Guides

The practical side of ordering and printing paper goods in quantity — minimums and volume pricing, what a press actually needs from your artwork, and how paper choices change the finished piece.

• Origin claims: what you may say, and what "Made in USA" means

  The two-layer origin model: the promoted, attested Made in USA marking, the qualified disclosure, what the FTC standard requires, and the evidence a seller must hold.

• How to order wholesale stationery

  Minimum order quantities, how volume price tiers step down, and when a bulk order stops being refundable.

• Mailing a shop: what to send and what to say

  The postcard and the newsletter sheet the Outreach page prints, what belongs on each, what does not, and how to run them double-sided.

• Print-ready artwork: DPI, bleed and margins

  What resolution and bleed a print run actually needs, why the Studio rejects some uploads, and how to fix artwork that falls short.

• Paper stocks, sizes and finishes

  Every trim size, paper weight and finish available on the marketplace, and which to pick for notepads, cards and calendars.

• What a wholesale stationery order costs

  A wholesale order priced line by line — pieces, tier rate, shipping — plus the per-piece landed cost and the margin maths for a shop reselling it.

• Turnaround and lead times

  Proofing, processing, rush and carrier transit — what each stage is, what actually sets the clock, and how to plan a seasonal order backwards from a date.

• Private-label stationery: who owns what

  Putting your shop name on a maker's design — what you own, what stays theirs, what neither side may resell, and what provenance labels mean.

• How you get paid, holds, and disputes

  When your share transfers (on shipment), what a negative balance is, the day-by-day ladder that follows one, the small-balance floor and appeal, and why an open chargeback does not start the clock.

• Legal and tax information: who you are, what Stripe asks for, and how to change it

  The four ways a US seller can be set up, exactly what Stripe asks for in each case, where you enter it, and how to change your legal name, taxpayer ID, address or bank afterwards.

• Your 1099-K: who issues it, when you get one, and how it reaches you

  Why Stationery issues the form and Stripe delivers it — the reporting thresholds, what counts toward the gross number, how the form reaches you, and the December 31 deadline for fixing your details.

• Buying wholesale stationery for a retail shop

  Sizing a first order, testing designs before committing, planning reorders, and the questions worth asking a maker before a large run.