Paper & Stationery Makers on Wave pay $19/month — $228/year. Over three years, that's $684. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 14.7 months. The median stationery maker earns $24,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.9% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $684 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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You're not the only one who's had enough.
Paper & Stationery Makers face unique challenges: Paper and ink costs per piece are small but add up across hundreds of orders. Custom wedding stationery requires multiple proofs and revisions. Seasonal demand spikes (wedding season, holidays) make cash flow unpredictable. Competing with Canva and digital templates driving prices down. On top of all that, Wave charges $19/month ($228/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median stationery maker earns $24,000/year. Software at $228/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Letterpress or printing equipment is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Wave is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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Your exact Wave cost, full stack total, and what switching saves. 10 seconds.
| Feature | Wave | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✓ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Works offline | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $19/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $684 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most paper & stationery makers are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Data Export. Download customers, invoices, transactions, and accounts.
15-minute setup. Import your client list and bank transactions from CSV.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Re-create recurring invoices in Nexa and check your bank imports.
Cancel paid features. Your free account data stays accessible for records.
I design and print stationery: wedding invitation suites, greeting cards, notebooks, and custom letterpress pieces for small businesses. A wedding suite starts with a consultation: the couple's style, colours, the wording, the number of guests, the mailing date, and the budget, which decides between digital printing, foil and letterpress. I design proofs and go back and forth until every name and date is right, because one typo on two hundred printed invitations is my cost, not theirs. Production is hands-on: cutting paper to size, mixing ink to match a colour exactly, locking up plates on the letterpress and feeding sheets one at a time, then scoring, folding, trimming and assembling envelopes, liners and RSVP cards. Paper choice matters, cotton for letterpress, coated stock for digital, and I order paper weeks ahead because specialty stock runs out. My card line sells wholesale to gift shops and through my own online shop and craft fairs, which means inventory, packing orders and shipping. Wedding season fills every spring, so I schedule production months ahead, take a deposit on approval, and bill the balance before shipping.
Real paper & stationery makers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a stationery maker? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every stationery maker on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Wave may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Wave is $19/month — that's $684 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Wave as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,520/year on software — and stationery maker face their own version of that math. DE state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Wilmington metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Paper & Stationery Makers run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other paper & stationery makers are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
$684 over 3 years. Or $279 once (or 3 × $99). Own your tools.
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