Sure, you can do this all by yourself... but should you?
Ok... admit it. You have always been an independent person. Your family jokes that your first words weren’t Mama or Dada—they were “I can do it myself!” And, frankly, if you didn’t have a desire for self-sufficiency you wouldn’t be on this website considering the OccasionOgraphy® business! You would just be toiling away at your job, working hard to make other people wealthy. But that isn’t enough for you, is it? You want the freedom of owning your own business, and the idea of an entrepreneur’s life excites you. But, as you’re looking through the website, there is that little nagging voice again. You might find yourself thinking, “The start-up costs seems a tad bit high, maybe I can just do it myself to save some money...”
Well, to tell you the truth, you probably could start your own product personalization business from scratch! You don’t have to go through us to get the job done. But there are a few things for you to think about first. Consider this: Starting your own personalization business would require a tremendous amount of graphic design for the products (let alone designing your own website!). Buying the most recent design software will cost you over $500, and the learning curve for these programs is very steep... we’ve been using them for years and there is ALWAYS something new to learn.
So, let’s assume that you have spent the dough on your design software and spent a month or two learning how to use it. You’re now ready to start working on your line of custom candy wrappers. How long would you dedicate to design before you actually started selling? You could create a product line of perhaps 20-30 labels for your clients to choose from. Now imagine the work you would have to create a catalog to showcase your products, the printing costs, choosing colors and fonts that look good together, dealing with custom die cuts and trying to create a full bleed at home... what a mess! And what if someone places a larger order than you are used to? Can your little ink-jet printer handle an order of one or two thousand labels when you’re printing 25 square inches of dense color for every wrapper? Ink and toner costs can drive the cost of printing to $0.50 per page or more…. this adds up QUICKLY when you become a high-volume seller.
OccasionOgraphy®, however, has over 400 beautiful products already designed, printed on the highest grade glossy paper, and available for you to order 24/7 in low volume or high volume – with next day delivery available if needed. You simply walk your client through our beautiful brochure or the website we help you set up and allow them to choose the perfect design. So sure, you can go at it alone, but we would much rather see you succeed. And have more fun! We’ve done all the groundwork and product testing so you don’t have to, and that is just for the custom candy wrappers!
In addition to the Cherubs-N-Chocolate® candy bar wrappers, we have matching SplashBands™ custom water bottle labels that won’t run, tear or bleed; MyMinto™ matchbook mint covers sized just right on glossy cardstock; and Angels on Occasion® cards for invitations or to use as stationary. Our products allow you to easily carry themes across multiple items, giving your clients a polished collection. Over the last decade we’ve spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on perfecting these products and approach. So if you choose to profit from our hard work, we will be there to help you every step of the way. Tech support as you are getting started... Beautiful flyers, post cards and brochures to help you promote your business... A monthly dealer newsletter full of tips and highlights from our thriving community of consultants.
Helping you succeed is our passion, so please remember that with OccasionOgraphy® you can own your own business without the burden of doing everything yourself. (Even though you know you could ;-) Now that’s smart business.



