Have you heard of “free plus shipping” offers? Internet marketing gurus like Russell Brunson, Dean Graziosi, Brendon Burchard and Perry Marshall have mastered the sales funnel and free plus shipping offers – in fact, it’s one of the biggest trends in publishing right now – which is why we wanted to share a little bit about how it works and how we can help you use it too.
What is Free Plus Shipping?
Free plus shipping offers are when a product is offered for free and the buyer is only asked to pay for shipping costs. It’s a great way to excite your audience, create lots of new customers, and grow your list with minimal cost to you. While you don’t make money, or maybe just a small profit, initially from free plus offers, it’s the conversion of leads into additional sales of products, programs or services that these offers lead to that make this method profitable.
You don’t need a huge list for free plus offers. In fact, this is a great way to GROW your list. You can begin by printing a small print run to get started. As demand grows, you can order larger batches of the product, reducing your initial costs while increasing list growth and future revenue potential.
How to set up a free plus shipping offer:
FIRST: Create a product for your free offer. This could be a condensed version of a larger product or program you can promote or upsell. Some of the more popular products are saddle-stitched booklets and perfect bound books.
NEXT: Contact Vervante at [email protected] for free quotes for your product. We can give you print-on-demand quotes (for printing them one at a time) and bulk order quotes for 50, 100, 1,000 or however many you want to start with (the more you print, the lower the cost per unit).
ORDER A PROOF: For any product you create, we recommend that you order one (or a few) as a sample to make sure it’s exactly how you pictured it.
PRINT FREE PLUS PRODUCT: Once you’ve approved the product, let us know how many you’d like to print for your initial order. We can keep your products in our warehouse with no inventory fees.
FULFILLMENT: We receive order information, pull the product from stock, and ship them to the customer. We include tracking numbers and customized packing slips free of charge.
We can process orders from ANY shopping cart, no matter which one you use. And you don't need to worry about integration, API, or any of that fancy complicated stuff. For information about how we handle order processing and working with ALL shopping cart systems, click HERE.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT: You can see how many products you have in storage in our warehouse, plus order status, tracking information and more in your Vervante Author Dashboard account.
RETURNS: We accept returns. We do not charge you for handling a return. You will receive an email when we receive a return. Returns can be sent to our headquarters in Utah, or you can modify your packing slip to have returns sent directly to you. Whether you choose to have returns sent back to us or to your office, we recommend that you include your return policy on the customized packing slip included with each of your orders.
If you love this idea, we’re ready to help you get started. For questions, ideas or free quotes reach out to our publishing pros at [email protected] or schedule a phone call with us by clicking HERE.
We're constantly amazed by the clever, unique, brilliant and beautiful books and products our customers create. Today we’d like to introduce you to Jennifer Regular, a wellness leader who facilitates authentic self-empowerment through inspiration, healing and spiritual wellness strategies, and author of the book Embrace Your Power: A Healing Journal of Self-Discovery.
The story behind Jennifer’s book
Q: What inspired you to write this book?
A: I was first inspired to write this book when I was just 10 years old, a very observant child who wanted to share my thoughts and observations on how society determines your destiny. The book took many forms in my head and on paper as I gathered wisdom, experience, training and education, yet the basic concept always stayed the same.
Later I led personal growth and empowerment workshops and students were asking for a type of manual or workbook to use on their own following the workshop. I decided this was a good time to publish the book with the intention of using it for those attending my workshops and for back-table sales following my speaking engagements. I started working with a copyright editor and life coach who helped motivate me to finally get the book published 30 years later. She told me about the option for self-publishing and steered me toward Vervante. So grateful she did!
Q: What advice would you give for other aspiring authors?
A: Gather people who are best at what you may not be, such as an editor or graphic designer, rather than letting these things hold you back. Great to gather support from those who will motivate and inspire you to follow through, and perhaps even hold you accountable for completing the project.
Q: What do you love about your book?
A: I love that it is published on demand, and that I'm able to buy copies to sell on my own. It means you don't need a ton of money up front or the storage to keep hundreds of books. It also gives people an easy link to purchase and that you can use to promote your product.
About Jennifer and her “Embrace Your Power” book
Jennifer Regular is an inspiring wellness leader who facilitates authentic self-empowerment through inspiration, healing and spiritual wellness strategies. Her book, Embrace Your Power: A Healing Journal of Self-Discovery, is a journaling-style exploration designed to give you an opportunity for deep reflection and connection with your core self to rediscover what you came here to do. It is an opportunity to go within and re-emerge as your True Self. It also offers a soul-nurturing toolkit. As you work through the book, you become more comfortable making choices you know are intuitively right for you and begin to focus on what nurtures, guides and heals you as you tap into your inner knowing and learn to trust yourself again.
Use this journal to align with your heart’s desire. Tune into your innate wisdom as you make the journey into authentic empowerment. This journey is about reconnecting with your true self; nurturing your soul and meeting the need for fulfillment and meaningful engagement. Consider this a pilgrimage of your heart’s true desire that empowers you to reclaim your life and reveal who you truly are.
