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Making and selling customized and personalized products in your craft business is a great way to make money.
However, there are just some products that it makes more sense to outsource. For example, if a customer came to you with an order for 5,000 tee shirts, you’d likely find a way to outsource it. For the amount of time that it would take a single person to do the order wouldn’t make it worth it for the maker or for the customer.
Similarly, can koozie orders usually aren’t worth making them yourself. Let’s look at reasons to outsource can koozie orders.
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3 Reasons to Outsource Can Koozie Orders
- Can koozies often include tiny text, which means a lot of weeding of tiny letters. This leads to a high time commitment and a high labor rate to pass onto the customer.
- Can koozie orders are usually placed for events, which means there is usually a large quantity needed.
- They are usually designed as one time use, which means the customers won’t have a large budget per piece.
Where to Outsource Can Koozie Orders
24hourwristbands.com
- Several styles of can holders available.
- Most popular style is SKU K_30.
- 45 can holder colors available. 2 different camo colored prints.
- Can be ordered printed single or double sided.
- Ability to do full color.
- $0.64 each for 100.
- As low as $0.29 for orders of 25,000.
- Rush ordering available.
totallyweddingkoozies.com
- Several styles of can holders available.
- Most popular style is Collapsible Foam Wedding Can Cooler – 70000.
- 44 can holder colors available. 2 different camo colored prints.
- Can be ordered printed single or double sided.
- Ability to do full color.
- $0.72 each for 100.
- As low as $0.35 for orders of 1,000.
- Rush ordering available.
*Both sites above have different price breaks based on quantities ordered. Be sure to price out both before ordering.
Example Pricing for Outsourced Can Koozie Orders
Let’s look at a sample order.
Your customer needs:
- 100 collapsible black can holders for an upcoming wedding.
- Custom designed with both their names in a floral wreath.
- Needs them in approximately one month.
To outsource this order, it is cheapest for me to use totallyweddingkoozies.com. If I quote the customer a price of $2 each, I’d pay $0.72 for each. Therefore, the totals would be: $200 and $72. Without accounting for shipping costs, I’d profit $128 for creating the design, uploading it, and outsourcing it. There’s no way I could make 100 can holders for less than $0.72 each in supplies and labor time.
Remember, sometimes you have to work smarter and not harder.
Trademark Issues: Koozie
Don’t forget: The word ‘koozie’ is trademarked and you cannot use it to promote your can holder. Consider using can holder, neoprene can holder, can sleeve, or similar.
Since 2015, Christine Schinagl has been helping crafters start and run craft businesses through her blog, Cutting for Business. As a Silhouette and Cricut crafter herself, she has a unique take on what works and what doesn’t work in the craft business world. She also enjoys teaching other crafters how to create digital SVG designs, available at through the Design with Me series.