THose of you who sell cards......

[jessicaandrebeccasmummy]

..... how much do you sell them for???

Where do you sell them???

Sorry.... just looknig for some help!

(I want to know too!!)

I hope you make money JARM!

I sell mine by commission. I have a website but it desperately needs updating. I won't post a link on here as its so awful atm! If you msn me later I'll show you.
A lot of my customers are repeats. They keep coming back for what they like
Prices vary from card to card. start from £1.50 up

Same as YG...I have a website and have repeat customers.
Also sell to two shops and have just secured an order from a local florists shop to make up the tags that go on the boquets....she wanted something a bit more unusual to the normal printed cards you get.
My sis sells loads in her dental surgery for me and I go to craft fairs and school fayres.
Prices start from £1.50 upwards.

Learnt a valuable lesson over christmas and stocked up on other items to attract people to my stall and it worked.

I was just about to start a thread regarding this!!

I have been making my own cards for about 7 years now - just cos I enjoy it and also to save money on buying cards. Friends have said I should sell them but I haven't been brave enough to!!

SO: How do you go about selling cards? Who do you sell them to? and ...... how do you know if they are good enough?

i used to sell cards, i sold a lot this year but since xmas i havent made any, ive lost my confidence and keep thinking that they are rubbish

But, im going to start off scrapbooking and see if that helps, but i just used to casually mention to freinds and family that i was making cards and i used to have a box full.
Someone suggested to me that i have a card party once-thats a way of letting people know as well.

Whoops, that should say i sold a lot last year

Do you sell them just as they are with envelopes or do you go the full hogg and get them sellophane (sp?!) wrapped?

cellophaned wrapped looks nicer and keeps them clean so you can make batches up of the same card and store them.
HTH

Card parties are a really good idea. Dior has held a few and alweays reports back that they were sucessful.
Invite friends round for a girlie night and put your cards on dispaly.....Im sure they would buy from you.

TBh I'm usually so grateful that someone wanted one of myc ards that I get all humble and charge 50p

Useless!!!!!!!

how do you cellophane wrap them? Where do you buy it from and how much does it cost?

i make cards and sell them on ebay for cystic fibrosis trust.i also asked our village post office if i could put a box of them in there.it seemed an obvious place as they get loads of people in there every day.i sell mine for £1 each.when i first started i charged £2.00,but alot of people dont want to pay alot.

poppies you can buy cellophane card pockets from places like Lakeland,ebay or most craft websites

links please!!! Are they expensive?

Parrners and trhe range sell the bags, individually the craft shop back home does them for 5p a bag, varies by size obv.

\link{http://www.jillcraft.co.uk/\this place is cheap and does the bags, P&P is often free}

(sorry, look under card blanks. £1.25 for 25, free shipping for standard.

Hi everyone. Thanks for all your useful info. I'm a new member to mumsnet - this is my first message! Been making cards for a few months now, really enjoying it, keen to try and sell but lacking confidence like a few of you! Had a look at that website, thanks. It looks good - think I'll buy some of those card bags and go for it!

musthavechocolate, post a message for auntyquated or jayzmummy and see if you can get access to the gallery- maybe if you can post a few cards we can give you some feedback?

Thanks so much - very helpful.

So tell me - how did you start to sell your cards. Tell me your story...

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anyone!!!? Someone please give me some tips on how to get started!!

I blame MN for my card addiction. It's something I had in mind for a while ever since a Hobbycraft opened in town ! I also now make beaded jewellery too.
I've only done 2 craft fairs so far but also sell a few cards through work - although I dont promote myself as much as I could I suppose.
Sell mine in cellophane packets - cost £1.50 - £2.50 basically depending on how long each takes to make & what its made from.

I buy my cellophane envelopes from Ideal.co.uk. They work out at 4p per bag, but then I bought 1000! It is the cheapest I have ever found the bags anywhere.

I do indeed do card parties, usually when dh is away snowboarding. It is a good excuse for a girls' night, with the added bonus of earning some money. I also have my cards in three shops. All I did was package them in the cellophane bags and print off little stickers with my details on, for the back of the card, and for a price label. They sell slowly but surely, although I will never be rich from doing it! I think of it as a hobby that pays for itself!

My cards are generally £1.75, although some are £2.00 if they have taken me a long time, or have lots of fiddly bits and bobs on. I charge £4 for large cards (A5), because the card blank and envelope is 60p before I have even made the card.

The main thing is to have fun doing it.

Dior - I was gonna chat with you actually.... Ive got a feeling you are underselling your cards.... They are so fantastic, I just think you could get more?!

Tell me to piss off if you want, but ill raise it again with you tomorrow!!

Piss off then

Not sure myself...don't want toi scare people off. Shops sell them for anything upwards of £1.99, the most being £3.00, but I can't charge my friends £3.00

Can I butt in here to ask someone to post a link to the gallery, please? I think the passwords are mumsnetter and netters. Am I right, please? I love to have a look around the gallery now and then. Thanks.