Custom Silicone Bracelets and Wristbands

May 9, 2008

Fundraising Opportunities with Silicone Wristbands

There is no better way to raise money for your organization or cause than with silicone wristbands. The cost to start this fundraiser is very low compared to the amount of money that you can raise for your group. At Directwristbands.com we have helped to raise millions of dollars for charities, organizations, and schools through the sale of our silicone wristbands. The best part is that you can customize your silicone wristbands with any message and any color.

Many organizations decide on a theme for their custom silicone wristbands order. Choosing one color and message helps to build a campaign and awareness for a particular cause. In a previous blog we shared what colors many other groups have decided to use for their silicone wristbands. You can be creative and come up with your own designs and color combinations. Our wristbands ship on normal production in about 2 weeks and a rush delivery takes only 1 week to receive.

Many of our customers charge anywhere from $2.00-$10.00 when they resell their silicone wristbands. We have created a chart below which outlines how much money your organization can raise based on your selling price point. As you can see you can make anywhere from $200 to $100,000 based on the size of your group. If you order more than 10,000 silicone wristbands you can raise even more!

Our customers tell us time and time again how EASY this fundraiser is. We know that you have all tried popcorn, car washes, and candy and it is tough to get people to buy. Silicone wristbands offer a product that people want and that is affordable to buy. Good luck with you fundraising and please let us know if we can be of any assistance with your orders.

Quantity	Sell for $2	Sell for $3	Sell for $5	Sell for $10
250	$292.50	$542.50	$1,042.50	$2,292.50
500	$1,000.00	$1,500.00	$2,500.00	$5,000.00
1000	$1,690.00	$2,690.00	$4,690.00	$9,690.00
2000	$3,500.00	$5,500.00	$9,500.00	$19,500.00
3000	$5,280.00	$8,280.00	$14,280.00	$29,280.00
5000	$8,850.00	$13,850.00	$23,850.00	$48,850.00

April 25, 2008

End of School Wristbands!

Spring is finally here and before you know it school will be out for the summer! Many schools will be hosting reward ceremonies, end of the year parties, and graduation parties. Silicone wristbands are the perfect compliment to any of these upcoming events. Give your graduates something to remember their times at school with, motivate elementary kids to read over the summer, or to build school pride for new incoming students at orientation. Silicone bracelets are an inexpensive way to celebrate any occasion. We offer debossed silicone wristbands, imprinted silicone wristbands, embossed silicone wristbands, and of course our new line of thin silicone wristbands. You can customize your wristbands with any size, color, or message. The best part is that we can ship your order to you in two weeks or less so there is plenty of time to receive your wristbands for all of your upcoming events. Thousands of schools have trusted directwristbands.com with their orders of silicone wristbands and you can too! Give one of our sales reps a call today to discuss how we can make your end of year activities memorable with an order of silicone wristbands.

April 22, 2008

New Thin Silicone Wristbands released!

Thin Silicone Wristbands DirectWristbands.com is proud to announce the arrival of our newest type of silicone wristbands. After talking with thousands of our customers and getting feedback from them we have designed a wristband that is perfect for someone who wants something different than the standard "Lance Armstrong" style silicone wristbands. Our new thin silicone bracelets can be imprinted and customized with any message and are a fashionable and chic way of promoting your brand, cause, etc. Many women have asked us for a thinner band so that they could wear multiple colors and so that they were easier to slide over their wrists. With our new thin silicone wristbands we have solved both of those problems. As always we will offer the best pricing, fastest delivery, and best customer service possible. We hope that you consider our new line of silicone wristbands next time that your group orders. We are looking forward to continuing to exceed our customers expectations on every order! Pricing and ordering information on our new line of thin silicone wristbands will be available soon on our website directwristbands.com.

April 17, 2008

Upward Basketball Silicone Wristbands

We have really great clients and many of them use our silicone wristbands for really great things! One of our recent customers was Upward Basketball. This group ordered silicone wristbands for each team signed up for their basketball league.

