Expanded greeting card options

Following on from customer feedback we are working to expand our range of gift options when ordering a greeting card online at www.pamitcards.ca

We now offer pre-paid gift cards from Tim Hortons, Apple iTunes, La Senza, Pizza Delight and Subway.

We have also started to offer chocolates, we currently have Lindt Swiss Luxury Selection in stock.  Perfect for Valentines gift or a Birthday!

Please let us know of any other options you think we should add, to make it easy for you to purchase a gift and a personalized greeting card at the same time!

Real Christmas cards please, say young folk

An article on real greeting cards from The Vancouver Sun

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Real+Christmas+cards+please+young+folk/5823418/story.html

Buy your real greeting cards easily online at http://www.pamitcards.ca

Christmas Island postmark now available with Pamit Cards

Add a special Christmas Island postmark to your Christmas card, Pamit Cards can send your cards via Christmas Island Post Office located on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia for an additional fee of just $2.00 per greeting card.  Please note this additional leg of the delivery will likely delay the final delivery of your Christmas card by 2 - 3 days.

For more information on the service click here

Beat the Christmas Card Rush order your greeting cards in November!

Do you need to send Christmas cards for your business?

We can help, let us take care of stuffing them in envelopes and mailing them for you.
Save yourself time, money and hassle! You can choose one of our many designs online and we print and mail them directly to your customer list. Alternatively we can mail them all back to you if you would like to sign them or hand deliver them.

All you need to do is personalize your design online, instantly proof with an online PDF preview, no waiting
Then you can simply order and pay online with PayPal, Mastercard or Visa debit card. Please see our website for all our designs, new ones are added daily.  If you don't find a design you like, you can also
customize designs or we can help you create a custom design, including your business logo and multiple photos as required.

Order now and we will have your greeting cards ready to mail on a date you choose.
You can also choose to add select gift cards to your order, please see online for details and pricing,
please contact us for any more information, we will be happy to help you!

Goto www.pamitcards.ca or directly to http://www.pamitcards.ca/p78/Christmas/product_designs.html to view our Christmas greeting cards or if you would like to feature a photo on your Christmas card please see our photo upload designed greeting cards here http://www.pamitcards.ca/p102/Holiday-Cards/product_designs.html

Individual cards are $4.99 each, bulk discounts are available and recommended.
All cards are in printed in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pamit Cards scheduled to appear on TV

Shane Maclean Vice President of Pamit Cards will be pitching to investors live on "The Pitch" show on the Business News Network 25 May 2011.  Tune in to see reactions live to our unique greeting card service in Canada.

About "The Pitch"

The Pitch is an exciting new weekly show from Business News Network that hooks up Canadian entrepreneurs with the risk capitalists who are sitting on the real money... the money that brings ideas to life.  During the program, start-up entrepreneurs or companies seeking to take their business to the next level will sell their business idea - and the amount of cash needed - to a panel of tough financiers and experts.  The panelists will either give the pitch the green light or send the dreamers back to the drawing board.  It's a fast-paced half-hour hosted by BNN's Andrew Bell. And it's 100% live, giving viewers a chance to see how the entrepreneurs perform in a high-pressure atmosphere. Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m. ET / 8:30 a.m. PT
http://www.bnn.ca/Shows/The-Pitch.aspx

BNN is available Canada-wide on the following providers:

Bell ExpressVu: Channel 504
Star Choice: Channel 508

BNN is also available on other providers depending on your location :
http://www.bnn.ca/Channel-Guide.aspx

Up to date!

It's been a while since we updated our greeting cards blog, but we have been busy...

In March we went to Halifax, NS to audition for Dragons Den.  It was a long round day trip to Halifax and back to Sydney, the audition seemed to go well, but so far we haven't heard back from the Dragons!

We've also had a busy Easter selling cards and getting our greeting cards into three local retail stores.  Follow the link for more details on the retailers.

Shane also presented the business at the local monthly Tec Social meeting in Sydney, NS.  We received lots of interest and great feedback from the attendees.

Now we've received an invite from a TV producer of a show called "The Pitch" which is shown on the Business News Network.  Confirmation of the dates and details to come, hopefully you'll be able to see Pamit Cards live on air in May!

Don't forget Mothers Day is next weekend and we have a great range of Mothers Day greeting cards available to buy right now.

Canada Post raises prices

On the 17th January 2011 Canada Post raised its price of regular stamps from $0.57 to $0.59, but here at Pamit Cards we've kept the prices of our greeting cards the same by absorbing the Canada Post price increases.  So all of our greeting cards can still be purchased for $4.99 including mailing anywhere in Canada.  During the working week any greeting cards ordered before 2pm AST will be printed and mailed the same day whether its back to yourself or sending the greeting card directly onto a love one.

