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The Gift Market in and of itself is costing us a bunch of money... I don't want to throw it down the drain. I'm trying to be ultra-prepared...

We'll only have 6-8 designs in 5 sizes each for adults -- not for sure yet how many for kids, gut I guess 4-5 or whatever my screenprinter recommends (she has TONS of experience with retail).

I know I'm going to have to sign up for the UPC registry -- the "only" official one. And I think my membership is around $780.

I'm trying to decide if I need to do that NOW or if I can just get hang tags done that have a blank space where we can put stickers later when we decide to get in deeper.

What do you recommend? I don't think our product will appeal to many bigbox retailers -- although there are a few (outdoorsy types) that we're interested in for the future if not now...

Thanks again for all the advice. I may drive you nuts over the next week or two as we get down to the wire.

-K

 

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Solmu

Smaller retailers tend to have their own systems, so they don't need the UPC (just the space to put their sticker). The UPC registry is frustratingly expensive; if you can put it off (and it sounds like you can) then that does make sense.

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