Best way to ship greeting cards, art prints, small and large sizes.

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How to ship your art prints, greeting cards, paper goods, and bulk items safely and inexpensively? In this video, I get down to the nitty gritty of how to optimize shipping cost for your online shop. This is especially relevant if you are an artist or designer who sells items online like greeting cards, different size art prints, etc.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:11 How to optimize shipping cost
05:04 Greeting cards
05:28 Should you ship with tracking?
08:18 Art prints of various sizes
10:39 Pins
10:51 Bulk items/wholesale orders
12:49 International shipping
16:46 Closing notes
A list of materials we use to package and ship our products:
GREETING CARDS:
- 6'' x 8'' Rigid Envelopes: amzn.to/2tXSD5d
- 5 1/4'' x 7 1/8'' Cellophane Bags: amzn.to/36ChDfu
PRINTS:
- 8 x 10 Cellophane Bag: amzn.to/2U0Hk73
- 8 x 10 Backboard: amzn.to/311wRcU
- 12 x 9 Rigid Mailer: amzn.to/2Gxqi8t
SHIPPING TOOLS:
- Mailing Tube for large prints (we use 18'' x 3''): amzn.to/2OnitXx
- Digital Scale for Shipping and Postal Weight: amzn.to/36N9uss
- Shipping Label Printer: amzn.to/30ZX78W
- Shipping Label Printer 2: Arkscan 2054A: amzn.to/310Y7JN
- 4"x6" label stickers that are fit for USPS, UPS, Fedex, DHL shipping labels: amzn.to/36VpEQJ
Buying multiple rolls will save you a lot of money than buying single rolls.
- Tape Gun: amzn.to/3aSAEhi
- Craft Paper Cutter: amzn.to/3jL40C1
- GoShippo is the platform I use to manage my online orders and shipments.
Eco-Friendly Compostable Bags for Prints and Cards. Enjoy 10% off with discount code SUNDAY 10:
- Premium Eco Clear Bags for Art Prints (100pcs): www.clearbags....
- Compostable Eco Bags for Greeting Cards: www.clearbags....
You can search "Eco Clear Bags" on their website for other sizes that suit your needs.
For traditional packaging materials for your paper goods, these are the most inexpensive options:
- 8 x 10 Cellophane Bag: amzn.to/2U0Hk73
- 11 x 14 Cellophane Bag: amzn.to/2Vbj8O7
- 8 x 10 Backing boards: amzn.to/311wRcU
- 11 x 14 Backing boards: amzn.to/2XjOpRx
Other Related Videos:
- How to Packet and Ship Fine Art Prints Cheaply & Safely: • How to Package and Shi...
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Cathy is a self taught watercolor artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Easy Sunday Club was started by Cathy and her husband Nam and is a collection of Cathy's modern paintings, art prints, and baby/children's soft goods that showcase playful interpretations of subjects in her expressive painting style. Prior to art, Cathy got an MBA and worked in corporate for 10 years before rediscovering her creative side. Nam is an attorney. This channel is our way of giving back to the art community and covers Watercolor Tutorials, How To Videos, Product Reviews and the Business of Art.

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@holtsberryarthouse5431 3 жыл бұрын

"You don't have to have everything figured out, you just have to take the next step" Very well said. Thank you for sharing your experiences! Very useful!

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@tomcrowder5629 Жыл бұрын

With regard to using the Shipping Tubes, I have found that at least UPS charges a premium when using the round tubes, because their shipping centers use a conveyer belt system and anything that rolls, has to be grabbed and walked around manually. A way to avoid this extra charge, they sell elongated square shipping boxes that you can put your rolled up pieces in, when shipping. So use the boxes vs the tubes, in my opinion/experience.

@EasySundayClub Жыл бұрын

good pro tip, thanks for sharing.

@happihijjabi9631 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I'm in the UK 🇬🇧 but still found this info useful. More of a confirmation that I'm doing the right thing for each product with my shipping costs.

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@arielvaughn6806 3 жыл бұрын

love when you added the meme for the shipping

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

It brings joy to an otherwise tedious video editing process, hah.

@rondamiller3126 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Just starting with my cards. And have done so much research. What you said really validates what I’ve found out. Now to get started and see what really works for me. Thanks again.

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you best of luck!