Upward is an evangelistic sports ministry specifically designed for K5 through sixth grade boys and girls that promotes salvation, character, and self-esteem in every child. In addition to basketball, Upward offers cheerleading, soccer and flag football programs to complete your Upward ministry. Upward provides opportunities for all believers, no matter what denomination, to become meaningfully involved in the ministries of your church. They will have the opportunity to pray for your program, coach a team, referee a game, share a devotion, and develop relationships in order to open avenues of ministry to the people of your community who will participate in your program.

Silicone wristbands were created in five different colors so that the kids new to the sport of basketball could better understand who to guard. Each player has five players on the court at one time so players on opposing teams simply needed to look for the player with the same color wristband to know who to guard. The silicone wristbands really helped the players not only to excel on the court but also motivated them after the games. Each wristband had a particular meaning and players were allowed to take their wristband home with them after each game. By the end of the season every child had received all five silicone wristband colors and heard the message behind each of the wristbands.

DirectWristbands.com salutes Upward Basketball for making a difference their community. Do you have a story about how your silicone wristbands helped in your community? Let us know by dropping us an email at info@directwristbands.com.

April 11, 2008

The LiveStrong Wristband

Although silicone wristbands have been around for quite some time, many consider the Lance Armstrong "LiveSTRONG" wristbands to be what started the mainstream popularity of these silicone bracelets. The LiveSTRONG wristband is a yellow silicone wristband which was launched in 2004 as a fund-raising item for the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Lance Armstrong, a famous cyclist and a cancer survivor, started the campaign. The actual wristbands themselves were developed by Nike.

Live Strong Wristband Worn By John Kerry

The silicone wristbands were part of an educational progam and were intended to raise money for cancer research as well as raise awareness for cancer. They silicone bracelets were sold individually for $1.00 each. There have been over 70 million wristbands sold which was much more than anticipated. The color of the silicone wristbands is yellow which was chosen because of the significance it holds to cycling. The yellow jersey is worn by the leader of the Tour de France which Lance Armstrong competed in.

The popularity of the LiveSTRONG wristbands continued to grow as celebrities such as John Kerry (pictured on this blog), Matt Damon, and other started wearing their silicone wristbands in public.

Many other charities and organizations have used silicone bracelets as a fundraising tool and a way to raise awareness for their cause. At directwristbands.com you can customize your wristbands for your cause. You can choose any color, any phrase, and any size that you like. Silicone wristbands are the best way to show you care.

April 7, 2008

We Want to hear from you!

One of the best parts about our job is working with our wonderful customers. We hear story after story about how people are planning to use their silicone wristbands. Whether it be for a charity, school, business, team, or individual, every one of our wristbands has a message behind it. We are going to start featuring some of the great stories that our customers tell us about their silicone wristbands on our blog for everyone to enjoy. If you have a story about how your wristbands have made a difference please email us at info@directwristbands.com. If you have a website we will link to you (and of course if you would be willing to link back to us we would greatly appreciate it!). So start sending us your stories, pictures, and ideas so that we can share them with our other customers. Thank you for the opportunity to sell you silicone bracelets. We promise you the best quality and the fastest turnaround time in the industry!

April 3, 2008

What type of wristband is right for you?

Directwristbands.com offers so many different types of silicone wristbands that we decided to break down each category so that our customers could better understand which type of silicone bracelets would be best for their order. All of our silicone wristbands start with 100% silicone. Many other companies will save money on production by producing inferior wristbands which are mixed with latex. Latex wristbands will stretch and break like a regular rubber band where as 100% silicone wristbands will not break and are very durable. With that solid foundation we then have four basic choices when it comes to silicone wristbands:

Debossed Wristbands - Our debossed silicone wristbands are created by making a custom injection mold with your specific design. Silicone is injected into the molds and then the wristbands are removed and trimmed to perfection. This type of silicone wristbands are the most popular and most widely recognized.

Imprinted Wristbands - Our imprinted silicone wristbands are created by making a screen of your custom design. That screen is then placed on top of a blank wristband in your desired color and your custom message is printed onto the wristband. Multiple color imprints require multiple screens. This process is very similar to making a custom t-shirt.

