Become a GCA Supplier Member

Promote your products and services to your target customers and enhance your brand’s visibility along the way by joining our networking events and through sponsorship opportunities.

Our supplier members play a vital role in the Greeting Card industry. They are often the first port of call for publishers looking for advice on topics such as printing, finishes, environmental questions and much more.

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£660.00 / year

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Why join the GCA?

GCA supplier members are approved specialist suppliers who are recommended and usually already working with other members. As a GCA member you will also benefit from our resources and discounts, and be invited to attend and participate in networking events that provide opportunities to build business relationships with other members, including greeting card publishers and retailers.

As a member you can promote your business on the GCA website, a key trade source. The GCA will keep you up to date with pressing industry and business issues. We also compile an annual greeting card market report which is available to supplier members free of charge.

Benefits

Preferred Supplier Status

Recognition as a preferred supplier to the industry and opportunity to be recommended to members

Attract Publishers & other GCA Members

Offer incentives and advice to attract customers

Networking

Attend and participate in GCA Members’ events designed to support business growth

Stay Informed

Regular communications to help keep you in the know about the industry

Members’ Directory

Reach publishers and others with your own dedicated profile page on the Members’ Directory

Have a voice

Be part of the Greeting Card Industry and help shape its future

Member Only Content

Access the GCA library full of resources and support

GCA Market Report

Free access to the GCA Market Report (saving £750+VAT)

Support the Greeting Card Industry

Your support helps the GCA to protect and promote the greeting card industry

Be a part of the community

The GCA runs member networking events that provide opportunities to build business relationships with other greeting card members, including publishers, retailers and others within within the GCA community.

The GCA will keep you up to date with pressing industry and business issues to support you and your business, leading debate within the industry. We also compile an annual greeting card market report which is available to supplier members free of charge, providing valuable information on our industry.

Membership of the GCA also helps us to continue to promote the importance of greeting cards to consumers, through the media and initiatives such as Thinking of You Week, ensuring that the UK tradition of card sending remains, and our industry grows.

Pricing

GCA

Supplier Membership

£660

Per Year

FAQs

Our Supplier Membership Plan is suitable for businesses suppling goods and services to those working in greeting cards. We support all our members through the intricacies of the industry with relevant content and networking events.

Our members range from small micro publishers, retailers and suppliers to some of the largest companies in the greeting card industry in the UK and across the World.

We have two payment options:

  1. You can pay for your membership using a debit or credit card
  2. You can opt to pay for your membership via Direct Debit.

Yes! You can add two additional colleagues and share your access to the GCA website and resources.

You may contact us for a refund within 14 days of signing up for a membership. We cannot offer a refund after 14 days.

You have the option of turning off autorenewal to prevent your subscription renewing automatically each year.