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Discussion in 'Ephemera and Photographs' started by Natasha, Dec 12, 2017.

  1. Natasha

    Natasha Well-Known Member

    Hello, my friend is an artist and she makes folded cards with abstract images. Like the one below. Usually she makes only one copy of each image. She sells them $8.00 per piece. Does anyone have an opinion whether it may be worth buying such cards for further reselling them on ebay. What would be the price ? Welcome all thoughts.
    Folded hand made postcard.m pg.jpg
     
  2. Caribou's House

    Caribou's House Well-Known Member

    I like her art. I could also see this as a scarf.
    I just think, however, that with websites like Shutterfly
    which provides the fun and so much choice in personalizing
    one's stationary, that standard greeting cards will be a thing
    of the past and mass marketing them (ebay) is a challenge?
     
  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I love things like this, but suspect $8.00 is about as much as the market will bear for a single card. Is your friend willing A) to make multiples & B) sell them to you at a wholesale price? Also, think they would sell (& ship) better as a boxed set of mixed designs, so are you prepared to acquire the needed materials & do the boxing and can the enterprise really net enough to make it worthwhile? Great cards, difficult sell, cheap to ship but hard to do so without damage. As the saying goes, IMHO.
     
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  4. Natasha

    Natasha Well-Known Member

    Thanks Caribou's House and Bronwen for your opinion. I also think that $8.00 is too much for a single card. However my friend is not willing to make multiples as she considers them to be objects of art and not mass production. I will think about selling 5 cards I have as a set of mixed designs. Thank you again.
     
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Greeting cards is a tough racket. The place for one of a kind pieces is probably more Etsy than Ebay, and even there I have a feeling $8 including shipping is probably about as much as you'll get for a greeting card. It might be worth your friend's while to sell them herself, but odds are reselling would be a money-loser.
     
  6. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    Agree with evelyb.
    She should take a look around etsy for prices and how well sellers are doing with cards now.
    I think it is a tough market.
     
  7. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

    i would frame the originals and sell copies for 1/2 price , isn't that how it's done .:)
     
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  8. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

    or make copies to send to friends and family .
     
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  9. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    A lot of artists in my area make and sell unique cards. $8 is a little steep. Go to Etsy or another site and see what original cards are selling for. Completed auctions, not necessarily what they're asking.
     
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  10. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    When I donate mine the charity store sells them for about a buck each. That's the going rate here, and one reason I don't try to make a living making cards.
     
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  11. lloyd249

    lloyd249 it's not hoarding if it's valuable

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