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What do you use to get your business cards? Where can I get the best deal?

So far vista print is the cheapest.. any others?
 
We are at $29.99 at your door for 1,000 4/4 full color offset cards. 14 or 16pt paper full uv, full aq or matte aq.
Check my sig for link and promo code.
 
What file format does your shop need the design in? I am not good with illustrator but I can do the basic design (which is simple) in photoshop and save it as a psd, or any other format you need. I have had shops take my photoshop image and reproduce it into an illustrator file, do you guys do that? Or is there a process that is entirely different that I need to do? Let me knew what you need and I will do my best.
 
Tech_Triage said:
So far vista print is the cheapest.. any others?
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I'm a firm believer in keeping business "local".
Do you want your potential clients to go to overseas computer support like iyogi?

Keeping business local is good karma. You're more likely to get returned business. And your business name gets thrown around more with other local businesses. More likely to get referrals.

We do our printing business across 3 different local printers. And we've gotten return work and referrals from them too.

My current box of a thousand cards...on thicker high quality stock, double sided print...custom graphics....46 bucks. Proof that local guys aren't always outrageously expensive.

Boosting the economy locally....spreads into good stuff overall for the economy.

Spending your money overseas...as a small business owner...don't you want to do things to feed the local economy? Or at least your own countries economy?

Doing business with other forum members is good too...such as Sprinter above....at least he's in the US (I'm assuming you are too), and you're helping other forum members here.
 
I agree. But at the moment I am running on fumes in my wallet so the cheapest route is the best. But I am checking around locally too
 
we can take a PSd otherwise Adobe Acrobat as long as 300 DPI actual size and 1/8 inch bleed

I'm on the road in Upper Minnesota at the moment but if you look at the listing on our site under the information it lists all the file types as well
 
I usually try to stay local bust last I checked my local was $100 for 500 B & W front only. I did get some cards from sprintertech last month and they turned out great, fast service too.
 
bigdessert said:
I usually try to stay local bust last I checked my local was $100 for 500 B & W front only. I did get some cards from sprintertech last month and they turned out great, fast service too.
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Thanks again! We try to keep fast turn arounds every once inawhile a goof happens but usually its decent.

I know near me staples is the "cheapest" super pricey still.
 
bigdessert said:
I usually try to stay local bust last I checked my local was $100 for 500 B & W front only. I did get some cards from sprintertech last month and they turned out great, fast service too.
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Did you stop at the first one? Or keep looking?
I remember years ago, our first business card printing, we went with the place down the street. Over 300 bucks for 5 hundge. Was sticker shocked...but did it. We ended up doing work for them too....so it worked out.

But our recent batch that we did 2 years ago...all new design. And a thou for under 50 bucks...on above average quality stock...front 'n back, in color...with them working hard on graphics. And another place that gave us a quote and was close in price. So it paid to take a minute to look locally a little more.
 
I am all for staying local when possible too to be sure. But at some point there does come a "have to use common sense" point. If you are getting 500 B&W for $100 and you can go someplace like Vista Print and get that same 500 front only for less than half that price then why not?

To be honest, a great number of places are reselling through Vista Print for those types of items. It is hard to beat being in the reseller club, getting 500 business cards in color for the $10 to $25 mark. Just putting a small markup on them you can easily be competitive and resell for 30 to even 100% markup depending on local market.
 
yea one local place tried reselling vistaprint but didn't last long, they lack alot in quality and their pricing is messed up due to their random sales and additional costs for basics such as full UV coating etc....
 
SprinterTech-WI said:
yea one local place tried reselling vistaprint but didn't last long, they lack alot in quality and their pricing is messed up due to their random sales and additional costs for basics such as full UV coating etc....
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I never fully implemented selling business cards at the store. I had about 2 to 3 orders per month. I set some pricing basics up, for the most part I did it on a quote basis. Basic form with samples that Vista had sent me for the different material types. The only real variance on the vistaprints pricing is how fast you want them for the most part, there are three shipping choices 21 day 7 day and 3 day. That was the only dangerous place I found to be honest and that was my fault as I forgot to get the design done and place the order in a timely manner once and ended up eating profit by using a faster shipping method. As for shirts, signage etc..that too should be done on a quote basis rather than on a set pricing structure in my opinion. One of my clients is a wholesale signage printer and while their prices tend to stay steady material and demand changes do fluctuate, not to mention the unlimited number of variables like lamination, clear coating, material weight, size, grommets etc...

In most markets today it is unconventional to do your own work as the wholesale pricing from the multimillion dollar companies is often better than buying materials on a smaller scale added to the supply shipping fees and the machine maintenance, add to that the labor of people to do the work if you do get enough to support it.

Not to get me wrong, if you can get the marketing down and hit enough regular accounts to support it by all means it is a go. But to start up, or to supply a lower demand end as perhaps an addition to other services then the outsourcing to larger companies is a very viable and more lucrative option.
 
easytechnician said:
I never fully implemented selling business cards at the store. I had about 2 to 3 orders per month. I set some pricing basics up, for the most part I did it on a quote basis. Basic form with samples that Vista had sent me for the different material types. The only real variance on the vistaprints pricing is how fast you want them for the most part, there are three shipping choices 21 day 7 day and 3 day. That was the only dangerous place I found to be honest and that was my fault as I forgot to get the design done and place the order in a timely manner once and ended up eating profit by using a faster shipping method. As for shirts, signage etc..that too should be done on a quote basis rather than on a set pricing structure in my opinion. One of my clients is a wholesale signage printer and while their prices tend to stay steady material and demand changes do fluctuate, not to mention the unlimited number of variables like lamination, clear coating, material weight, size, grommets etc...

In most markets today it is unconventional to do your own work as the wholesale pricing from the multimillion dollar companies is often better than buying materials on a smaller scale added to the supply shipping fees and the machine maintenance, add to that the labor of people to do the work if you do get enough to support it.

Not to get me wrong, if you can get the marketing down and hit enough regular accounts to support it by all means it is a go. But to start up, or to supply a lower demand end as perhaps an addition to other services then the outsourcing to larger companies is a very viable and more lucrative option.
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Oh outsourcing is the way to go for sure, just saying Vistaprint isn't the best choice.... as a matter of fact I am 95% sure that they don't do any of their own printing - they are simply a marketing company who resells.
 
Hi there! For business cards I always hear some good feedback for PrintPlace. I've only tried it once and it was well worth what I paid for as I got some awesome cards on time and with no hassles. Check out this video and see if you're interested. It's a neat run through on how PrintPlace produces its business cards, right from the first step of ordering. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIBD-1zcSfQ.
 
Use local business

Sometimes you can find local print company's and offer them computer work in exchange for business cards. Trading your services is a great way to get business cards as well as other things you may need. You can save money and it helps to build great relationships with local business owners.
 
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