How to Sell Handmade Cards

Sell your Handmade Cards

Hi,

My name is Jacque Barns, over eight years ago I gave up my career as an account manager to sell my handmade greetings cards full time, it took me two years to go from zero sales to selling thousands of cards per month through over seven hundred and fifty retail outlets.

A billion pound business

The gift and Greetings card industry is a billion pound market (£1.2 Billion of Greetings card sales in the UK alone), whatever it is you make, be it handmade cards, pottery, framed pictures etc. there is a massive world wide market for it, look around at your own town or village, how many gift shops, Greetings card shops or art shops have you noticed, not to mention many other shops that now also sell gifts and Greetings cards (Petrol stations, The post office, Newsagents) we're talking big business with shop owners crying out for something new and exciting that will give them more sales, more profits and more customers, that something could be yours!

How much will it cost to get started in this billion pound market?
I started with just twelve card designs, I just made up twelve designs, showed them to retailers, took the orders, went home and made the orders up, and I still use that same method today when researching new products.
That's all you have to do, there's absolutely no need to invest large amounts of money whatsoever.

Retailers are waiting to buy your product!
Imagine thousands of people all over the country, sitting, waiting to buy your product, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

Getting Started

Use the links to the left to find out about selling your cards, if you've never started a business then it's best to start at You're a Business! and also take a look Tax Issues which briefly covers self employment.
If you are already in business just choose the link that interests you most.

Happy Card Selling, Jacque

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