Next i edit the design. Greeting cards are a small printing area and so long as your original is roughly the size of the greeting card or bigger you shouldn t have any problems.
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How To Sell Handmade Greeting Cards
The quality of your greeting cards can help them sell so use the proper paper.
How to design greeting cards to sell. As well as planning the types of cards to sell you will also need to determine your production calendar. You can upload images on greeting cards and other products and sell them on such print on demand companies. Greeting cards are seasonal therefore you will need to start planning seasonal cards in advance to give you time for marketing prior to the season and to give you time to make and sell the cards in time for the relevant season.
Zazzle red bubble and cafe press are some good print on demand companies you can tie up with. Aim to make around 50 to 100 and see how well they sell. Generally it is around 10.
Being a designer you can set a base price and add the commission you want to earn. Greeting cards can be printed in a variety of sizes. Editing is mostly tidying up scans like removing the paper background and fixing any imperfections in the original.
Use premium paper stocks like 16 point gloss cover or 13 point matte cover. You can find the proper paper at a local print shop.