GREETINGCARD WEBSITES

Looking for websites to sell your designs of greeting cards? Here are a few tips!



Easy to upload and you can add text and two extra images (which the client can move). Tags are determined by the website, you can choose from a list, but you can add two of your own. 15% of the sales are yours (quarterly payout). Cards have to be approved, view the text below the upload-screen to see the guidelines. Maximum upload of 800 cards. NOTE: this is a dutch website and only for dutch designers.

To sign up as a designer send a message to redactie@kaartje2go.nl with a link to your portfolio.

+ This is a popular website, so a nice source of income.
+ Very clear sales report.
- The ‘back’ of the website is still under construction.


Upload is a bit of a puzzle, but once you get it, it’s easy. 15% of the sales are yours (monthly payout). As far as I know there’s not upload limit. What you earn varies per cardformat from € 0,15 to € 0,50 per card. Other people can add your designs to their shop, when they make a sell, you get half of the sales.

+ You can add as many tags as you like.
+ Website is English (US & UK) and Dutch.
+ Create your own shop, with own link.
- Not very clear sales report or statistics.

To sign up as a designer go to: http://sendasmile.com. There’s a button “sign up now as a designer”, just click that and follow the instructions.


Not uploading, but sending your designs. They will send you a PDF with all the guidelines. You get 0,10 per sold card (quarterly payout, you have to send them a bill). As far as I know there’s not a limit to cards you can send. NOTE: this is a dutch website.

+ They sell your designs on various websites, so a nice source of income.
- Not very clear sales report or statistics.

To sign up as a designer send an email: http://create2send.com/contact.php (TIP: add a link to a portfolio so they can see some of your work).

PORTFOLIO WEBSITES

I’ve been busy the last couple of weeks, looking for websites to upload my work, trying to generate work. I can’t say I’ve gotten new assignments (yet), but this is definitely good for networking and/or getting your name out there. So I’d like to share this with you. These are a few of my favorite websites. They’re not all free, and some require an invitation to join, but the layout of the websites are great and easy to work with.


  1. Invitation required (you can ask for it). Free membership Cloud hosting, 12 Projects, 3 Pages (up to 100MB), 16 Cargo Designs and Edit CSS. Upgraded membership Unlimited Projects and Pages, 6GB Storage, Unlimited bandwidth, Advanced Editing (Edit CSS, add HTML), Custom URL and All Cargo Designs ($66,00 per year or $9,00 per month).
  2. You can choose between a few nice templates, suitable for various types of portfolio’s (illustration, photography, typography, etcetera). Pretty much everything can be changed to your personal needs (at the settings).
  3. http://cargocollective.com

  1. Membership ($7,00 per week or $320,00 per year).
  2. Upload news, about your work and you might get added on the homepage and/or the newsletter. You can also get into the mail packs, by including a postcard of promo items of your design.
  3. The design of the website is standard, but if you get an annual membership, you can get change it (white label).
  4. http://www.hireanillustrator.com
  1. Free Membership 5 projects and 35 images. Upgraded membership 50 projects, 500 images, 10 videos, domain binding, video & flash projects, ad-free, project hiding, tech support. ($123,00 per year).
  2. The design of the website is standard (but it looks good), you can change a few simple things.
  3. http://carbonmade.com