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?

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