Business Cards
Business Card Designs, Templates, Prices and Printing.
Why do you need business cards?
Despite its small size and cost, your business card is one of the most powerful marketing tools you will ever possess.
Because of it's low cost, many people take a business card for granted and don't even think of the effect it can have on their marketing and sales success.
- It’s a modern business “essential”.
- It’s typically responsible for the first impression that is made on your potential customers.
- It’s the thing most of your potential clients see first. (after you).
Why use our superior class business cards?
- Your cards are firm and robust because they are printed on durable 350gsm Powergloss cardstock and double UV varnished for that extra sturdiness.
- The images and text on your card are sharp and crisp. They are printed on a four colour offset press at 175 lpi as opposed to the normal 135 lpi. They are also printed on a fine grain card stock, which doesn't absorb the ink, but leaves it on the card.
- Your cards are immune to scratches and have a high gloss finish because of the double UV coating it receives.
- You have more than enough space for your information, because you can have the back of the card printed in black and white at no extra cost.
- Your card stands out from the crowd and will be picked up more often out of a pile of cards because of it's superior design done by our professional designers.
- Above all else, you get your cards at the most competitive price on the market. You always see the "cheapies" being advertised when you google "business cards", but sometimes the quality and artwork is so poor, you are too shy to hand your card to anybody.
Professional Graphic Design
If we design them, your business cards are custom designed by a graphic artist. A business card design will be created for you based on your input. We do not print until you are 100% happy with the proof. Printing will only go ahead once you have signed off the proof.
If you want to design your card yourself, you can supply it to
us as follows:
In prepress .pdf format, without any copy restrictions.
In .jpg or any other bitmap format, 300 dpi.
Total size, measurements 94 x 54 mm. This includes a 2mm bleed and all
the text information on the card must be 5mm from the edge of the card.
If this is correct we won't charge you any design, artwork or setup
fees.
However, if you use MS Word, Power Point or Publisher etc, to design
your business cards, do not use WORD ART, as we can't copy and paste
WordArt into our program, which is Corel Draw.
We have designed some beautiful cards.
Quantities and Pricing
We print quantities of 500 or 1000 identical cards, full colour front
and black reverse, which are then double UV Varnished on the front of
the card for extra lustre and sturdiness. Or you can get 500 identical
cards, full colour and UV varnished both sides.
These prices are as follows and include VAT:
- Matt, no varnish, full colour front, 500 identical cards - R296.00.
- Matt, no varnish, full colour front, 1000 identical cards - R399.00.
- Gloss, high quality, varnished full colour front, black reverse: 500 identical cards - R349.00.
- Gloss, high quality, varnished full colour front, black reverse: 1000 identical cards - R449.00.
- Gloss, high quality, varnished full colour double sided: 500 identical cards - R499.00.
- Design, artwork and setup fees, if applicable: R95.00.
Time Frames and Delivery
Business cards are printed twice a week, on Thursdays and Saturdays. The cards must then dry properly before varnishing. After varnishing they are also left overnight to dry properly before cutting and packaging takes place. The cards are usually ready for delivery five working days after submission.
In Gauteng, we deliver the cards as soon as possible, whilst other orders are posted or couriered immediately via Speed Services. Normally they can be collected at your Post Office Counter on Friday, Saturday or sometimes Monday morning.