Recommend me a good place for quality business cards online with my own design

[chefIL11]

I need professional business cards and I haven't had the best of luck getting them made in town. Since this will be for a minor project, I only require about 250 of them. I have a design in mind and I'm good with paintshop pro.......

What places have you used, sent in your own design, and been satisfied for your professional business cards?

I'm looking for a 2 colored card (Red and blue) and need to use my company logo which has those two colors. I'm fine with the text being either of these colors as well. Pretty basic other than my logo! ideas?

[NicePete]

I've had good luck with iPrint.

Their website is very flexible; it allowed me to design exactly what I wanted. You can upload your own logo if you want. The prices weren't the very lowest I could find, but I did get exactly what I wanted. The quality is very good and turnaround time was quick.

[stuyguy]

Vistaprint.com can't be beat.

Check out their free business card offer. You pay for S&H and a small fee for any custom artwork you upload. I've used them several times and have had good experiences.

[MizGrand]

Second the Vistaprint recommendation. Got some (250) really cute "play-date" cards for my kids and an inked address stamp for less than ten bucks. Nice quality too.

I've got some email offers around, if you'd like I can forward them on to you. Email's my username at aol.

[Gaudere]

Vistaprint (and other web printers of that sort) is good if you aren't looking for true top level printing. I'm not trying to put them down--I've used them myself--but a web printer like them can't match the quality of an offset printer. Web printers will look a little pixelly if you look close; dark colors will work better than lights. However, an offset printer, while producing excellent quality, will run you about $180 for those 250 cards, while vistaprint can do them for next to nothing.

Since web printers are generally all CMYK cutting down on the colors will not save you money, while with offset printers it will. So if you got the web printer route don't worry about limiting color use.

[stuyguy]

Originally Posted by Gaudere

Vistaprint (and other web printers of that sort) is good if you aren't looking for true top level printing. I'm not trying to put them down--I've used them myself--but a web printer like them can't match the quality of an offset printer... etc.

Hold on a sec. There's some confusion going on here, perhaps only about terminology.

In the printing trade, "web" describes the paper feed method, not the printing method. A "web" press is one that accepts giant rolls ("webs") of paper, as opposed to a "sheetfed" press that takes stacks of flat, rectangular sheets of paper. A web press can be offset, letterpress, gravure, flexographic, etc. (different printing methods). So, Gaudere, you're talking apples vs. oranges -- "web" is not the opposite of "offset."

Now, perhaps you meant "web," as in the www, where online companies offer "digital" printing, as opposed to offset printing. (These digital presses, I think, are essentially mass-output inkjet printers, but I may be mistaken.)

In the past, Vistaprint has printed all my business cards and postcards by offset printing -- all top notch and high quality. That is why I recommended them.

That said, just last week I ordered some new postcards. I was surprised to learn after I placed the order that they would be printed on a digital -- not offset -- press, which upset me a tad. But now, this was a run of only 100 postcards. Everything I've gotten in the past, including business cards, was 250 or more. I suspect that runs under 250 get digitally printed. But I could be wrong. You may want to find out if they still do their business cards offset or not. If not, like Gaudere says, you may want to think twice.

But then again, for virtually free, how can you really go wrong?

[even sven]

I've had good luck with www.overnightprints.com .

[Annie-Xmas]

We use Color Cards Direct

[Gaudere]

Now, perhaps you meant "web," as in the www, where online companies offer "digital" printing, as opposed to offset printing. (These digital presses, I think, are essentially mass-output inkjet printers, but I may be mistaken.)

You're right, I was being sloppy with terminology. Vistaprint's always done digital prints for me so I thought that's all they've done.

[beachbetch]

Vistaprint is amazing. Super fast, very good with customer service and excellent quality. I've used them for all of my advertising.

[jacobsta811]

Vista print certainly works fine - the business cards I got from them are ok. I kind of hate their pricing model though - it is very non-transparent. They do lots of things for "free" and then charge really high "shipping" to get their money. There are lots of coupon codes, etc that do the same thing - Blah blah blah is normally $9.95, this coupon makes it $2.95 - but really normal price is $9.95+5 shipping and coupon is $2.95 + $9.95 - the coupon code did save you a little money, but not much.

[Khadaji]

I was content with Vista, but I am boycotting them now because they spam so much.

[gwendee]

I've gotten cards from both iPrint and vistaprint and my iPrint cards are on better quality (heavier) cardstock.

[Mr Downtown]

Sharpdots.com or PrintPlace.com. $16 or less for 250.

[t-bonham@scc.net]

For less than 250 cards, why wouldn't you just buy a pack of business card paper at the office supply store and print them on your own printer?

[Girl Next Door]

Moo.com Very classy, impressive, fantastic quality cards. Vistaprint is for when you don't care about the quality.

[Zulema]

If you go with vistaprint make sure you don't design your card with more than one photo upload, they charge you for each one. I had logos and my photo etc and it added up. If I did it again I would design my card in a different place and upload it as one jpg.

They turn out a little smaller than regular business cards and getting the deluxe glossy finish makes them look a lot nicer.

Before you complete your order they used to offer you all kinds of other things including more business cards for cheaper yet. The extra offers didn't work in firefox for me.

[SanVito]

Originally Posted by Girl Next Door

Moo.com Very classy, impressive, fantastic quality cards. Vistaprint is for when you don't care about the quality.

I was going to suggest MOO as well, but held back thinking they were just UK. Seems they are worldwide – I strongly endorse them for small run digital printing.

I'm a graphic designer by trade and recommend them often to clients who have small jobs and limited budgets.

[Hello Again]

Originally Posted by t-bonham@scc.net

For less than 250 cards, why wouldn't you just buy a pack of business card paper at the office supply store and print them on your own printer?

Because Vistaprint, etc. is actually cheaper and looks way better?

[jasonh300]

Vistaprint's "free" cards look cheap and unprofessional and are instantly recognizable as Vistaprint cards.

Overnightprints.com is more expensive, but really good quality, If you need them TOMORROW and are willing to pay $80 for overnight shipping, you'll be happy with them.

Gotprint.com has good prices, pretty fast turnaround, and UV coating at no extra charge. Use them if you're willing to wait 7-10 working days to get your cards (even with an expedited order and overnight shipping, it's 3-4 days, so don't use them if you're in a hurry).

[Full Metal Lotus]

Vista Print is off my list for the following reasons
1) Spam
2) Spam
3) Spam
4) Low Quality
5) Added costs for extra work/uploads
6) Spam
7) Outrageously High Delivery Fees
8) Spam
9) Slightlly smaller (do you want your customers "skipping" past your card in a stack of your competitor's cards? The smaller size makes them hide behind other regular cards as one thumbs through a stack)
10) A vista print card always SCREAMS some guy working out of his basement
11) Spam

[Gala Matrix Fire]

I love Overnight Prints. The card quality is really nice and the prices are very reasonable.

[wllp]

Hi, in case you are looking for letterpress printers you will find one at www.weloveletterpress.com . Cheers, Ben.

[Jenaroph]

FYI, this is an old thread; the OP hasn't logged in in 5 years.

[Runs With Scissors]

I *love* the cards I get from FedEx/Kinkos. VERY professional, reasonably priced, and you can make your own design.

But don't go for the thicker cards. They'll have you believe they are better and more professional, but all they are is thicker, and so they take up more room. Go for the regular thickness. It's still a really nice bond.