From A Newbie: To Market My Cards?

Greetings to you!

I'm new on this group and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I love creating cards with Rubber Stamps and am considering marketing them. Does anyone have experience with this, and is it a good idea? How would I begin such a venture?

Any help would be appreciated!

Regards, Jean

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Jean
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Hi,

I have seen people list thier rubber stamped cards on Ebay with a few having bids on them from time to time. One thing to watch for is your rubber stamps' company's "Angel policy" which is its copyright rules for making money on cards made with it's stamps' images. Some companies require thier written permission, most are "Angel friendly" and as long as the image on the cards is hand stamped and not mechanically reproduced or otherwise altered or not made in bulk in an assembly line fashion, its usually not a problem to sell cards with thier images. Stampin Up especially has a big list of do's and dont's in thier card selling policy.

I too would like to market my cards in the next year or two so I hope this helps. I also either take a picture of cards( birthday,wedding , etc..) I make to give to people or make an extra copy for me for a future portfolio. I am currently entering the odd stamp website card contests in hopes to get my name out there if I win or at least get on a card gallery. Submitting to stamping magazines might help as well. I think that will be good for a portfolio as well. :)

Good luck, Cathy

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Cathy Makela

Cathy,

Thanks for the info. I, too, have been looking into a way to create extra income by selling hand stamped cards and tags.

The majority of the stamps I have are Stampin Up, and I just read the Angel Policy. Looks like I should consider designing my own stamps....

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Deborah

Hi Deborah and Jean,

This website might be of help. It lists Angel policies for all sorts of rubber stamp companies and its divided into several categories for ease of navigation. Its a good starting point but I'd double check with the specific stamp company to be sure. It also hits some on Scrapbook companies from the looks of it.

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have a book called HOW TO OPEN AND OPERATE A HOME-BASED CRAFT BUSINESS byKenn Oberrecht from 1994 that might have ideas. It's been awhile since Ilooked at it. There are bound to be more current books out there. Also ifyou do an home -based operation where people come to your house to purchaseyour cards - make sure to look into your city's codes as they might haverules as to how many customers you can have at a time , hours ofoperation,signage, etc... You can also look into selling at local craft bazaars or maybe teaching rubber stamping at a senior citizen center or parks dept where they pay for supplies or a flat rate or something like that. Or perhaps you can sell cards at work during lunch. Or maybe even see about showcasing some of your work at a local home town restaurant that you may frequent alot if they have a display case. Or hey I just thought of this- maybe you can donate some of yours cards to a charitable organization that accepts such things and get a possible tax write off. Those are some ideas I have brainstormed but not gotten around to actualizing.

Good luck :) Cathy

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Cathy Makela

Hi! May I suggest joining the Yahoo group called "greeting card professionals". I, too, have been wondering where and how to market my greeting cards, and some of the members of this group who successfully market their cards gave me some great info.

Karen

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Karen Walker

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