07/05/2024
SOMETIME IN THE FALL OF 2022, I discovered the MAGICAL WORLD of planner printables 😍 and spent HOURS (so many LOL) browsing through the printable collections on Etsy. I ordered a few sets and thoroughly enjoyed them – but I also kept running into the same two frustrations with Etsy printable orders:
#1 - A lot of them were ALMOST, but not quite, what I personally really needed (I mean ... isn't that the problem with planners in general????).
#2 - Way most Etsy sellers offer their printables exclusively as .zip downloads, which made me antsy because of the potential security risks (TO BE CLEAR, I have never had a single issue with an Etsy seller; it just always felt to me like an avoidable issue).
BECAUSE of those two frustrations, I started tinkering around & trying to make my own printable planner pages 💪 THERE WAS A LEARNING CURVE, but eventually I came up with several styles I liked – one of the many reasons I like printables so much is that you are not tied to ONE layout that has to fit every single day you plan 📝
I personally find the option to "mix it up" very helpful for managing not just my tasks themselves, but MYSELF - the way I process & mentally "sort" the various things my brain is juggling. I like that I can pick a layout based on what's going on that day/week, and that I can print out an extra page that has more appointment scheduling options vs. a page with more to-do lists or "brain dump" space when that's what I need to get the ideas out of my head and into ex*****on.
💥💥💥💥IT'S GIVING "DOPAMINE FIX," OK??????💥💥💥💥
Anyway, BECAUSE of this whole experience, I now have a TON of planner pages, in a handful of sizes (I tried out several things) and organized in a few different ways.
It occurred to me 🤔 that other people might find them helpful for basically the same reasons I fell in love with printables myself ... but I don't know if I really want to offer them on Etsy, because I figure there I will probably run into the same file-size limitations that lead so many of the printable sellers to use the .zip format.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO ...
👉 If I offered planner printables for download via Google Drive, or as a "pay & get a PDF by email" option, would anybody be interested???? 👉 Is there even a market for this????
I don't know if I solved the problem for myself and now could also solve it for other people, OR if I was basically the only person who felt like there was a problem and really nobody else is out there wanting the same thing 😂
Facebook may or may not be the place to find that market if it exists ... BUT it is an easy place to start asking, so I've put together a list of possible prices based loosely around the going rates on Etsy, and I'm attaching a couple of watermarked "sample" pages so you can see what I'm talking about – if this sounds like something you would potentially be interested in (whether or not these specific pages appeal to you), let me know?? 💬 And if you think it might be worthwhile, but under slightly different conditions than the ones I'm working with here, let me know that as well????
If you've got friends who are really into planners/journaling/etc, tag 'em & let's hear what they have to say!!!!
I'm just testing the waters at this point, to see if I have something other people would find valuable, so really any feedback is helpful!!
TIA!!!!!!
****Sample Pricing Schemes, Based on Etsy Listings****
DISCBOUND & HOLE-PUNCH READY - A5, HPC, US Letter
single-page daily schedule: $4.50
two-page daily schedule spread: $5.00
two-page alternating daily/notes spread: $8.50
four-page weekly schedule spread: $12.50
TRAVELER'S NOTEBOOK SPREADS - B6, US Half-Letter
daily schedule (aligned for double-sided printing): $9.75
notes/strategy/braindump (aligned for double-sided printing): $9.75
daily schedule + notes/strategy/braindump combo (alternating pages): $14.95
CUSTOM COLORS
switch any one color: add $1.25
custom palette (up to 4 colors): add $3.25
CUSTOM SIZES - DISCBOUND & HOLE-PUNCH READY
single page: add $2.75
two-page spread: add $3.25
weekly spread: add $5.25
CUSTOM SIZES - TRAVELER'S NOTEBOOK SPREADS
daily schedule (aligned for double-sided printing): add $3.75
notes/strategy/braindump (aligned for double-sided printing): add $3.75
daily + notes combo (alternating pages): add $5.75
ALL COLORS & SIZES INCLUDE:
one free size/color adjustment if document does not print as expected -> I haven't seen this offered on Etsy, but it would've been helpful to me a few times so I thought I'd put it in there LOL
