How do i go about selling a series of greeting cards i've made?

Question

To shops like WH smith, Birthdays, etc...

How much will it cost to print, say 2000 cards?

Answer 1

Write to their head office and address it to the Managing Director of purchasing.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news most people do not go in for buying hand made cards anymore as it is so easy to make their own.  My friend used to do this and she went bankrupt as it became less popular.  Through chatting with a lot of friends they prefer a really nice meaningful verse as opposed to how it looks.

I do hope this works out for you as I think it is great to see someone trying to make something of themselves.

Answer 2

Most chainstores will not buy handmade cards because they have to stock them in every branch to be consistant. If you want to get your card designs into the big stores, you need to find the printers that provide them sch as Hallmark, and submit your designs to them.  If you phone the head office and ask the switchboard who deals with new card designs, they will usually tell you.  Then you can send your designs to a specific person who may use them.  All I can say is Good Luck.  If you want to sell handmade cards then local shops are a better idea.  I sell mine in a local jewellers and it brings in a bit of "pin money".  If you're looking to make big money then selling your designs is the way to go and let them print them (get the Writers and Authors Yearbook - it has loads of info in, usually from library).

Answer 3

hi, i do not know the answer to your question.

I do know people who sell handmade product use this website to sell through reasonable fees i believe.  

Answer 4

Trekbabe is giving you the right info. I would just add that having been involved with local charities printing christmas cards we have found that it is not viable to print a run of less than 10,000 of ONE design and that is with lots of volunteers to pack and sell them.

You can print smaller quantities on a good digital colour photocopier but it is more expensive, of varying quality and can't be done on good heavyweight card. You could use this method for a trial run though.