Home studio notebooks and cards

Gift buyers, craft fair visitors, online shoppers and small independent gift shops.

Sell finished products direct through your own website, Etsy and markets, and wholesale some lines to local shops at a lower price per item.

• Design or illustration
• Careful hand finishing
• Online selling and photography
• Basic costing and pricing

• Check whether your landlord, mortgage lender or council needs to agree to a home workspace
• Product liability and public liability insurance, especially for markets
• Copyright: only use artwork, fonts and images you own or have a licence for
• Storage space and paper costs can grow quickly as you add products
• Register as a sole trader with HMRC and keep records of sales

Startup costs are typically around £500 to £3,000, depending on your tools, paper, printing method and how many products you launch with. These are estimates, and paper and storage costs can grow quickly as you add products.

Monthly revenue is typically around £200 to £1,500, depending on your range, pricing and how often you sell online or at markets. These are estimates, not guarantees, and materials and other costs come out of that revenue.

Things to check include whether your landlord, mortgage lender or council needs to agree to a home workspace, product liability and public liability insurance, copyright for artwork, fonts and images, and registering as a sole trader with HMRC.