3 Ways to Make Money with Laser Cutting – SendCutSend

What comes to mind when you think about laser
cut metal? Parts? Artwork? Jewelry?

To many, laser cutting is still a novelty, suitable either for artistic showiness or to satisfy a specialized manufacturing need.

But online ordering services, like
SendCutSend, have made this technology accessible to everyone and brought it to
the mainstream.

We shouldn’t think of metal laser cutting as a
niche specialty anymore. Instead, consider these ways the process can help you
and your business make money.

#1. Advertise and Promote Your
Business

Just about everybody hands out business cards or distributes brand “swag” such as pencils, key chain tags, water bottles, frisbees, and similar items. Unfortunately, most of the time these wind up in a kitchen drawer or on a closet shelf. Laser cutting can help you stand out and be different.

Instead of the generic items mentioned above,
give out distinctively crafted mementos that your customers and prospects will
admire and show their friends. Or advertise yourself with the kind of signage
that no one else has on your street.

Here are some ideas of how you can use laser
cutting to make a lasting impact on your customers with promotional products:

• Metal business cards. People give regular
  business cards to us every day, and what do we do with them? Most of the time,
  stick them in our wallet and eventually throw them away. With a thin metal card
  that has your company logo cut into it, people are more likely to keep it and
  look at it again and again.
• Outdoor signs. Imagine your name, logo or an
  image of your line of business set in a public piece of artwork that’s on duty
  24/7? Your customers will take notice.

• Promotional giveaways. At every fair, craft
  show, or conference, vendors have tables full of water bottles, change purses
  or string bags in hopes that prospects will use them enough to remember the
  company name. If you have a distinctive laser-cut bottle opener or key chain
  tag, folks won’t just toss these in a pile with all the other swag. They’ll use
  them everyday and think of you when they do. Like this cool metal hat logo!

• Seasonal gifts. Think differently about your
  client gifts this festive season with a clever and tasteful holiday ornament.
  Your clients will admire these on their walls or trees during the busiest time
  of the year.

#2. Start an Etsy Business or
Beef up Your Garage Sale

Not every company has the capacity or
inclination to order these items themselves, so you could be the specialist who
helps them decide what to choose. Keep some laser-cut samples on hand and
educate other businesses about the benefits of using metal business cards,
signs, or other items.

The opportunity to build a business powered by laser cutting doesn’t have to stop there. You could offer plaques and unique house numbers to residential homeowners, or develop an eCommerce store on a platform such as Etsy which sells jewelry, signs, and other crafty products.

You could even use laser cutting to beef up a
garage sale. Stick a few laser-cut metal pinwheels in the ground or set up a
sculpture front and center in your yard. It’s not just that these items can
make money on their own account, but when word gets around about the must-see
designs in your yard, it enhances the appeal of everything else you have on
offer.

Regardless of how you plan on selling your laser-cut products, a low-cost online service, such as SendCutSend, can fulfill orders quickly so you can build a strong reputation with your customers.

#3. Expand Your Product Line

Already have a product line? Consider adding
laser-cut metal items to your inventory to boost sales and distinguish you from
competitors.

Here are some ideas on how to do so for
different professions:

• Artists. Incorporate metals into sculptures,
  or use them to offer unique frames.
• Jewelry crafters and vendors. Use laser-cut
  metals for earrings, necklaces, and pendants or include intricate cut metal
  designs in those pieces.
• Florists. Add a laser-cut flower or two to a
  live arrangement. Or create a metal encasement for a vase or pot.
• Home remodelers. Offer one-of-a-kind products
  to spark your customers’ imagination – drawer knobs, mirror edges – any
  original decorative touch you and they can come up with.
• Landscapers. What could it do for your sales
  if you had unique laser-cut trellises, gates, pinwheels and garden sculptures
  that customers couldn’t find anywhere else?
• Cake decorators. Don’t just use icing for that
  choo-choo train or racecar on a child’s birthday cake, use laser cutting to
  create unique metal cutouts to shape the end product into something
  special. 
• Interior designers. Suggest laser-cut trivets,
  coasters and candle holders to your clients and have them made online.
• Music shops. Be the store that delights your
  clientele with laser-cut guitar picks, or one-of-a-kind ornaments.

Whatever your trade, there’s a way to use
laser cutting to offer something your customers won’t find anywhere else. Even
if your customers are hobbyists, such as automobile rebuilders, model
aircrafters or home DIYers, sooner or later they will need something they can’t
buy at any store, and a laser-cut product could be the perfect fit.

Don’t merely offer the same inventory as
everyone else. Become a laser cutting expert who can interpret an unfindable
part into a workable design and cut the end product.

Conclusion

Ready to start making money from laser
cutting?

We can cut steel, aluminum, brass, copper, and titanium into your dream product and our second-generation laser technology fulfills orders in less than three days. Get in touch if you have any questions.