Blog for Bikers and Patches

Wholesale Patches: They May be the Door to Your Own Business

With the economic meltdown in the U.S. on the verge of entering its third year, unemployment rates are the highest they've been in a long, long time. The official government number puts unemployment at just under 10%, but that doesn't take into account the tens of thousands, if not hundreds of

More Info

Patches and Vests: A Perfect Match

There are certain things that just go well together. Things like pizza and wings, chocolate and peanut butter, bikers and Harleys, and on and on. Vests with patches are another combination as natural as anything else. If you have a black leather vest, it's just natural to at least put a large patch on

More Info

Choose Google Checkout over PayPal

As an online merchant selling embroidered patches from my own site TheCheapPlace.com I wanted to make a few comments on Merchant solutions. I've been using three different payment solutions which include my own merchant account, Google Checkout and PayPal. I can honestly say I wish everyone used

More Info

And Now, For Your Viewing Pleasure...Our Patches!

Read the article below or immediately start browsing embroidered patches OK, so I'm taking a short little survey. By a show of hands, how many of you are at least a little bit lazy?  Come on now, we've all sat down to watch television only to discover the remote control is not within

The Information Age Needs More Patch Categories

If you're like me, you love living in the information age.  You can go online and find out just about anything you need to in the relatively short period time.  It's awesome!  But just like the recent Bing TV commercials suggest, one of the downfalls of the information age is information

More Info

An All Volunteer Force

When I think of the U.S. military I am awestruck by the things they have been able to accomplish in the free world.  A look back through history reveals how our brave fighting men and women helped put an end to Hitler's march across Europe; stopped the Prussian uprising of WWI; freed the slaves

Embroidered patches for Girls

The Cheap Place has a few girly patch designs you can use to add some fashion to your plain clothes. A patch ironed on the back of some plain blue jeans can really add some color to your clothes. Take a look at these angel wings you can sew on the back of your jacket. They come in three different colors

More Info

Embroidered Patch Sale

I normally do not have any sales going at TheCheapPlace.com. The reason for this is because I don't like playing games with consumers, such as doubling my prices and offering 50% off sales all year long. We at The Cheap Place (which is my wife and I at the moment) like to give year round low prices on

More Info

So You're Starting Your Own Biker Club...

Let's just say for the sake of argument that you own a Harley and want to start your own biker club.  One of the first things you'll need to do is choose a name and logo.  So what would they be?  Would you go the traditional route and use something having to do with death, violence,

More Info

Embroidered Patches: How are they Made?

Have you ever wondered how embroidered patches like the ones sold on thecheapplace.com are made?  I got to find out a few years ago; read on and I'll share the story with you.  And when you're done reading, be sure to check out all the different embroidered patches found on this website.