Websites for Free Printable Business Cards

How to Use Them Creatively

Printable business card websites offer a business a unique way to advertise that involves little cost other than your time. In this article I describe five websites that offer free printable business cards, describe how they work and explain their costs. I also offer some tips on how to use your business cards to market your business. Most of the companies I reviewed offer the same set of data on the printable business card including:

Business Name

Message

Name

Job Title

Address 1

Address 2

Address 3

Phone

Fax

Email address

Website

If you don't provide the data, most will leave a blank line in its place. Also, most will allow your message to wrap onto the next line. So how is it that companies can offer free products and make money? When they sell you your free printable business cards, they only offer 250 cards. Then you pay for delivery. Most try to convince you to have your printable business cards shipped quicker, slow delivery takes 21 days and costs about $5.50. These businesses also put an ad for their own business on the back of your free printable business card.

VistaPrint

Stationary Stationary, Free Business Card Printer, Lowest Price Printing are pseudonyms of VistaPrint.

This website really works hard at convincing you to buy extra products. They offer 42 styles of business cards that are unique and interesting. The send you through three pages of additional items for sale, a page of selling different deliveries, than two more opportunities to buy more during check out, then two more opportunities to buy more after your order is completed. Cost of delivery is $5.45. You must create an account to order.

GigglePrints

This website is kinder about selling you additional products. They offer 60 styles of business cards, but well over half are sideways print designs that are duplicates of the earlier designs. They have a good Mt. Rainier card that's fun. Cost of delivery is $5.25. You must create an account to order.

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