Check Out Our New Confuciusoptimizer tool!

August 24th, 2009

For some time now I have been wanting to find a tool that will allow visitors to see what their custom messages will look like before they order. With the help of a friend we were able to get the tool up and working and customers seem to love it.  While it does have it’s limitations it does do a good job of giving you an idea of how your custom messages will look.

Our New Confuciusoptimizer Tool!

Our New Confuciusoptimizer Tool!

You can find the tool on our homepage, you actually can’t miss it, it is the first thing that appears on your screen. The tool allows you to type in your message, up to three lines, with a total of 20 words.  You have your choice of a few fonts, colors, and text size. It is actually alot of fun to play with, enjoy!  Don’t forget to visit our website at:Â
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If The Cookies Look Great, They Are!

April 12th, 2009
We make our cookies in house everyday!
We make our cookies fresh and in house everyday!

I was browsing through the web last night and checking out different sites that sell the same type of products we offer.  I was stunned to see how many of the sites use pictures that are not good. I can promise you that when our cookies arrive they look every bit  as good as they do on our website.

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Be careful if having dipped cookies shipped via ground

March 22nd, 2009

It is getting that time of the year when you might want to consider having your custom dipped fortune cookies shipped either overnight or 2 day air.  With the warmer weather upon us the chances of the cookies showing up melted is increasing.

If you do choose the ground shipping just make sure you follow them when you get the tracking number, and make sure you have someone at home to sign for them.  We have companies that order dipped fortune cookies from us year round and don’t have any problems having them shipped ground.

Just a heads up! Lets remember that we are dealing with chocolate and it will melt!  Thanks all and please take the time to comment on our posts and visit our website here.

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New font and it is snazzy looking!

March 18th, 2009

Last night I received a custom fortune cookie order from Judy R. who lives in Texas and she requested a font that I love.  It’s actually a pretty common font, I think, and it comes standard with Microsoft Windows.  The font name is Maiandra.  You  can see how her fortunes turned out by clicking the link below. www.tankinz.com/cfortunemasterjudyrfront.jpg

What I like most about this font how clean it is yet fun!  You could actually use it for any occasion, Judy used if for a wedding, but it could really be used for businesses as well.  One of the great things about ordering custom fortune cookies from www.tankinz.com is that you get to choose your font. This allows you to fully customize your messages for your event and make the event extra special for your guests.  Often times customers like to use upscale looking fonts for weddings and businesses like to stick with something that is easier to read.  The most common font we use is Arial, it’s clean and easy to read.  Even in a smaller typeset it is easily readable.

So there you are!  Thanks Judy R. from Texas for adding to our comprehensive font database.  You can see samples of all of our fonts by visiting our sample fortune pages which can be found on our home page. Thanks for visiting both our website and blog, please feel free to contact us with any questions.  For custom fortune cookies visit our site at www.tankinz.com or email any questions to us at customerservice@tankinz.com.  Thanks!

Rufus
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How long till I get my order?

March 17th, 2009

This is one of the most common questions I get. Once the order is placed when can I expect it?  One of the advantages you have with ordering custom fortune cookies from www.tankinz.com is that we do everything in house.  From the typesetting and printing of the messages all the way to individually wrapping the cookies. 

From the time you recieve your confirmation email we can usually have most orders ready to ship in 2 business days. So if you were to place your order on Tuesday, your cookies would be ready to ship by Thursday. Now there are a few things that could hold this up. If you are using a logo on your messages it may take some extra time to get that setup, or if you are ordering dipped cookies there may be an extra day needed, but for the most part we can have your cookies ready to ship within 2 business days of receiving the order.

