On July 30, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order eliminating the de minimis exemption for all countries, effective August 29, 2025. Originally planned for 2027, this fast-tracked change will significantly impact small businesses — including UK greeting card publishers exporting to the U.S. But there’s good news: recent updates from Royal Mail offer a more manageable path forward. Royal Mail’s…
Have you first enquiry from overseas? Wanting to learn about exporting greeting cards? This Starting Up blog has lots of useful tips and links
Details of trade fairs held throughout the year with significant sections dedicated to greeting cards.
An insiders guide to making the most of your first greeting card tradeshow.
Sarah Jackson from Stormy Knight covers some ‘business basics’ that are industry-specific and will equip you with the knowledge needed to start your own company in this creative and exciting sector.
A guide to Brokerage for Greeting Card publishers
Award willing indie, Sarah Laker, shares the key things she’s looking from all her suppliers, and her top tips for building your business with independent retailers.
Everything that publishers attending the GCA’s Dragons Speed Dating event need to know! This blog contains information to help you prepare to get the most out of this popular event.
Secrets of finding and building your business with a good sales agent.
A quick guide to navigating publishing options by GCA member Bev Cunningham of the Creative Card Collective.
Seasoned greeting card agent Rosie Trow shares her wisdom from an agents perspective
Watch the virtual Greeting Card industry Seminar on trade with the EU post-transition.
On the 5th Anniversary of Blue Eyed Sun, business owner Jeremy Corner shares his wisdom for new publishers.
A Publisher’s guide to numeric and double-alpha Price Codes
By Rachel Dickson, owner of Zaquarella Design Studio Digital Strategy is a new concept to the world of paper greeting cards and since when do you even need one? Well the answer to that has become all too evident this year as we have faced a global pandemic and traditional retail store channels have been permanently affected. Our advice is…
Hallidays, specialists in HR and Employment, are recommended by several GCA members. They have written a Top 10 Tips for recruiting that is available in the GCA members’ library The GCA would like to thank Hallidays HR for this article. Hallidays offer GCA members a special discount on HR services, and a free 30 minute consultation.
Trade shows, taking the plunge! How to prepare for your first tradeshow.
Festive Friday, 29th November 2019, is the special day for everyone in the card industry (and all lovers of cards) to send their personal Christmas cards. This is to create a great first wave of beautiful cards arriving in early December to get the nation in the Christmas card-sending mood! We have lots of ideas…
In May 2018 a new law come into effect in the UK. The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, will apply to all companies which process EU citizens’ personal data (for example greeting card purchasers) and seeks to tighten up the rules relating to storage and transfer of those people’s private information. The aim of…
Include all your contact details on each form. A section for the details of the shop: Contact name at the shopDelivery addressInvoice address (if different)Any special instructions/required delivery date Payment details:Bacs (your bank details) and Cheques payable detailsMinimum order amount and carriage paid order amount (either in number of cards or in value).You need two basic columns for each range,…
State if you have a minimum order amount. State that prices exclude VAT. (You add VAT on the invoice if you are VAT registered)Set Carriage paid (which means you pay for the delivery) on orders of somewhere around £100-£200 – this encourages buyers to order more. It is advisable to ask for payment on your first order before despatch. Issue…