by MyVinylDesigner
23. June 2009 23:22
What is "welding" in the vinyl world? Perhaps the most important feature in your vinyl cutter software for home decor vinyl! It is almost a requirement for doing custom interior design work (unless you prefer to purchase premade ready-to-cut vinyl designs.) Your finished vinyl designs should hang like one great big sticker, all connected in the overlapping sections.
"Welding" is a feature that allows you to take overlapping text and/or elements and combine them into one cuttable object. If the overlapping text (like loopy l's or y's) are not joined or "welded" together, the cutter will disect the intersected lines, creating little removable intersections. It is a professional feature that makes vinyl letters easier to hang and to remove.
Not all cutter softwares use the term "welding" for this "combining" or "joining" feature. Would you tell us what cutter software you use, and what term for "welding" is used? If you DON'T have a welding feature, what cutter software are you using?
by MyVinylDesigner
12. June 2009 05:19
For small businesses who sell online, finding (or getting) the right box is sometimes the most challenging part of the sale. You need to be able to get a modest quantity at a modest price range. So, here our some of our favorite tips:
1- Recycle, recycle, recycle! There isn't anything professionally wrong with recycling. In fact, customers generally support recycling. Be lighthearted about it ... slip a little note in the package that says "Because we were were able to save you money in the packaging materials for this order, please use the coupon code "zzz" for a 5% savings on your next order", etc.
2- Ship in your empty tubing from vinyl rolls, brand new pizza boxes (from local pizza place), USPS boxes, reusable courier boxes, wide bubble envelopes and sturdy cardboard inserts from anything and everything.
3- Show that your finished vinyl has value by using inexpensive brown craft paper to roll or wrap your lettering in. A little goes a long way. Gently tie with light string or scrap ribbon.
4- Use rolls for shipping large quantities, and always roll the vinyl the way it came off the roll -- with the transfer tape and lettering showing on the outside of the roll.
5- Gently fold those single 12x12 orders in half (no heavy creasing), preferably down an area that has no vinyl, and place it on a sturdy cardboard insert. Bind with brown craft paper and or string, and place in envelope.
Alternatively, wrap in paper and string and place between two sturdy cardboard inserts and seal the outside edges with clear shipping tape. If part of the vinyl is gently folded in the process, it will easily press out on a suface if it doesn't stay folded for a long period of time.
6- Include application instructions for hanging and/or link them to the MyVinylSupplier (http://sites.google.com/site/myvinylsupplier/) website that shows them how to hang the vinyl. Remember, there is no reference to us here ... it was created so that you could have a place to send your customers to.
Can you share what shipping tips work well for YOU? Thanks!
by MyVinylDesigner
6. June 2009 04:51
Once you download our files, where do they go? How do you keep everything organized? Well, when you download an order from our website, the computer compresses the files into a single zipped folder and places it in the DOWNLOADS folder on your computer.
If you do not want the new downloaded files to remain in this folder, go to START-EXPLORE to rearrange them by "dragging" and "dropping". We recommend that you create a folder called "MyVinylDesigner", and organize your files from there.
Some of the ways that you can organize your designs are to file them under:
1- topic folders like "home", "life", "christian", etc.
2- their collection names like "Collection 2", "Child-Teen", etc.
We suggest that you keep the file names the way we assign them, for easy reference. Your computer will automatically alphabetize them.
Imagine this file name ... H024_ItsgoodIV8.ai .... Every file will have the same anatomy to its name:
H ... represents the category (FA=family, SE=seasonal, H=home, etc.)
024 ... represents the 3-digit product number
Itsgood ... represents the first 1-3 words of the quote
IV8 ... represents which collection the design is housed in (in this case, it's Collection Four, Add-OnPage 8)
.ai ... represents the file format (AI, EPS, GSD, SVG)
Then, when a customer requests a design, you'll quickly be able to locate it by subject, by product number, by quote, and by collection.
How do YOU organize our files on your computer?
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