I buy postcards online. Because there is a wider range. There are many online shops in our country that print and sell postcards. Free shipping is possible if you order postcards for a certain amount. To be honest, it is not possible to order less than this amount, since the postcards are interesting and beautiful. I want more and more 
. I also order for OZONE along with other things I need. And the delivery is free. I buy stamps personally when I visit big cities.
On tez sites where I order postcards, the seller indicates the quality of the cardboard. For the most part, it is quite dense. Recently I saw a note on one site that ācardboard of a finer qualityā, but the price of such a postcard is lower.
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Both. I buy a lot online because they can be hard to find in person.
I will look/purchase from places I visit in person like museums, historical sites, gardens, etc.
This helps me get a variety.
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I have bought a few times some postcard boxes of specific themes online (such as women in science or flowers). But I mostly send viewcards, and I love to buy them in person because I can choose different ones 
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I like both Picking one is too hard.
Online: brands I wonāt find offline in a good assortment (TS, Papersisters etc), international card-shops (often cheaper, so you get more variety).
Offline: while traveling, all the cards you buy on the road seem so special Plus thrift shops.
If Iām looking for specific cards/themes for swaps itās mostly in person too.
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I buy on line because I design my own cards on Zazzle.
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I prefer to buy postcards online as they usually have a wider variety, are cheaper, and are efficient. And because there arenāt many shops that sell postcards here, sadlyā¦ 
Whenever I try to buy postcards in person, thereās almost always not much of a variety available or they are more expensive. I wish there are more shops in Indonesia that sells postcards, or even sharing ad/free postcards like in other countries.
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I would love to find more local postcards, but there arenāt many. I did go to a vintage and antique store a few weeks ago, and had such a great time going through their cards and I bought quite a few. Iāve also visited a few of our historical sites in my city and was happy to find a few different ones there. I have quite a few sets in my favorites on Amazon, but have only one bought one set there. Iām very new here, so still building up the amount of cards I can send, so for now, I have more than enough. Excited to go travel this summer and finding more in person.
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In person because I love to fell the cards. I love buying from my local vintage markets. I buy on Amazon too though.
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All of the ones I have I purchased in person during my travels. We do a lot of mini roadtrips checking out interesting places nearby and I have always checked out the giftshops and collected postcards. To be honest I had no idea you could buy them online until I started Postcrossing and started hearing where other people get theirs.
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I like both. They are different experiences for me. When I buy in person, Iām usually in a new place experiencing a new city/country or museum. Then, itās fun to just pick up mementos of the visit and know Iāll be able to share them with others.
Buying online can be cheaper and usually gives me the opportunity to support local shops (Etsy) or create my own designs (Zazzle). I also collect vintage cards and have the best luck finding those on eBay.
Fortunately, I donāt have to choose between the two
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I enjoying all the ways. I love to thrift them, buy online, and at stores that sell them for tourists etc!!! I think support small and reuse. So those are my 2 favs. Thrifting and local.
Iāve been buying in person. I live by some gift shops and drug stores that sell postcards and I make it an event - go for a walk, get a coffee, buy some postcards. I just started postcrossing and donāt know how often the inventory changes so I may get bored and move online eventually.
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I have never bought postcards online, but I might try one day. I love those postcards they sell in some book shops, often by not so well-known artists. They can be quite expensive, so I donāt buy too many at once.
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I prefer buying in person as I usually buy postcards from places Iāve been, whether itās travelling to another country, visiting museums/galleries, etc. Plus, I live in Japan and this is a postcard-loverās paradise (in addition to stamps, washi tape, pens, etc). There are so many places that sell postcards, even if itās a small display, so I really donāt have a problem buying them. And even though Iāve seen Gotochi cards before, I didnāt know the name of them until joining here, and now Iām kind of obsessed with collecting them for myself and to send to others, so that means more visits to the main post office branches.
However, since re-joining Postcrossing this year I have bought a few cards online because I wanted more variety of cards to choose from to appeal to different peopleās interests.
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It depends I do a lot of trips and when I am somewhere I try to but local viewcards.
Other thing is to refill the card stock with cards of planes, ships or special animals. Then Ebay or Amazon are my best friends
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why etsy? vs print on demand?
Iāve found a lot of great illustrators on Etsy that I enjoy
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I prefer to buy in person, but I have found few places that sell them around here so I also buy online. I can get some from the local national park at $1/card, which I often visit to go hiking, but those are very specific to that park which fits a lot of wishlists but not all. I have some of the box sets like Disney, or New York Botanical Gardens to offer more variety. I have also been Postcrossing for over 12 years so I have accumulated my stock over time. Oh and my mom will look for cards when she and my dad are travelling because she knows I like them. There is a local antiques store that sells vintage cards but most of them are $3.00 or $4.00 each which in my opinion is too expensive.
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I would love the opportunity to buy them in person, but i just cant find them in my town 
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I live in a tourist area. EVERY shop sells postcards! Every attraction sells postcards. I buy in person.
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