Finding a Market - Making Money with Rubber Stamping Series
One of the biggest problems with selling handstamped cards is finding an outlet for card sales. If you’ve checked out eBay, you’ve probably seen a lot of unsold card sets in the auctions. Some people try online sales, as well. However, I’ve noticed that a few other markets work much better.
The best place I found to sell cards was a local women’s coop for handmade items. I would sell all of my Valentine’s, birthday and Christmas cards. Cute “Just Because” type cards didn’t sell quite as well. I had to remember to price my cards so that the commission the coop charged didn’t make me lose money on my sales. Look for local art coops or gift shops. Take a few sample cards in and ask about having them carry your stamped products.
A second way to sell cards that worked well for me was to simply let people take a few into work and make sales for me. (If the company they work for won’t allow Avon sales, it won’t allow card sales either.) I made them a set of handstamped Christmas or birthday cards as a thank you.
Of course, once you find a steady outlet for your cards, you’ll need to produce them in large quantities. Since I prefer to make one of a kind cards, I burned out pretty fast and no longer sell handstamped items. If you find it difficult to make 5 or 10 of the same card design, you may want to try something else, such as unique handstamped jewelry pieces.
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2 opinions for Finding a Market - Making Money with Rubber Stamping Series
Cyndi L
Oct 24, 2006 at 9:06 am
Do you think the folks who sell on Etsy are doing any better with cards than the ones on eBay? I’ve heard mixed reports…
:-)
Katelyn
Oct 25, 2006 at 5:17 pm
Hi Cyndi,
I haven’t tried selling on Etsy, but I think it depends on the type of cards they make. Etsy probably wouldn’t do well for cute and cuddly cards.
Katelyn
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