Drop ship prints or hand deliver?

3 weeks 23 hours ago #749690 by MYoung
I've been drop shipping most of the prints to my clients, but just dawned on me that hand delivering could be more personal and lead to further sales.  Curious what is the opinion of others on that subject?  Do you deliver your prints to each client yourself or ship?


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3 weeks 19 hours ago #749694 by Razky

MYoung wrote: I've been drop shipping most of the prints to my clients, but just dawned on me that hand delivering could be more personal and lead to further sales. Curious what is the opinion of others on that subject? Do you deliver your prints to each client yourself or ship?

Depends upon what the client wants when they order the prints.


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3 weeks 18 hours ago #749695 by Sanford
Most of the time, prints ship directly to the client 


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3 weeks 9 hours ago #749704 by KENT MELTON
Dropship all the way


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2 weeks 6 days ago #749735 by Chris Briggs
A lot of moving parts here.  Assuming the client is local, I prefer to deliver in person.  I find this much more personal.  Now around the holidays when I'm in my peak season, I will drop ship simply because of timing.  


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2 weeks 5 days ago #749769 by MM Images
Hand deliver when possible 


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2 weeks 3 days ago #749798 by Otto F
Most of the time, drop ship.   However there are some cases for larger clients I hand deliver the prints too.  Frankly depends on timing and the client. 


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2 weeks 1 day ago #749890 by Bump N More
Always hand deliver when I have the time.  I like seeing my clients and they get to see me.  All about building deep relationships, that keeps them coming back to me over and over again. 


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1 week 5 days ago #750009 by Overread
If they are within 25 miles or so, I'll drive the prints to the client.  


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1 week 3 days ago #750078 by Office Guy
I'm old school and like to hand my clients their prints.  If you want to build relationships, you'd do this to as many clients as you can.  


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1 week 1 day ago #750199 by Fitch
I'm with the general opinion here.  Hand deliver assuming I have the time. 


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