Handmade Trackables?

[+tatdaimerz]

My brother asked me a question I didn't have an answer to, so I thought I could ask you all....  Is there a way to make a handmade trackable and request a trackable # from GC.com?  I know there is in order to replace one IF you already have a T#. Can anyone answer this for me? I'm NOT looking for a third party vendor item.....  TYIA!

[+kunarion]

5 hours ago, tatdaimerz said:

My brother asked me a question I didn't have an answer to, so I thought I could ask you all....  Is there a way to make a handmade trackable and request a trackable # from GC.com?  I know there is in order to replace one IF you already have a T#. Can anyone answer this for me? I'm NOT looking for a third party vendor item.....  TYIA!

 

The typical way to get tracking codes from GC.com is when you buy them in bulk for a lot (50 or more) of the same design Geocoin, and the design is subject to approval.  

 

If you check for trackable tag sales and clearances, and if you're not picky about the icon, you may get a good deal on a few (or just one).  Keep the tag, use the tracking code on your item.  Or attach the tag.  

 

The main issue with putting the code onto a handmade item is getting finders to understand that it's a trackable item and not Swag to trade.  That's the value of securely attaching a tag.  Then they know.

 

Edited October 29 by kunarion

[+Max and 99]

4 hours ago, tatdaimerz said:

My brother asked me a question I didn't have an answer to, so I thought I could ask you all....  Is there a way to make a handmade trackable and request a trackable # from GC.com?  

No.

4 hours ago, tatdaimerz said:

 I know there is in order to replace one IF you already have a T#. 

Never heard of anything like this.

Your best option in my opinion is to buy TBs at clearance prices, then you can use those codes for almost anything you want, including handmade items. 

[+kunarion]

14 hours ago, tatdaimerz said:

Can anyone answer this for me?

 

Ask the The Help Center.  Ordinary Forum members cannot make special exceptions for Trackable items, and we can't sell the individual codes anyway. 

 

My handmade items have never been so amazing that I'd hope for Groundspeak to make an exception just for one item.  Here's an example of a Trackable Item that is so unique, there is only one, with its own icon.  Plus it has a customized Tracking Code!  So I'm not gonna say that it can never happen, because there you go.

 

I buy tags on clearance, and when I feel the need to use a Tracking Code without the actual tag, I use one of the tags' codes on hand.  I don't have one that achieved worldwide acclaim, with everyone excited to log it.  But you haven't what you'd offer to get that one-off Tracking Code.  Maybe it's a deal they can't refuse.  Go ask.

 

But if it's that cool, consider making 50 or more of them, and go through the existing process of getting those Tracking Codes, coin name and the icon for the design.  Keep your costs down, and you might at least be encouraged to make more.  Geocachers buy neat Trackables all the time.

 

Edited October 29 by kunarion