Sending greeting cards from the UK to Canada?

If you are sending greeting cards to Canada from the UK and would like to avoid the recent increase in VAT in the UK to 20% make sure you use our greeting card service at Pamit Cards, that way you will only pay the local Canadian tax rates, which are considerably less than the UK.  For example if you are sending greeting cards to friends or relatives in Alberta, Canada it will only be 5%.

So take advantage today and get your cards mailed locally in Canada, save the international postage cost, save the international mailing times and save tax!

Our quick and easy service at www.pamitcards.ca means you can order a greeting card from the UK and if you order it before 2pm AST (6pm GMT) then your card will be mailed with Canada Post the same day.  We print on-demand, so we are never out of stock!

A Brief History of the Greeting Card

The oldest known greeting card to exist is a Valentines Card made in the 1400's and is on display at the British Museum in London England. It is believed that the origins of the greeting card began with the Chinese who sent good will tidings for New Years and with the ancient Egyptians who wrote greetings on papyrus scroll.

The traditional greeting card originated in England over 150 years ago. In 1843, Sir Henry Cole employed John Calcott Horsley to paint a greeting card that depicted the helping of the poor. The card featured a family celebrating Christmas festivities and sipping wine, the text wrote "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you" At the time, the card was criticized for its immoral picture of children drinking wine but the custom of sending greeting cards began anyway. Christmas and Valentines cards were the most popular. Greeting cards were often elaborate with all types of accents such as silk, satin and fringe. They were even cards that folded like maps and resembled a jig-saw puzzle while others made noises or had pop-up images.

In 1840, the postage stamp was introduced and is what really helped make greeting cards popular and more accessible. No longer were greeting cards only for the rich and elite. Now greeting cards could be made more affordable and it grew to become a way of personal communication. Also with the advance of printing machines in 1860, new companies like Marcus Ward & Co. began mass producing greeting cards. In 1930, new developments in lithography continued to expand the greeting card industry. By the 1950's, humorous cards became more popular called "studio cards" and it consisted of a long card with a short punch line.

Greeting Cards came to Canada in the 1870's often depicting winter activity and sport scenes, and until 1918, most cards came from the United States and the United Kingdom.

Today, Pamit Cards is helping to keep the tradition of sending greeting cards alive with a personalized service allowing people to conveniently purchase and send paper greeting cards from the comfort of their own home.

Photo upload greeting cards

We now have a great range of photo upload greeting cards for sale! You can upload your own photos to create unique personalized greeting cards for your friends and family this Holiday season. We are also developing a range of New Baby photo upload cards. Or if you really can't find a design you like or maybe you would like to start from scratch and create your own card then try our Create a card.

When you upload your photos they will be stored in your "My Images" link, you can also go their first and upload your photos before choosing to use them in your cards.

Support CHRISTMAS DADDIES with PAMIT CARDS

From November 23 till December 4 2010

Please join us online to support Christmas Daddies 2010.

The funds raised through the Christmas Daddies programme provide gifts and clothing for less fortunate children during the Christmas season. The Salvation Army distributes these funds throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Funds are returned to the community from which they originated. Last year alone, more than 17,000 Maritime children received toys and gifts at Christmas because of donors who contributed to the Christmas Daddies Telethon.

During the 12 day countdown to Christmas Daddies, Pamit Cards will donate $1.00* for every personal greeting card sold to the annual Christmas Daddies telethon!

Created by local entrepreneurs Shane and Jon, Pamit Cards strives to preserve the tradition and special meaning of sending a real paper greeting card while making it convenient, easy and personalized. You can personalize your card with text and photos and have your personal card mailed directly to your friends and family, postage included! Think its too early to send your greeting cards? Just enter the date you want your card mailed within the special instructions box during your checkout process.

Visit http://www.pamitcards.ca/ to buy your personalized greeting cards today!

Happy Holidays from Pamit Cards!

* Does not apply in conjunction with any other promotional offer

Welcome to Pamit Cards...

Pamit Cards is a new way of purchasing greeting cards, you can choose one of our great designs, personalize the design and preview it all online.  Then you can order it (or save it in your designs) and we will mail your greeting card the same day with Canada Post if ordered before 2pm AST.  You can choose to have your greeting card mailed directly back to you with an additional blank envelope, so that you can hand it to someone or we can mail it directly to your intended recipient for you, saving you time.

We invite you to visit our website at www.pamitcards.ca and browse our ever growing collection of greeting card designs.

All greeting cards are priced at $4.99 CAD and that price includes regular mailing with Canada Post ($0.57), depending on your shipping address you will be charged the provincial tax rate in Canada.  We can of course mail your cards internationally too.