment!
6) Made in USA: The bag is made, manufactured and printed in California (Los Angeles & Orange County). The inside lip of the bag has your website (and/or contact info.) printed inside of it. Thus, your students can show off the bag and the bag itself tells people where to go to visit your site, and where to get one.
Pricing for Custom Bags:
1) Minimum Order: 500 Bags (however, we can do smaller orders because we can usually piggyback different customer orders to hit the quantity, so contact us and notify us if your quantity is smaller). We also understand that different organizations have different needs.
2) Price per bag. You sell the bag for $15.00-??? depending on your fund raising goals! For Example, Schurr High School sold the bag for $15.00 and Huell Howser sold the same bag for $40.00, both programs sold out and was a huge success!!!
A. California, USA Production: Price ranges dependng on quantity, print and size (our current dimensions or customized dimensions). We also have other pricing for school/organizations with smaller budgets (please call or email us for a quote today!). On smaller custom bags price will be quoted as dimensions and QTY’s are requested). Of course, there are price breaks as the orders get larger, however, this is an estimate that includes printing, organic cotton/hemp, Made in California (without shipping). Also, another factor is the amount of colors and complexity of design. We really need to see your design (send via e-mail) and know how many you would want to make to give an accurate estimate (the numbers above are “ball park figures”). Note: Hemp materials are imported, but sewn in CA, USA.
a. Size: Price also depends on size, straps (hand or shoulder straps) and whether a pocket is to be sewn in. Please let us know which inconvenient bag size you are interested in.
B. One-Time set up costs: $55 per color for printing to create screen (best to keep it 4 colors or less). This is a one-time charge and once the screen is made, this charge is not a part of re-orders.
a. Optional Designer Fee: As with the pictures above, you could have our designers come up with a concept (optional), see pictures above they did for Target and Pottery Barn Kids. These designs cost approx. $200-$500 which goes to the particular designer (who’s design you choose). We’ll e-mail you different comp designs for you to view and approve and the cost for the design.
b. Student Designs: The best option we find is for a student to design the bag because it promotes the school’s student body. We can print “Designed by _(student name)___” in the bag. This saves money on setup charges because there’s no need for the optional designer fee when a student designs the bag.
c. Friends/Family Designers: many people have friends and/or family who may do design work and one way to save on the optional designer fee is to have them do the concept.
*Note: Placing your ready-made logo on a bag only has setup charges and
no design fee is charged. Thedesign fee is only if you would like to use our
artists.
**Note: The reasoning behind designing the bag beyond than just placing a
ready-made logo on the bag is to get people/students/members
excited about the bag, want to use the bag and show it off. Many times a
logo by itself will not do that, but artwork added with the logo makes it more
desirable to use (see examples above and below). On the other hand, in
many occasions a simple logo does the trick - its all up to you and we
will customize it for your liking!
C. Competitive Pricing: We are constantly striving to increase our production and pass price savings to our clients. We are also always looking for better pricing options, so please call to see if we have better pricing available! Its our goal to make it work for your school’s budget, so don’t let price be a deterrent for contacting us.
FREE! See “Getting Started” (below) When you send us a logo, we can send you a mock up for free by email to show others in your organization.
Getting Started: Just contact us (e-mail, phone, fax, etc.) and send us your logo in .eps or .ai that is saved in Illustrator 10 format. Also, a .jpg image would also be very helpful (having both formats makes it easy for us to view and also customize to the bag fit). If you have a different format, you can email it to us and we’ll see how to make it work.
We will get you an estimated price based on the number of bags you’d like and time deadline you need them by.
In comparison to all other canvas bags out there, ours is the best, toughest and is used over and over again, while most other giveaways or promotional bags are never used after the first day. Besides being Made in California, USA. there’s a difference between our product and all other products out there in quality.
Once, we are able to create the screen and make the sample, we can tell you the firm price and the turnaround time, which is roughly 4-6 weeks (we can produce the orders in as little as 2 weeks but will be charged a expedited fee on rush orders).
***Thank you very much for your attention and interest in our company!
CONTACT:
Marc J. Sahara, JD, MBA
President & Creative Director
The Inconvenient Bag
"The Inconvenient Lifestyle… It’s Worth The Hassle”
A Sahara Industries Company
www.theinconvenientbag.com
marc@theinconvenientbag.com
215 W. Pomona Blvd., Suite 204
Monterey Park, CA 91754
Phone: (323) 270-2892
Fax: (323) 720-1952
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