Business Card Design + Printing

Founders need business cards – real ones, made of paper and ink.

Digital business cards might be getting more popular, but they introduce friction and potential errors. There's also zero chance a potential lead will rediscover a digital business card on their desk.

For this reason, we still believe in print when it comes to info exchanges. We will custom design a layout that matches your branding, then print and ship straight to your door.

Fun fact: TTS originally began as a design/print agency, and this is the one print product we still offer because... well, honestly just because Sarah freaking loves business cards.

If you also need help with a logo, domain name and/or email, check out our Startup Package, which includes business card design and printing.

A suede laminate business card for a makeup artist, with raised spot varnish in a splatter pattern.

A suede laminate business card for a makeup artist, with raised spot varnish in a splatter pattern. It's even cooler in person.

Your next networking event won't know what hit them.

Our standard matte or gloss card is what most printers call a premium upgrade, and we love strategizing fun effects like raised spot varnish or painted edges. You bring the info, we'll bring the creativity.

We archive all artwork, so reorders (or adding a new staff member) are fast and easy.

Printing options are endless and extremely high quality. Choose standard matte or gloss, or add nearly any combination of silk and suede coatings, lamination, spot varnish, foil embossing, painted edges… combine a suede laminate with raised varnish and you’ll be sure to stand out.

Business Card Design Process:

  1. Pay for initial business card design and send us your logo and brand guide (or example materials).
  2. We will create a layout that matches your branding and email a PDF proof for review.
  3. Approve the proof for printing (or send revisions).
  4. After approval, we'll send the final invoice for printing.
  5. Upon payment, your business cards will be sent to print, and appear on your doorstep in 5-7 business days.

Business Card Design

$150 / one-time setup fee
  • design a layout that matches your brand
  • send PDF proof for review
  • 1 round of revisions
  • preflight and export for printing
  • archive artwork for reorders or new staff members

Printing fees are separate and dependent on quantity and specialty options. An estimate will be provided during the design process.

Business Card Printing Options

These options can be combined in a million different ways (example: you could order a silk laminated card with spot varnish and rounded corners). Standard quantities are 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2500 and up.

sizes / shapes

  • standard (3.5 x 2)
  • slim (3.5 x 1.75)
  • extra slim (3.5 x 1.5)
  • square (2 x 2)
  • social (2.5 x 2.5)
  • oval (3.5 x 2)
  • circular
  • leaf shape
  • custom die-cuts
  • foldover business cards (3.5 x 4, 2 x 7)
  • rounded corners (1/8″ and 1/4″, 2 or 4 sides)

coatings

  • uncoated
  • matte coating
  • high-gloss UV coating
  • silk laminated (water/tear resistant matte)
  • suede/velvet lamination (soft touch)
  • extra high-gloss (clear laminate)
  • aqueous (clear coat)

paper / stock

Note: the weight of an average business card is 10-14 pt.

  • 14 pt. or 16 pt.
  • 32 pt. extra thick
  • 32 pt. tri-laminate (white/black/white)
  • 18 pt. brown kraft
  • 22 pt. gloss laminate (water resistant)
  • 14 pt. white metallic
  • 14 pt. natural white/cream
  • 10 pt. waterproof
  • plastic (clear, frosted, white)
  • metal or wood business cards

specialty / finishing

  • spot UV/spot varnish (clear gloss in specific areas)
  • raised spot UV/spot varnish
  • painted edges (17 colors)
  • trilayer black/white
  • foil (gold, copper, silver, black, blue, red)
  • raised foil (gold, silver, holograph)
  • simulated CMYK foil (multiple colors)
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business card FAQ's

Because Sarah just can't let go of this one thing.

Print was our first love, we truly believe great business cards are an important part of every founder's arsenal, and we know how to produce them, so why not?

We were (technically are) a print broker, so we have relationships with wholesale printers who specialize in business cards and other materials.

Our business card printer is wholesale only and does not sell to the public, but for other print items we can sometimes make referrals.

These days, we mostly use our print connections to produce our own merch.

Only one example is needed: Sarah was once at a networking event where someone was using a QR code business card, which she scanned. When she returned to the tab later that week, the QR code had disconnected or encountered an error. Not only was the contact information lost, after talking to so many people she couldn't even remember who that person was.

A physical business card, on the other, might appear on the recipient's desk at an opportune time, particularly if it looks so cool they hate to throw it away...

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