| Send Out Cards established by Kody Bateman in | | | | companies by providing an online service that |
| 2004 in Salt Lake City Utah has grown from a | | | | produces a physical, quality card just by clicking send |
| $800,000/year business to one turning over $70 million | | | | on your computer. |
| in 2009. | | | | Card costs vary but generally range from $3 to $6 for |
| While this growth is staggering, we need to ask "Is | | | | a quality card. As a distributor or wholesale customer |
| Send Out Cards a scam?" or are customers and | | | | of Send out Cards, your cards cost just 62 cents. The |
| distributors getting involved in a real deal? | | | | company also includes your first 100 cards with these |
| In this Send Out Cards review we are going to look at | | | | packages when you start. |
| what the company does, what support and training are | | | | Getting started with Send Out Cards can be as little |
| given to distributors, the quality of their products, costs | | | | as $49 for a SOC Box. This will allow you to 'put your |
| to get involved and what flaws are evident in the | | | | toe in the water' and trial the company. You don't get |
| business. At the end you'll be able to make up your | | | | all the features with this product and your cards will |
| mind if you want to get involved either as a customer | | | | cost you $2 each. the SOC Box does give you 10 |
| or a distributor. | | | | cards included in the package. |
| Kody Bateman started the business after the passing | | | | Retail customers can acquire a retail pack for $99 |
| of his brother when he realised that acting on a | | | | which includes the Picture Plus feature (you can upload |
| prompting by sending a card is difficult for most people. | | | | your own photographs). Card costs are now reduced |
| When a prompting enters their head it often passes | | | | to 98 cents each. |
| just as quick because usually a person doesn't have a | | | | But if you are in small business such as real estate, |
| card handy at home or they get put off the fact of | | | | financial services, mortgage lending, medical, health or |
| having to go to a shop, park their car, find a card, write | | | | beauty, then a wholesale package at $298 is your |
| their message, then go to the post office, wait in a que | | | | best deal. Cost per card is now 62 cents and includes |
| to buy a stamp and finally post their card. Most people | | | | all the features plus 100 cards. For those wanting to |
| say "I'll do that tomorrow" but unfortunately that day | | | | start a Send Out Cards business then you need to |
| never comes and their heartfelt thought is not | | | | acquire the Entreprenuer package at $398. this pack |
| expressed to their potential recipient. | | | | includes all the same benefits of the wholesale |
| Send Out Cards offers customers or distributors a | | | | package but includes a distributor kit allowing you to |
| virtual store service which can be operated from | | | | conduct a business. |
| anywhere in the world whereby they can choose a | | | | Now up to this point you maybe thinking that Send Out |
| card from over 10,000 selections, create a personal | | | | Cards looks like a great service or business. But what |
| message in their own hand writing, upload a | | | | flaws are there. |
| photograph, select a recipient and click send on their | | | | Well you need to be organised to some extent with |
| computer. | | | | this service. Send Out Cards still relies on the postal |
| The Send Out Cards team then prints their card, puts | | | | services of a country. There in lies some issues. Postal |
| a stamp on it and posts it for them. Printing occurs in | | | | services are notorius for being late and are often |
| Utah and Australia. Distributors and customers can | | | | subject to having strikes. The message here is send |
| take advantage of the company's campaign manager | | | | your cards early. You should budget for approx 5 |
| feature which allows people to create cards, select | | | | days including printing time and postal time. |
| recipients and have those cards sent at a future date. | | | | Humans are also involved in the process which can |
| Such a service sounds appealing but is the final | | | | ultimately lead to problems. Mistakes can be made but |
| product quality? The gsm card quality is the same | | | | with Send out Cards they are compensated by the |
| used by all the major card manufacturers but as | | | | company if they are at fault. |
| opposed to the 'off the shelf' cards offered by | | | | Computers at times also have glitches and with an |
| Hallmark cards and American Greeting cards, Send | | | | increasing print run, sometimes these glitches occur |
| Out Cards products can be personalised with you own | | | | more frequently. However based on the larger |
| message. You can even add photographs to give | | | | broader picture such glitches are very minor. |
| your card a more personal touch. By uploading your | | | | So is Send Out Cards the real deal? Well you be the |
| own hand writing you can save time when 'writing' | | | | judge. Before you get involved in any service as a |
| cards in mass. | | | | customer or distributor make sure you do your own |
| With over 8 billion cards being sent annually in the USA | | | | due diligence. |
| alone, there is a lot of competition. Hallmark cards and | | | | With businesses trying to figure out how to stay in |
| American Greeting cards dominate the market with | | | | contact with their customers in an economical manner |
| physical greeting cards. Blue Mountain cards and 123 | | | | or people just wanting to send a heartfelt message |
| Greeting cards offer an ecard service that is also | | | | quickly, the 8 billion card market is certainly growing. |
| popular. Send Out Cards takes the pluses of these | | | | |