Choosing a sticker material that survives

Face materials

Roughly in order of durability and cost.

• Paper — cheapest. Indoor, dry, short life. Fine for shipping labels and price tags.
• Vinyl — waterproof, flexible, several years outdoors with a laminate. The default for product labels.
• Polyester — chemical and heat resistant. For industrial asset labels and anything near solvents.
• Transparent vinyl — for the no-label look on glass and clear bottles.

Adhesive matters as much

Permanent adhesive is the default and is genuinely difficult to remove cleanly. Removable adhesive peels away without residue and is what you want for anything temporary — windscreen stickers, promotional labels, seasonal packaging.

Curved surfaces and low-energy plastics such as polypropylene need a specific high-tack adhesive; a standard one lifts at the edges within days.

The specifications this applies to

For reference, here is how it works out on the products this comes up on most often.

• Product Labels — 50 × 50 mm finished, 2 mm bleed, 300 DPI minimum, from ₹3 per unit with a minimum of 100.

Ordering

Every file is checked automatically before printing, so a mistake in any of this is caught while it can still be corrected rather than after a run is on paper.

Standard delivery is free to every PIN code in India — two working days to a metro, up to twelve to the islands — and prices include GST, so the figure on the product page is the figure charged. Add a GSTIN at checkout and the invoice carries it for input credit.

Choosing without seeing it

Paper and finish are difficult to judge from a screen, which is why the descriptions on each product say what a stock is best for, what it is poor for, and what it feels like in the hand rather than only listing a GSM figure.

If a decision genuinely hinges on the feel, order the smallest quantity first. On most products the minimum is 100 units, which costs very little against the risk of committing a full run to a stock that turns out wrong.