Beyond Paper: Opportunities in Specialty Printing

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As another consideration, Prawdzik stresses the importance of where PSPs source their materials. “You’re not going to just go on Amazon; you can probably try to find some stuff on Amazon, but it’s already going to be marked up three times higher than what you’re going to need to sell it for,” he says in reference to metal. “There’s probably a half dozen distributors that sell those blanks, so it’s finding those distributors and getting those relationships.” He also notes being mindful of the difficulty of shipping these materials that can carry a lot of weight depending on the specs.