We have created two separate programs that are intended to reduce economic barriers for creating new letterboxing patches. It is our hope that these programs will help introduce more variety into the patches that are available for our hobby and may also eventually generate proceeds that can be used to help support the preservation and exhibition of letterboxing patches for future generations.

The Patch Buy-Out Program is designed to reduce the financial burden on people who have had patches produced in the past, but have been unable to sell them all in a timely manner and would like to recoup their investment. To qualify for this program, your patches must have been available to the public for at least one year. If your patches are accepted into the program, we will purchase any remaining patches at the original price that you paid for them when they were produced. The terms of this buy-out are that we will assume full legal copyright of the patch image, and reserve the exclusive right to reorder duplicate patches in the future. You must agree not to continue reproducing and selling these patches, thereby competing with our fund-raising efforts.

The Cooperative Patch Production Program can help to substantially lower the cost of producing a new patch design. Essentially, we will attempt to reduce your cost per patch by doubling your order quantity for an approved design and splitting the order with you. The patches must be ordered from an approved patch manufacturer that offers a quantity discount for larger orders. Your half of the patches will be delivered to you, and you will have exclusive rights to sell them for a period of one year, or until you sell out. After that, we will begin selling our half of the order. If you still have any of your patches left at this time, you will automatically qualify to sell them through the Patch Buy-Out Program, if you wish, or you can keep them for yourself or sell them as you see fit. However, we will assume full legal copyright of the patch image, and reserve the exclusive right to reorder duplicate patches in the future for the purpose of raising funds to support our mission of preserving and exhibiting the history of letterboxing patches.

If you wish to apply for either of these programs, please contact us by email at this address:

mail@letterboxingpatches.com