Editing Sticker (section)

== Use ==
[[File:Advertisement for fitness studio in Germany.jpeg|thumb|upright|Ad sticker for a boxing studio in Germany, in the style of [[guerilla marketing]]]]

Stickers are widely used when an object requires identification with a word or idea. [[Brand]] stickers may be attached to products to label these products as coming from a certain company. They may also be used to describe characteristics of the products that would not be obvious from simple examination, or to clarify either a printing error or change in the product of some kind, such as the country of origination, shift in a product's ingredients, a shelf life date, or [[copyright]] notice, without having to scrap pre-existing packaging for such a small change. A [[label dispenser]] is often used as a convenient way to separate the sticky label from its liner or backing tape.

Stickers placed on [[automobile]] bumpers, magnetic and permanent, called ''[[bumper stickers]]'', are often used by individuals as a way of demonstrating support for political or ideological causes. Identification of vehicle registration and last service details are two examples of stickers on the inside of most car windscreens. The term "window sticker" is generally used for vinyl labels which are stuck to the inside of a vehicle's window, as opposed to water-resistant stickers that are stuck to the outside of a vehicle but can be affixed to anything.

Stickers are also used for embellishing [[scrapbooking]] pages. Kinds of stickers sold for this purpose include acrylic, 3D, cardstock, [[epoxy]], fabric, flocked, sparkly, paper, puffy, and vellum. While in the earlier days of scrapbooking stickers were sold mostly on 2"x6" sheets, now{{When|date=July 2017}} 6"x12" and even 12"x12" size sheets are very common.

[[File:Stickerart.jpg|thumb|Sticker vandalism in [[São Paulo]], Brazil]]

They are frequently distributed as part of [[Promotion (marketing)|promotion]]al, and [[political campaign]]s; for example, in many [[voting]] [[districts]] in the [[United States|U.S.]], stickers indicating an individual has voted are given to each voter as they leave the [[polling station|polling place]], largely as a reminder to others to vote.  Observers may clap hands, honk a horn or otherwise applaud a good sticker.

In the 16th century French aristocracy wore stickers on their face to hide blemishes.<ref>{{cite web |title=That Time the French Aristocracy Was Obsessed With Sexy Face Stickers |url=https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/sexy-face-stickers/}}</ref>

Temporary stickers are used today to indicate whether someone is free of certain health symptoms, been vaccinated, or otherwise cleared some security protocol.

Stickers are also used as a form of [[guerilla marketing]], as well as serving as a ubiquitous form of visual and physical vandalism.

Stickers are also printed for use as temporary tattoos.

=== Discount stickers ===
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