Travel Technology - source for business cards designed online

I'm ready to reorder some business cards and no longer have the source for the online company I used. Suggestions?

And wouldn't it have been nice if there were a reorder card in the box with the company source, and my data saved <sigh>.

Sylvia

Thanks for the reminder --I have to order some too! Printingforless.com has advertised in the Continental inflight magazine recently. I've been meaning to try them out as they have a $50 coupon. Use the promo code CA50. I have NOT tried them yet, but with 500 full color cards coming in at $9.95 after the discount and delivery I figure it's got to be worth a try.

Are these the people you used?

EDITED TO FIX PROMO CODE ABOVE - IT IS CA50

I got 250 cards free (plus s&h) here:

http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/default.aspx?GP=5%2F3%2F2005+11%3A35%3A20+AM

I got 250 cards free (plus s&h) here:

http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/default.aspx?GP=5%2F3%2F2005+11%3A35%3A20+AM
The VistaPrint people are blatant spammers and have been so for years. I wouldn't do business with them. Plus, they use flimsy 80 lb. stock.

I got 250 cards free (plus s&h) here:

http://www.vistaprint.com/vp/ns/default.aspx?GP=5%2F3%2F2005+11%3A35%3A20+AM

VistaPrint also prints it's advertising message on the back. I've received a number of cards from writers who use this company and always think they look less than professional.

I use this company: http://www.gotprint.com/ Very good service and price. 250 cards starts at $9.99 with full color using their online designer. (If you use custom uploaded artwork it costs $19.99 for 250.) Nice heavy cards with glossy coating on the printed side(s). We've been really happy with the results.

The VistaPrint people are blatant spammers and have been so for years. I wouldn't do business with them. Plus, they use flimsy 80 lb. stock.

I never got an e-mail from them ... it could be that my provider or cloudmark blocks them...?!?
Yes, the quality is not great. I use them when ask for a business card at a gate (we have hundreds of gated communities in our area), real estate showings etc. :D
I have also a better one for my clients ....

I use the printingforless.com folks and they have great and fast service. The customer service people are extremely friendly. They even have a affiliated desgin team to design a card for you if you don't have your own design.

TF :cool:

Great place to get your cards made -- which is cheaper than VISTA is http://OvernightPrints.com

VistaPrint also prints it's advertising message on the back. I've received a number of cards from writers who use this company and always think they look less than professional.

VistaPrint only puts their name on the back of the card if you choose free cards. If you pay, there is no advertising on the back. And yes, it is really tacky.

I must admit the cards I had made through VistaPrints turned out good. (They were custom-designed and uploaded, rather than using their list of free cards.) However, they shipping cost really adds up.

I tried OvernightPrints upon advise from a ShopperShuttle, whose cards I really liked. I was surprise at how great their cards service was and how quick it gets to you even through Ground Shipping. One of the things I liked was the curve corners that OvernightPrints offers.

Good luck!

One thing that all the online places I've looked at seem to lack is a decent selection of paper. All of it is white. Also, none offer the raised ink that traditional printers offer.

Great place to get your cards made -- which is cheaper than VISTA is http://OvernightPrints.comThis place looks really good!

One thing that all the online places I've looked at seem to lack is a decent selection of paper. All of it is white. Also, none offer the raised ink that traditional printers offer.

When it's run as 4-color process, as most everything mentioned above is (my example is), it hardly matters what the paper color is. Want black background? Just design it. Full bleed shouldn't be a problem. The online card designer systems have hundreds of color backgrounds to use.

Raised printing (thermography) should already be pretty easy to find for cheap even locally, long as you don't want custom colors. It's true traditional printing that's expensive.

Bless FlyerTalk. Bless technology!

I selected all three links in this thread to look at. VistaPrint looked familiar, I clicked on My Account, my browser knew the password, VistaPrint still had the design, ... I'm all set!

I had spent a lot of time fussing over that card, really didn't want to do it again. I don't like the VistaPrint gimmicks, almost thought I would save $10 before I realized I would be signing up for some monthly subscription to ... charged to the card I'd just used.

If I were starting from scratch, of the three, I'd test OvernightPrints first because of the simpler design of their home page.

Thank you,

Sylvia

Since you're in California, you may get your cards from OvernightPrints.com in 3 days, ground shipping. Cant you download your file from Vistaprint and upload it to OvernightPrints?

Either way, good luck! If you need a designer, the folks who made my cards and who referred me to Overnightprints did a really good job with mine. Just send me a message privately and I'll give you the info on who to contact.

When it's run as 4-color process, as most everything mentioned above is (my example is), it hardly matters what the paper color is. Want black background? Just design it. Full bleed shouldn't be a problem. The online card designer systems have hundreds of color backgrounds to use.IMHO a black background on one side of a white piece of paper looks cheap. I was actually looking for something that was cream colored. You certainly can't beat the prices, though!Raised printing (thermography) should already be pretty easy to find for cheap even locally, long as you don't want custom colors. It's true traditional printing that's expensive.Yea -- last time I had fancy paper, raised ink, and three colors. It wasn't cheap.

When I went looking for some kind of option that would get me a reasonable price for one name at a time biz cards last year, what I found was that the tradeoff for cheap was no choices in stock. In some cases you had to sacrifice color choices too, but several places appear to just run everything as process so you can get any color. I did a test run, and they came out good. Our card is white background anyway, so that wasn't a problem. (Cream would be difficult, I agree. Much nicer to start with a colored stock.) We did change types of paper; our previous cards were on a linen card stock. But it turned out we liked the glossy coated end product just as well.

The good thing is that if you really want specifics in paper stock and such, you can still get a reasonable price per name if you have several names. I used to lay out the file in such a way that the cards would print 10 up on an 8.5x11 sheet. This saved a bit over having the printer do the name changes, I'm sure. I do miss giving business to the local printer we used, but this is way more convenient. Before I had to weigh price vs. getting new cards to a new hire in a reasonable time frame. Now I can just get them.

(Why I'm still the person stuck ordering cards is a whole other story. ;))