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Your creativity inspires us and your success deserves to be shared!
If you're looking for a stand-out product that will make a big statement this year - consider card decks. If you like the idea, but aren't sure how to get started, we've got your answers.
One of our most popular products, custom-designed card decks are a fun and valuable product authors and entrepreneurs are using with great success for increasing revenue, expanding their audience, and promoting or adding value for existing books, products or programs. And like many of our other products, card decks can be printed on demand or in bulk, held and then drop shipped on demand.
We’re not talking about playing cards here, but creative and highly-customizable card decks that will definitely stand out from the crowd. Card decks can be any size, any number of cards in a pack, and each card can have its own unique design or message.
Card decks can be complementary to an existing product. For example, let's say you are the author of a how-to book and each chapter describes a specific topic, mantra or task. You can create a card deck that contains each one of those nuggets of wisdom to be used in conjunction with your book. In fact, many of the card decks we help authors create are like this - created from content that has been repurposed from books or other products. In this example, you can now sell your book and the matching card deck as a package. This elevates your book above any competition from other traditionally-published books because you are now offering a package or kit with much more value.
Creative ways Vervante customers have used card decks include:
Affirmation cards
Tarot cards, angel cards, goddess cards, hero cards, etc.
Desktop calendars with daily, weekly or monthly messages
Health and fitness motivation cards
Study guides for training or certification programs
Educational cards for adults and children
Writing prompts and journaling inspirations
Recipes and meal plans
Spiritual and inspirational cards
Financial, budgeting or money-management
Bonus content for books such as discussion questions or character cards
As you can see, there is no limit to the creative ways card decks can be used in your business.
Once you’ve created a card deck, you’ll be amazed at how versatile they are as marketing and sales tools. Yes, you can sell them as standalone products online and in brick-and-mortar stores. But you can also use them at events for back-of-room sales, as gifts, as part of a collection of themed products, for raffles or swag bags, as incentives to boost sales of books or other products, or to support masterminds, coaching or training programs.
A few reasons to use Vervante for your card deck:
We can print card decks on demand – something most other printers don’t offer.
When we say custom, we mean it. You can print card decks:
In any size
Any number of cards in each deck
Variety of paper options
With square or rounded corners
Each card can have unique designs on either side
Color or black-and-white (or both)
Gloss or matte finish
We also offer special packaging and fulfillment services, so your card decks can be printed and shipped with other items such as books, small booklets, journals, workbooks, crystals, tin boxes, nutritional supplements, etc.
Speaking of packaging – we can also package and present your custom card decks in unique ways that increase their value in the eyes of customers. We can print custom tuck boxes any size to accommodate the deck. For standard size playing cards (2.5 x 3.5), we have a clear, 2-piece hard plastic case, and for desktop presentation we have a clear display case that holds up to 13 cards.
For even more creative presentation solutions, you can send us items such as organza, velvet or other drawstring bags, tin boxes, etc. as well as complementary items such as crystals or stones that can be packaged and shipped to customers as a set.
Need to include instructions or a guidebook with your card deck? We can do that too. We can print small perfect-bound or accordion-folding instructional booklets the same size as your deck to fit in the same packaging.
If this has inspired you to create your own unique card deck in 2019, we're here to answer any questions and help you get started right away. Just email us at [email protected] or schedule a phone call with our publishing experts by clicking here.
Have you heard of “free plus shipping” offers? Internet marketing gurus like Russell Brunson, Dean Graziosi, Brendon Burchard and Perry Marshall have mastered the sales funnel and free plus shipping offers – in fact, it’s one of the biggest trends in publishing right now – which is why we wanted to share a little bit about how it works and how we can help you use it too. 
A: I was first inspired to write this book when I was just 10 years old, a very observant child who wanted to share my thoughts and observations on how society determines your destiny. The book took many forms in my head and on paper as I gathered wisdom, experience, training and education, yet the basic concept always stayed the same.
Jennifer Regular is an inspiring wellness leader who facilitates authentic self-empowerment through inspiration, healing and spiritual wellness strategies. Her book, Embrace Your Power: A Healing Journal of Self-Discovery, is a journaling-style exploration designed to give you an opportunity for deep reflection and connection with your core self to rediscover what you came here to do. It is an opportunity to go within and re-emerge as your True Self. It also offers a soul-nurturing toolkit. As you work through the book, you become more comfortable making choices you know are intuitively right for you and begin to focus on what nurtures, guides and heals you as you tap into your inner knowing and learn to trust yourself again.
If you're looking for a stand-out product that will make a big statement this year - consider card decks. If you like the idea, but aren't sure how to get started, we've got your answers.
Creative ways Vervante customers have used card decks include:
Speaking of packaging – we can also package and present your custom card decks in unique ways that increase their value in the eyes of customers. We can print custom tuck boxes any size to accommodate the deck. For standard size playing cards (2.5 x 3.5), we have a clear, 2-piece hard plastic case, and for desktop presentation we have a clear display case that holds up to 13 cards.