My Own Playing Cards

[Gamnoh19]

Hi guys, can anyone tell me how can i produce my own playing cards. How much it will cost in general? and should i start a fund raising campaign to launch it?

 

[Lemon Citrus]

Use kickstarter for the fund raising campaign part of it.
https://www.kickstarter.com/

 

[Mr.Book]

There are a number of printing, and promotions companies on line. The biggest question would be are you planning on making these cards for your performances, or for a retailer?

 

[nothingmuch]

I'd recommend going through USPCC, simply because I think they're the best. The problem with producing a high quality deck though is that the minimum quantity is 2500, which can get pretty pricey. What I'd recommend is submitting your design to a company that would produce your cards for you and give you royalties, just because as far as I know, you're not very well known in the playing card industry and it would be hard for you to market them without that publicity. So I'd check out Ellusionist, T11, Murphy's Magic, and even Art of Play. This isn't an easy process, so best of luck to you. And like Lemon said above, Kickstarter is a great way to get the needed funding, just post on a bunch of magic forums (e.g. T11, E, magiccafe, etc.). You could even try contacting a popular magic YouTuber like 52kards to see if they could help promote your product.

Again, best of luck to you!

P.S. I'm sure we'd all like to see your design if you ever feel like sharing it!

 

[Gamnoh19]

Thanks everyone. I was planing to launch a kick starter project. But as Graci said i'm not a well known name in this field. so main problem is in promoting our product to launch it. Any suggestion on how to advertise it? should i collaborate with someone who is a known in playing card community to launch it?

 

[Josh Burch]

You can make your own for personal use here. There are some limits to how much you can do for small batches.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...DWKBbLFwGSOLo9-Mg&sig2=Qo1hY5Lc8t3VVbFrskI69g