The Button Blog - American Button Machines

Suggestive selling and up-selling are two of the most effective tools that restaurant owners have in their tool belts for controlling costs, moving through inventory, and creating a branded experience. And few devices are better at achieving all of these objectives (and more!) than buttons.

Some hospitals are not too keen on nurses wearing buttons covered with fabric while on the job. But wouldn't you know it...we have a solution!

If you love making buttons and have ever wondered whether it would be plausible for you to make money making buttons, we submit this post as proof positive that it is, in fact, very plausible. One of our customers sent us the following picture of a check with the following note: "I got my 2.25 button making machine. A week later a sale. About paid for me order. Thanks! Won't take long to be fully in the black. Good investment."   So if you have ever considered starting your own button making business - either full time to part time...

Everyone has heard of the phrases "thumbs up" and "thumbs down." When you agree with something, or when something is good, you give it a thumbs up to emphasize your agreement. When you disagree with something, or when something is not good, you give it a thumbs down to emphasize your disagreement. Well here at American Button Machines, we do this...but a little differently. And - surprise, surprise! - our version of it includes buttons. When something is good that we like, we say button ups! And when something doesn't meet our approval, we say, button downs. And yes, we...

I know what you're thinking: wait, you mean a button machine merchant can help me make necklaces? You bet we can! Not only do we have a 1.5" necklace kit that works with paper or fabric buttons, we also have an adjustable necklace you can use to proudly and fashionably wear your button necklace. And that's not all. We are actually the only place where you turn your incredible, wonderful, charming buttons into a chunky necklace that will make you the envy of buttoneers everywhere! Yes, one of our newest products is the 2.25" Chunky Necklace kit. With the enormous...