We know the holiday season can get pretty crazy, so here’s a few quick tips and ideas for creating, selling and shipping products to your customers and making everyone’s season a little bit brighter.
NEW 2018 CALENDARS ARE HERE
We’ve got three new versions of our calendar for 2018 ready to go: A Desktop calendar, Wall calendar, and an impressive Poster calendar (pictured here). If you love calendars - and your clients and customers love them too - it's not too late to sell or share them as a part of your own business.
It's easy to customize our calendars. Just add your logo and – bam! – you’ve got a great product that is gorgeous, useful and keeps your brand front and center all year long. Email us at [email protected] and we'll get them set up for you.
2018 PLANNERS YOUR CUSTOMERS WILL LOVE
In addition to calendars, you also have time to add 2018 planners to your store or give as a holiday gift. Our new “Live, Love, Inspire" 2018 Planners have been flying off the shelves. They are easy to customize and a perfect product for the New Year. Here’s what you can do:
Simply add your logo and use it as is.
We can send you the InDesign files, you add content, modify the format, change the colors and make it into the perfect product, then we’ll print.
Or… let us know what changes you want and our design team can make the changes for you.
A FIERCE START TO THE NEW YEAR Our Fun, Fit and Fierce Card Decks are another great product to maximize holiday sales and start the New Year strong. If you’d like to use for the holidays there is still time to add your logo to the cards. The deck includes 34 cards with inspirations, motivations and affirmations, and can be packaged in a drawstring bag or window tuck box. Click HERE for more details. Or email us to order them right away.
No matter what, there’s still time to create valuable, interesting products your audience will love. Just send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll help you make it happen.
We ship our customers’ products anywhere in the world using USPS and UPS services. One question we often get deals with USPS Media Mail. It’s often noticeably less expensive, so what’s the catch? Here’s a quick explanation of how Media Mail works, and the benefits and risks when using it for shipping your own products.
Media Mail is a cost-effective way to send materials such as books, cards, calendars, journals, DVDs, and CDs through the U.S. Postal Service. This service has certain rules and restrictions, however, including a maximum weight of 70 pounds and can only contain educational media.
Media Mail packages also usually take longer to get to their destination. Current USPS estimations are arrival in 2 to 10 days, but it can take longer.
Another point to consider is that Media Mail items are not insured and are open to postal inspection. The USPS retains the right to open and inspect your package to check for abuse of the system such as including an item not on their approved items list. Unfortunately, when a package is inspected, it is often poorly re-packaged before delivery to the customer. Some of our clients have reported that the re-sealing or taping of the original shipping package was so poorly done that boxes or envelopes were delivered empty to the recipient.
On the benefits side, though, Media Mail for orders shipped in the United States is usually much less than other methods, which makes it a popular choice.
To wrap it all up (no pun intended):
Risks: Slow delivery, risk of inspections and damaged materials, no insurance, no compensation for damages
Benefits: Dramatically cost-effective when compared to Priority Mail. For example, a package that costs $4.59 for Media Mail would be $11.95 via Priority Mail.
Here at Vervante, we offer our customers the ability to select the method of shipping they desire for all of their shipments (and a sizeable amount choose Media Mail). When deciding what method to use for your products, just remember that there is no wrong answer. Consider the pros and cons of each method, and your priorities, and we’ll do the rest.
Looking for ideas to give your income a boost for Black Friday? We've got what you need with plenty of products and tips to get ready for the big day.
First, here's a few bestsellers everyone loves that can be sold as is, or customized to fit your audience:
1. Our 2018 Planner: The 7x9 “Live, Love, Inspire” planner was designed for universal appeal. It’s got gorgeous cover art, 44 color month-at-a-glance pages, and 126 black and white week-at-a-glance pages. You can sell it as is, add your logo, or customize the cover and content to fit your needs. Click HERE for photos and details.
2. The 2018 Desktop or Wall Calendars. You're hearing it first – our newest calendars are ready to go just as they are, all you need to do to personalize them is add your logo. (See the Desktop Calendar pictured here). Everyone loves calendars, they make a great holiday gift, and are perfect for keeping your brand front and center all year long.
3. Fun, Fit and Fierce Card Deck: We debuted this product a couple months ago and are excited to share with you a new design that's now available as well (see at right). The deck includes 34 cards with inspirations, motivations and affirmations, and can be packaged in a drawstring bag or window tuck box. All you need to do is add your logo and they are ready to go. Click HERE for more details.
Want more to round out your holiday offers? Other products that make great Black Friday or holiday shopping deals include:
Worried about time? No need to stress! We've got a few tips to help get your products ready for sales in plenty of time:
TIP #1. If you have the general specs of the product you want to create, we can give you a free quote right away so you can set your retail price.
TIP #2. Your product does not have to be complete in order to offer and take pre-orders. All you need is the general design so you (or our designer) can create a web image of the product for display on your site.
TIP #3. Once we have print files, we can ship within 3-4 days, so you're able to let customers know when pre-ordered products will arrive.
Questions? Ready to get started? Contact us at [email protected] for answers, free quotes, and guidance for adding these products to your account, submitting designs, and getting ready for Black Friday sales.
Here's to jump-starting holiday sales with lots of fun (and not so much stress)!
We’ve got three new versions of our calendar for 2018 ready to go: A Desktop calendar, Wall calendar, and an impressive Poster calendar (pictured here). If you love calendars - and your clients and customers love them too - it's not too late to sell or share them as a part of your own business.
Our Fun, Fit and Fierce Card Decks are another great product to maximize holiday sales and start the New Year strong. If you’d like to use for the holidays there is still time to add your logo to the cards. The deck includes 34 cards with inspirations, motivations and affirmations, and can be packaged in a drawstring bag or window tuck box. Click HERE for more details. Or email us to order them right away.
We ship our customers’ products anywhere in the world using USPS and UPS services. One question we often get deals with USPS Media Mail. It’s often noticeably less expensive, so what’s the catch? Here’s a quick explanation of how Media Mail works, and the benefits and risks when using it for shipping your own products.
Looking for ideas to give your income a boost for Black Friday? We've got what you need with plenty of products and tips to get ready for the big day. 
3. Fun, Fit and Fierce Card Deck: We debuted this product a couple months ago and are excited to share with you a new design that's now available as well (see at right). The deck includes 34 cards with inspirations, motivations and affirmations, and can be packaged in a drawstring bag or window tuck box. All you need to do is add your logo and they are ready to go. Click 
Worried about time? No need to stress! We've got a few tips to help get your products ready for sales in plenty of time: