Most of us give cards, for birthdays, Christmas, get-well, sympathy etc… But are you truly getting your money’s worth with commercial greeting cards instead of handmade cards?

Handmade Cards vs. Commercial Greeting Cards, pic of multiple commercial greeting cards in rack in store
at a store near you

According to Soocial.com & Greetingcard.org:

  • Greeting cards can cost anything between 50 cents and $10 or even more
  • 80% of consumers say that social media cannot replace greeting cards
  • The average US customer spends around $7 on greeting cards for Valentine’s Day
  • There’s nothing like a carefully-crafted greeting card to show your loved ones that you care. A greeting card is original and personal, easy to share with anyone, and loaded with emotion.
  • 68% of people feel that receiving a greeting card indicates the person who sent them cares about them

So where do you fall in the number of cards you purchase a year?

  1. None – I do not buy any greeting cards
  2. 1-10: Between 50¢ and $100 a year
  3. 11-20: Between $6.50 and $200 a year
  4. 20-30: Between $10 and $300 a year
  5. 30-40: Between $15 and $400 a year
  6. 40+: $20 or more a year

Wherever you fall in that list, you could make your own cards for around $2.50 each!

So how does that relate to how many cards you purchase a year?

  1. None – I do not buy any greeting cards – Makes no difference
  2. 1-10: Between $2.17 and $26.10 a year
  3. 11-20: Between $23.87 and $52.20 a year
  4. 20-30: Between $43.40 and $78.30 a year
  5. 30-40: Between $65.10 and $104.40 a year
  6. 40+: $86.80 + a year
a handmade card with pink butterflies on black cardstock saying "happy birthday"

The joy you give when you send a handmade card = PRICELESS!

*PLEASE NOTE, none of the above prices include taxes or postage