Why We Couldn't Offer Bulk Discounts (Until Now)
One of the most common questions we've gotten over the years is:
"Can I order 50 records?"
Or 100. Or 500.
The answer has always been... kind of.
The challenge is that we make records differently than a traditional pressing plant.
Every record we make is cut one at a time, in real time. If your album is 30 minutes long, it takes about 30 minutes to make a copy. Order 100 records, and suddenly we're spending days listening to the same album over and over again.
That's part of what makes custom vinyl possible. No minimums. No waiting for hundreds of copies to be manufactured before you can get your hands on one.
But it's also what makes traditional bulk discounts difficult.
Time is still time.
So when someone asked for 100 copies, we'd usually end up in an awkward spot. We could absolutely make them, but the economics weren't the same as traditional vinyl manufacturing.
We've spent the last few months looking for a better solution.
For larger projects, we can now offer professionally pressed vinyl alongside our custom-cut records.
What does that mean?
If you only need a handful of records, custom-cut vinyl is still the fastest and most flexible option.
But if you're planning a larger release, pressed vinyl opens the door to:
- Lower per-unit costs
- More color options
- Specialty effects and variants
- Greater consistency across large runs
- Better scalability for bands, labels, events, and retail releases
Most importantly, it lets us help with projects that previously didn't make a ton of sense on our equipment.
We're still making records one at a time here in New Jersey. That's not changing.
Custom records, one-offs, gifts, test pressings, short runs, weird ideas—we still love those projects.
Now we just have a better answer when someone asks for 50, 100, or 500 copies.
If you've been sitting on a release because you thought vinyl was out of reach, get in touch.
We'll help figure out which approach makes the most sense for your project.
