Hi Audrey,
 
I'd love to hear from others on this as well.  I've thought about doing the  
same thing to a few local shops and was wondering what an appropriate selling price
would be.  
 
I'm thinking a lot depends on what area you live in and are presenting your cards for one
thing.  Perhaps there are some shops close by that you could visit and see their card prices
for work similar to yours?  I think that is what I'm going to have to do.
 
I love your cards BTW!!  Just beautiful.  
 
Itaya

I'm with Valerie on the $3.95+ tax for a printed card.  You want some profit, but you also want to sell cards.   Of course it depends too on whether you are doing consignment or the retailer is buying them outright from you.  I live in a summer seasonal vacation area, more than half the shops are closed in the winter.  
 
Stores are just beginning to open and buy local stock that wasn't arranged last fall.  Like it is  everywhere, folks are being more tentative about buying.  I've sold my "hand made" cards for upwards of $5.00, but in the more so "gallery-like" shops than the traditional vacationers' souvenir shop.  I would like to try selling more printed cards, but I always consider shipping, as it isn't ALWAYS free. I take samples around and find that a majority of the shop keepers want local scenes, local humor, local icons AND like to see something about the hopefully local artist/photographer on the card.  
 
Decide ahead of time if you are going to do consignment, have them purchase from you or go to the website.  Get some business and or post cards printed up that you can leave that have YOUR store URL.  If you're doing the footwork, you want folks to come in the front door of YOUR store.  It's difficult to make reselling GCU cards lucrative, but it is a good way to get your stuff on local shelves with out a lot of upfront output.
 
ernestine
 

Hi Louise,
 
Some shops will buy outright. Many  take art work , cards, etc, on consignment. The percent can run anywhere from 25% to 40%. Gallery settings usually are on the higher end.
 
Some what to know the retail price, while others what to know how much you want & then they mark it up.
 
~Audrey

I only buy mine from GCU when there is a free shipping offer, and I sell mine for 3.29. But the lady who lets me sell them at her shop only takes 50 cents commision for each one.

Quote from Jan_(Gracey)_135660 on Apr 25^th, 2009, 6:28am:

 
some of you know i sell locally too, and originally set out with a two sided card stand that held 32 designs or more.  i went heavy on the all occasion cards and light on the local cards because that is what i had at the time.   the all occasion for the most part are still sitting there, untouched, i am going to put them together as sets in the next week and mark them down.  but i cannot keep the local stuff stocked in some designs.  look around you if no one else has local stuff that is what people want.  as gracey said you can get all occasion cards everywhere for a dollar and up, but local interest is a niche that you need to grab.... and find someone willing to display them for you.

Norval as far as the sets selling locally, i haven't tried these yet.  i have some others i have sold as sets and they did fairly well but they were linen art cards and as you say pricey, because linen cardstock is expensive to print.  
 
i am not on cafe press, it seems there has been a mass exodus there anyway, they changed the artist commissions.  so many people have left.
 
my best sellers locally are postcards.

Very interesting thread! For people who design cards dealing with flowers for instance, you might want to try a Florist shop as it fits right in! Some shop owners are very receptive as greeting cards are a great sideline! By the way blank cards are most welcome! It is difficult to sell any card over $4.00 unless we are dealing with a "genre". I know some famous "fantasy" artists who are selling for as low as $3.50 these days! Of course they take advantage of high volume discounts!