Once your cookies have shipped the transit time really depends on where they are being shipped to.  As long as your cookies are being shipped to the US they will most likely arrive via FedEx. We are located in Salt Lake City, Utah. For the most part ground shipping takes anywhere from 2-5 business days.  FedEx shipping days are considered Monday-Friday, so you cannot count the weekends (friday and saturday) as transit days.  Below is a small chart of the average shipping days needed. Check your region to get a better idea

WEST COAST (California, Idaho, Nevada, etc..) - 2 Business Days via ground

MIDWEST (Texas, Nebraska, Kansas) - 3 Business Days via ground

SOUTH (Tennesee, Georgia, Oklahoma) - 4 Business Days via ground

EAST COAST (New York, PA, MA) - 5 Business Days via ground

Everything going to FL usually takes 5-6 Business Days via ground

On the order form it will ask you when you want to receive your cookies. Make sure you fill in the date there, if at the time of shipping we don’t think the shipping service you chose will make it in time, we will contact you to give you some other options.  ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS GIVE YOURSELF AT 2 DAYS BEFORE YOU USE THE COOKIES AS YOUR ARRIVAL DATE!  Don’t have the cookies set to arrive the same day you plan on using them.  We also usually try to ship the cookies a day or early if we can, FedEx is very good at delivering what they promise, however; problems can occur. So give yourself a fews just in case.

If you are unsure about what shipping method to use please call us (801) 485-0951 or email us customerservice@tankinz and we will make sure the cookies get to you in time. When you check out in your shopping cart it is going to ask you which shipping method you want to use, it will also give you the price of each method.  Other than ground you can ship via 2 Day Air or Overnight.

Hope this helps, all of us here at www.tankinz.comlook forward to providing your with the worlds best cusotm fortune cookies!

Rufus
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We now can dip in yellow and green chocolate!

March 17th, 2009

I got a phone call the other day from a company wanting to dip their custom fortune cookies in  a variety of colors.  While it is quite the task to temper all the colors it was well worth it, they turned out great!  At www.tankinz.com they not only make custom fortune cookies, but can also dip in pretty much any color of chocolate!

Email me with questions!  customerservice@tankinz.com

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Custom fortune cookie tip #4 - Be unique

November 17th, 2008

While it is easy to fall into the trap of going with a generic custom message, i.e. Beth and Jason - December 25, 2008, it can pay off to be unique.

CUSTOM FORTUNE COOKIE TIP #4 - BE UNIQUE

It always amazes me the creativity of our customers. The other day I had a large company call wanting to get a quote on fortune cookies.  They were looking for over 200,000 cookies, a very large order, and they mentioned they were going to be running a campaign and they wanted to use fortune cookies to promote their product.  We have done similar order before, companies use fortune cookies all the time to promote a new items or product line, but for this company they were wanting to use the fortune as the actual coupon.  There would be numerous fortunes, i.e. “5% OFF”, “10% OFF, etc… but the neat thing was that they were going to use the backside of the message as the actual bar code.  What a great idea!  We ran some samples and to make sure the bar code would scan, and whammo success!! The campaign will be a huge success.

For wedding messages we had a couple that used the messages as a short story about themselves and it was up to the guests to put the fortunes together to arrange the story.  They did by table, so each guest at each table had their own cookie, on the front it said “Thank you for sharing this special day with us!” and on the back it had three lines of a story about how they met and future plans, but you had use all the fortunes on the table to put the story together.  I thought that it was a great idea!

Orders from today are listed below.  Remember a “/” indicates a line break, and at the bottom of the order where is says “arial bold” is the font that want used and the color of text is next to it. IGNORE THE COMMAS AFTER EACH MESSAGE, THEY DON’T ACTUALLY APPEAR ON THE MESSAGE.

