How to Make Money with a Mug Press
Making money with a mug press requires finding the right customers and developing one or more niche markets. Mug presses are heat presses that transfer printed transfer ink onto the mug in a process called 'sublimation.' The ink is converted to a gas that penetrates the mug surface and creates a long-lasting imprint. Full-color photographs, logos, artwork and slogans are common, and the mugs are sold as gifts, souvenirs and business promotional items.
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Things You'll Need
- Prototype designs and mugs
- Consignment, special order forms
- Online auction or craft product store
- Portable printer, laptop and digital camera
Instructions
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Create souvenir designs to apply to your mugs, and bring along prototypes to souvenir stores to sell on consignment or at wholesale. City, town and state names, landmarks, local sayings, etc. are popular with tourists. If you sell on consignment, always use a consignment agreement form.
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Create personal photo mug prototypes and show them to gift store owners. Stores may offer to display your samples, take customer orders, collect a deposit and pay you a wholesale price for the mug when finished. Be sure to leave special order forms with instructions, and provide contact information for store employees to call when orders are placed.
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Sign up for an online auction or craft sales site on the internet and place custom or stock design mugs for sale. Craft sites will enable you to take custom orders and sell directly to the consumer at retail prices. If you use an auction site, use a 'buy it now' option to maintain pricing levels that cover costs and profit margins.
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Approach businesses in your neighborhood and inquire about selling quantities of mugs with the business name. This type of sale will usually generate lower profits because of expected quantity discounts common to promotional product sales, but you'll make up for lower margins with the higher product volume involved.
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Place classified or small display ads in local newspapers and websites to generate orders for custom printed mugs.
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Rent a flea market, craft fair or community event booth. Display samples and take custom orders or produce them on-the-spot with a portable computer printer, laptop and digital camera.
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Tips & Warnings
Research your local market to ensure that your prices are in line with similar mug products. Although you can generally get more money for custom mugs, generic sayings and designs will need to be competitive with others on the market.
When taking the custom order approach from stores, be sure you are timely in your production of the mugs. Store personnel will deal with customers directly, and may not continue doing business with you if orders are always late.
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