Color Filled Debossed Wristbands - Our color filled debossed silicone wristbands are created in the same process as a regular debossed wristband. After the wristband is injected and trimmed, colored ink is painted into the debossed design creating a very readable wristband. Color filled wristbands are a great choice when you want people to be able to see your silicone wristbands from a distance.

Laser Engraved Wristbands - Our laser engraved silicone wristbands start with blank wristbands in any color of choice. A specialized laser then engraves your custom design into the silicone wristbands. We use the process for our smaller quantity orders where creating an expensive mold isn't cost effective.

If you have any questions about which type of silicone wristbands would be best for your order please give us a call at 1-800-570-3260. Our sales staff would love to help you with your order!

March 31, 2008

Silicone Wristbands to Reward Students

We love our customers here at directwristbands.com and our repeat business is a very large part of every day here. Some of our most loyal silicone wristband customers are schools and universities. We have created silicone wristbands for almost every type of mascot and in over 1,000 school colors.

Lately, we have been asking our customers what they are using their silicone wristbands for and many of our school friends are using them to motivate their students to achieve. Many schools give students silicone wristbands around this time of year because spring is time for standardized testing. Schools get ranked based on how their students perform so everyone is looking for an optimistic outcome to the testing period. We have found that giving your school kids silicone wristbands with a motivational message or school slogan really is a great motivator or a great reward at the end of a tough week of tests. If you are interested in ordering silicone wristbands for your school in time for the testing season please give us a call at 1-800-570-3260. Thanks again to all of our loyal school friends and we look forward to making you a customer as well.

Silicone Bracelets used in Hospitals

Many are now talking about the benefits of silicone bracelets in hospitals around the country. Identifying specific medical conditions is very important in every hospital and now silicone bracelets with specific messages engraved are doing the trick. The best part about silicone bracelets is that they are comfortable to wear and very easy to see. When it comes to a life and death situation having a silicone bracelet with your certain medical condition could save your life. Hospitals interested in ordering silicone bracelets for their patients can give us a call anytime at 1-800-570-3260.

March 27, 2008

Our First Silicone Wristband Blog

Here at DirectWristbands.com we know that you have a lot of choices when it comes to purchasing your silicone wristbands. We are looking forward to earning your business and becoming your supplier of silicone wristbands. We have created this blog to better educate our customers on the history of silicone wristbands as well as the various uses available. We hope that you get some ideas of how you can raise money and awareness for your charity or organization, increase school spirit, motivate students to succeed, promote your business, or simply to have fun.

Silicone Wristbands History

Silicone wristbands gained in popularity in 2004 when the Lance Armstrong Foundation introduced its trademark yellow Livestrong wristband to raise support for cancer research. By early 2005, silicone wristbands became popular with many charities, such as Make Poverty History and the BBC's Beat Bullying campaign. Other silicone wristbands include breast cancer (pink), diabetes (various colors), epilepsy (half blue, half red), Hurricane Katrina (ocean blue mixed with white), Wriststrong (red), and AIDS (red, made only in Africa). In general, the color of a silicone wristband describes its cause, and the colors are often the same as the colors of awareness ribbons. Many of the most common colors for silicone wristbands associated with causes are Blue (Drunk Driving, Gold (Childhood Cancer), Dark Blue (Child Abuse and Colon Cancer), Green (Organ Donor), Light Blue (Prostate Cancer), Orange (Hunger and Racial Tolerance), Pink (Breast Cancer), Red (Blood Donor, AIDS, and Substance Abuse), Yellow (Cancer and Bring the Troops Home). Although these colors are widely used in silicone wristbands to promote these causes, our customers have created millions of other silicone wristbands in over 1,000 colors to personalize for their cause.

Silicone Bracelets are here to stay!

Many of our customers ask us if silicone bracelets are still popular. The answer is a very positive YES! Never has it been easier to raise awareness or money for schools, charities, and businesses than with silicone bracelets. Until someone invents a better and more affordable way to show your support silicone wristbands will be very popular. We hear story after story of our customers who purchase silicone bracelets and then call us back a week later to order more. Silicone bracelets are cheap, fun, and fashionable. If you have any questions about your silicone bracelet order please give us a call today at 1-800-570-3260.