50 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Lordy, lordy, look who’s forty!,
Fortune2, Don’t worry about 40, it’s really 18 with 22 years experience!,
Fortune3, Eat, Drink and Be Filled With Good Cheer!,
Fortune4, Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.,
Color, Black, ,
Font, Arial Bold, ,
Gift, Yes, 12/05/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, 

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Fortune1, Book a Haircut With Ariel or Amber & Receive A Free Conditioning Treatment With This Fortune! Exp. 3/31/08 DownTime Salon & Spa 570-366-7373,
Fortune2, Bring This Fortune To Receive $5.00 Off A Pedicure Exp. 3/31/08 DownTime Salon & Spa 570-366-7373,
Fortune3, Everyone Deserves a Little DownTime…….. DownTime Salon & Spa 570-366-7373,
Fortune4, Purchase 1 Product & Receive 20% Off The Second Product With This Fortune. Exp. 3/31/08 DownTime Salon & Spa 570-366-7373 ,
Fortune5, Book A Pure Essential Facial & Bring This Fortune To Receive A Free Lipgloss Exp. 3/31/08 DownTime Salon & Spa 570-366-7373,
Color, , Green,
Font, Arial Bold, ,
Gift, No, , Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, 

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1000 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, May You Have a Fortune Filled Holiday Season / Love The Snow’s,
Fortune2, May Your Holidays Be Merry and Bright / Love The Snow’s,
Fortune3, Wishing You a Fortune Filled Holiday Season / Love The Snow’s,
Fortune4, Merry Christmas / Love The Snows,
Fortune5, Happy Holidays / Love The Snow’s,
Fortune6, ,
Fortune7, ,
Fortune8, ,
Color, Black, ,
Font, Arial Bold, ,
Gift, No, , Other, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, 

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Fortune1, WE LOVE OUR GREENSBORO DEBS / CAB MRB SCC CCH HEH EKK CAP SAS MLS KHS CMT,
Fortune2, ,
Fortune3, ,
Fortune4, ,
Fortune5, ,
Color, , hot pink,
Font, Arial Bold, , 70%, 30%,
Gift, No, 11/25/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, please put rainbow sprinkles on half of the cookies

Thanks guys!  Remember to visit my site at www.tankinz.com or www.customfortunecookies.net or email me at customerservice@tankinz.com

-Rufus

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When writing your custom fortune less is more

November 16th, 2008

I know it might sound kind of confusing but for anyone who has taken any marketing classes they always stress that less is more.  The same is true when writing your custom fortune cookie messages.  What does this mean? Don’t be too wordy, try to be to the point.  We will call this custom fortune cookie tip #3.

CUSTOM FORTUNE COOKIE TIP #3: WHEN WRITING YOUR FORTUNES LESS IS MORE.

If you are using the cookies for your wedding this may not hold to be true as much as if you are looking to use the cookies and message to promote your company. Below is a link that will lead you to quite a few samples of messages that are not too wordy.

http://www.tankinz.com/corporate%20message%20ideas.htm

Hope this helps!

-Rufus, the fortune cookie guy

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Be creative with your custom fortune cookie message

November 14th, 2008

CUSTOM FORTUNE COOKIE MESSAGE TIP #2
BE CREATIVE!

We often get emails requested some ideas for custom fortune cookie messages, while we do have a huge database of fortunes we can often help customers get there creative juices flowing right over the phone. If you are using the custom fortune cookies for a wedding use the messages to to explain where the two of you met or maybe how your proposed.  Be creative! Click the link to get some great ideas for some baby shower messages!

Orders from today are listed below.  Remember a “/” indicates a line break, and at the bottom of the order where is says “arial bold” is the font that want used and the color of text is next to it. IGNORE THE COMMAS AFTER EACH MESSAGE, THEY DON’T ACTUALLY APPEAR ON THE MESSAGE.

