How About offering Paper Samples for both Designers and Customers

[Cat]

I'm still ruminating over the problem I posted here of helping customers choose the right paper for their wedding invitations, programs, seating charts etc, and I had a new idea. What about offering a "paper sampler" for designers and/or customers at either a free or nominal price. I'm thinking along the lines of fabric swatches or those cards you get in paint stores with color samples.

Ideally you could order a little kit with samples of all the papers available for a given product. They wouldn't need to be big pieces of paper - maybe business card sized - with the name of the paper and/or description printed on each one and maybe a rainbow of colors at the bottom so you could get an idea of how the paper would impact the printed color. 

It wouldn't be quite as nice or illustrative as ordering a sample invite or card, but it would certainly be a more universal solution. It could even be a perk available to designers who have reached a certain level - it would be infinitely more valuable to me than business cards. 

[Emma]

Hi @Cat , 

Many thanks for this suggestion, I can see how this would be super helpful! Passing this along to our Team now for review ✍️

- Emma 🌻

[CreativeLeahG]

@Cat @Emma 

I sent over a request re this a couple of days ago. I suggested a small sample of 6

re flyers (2) , sheets (2) and the matte and semi-gloss regular invite. Small pack retailing around $3 so equivalent to what competitors offer ( though many have free sample packs).

I developed and launched the budget invitation niche on Zazzle, and have managed to navigate the paper issues so far. Notices on product page etc. I do get queries though and I plan to make a video showing off the samples shortly, which may help everyone.