@marisspot7677 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these helpful videos!!! I'm so terrified of shipping and packaging lol... I'm trying to start with Print on Demand but you've inspired me to give it a go myself!

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

I told Cathy her thumbnail looks like she is holding a baguette. - Nam

@marisspot7677 3 жыл бұрын

@@EasySundayClub 😂 that's hilarious!

@torttabby4644 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this information! I'm in the process of setting up some online selling, and leaving my (inconsistent) videos for occasional fun, and this video was the perfect educational resource to help! Your watercolors are beautiful! 😍

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and you’re so welcome!

@jodoodles295 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always helpful and I find a lot of value in them. Thank you!

@EasySundayClub 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Jo! Hope holiday prep is going well for you :).

@kristas.gramens3430 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredibly helpful, thank you!

@estherspencer9644 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the tips!

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

You bet!

@Betsielee13 3 жыл бұрын

You are an angel. Thank you for this video. As usual you are always and right on time with these timely informative vids. so, thank you, thank you. by the way. I would definitely go with tracking . You are not paranoid but just in case you are, so am i. It gives a piece of mind that you know where customer items are. It would not look good or professional to have no clue where your customers products are. God bless.

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm glad you can relate! The peace of mind goes both ways for us and the customers.

@brennakohlhase4194 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful info!! Thank you

@michellemurray1600 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice!! Thank you

@eunicemoon4044 3 жыл бұрын

So helpful!

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@PhillCurtis 3 жыл бұрын

Good vid xxx

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil!

@scottroe7862 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your videos! Do you ever put "Do not Bend" stickers on your mailers?

@EasySundayClub Жыл бұрын

Yes

@StarlightAkari 3 жыл бұрын

Really helpful hearing about greetingcards! Always got confused about including an unused envelope with a card, then putting both in an envelope to use to ship? 😅 What do you use to weather-protect the prints/cards while in the rigid mailer - cellophane?

@EasySundayClub 3 жыл бұрын

Yup cellophane! We use the compostable bio plastic kind to be more gentle on mother earth. Here’s our video that talks about them: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fcuqgrp2uNSUimg.html

@donnaconnolly4852 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative video. I have gone back-and-forth on what to do with shipping as it seems so hard to charge four dollars to ship some thing with full tracking. I went with the “letter“ option on Etsy that has supposed tracking with Pitney Bowes, but it is not a true USPS tracking and have run into a lot of customer. service issues. I was thrilled to find this because it allows for star seller because of the “tracking”, but without it being USPS tracking it was not helpful, and did not look as professional. Because of this and that I sell a lot of embellished and embossed cards, would you recommend I use the rigid mailer with full tracking?

@EasySundayClub Жыл бұрын

yes i like having tracking for the reasons you mentioned. less customer service headache even if it means losing out on potential sales, but that’s my personal preference.

@katiekoschalk1367 6 ай бұрын

How do you offer first-class shipping with added tracking? I don't see where to add that option?

@EasySundayClub 6 ай бұрын

I believe first class letter doesn’t have an added tracking option but first class package does (and costs more), which is what I use.

@abbyjacobs1054 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing all of your videos- SUPER helpful! Quick question if you don't mind- I have been sending my greeting cards A2 size) in a rigid mailer just like the one you share in your video. When I got to mail it, they charge between $4-5 with tracking. When I asked why I couldn't ship it cheaper, they said because it was a rigid mailer. Have you experienced this?

@EasySundayClub Жыл бұрын

Yes, unfortunately shipping costs keeps climbing, so I'm paying in the $3.5-5 range vs $2-4 range a couple of years ago for US orders. Also it will always be cheaper to ship from an online shipping platform vs going to the post office. This is why a lot of sellers mail their cards in a bigger envelope with a stamp because you can get away with one stamp if the total weight is under 1oz. It may make sense for you to do that as long as the customer knows they can't track their shipment.

@abbyjacobs1054 Жыл бұрын

@@EasySundayClub Thanks so much!!

@elevatoroperator5420 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, you have closed captioning disabled on this video. Could you please enable it? You don't "need" to review and edit what the robots guess that you are saying but it certainly would help those of us in the hard of hearing community. Thanks!

@EasySundayClub Жыл бұрын

Hi, this video could not generate automatic closed captioning for some reason and I don't have time to type it out manually. I usually turn it on for all my videos whenever it's available. I'll look into it more as to why this one didn't. sorry about that.