Fortune1, Your future is UNCERTAIN… might as well have another drink.,
Fortune2, Everyone at this party has one AMAZING thing in common.,
Fortune3, Be bold, be GENEROUS, it’s never too late to buy another gift card.,
Fortune4, Lucky number 31.,
Color, , Maroon,
Font, , Papyrus,
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Fortune1, May your design business be as sweet as this cookie. / Thank you for being our customer!,
Fortune2, Your talent, skill and Pindler & Pindler fabrics will lead you to one success after another!,
Fortune3, We are so ‘fortune-ate’ to have you as our customer! / Happy Holidays!,
Fortune4, Behind every great design is a fabulous designer with a Pindler & Pindler fabric.,
Fortune5, It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.,
Color, Black, ,
Font, , Comic Sans MS,

That’s it!  You visit our website at www.customfortunecookies.net or email us www.tankinz.com

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Use a good text color on your custom fortune cookie message

November 13th, 2008

Today I am going to change the blog up a bit.  In my 2 previous posts I have been quite lengthy describing why and how I got in the fortune cookies making business and a little bit about us. Now my daily blog is going to consist of one tip that you can use in not only choosing your custom message but its appearance.  As always I will also let you view a few of the order we received today and what messages were used.

So we will call this custom fortune cookie #1.

USE A TEXT COLOR OTHER THAN BLACK FOR YOUR MESSAGE. If you are a corporation I can understand using plain old black, it gives the message a professional look and is easy to ready. If you are using the cookies for a wedding, baby shower, birthday etc…. by all means use a fun color.  Maybe one of the colors of your wedding!  You can view some samples of fun custom fortune cookie wedding messages by clicking this link http://www.tankinz.com/weddingideas.htm, the font and color of text used is included.

Orders from today are listed below.  Remember a “/” indicates a line break, and at the bottom of the order where is says “arial bold” is the font that want used and the color of text is next to it. IGNORE THE COMMAS AFTER EACH MESSAGE, THEY DON’T ACTUALL

250 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Michael and April / February 21, 2009
Fortune2, Love / February 21, 2009
Fortune3, Love is a friendship caught on fire
Fortune4, And I’ll ask her if she’ll marry me in some old fashioned way
Fortune5,
Color, , Red
Font, , P22 Tai Chi
Gift, No, 02/13/09, Google, , , quart , 24, red,
Special Instructions

 150 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Baby Mack Due January 27, 2009!,
Fortune2, Confucius say: there will soon be another little Mack in the family.,
Fortune3, Diaper spelled backward is: repaid - think about it.,
Fortune4, From small beginnings come great things.,
Color, , red,
Font, , chow fun,
Gift, No, 11/24/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions,

500 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, KAYLEE SAYS, “START LINE STAYS ARE OVER RATED.”,
Fortune2, KAYLEE SAYS, “AGILITY IS ALL ABOUT HOW YOU HANDLE PLAN B.”,
Fortune3, KAYLEE SAYS, “ENJOY EACH RUN OF THE JOURNEY AS YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL.”,
Fortune4, KAYLEE, SAYS, “BARK ALL THE WAY TO THE FINISH LINE.”,
Fortune5, KAYLEE SAYS, “ADD FLARE TO YOUR RUN. THROW IN A SPIN OR TWO.”,
Fortune6, ,
Color, Black, ,
Font, Arial Bold, ,
Gift, No, 11/20/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions,

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50 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Some people come into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts “/” Shug & Slim 12/2/08,
Fortune2, Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.,
Fortune3, We are united by individuality. “/” We need not think alike to love alike.,
Fortune4, It’s friday night and I got stacks, The club was crunk, JAMMED PACKED!,
Color, Black, ,
Font, Arial Bold, “Freestyle Script”,
Gift, Yes, 11/19/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions,

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50 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Aunt Kathy is the Champion!,
Fortune2, Don’t even try, you can’t beat Aunt Kathy,
Fortune3, Aunt Kathy is the all time Winner!,
Fortune4, You will not win, Aunt Kathy will win.,
Color, Black, navy blue,
Font, Arial Bold, Brady Bunch,
Gift, No, 11/21/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, If you can find Brady Bunch Font would be nice. Things are for a gag gift at our Family Brady Bunch Dinner. If not I can send to you or just use standard font.

