Work From Home Resource--Greeting Card Universe

Have you heard of Greeting Card Universe? You sign up for free, design and open your own online store (free), and then design your own greeting cards by uploading your on creative designs and wording for your cards.

Cards sell for $1.99 each. Designers/sellers are given 50 cents for each sale. As a designer/store owner, you are able to purchase your own cards at a discount ($1.49 each). So, you can buy these cards and sell them for a higher price elsewhere.

Payments are through Paypal or check, once the $25.00 minimum is reached.

You also have the option to make your designs available as free ecards. When these ecards are sent, there’s an ad that will say something like “This free ecard is also available as a print greeting card.” - pointing to where they can buy it online.

Another cool thing about Greeting Card Universe is that they are the only greeting card provider for BigDates-Solutions.com, which is the leader in reminder service solutions. Through reminder emails that their customers sign up for, your cards will be suggested to the right people, at the right time for the right occasion (birthday, anniversary, etc.)

There is also an option offered by Greeting Card Universe where you simply choose cards that you like, design a widget with those designs, add it to your blog, and when someone clicks through from your widget to their site, and purchases any greeting cards ( not just the ones shown on your widget), you will be paid .50 for each card sold.

I have not actually tried this myself, but I thought it sounded interesting and could be worth checking out, especially for creative artistic moms at home looking for extra income resources.

If you already have tried Greeting Card Universe or have more insight about it, good or bad, please share!!

eBay Alternatives For Online Sellers

Sellers unhappy with eBay's price increases and policies changes of late do have alternatives. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not advocating sellers leave eBay by any means; I do not sell on eBay at all, but I know many moms and others at home have made quite a nice income through their eBay businesses.

But apparently eBay has made changes to their seller's fees and listing policies recently that have made more than just a few sellers upset. So I thought I'd check around a bit and find out what other alternatives some ex-eBay sellers have discovered.

eCrater.com is the first site I checked out. What is eCrater.com? eCrater.com offers free web store building and a free online marketplace. Sellers can easily create their own free online store in minutes. Buyers can easily browse and compare between thousands of products.

Sellers receive free website hosting, a free subdomain and a powerful admin tool to manage their free online stores. So sellers will always get a 100% of their sales. All products are posted to the world's most famous product search engine as well.
eCrater.com also offers premium product positions. With that, charges will apply only to sellers that are willing to advertise their products so they appear in premium positions in the corresponding categories.

iOffer.com is another site I found to be quite interesting. This site states it is not an auction site. There are no bids,reserve pricing, and auction end times. ioffer.com is more of a trading site, where buyers and sellers simply negotiate on pricing. Buyers can make an offer on an item and the seller can accept, counter, or reject the offer.

There are no listing fees, but there is a selling fee when your item sells. Fees are levied on a sliding scale but are significantly lower than eBay's. Sellers can also set up a free store, complete with shopping cart at iOffer, when they list two or more items.

Sellers can also transfer their listings and feedback ratings from eBay to iOffer with a simple click of the mouse.

And don't forget about Amazon. They also offer web stores for sellers for a monthly fee,, as well as convenient alternatives for sellers that just wish to register with Amazon, and sell certain items on Amazon.com. There are several options available for sellers through Amazon, so you should take your time reading all the options before deciding which one might be right for you.