How Much Does a Keychain Mold Cost? The Tooling Fee Explained, Driver by Driver (Video)

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1. 0:00How much does a keychain mold cost? Your artwork decides.
2. 0:05It's a metal plate, the negative of your design, with walled cells for each color island—a one-time charge per design and molded side.
3. 0:14Five drivers set the fee: relief layers, color cells not colors, outline at final size, cavity count, depth and sides molded. Sculpted 3D usually costs more to tool than flat.
4. 0:27Each piece carries F over Q. Unchanged reorders add pieces, not fees. A waived fee hides in the unit price—charged again every reorder.
5. 0:38Recoloring cells or swapping hardware keeps the tool. A new outline, moved raised text, an extra color island or deeper relief usually needs a new one. Confirm retention in writing.
6. 0:50For an exact figure, send your artwork and ask for an itemized quote:
7. 0:55mold fee, unit price, cavities and sides molded.

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