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50 Dipped Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, “Pump it…Feel it” Bridgette ,
Fortune2, “DAYUUM!…DOUBLE DAYUUM, DAYUUM, DAYUUM!” Bridgette ,
Fortune3, Friends are like bras, close to the heart, and always their for support,
Fortune4, A friend is one who strengthens you with prayers, blesses you with love, and encourages you with hope,
Color, , Dark Pink,
Font, , Georgia, 50%, 50%,
Gift, No, 11/26/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, Please add Bridgette to Fourtune#1&2 under the quote. Fortune#2 in all Caps. We would like the delivery date to be Wednesday 11/26/08. Event is on Saturday 11/29

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50 Dipped Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, “Pump It…Feel It” Bridgette ,
Fortune2, “DAYUUM…DOUBLE DAYUUM, DAYUUM, DAYUUM!” Bridgette ,
Fortune3, Friends are like bras, close to the heart, and always their for support,
Fortune4, A friend is one who strengthens you with prayers, blesses you with love, and encourages you with hope,
Color, , Dark Pink,
Font, , Georgia, 50%, 50%,
Gift, No, 11/26/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, FORTUNE#1&2 PLEASE ADD Bridgette Under the quote. FORTUNE#2 IN ALL caps. Event is on Saturday 11/29, so we will need them delivered by Wednesday 11/26. THANK YOU

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500 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Today I marry my best friend. To laugh with, love and to hold / Justin & Jackie - December 14, 2008
Fortune2, You are my everything, and everything is you! / Justin & Jackie - December 14, 2008
Fortune3, I’ve found a masterpiece in you, a work of art it’s true! / Justin & Jackie - December 14, 2008
Fortune4, You’re the one for me baby this I know, ’cause it’s TRUE LOVE! You’re the one i’m dreaming of…JJ
Fortune5, He loves me, he loves me not. He loves me, we tied the knot! / Justin & Jackie - December 14, 2008
Fortune6, Life is too short to live alone, so shower me with your love! / Justin & Jackie - December 14, 2008
Color, Black, maroon / gold
Font, Arial Bold, curlz mt,
Gift, No, 12/09/09, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions,

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100 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Mrs. Welborn’s class Rocks!,
Fortune2, You will eat a lot of Turkey on Thanksgiving! “/” Have a great LONG weekend.,
Fortune3, Your class will get the next FALCON reward!,
Fortune4, You will have a bright future if you stay in school!,
Color, Black, ,
Font, Arial Bold, ,
Gift, No, 11/21/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions,

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50 Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, MOD MOOD,
Fortune2, DRESS YOUR BEST,
Fortune3, CHANGE YOUR MOOD…CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES!,
Fortune4, OUR MOOD FITS YOUR PERSONALITY.,
Color, , “pruple”,
Font, , Bureau Eagle,
Gift, No, 11/19/08, Other, , , , , ,
Special Instructions,

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75 Dipped Custom Traditional Fortune Cookies,
Fortune1, Happy 40th Birthday Douglas! / November 26, 2008,
Fortune2, Thank you for celebrating with us, / May you be blessed with good fortune!/ Love, Douglas, Faith, Tyler & Anthony,
Fortune3, I Am ONE! / Thanks For Coming To My 1st Birthday! / All My Love, Anthony,
Fortune4, Birthdays are good for you./ Statistics show that people who have the most, live the longest!,
Color, , red,
Font, , footlight mt light, 50%, 25%,
Gift, No, 11/18/08, Google, , , , , ,
Special Instructions, I would like all my cookies covered with different types of rainbow colored sprinkles, rainbow confetti(flat, round candy),and rainbow non-perils. They are for a 1st and 40th birthday party therefore I would like fun, birthday colors. i basically want the cookies to have a different look to them, so whatever types of sprinkles you have will be fine as long as they’re not all the same.

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That’s it. If you have a second visit our website at www.tankinz.com or email me at customservice@tankinz.com

Thanks!

Rufus

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