How to Sell Greeting Cards & eCards Online
Selling greeting cards and eCards online is an excellent way to showcase artwork, poetry and photography you've personally created. Some artists and writers use this technique as both a creative outlet and a way to earn income from their work at the same time. Setting up an eCard and greeting card store is easiest using websites that are designed specifically for that purpose. These websites make it simple to get a store live and making sales very quickly, and they take care of all of the technical work so that you can concentrate on being creative and making new designs and cards.
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Research the online print-on-demand sites to determine which has the best options for creating your greeting cards service. Sites such as Cafe Press allow you to create greeting cards based on your own artwork and photos, while other sites provide ready-to-use artwork instead.
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Decide where you will obtain the artwork for your eCards and greeting cards. If you are an artist or photographer, you will probably want to use your own designs, otherwise you will need to license materials from a third party. If you do not choose a print-on-demand site that provides artwork, you can license photography and designs from stock photo websites such as BigStock or IStock Photo.
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Set up an account at the site you'd like to sell eCards and greeting cards from.
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Create and upload your card designs, with or without phrases inside as desired.
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Advertise your greeting card and eCard store to begin making sales.
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