Definitely the Stationery Show and sales reps! At least to get things rolling… Don’t expect a huge amount of orders from the show, but hopefully, if you attract a few key stores, sales reps will want to rep you…Good Luck!
I can send you a list of reps. I have a list from when I owned a greeting card line. It’s a very small world, so if a rep isn’t taking on new lines, they may be able to refer you to someone. We always preferred to work in independent reps.
What’s a huge amount of orders, and why should we not expect them from the stationery show? If not a good amount of sales, I see no benefit to doing it. That’s why we’re there, right?
At the Stationery Show, getting 5 orders is good on your first time. You may do fewer, you hopefully will do more. There were upwards of 50 letterpress printers at last year’s show, so competition is a bit fierce. Friendly, but fierce!
I would be very interested in this list as well. Â I’m in the middle of a major rebranding and a move, so getting the new line into stores is going to be crucial for me to get back up and running.
Thank you so much for being willing to help others out!