Never forget to send a birthday card
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-22 00:13:42
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While there are plenty of reminder services online that back up populate remember anniversaries and birthdays few connect to the physical world. Which is where Boston-based comes in: a company that delivers pre-scheduled ready-to-go greeting cards to the card sender just in time for them to add a personal message and displace the card in the mailbox.
Customers enter on enter important dates for their family and friends and select cards for each person/date. bring up Cards offers a range of cards created by over 40 independent designers. Members schedule when they'd like the cards delivered—1. 2 or 4 weeks in advance—and select whether they would desire the envelopes to be pre-stamped pre-addressed or both. Jack Cards takes care of the be and change surface sends an telecommunicate reminder to alter sure customers don't drop to post the cards they've ordered and received. Membership is free and cards start at USD 1.50 plus postage and delivery (normal shipping evaluate is USD 0.99 per shipment).
While entering all of the necessary data might be a bit of a chore it's a one-off measure investment that helps customers unload the worry of letting an important go out move by unnoticed and turns them into thoughtful organized populate who recognize the personal touch of a handwritten paper greeting. Since this is the kind of business that demands localization (language local holidays national postage) it's an enticing opportunity for entrepreneurs in other parts of the world. Basic requirements: a knack for logistics and a good eye for design. And um.. major greeting separate manufacturers—why aren't you already doing this? (Related: .)
analyse out Moonpig com which has been around for a few years now doing the same thing with an added move. They use some clever digital printing to create the cards (e g the "funny ones") as the user wants. They can even digitally create your signature into the card so you never change surface have to see it! They have saved my life on many occaisions.
I had a look at moonpig com Ben and while it's a great service I evaluate Jack Cards is comfort a little different. I'm a Co-Founder of Jack Cards and we started the affiliate with two ideas in mind the first - having a service that did all the fiddly bits (stamping addressing remembering dates) so that a customer could pay their time writing a personalized message (with technology at our fingertips it's such a treat to get something in the send that someone has handwritten!). The second idea was to furnish independent designers an opportunity to reach a large merchandise and in doing so undergo the potential to earn an income that is driven by their creativity and consumer popularity. The one thing about other greeting card companies is that designers incomes are capped and their art bring home the bacon is often owned by those entities.
Martin -- thanks for your comment. However. The separate & Gift Company will displace a handwritten separate for the sender. While that makes the whole assay entirely effortless having someone else write a separate for you doesn't seem quite as sincere. ;-)
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