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Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
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Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#22Vistaprint is the total nuts. They used to give you some free cheapo ones too.
My roommate works at VistaPrint, I wouldn't recommend them to ANYBODY. They employ shady tactics such as trimming a few millimeters off of each side of the card so they could fit an extra two or three in their printing presses (this also makes your card smaller than the general business card size).
Their quality is actually really shoddy as well, and the free cards all say "print at VistaPrint" on the back of them. Not to mention the fact that they go to all lengths with retention emails after you place a single order (without having the option to opt-out) to keep people ordering more. They also charge a ton of hidden fees.
In short: If you want your business card to be a serious reflection of your business, DON'T use VistaPrint.
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#23I highly recommend Moo cards -- they do small runs for relatively cheap, and let you customize the backs with photos or any design you want! http://www.moo.com/
I second Moo.
However, I always have my professional designer create the cards and http://sbprintthis.com/ handles the printing.
Unless you're a crack graphic designer yourself, there's not substitute for having them professionally done. Think back to cards you've received. Which ones stand out? I'll suspect that it's either the ones with a schtick - Matt Mullenweg's plain white "Type Matt into Google and click I'm Feeling Lucky" cards - or the beautifully designed ones printed on heavyweight stock.
It makes a difference.
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#24http://www.psprint.com Not thrilled, but easy enough to do. The bar for bcards is low by the way: you want them not to look laser printed, but that's about it.
I think it might depend on what you are using them for and/or your business. If you sell face-to-face, good cards might be important for your marketing efforts. It seems it would matter less if it's contact info for people who are trying to sell to you. If you are printing a few to get the attention of VC? They will probably say, "This is how the company's going to spend my money if I give it to them. Is it sensible?"
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#25http://www.trifectaagencies.com
At Trifecta Agencies we have a great product for a wonderful price. I started the company 7 years ago and it has been running strong ever since.
Email me.
-Chris
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#26http://www.trifectaagencies.com At Trifecta Agencies we have a great product for a wonderful price. I started the company 7 years ago and it has been running strong ever since. Email me. -Chris
I can vouch for the quality of his work.
He also can do logos and stickers and such if you need those.
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#27http://www.overnightprints.com Used them for years. Fantastic quality, inexpensive.
I second this. Great options, great coating, I also opted for rounded corners. Way better color representation than the last place I ordered from. Can't go wrong here.
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#28If you know where to look, you can easily find some absurd discounts on VistaPrint. I highly recommend them.
Where do you look?
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#29Not to ponder this particular post, but seriously: who do you use to print business cards? This is a $50 investment and a google search will tell you who can do it.
I think that a lot of these ask YC have gone a bit too far and don't add much value.
Re: Ask YC: Who do you use to print your business cards?
#30Not to ponder this particular post, but seriously: who do you use to print business cards? This is a $50 investment and a google search will tell you who can do it. I think that a lot of these ask YC have gone a bit too far and don't add much value.
I dont think this is a bad post at all, and was glad to see it here. We have been having this very discussion internally this week
Our last quote for a business card run was $1100. Far cry from '$50 and a google search'.
Peoples responses here about who to with (and who NOT to go with) have been very helpful.