Make Business Card Online

It may be the intention of making a business card person to person differently. Someone to share information about their business to generate more sales and a few businesses (hotel, jewelry, wine, wedding event organizers) to grow their brand & unforgettable impression in their marketing niche. 

Choose the premium quality business card printing option even if it is personalised or company business card. This printing store is open 24×7 hours, you can get to print & pick it up even in an urgent case.

“A business card is a small piece of thick printed paper containing business information and it’s a tactile marketing tool, generally used for sharing information about the business or personal information”

A quality business card compelled your prospects to see and analyze paper stiffness, shapes, and the quality of printing.   

Business Cards Element that Matter Enough

If you searching for making a Unique Business Card need to design Eye-Catchy Shape, Content Creation Ideas, Extraordinary Quality Paper, Printing Application, and Post-Press Works (embossing /debossing /foil printing /laser dye-cut) works. A creative business card is not a piece of cake that needs to be crazy, consistent, and of great value.

In this digital life (social media, electronic devices) a few people say business card printing is dead but I do not agree with it. An engaging printed business card gives a sweet feel and touch to your prospects and self-esteem to you.

Whether it is one to one business meeting, community meeting, exhibitions and seminar, exchanging with a unique physical business card to your prospects is your first impression of our company and you.

With more than 20 years of experience in the Designing, Printing, and Advertising industry, I have made a lot of trending cards from e-business cards to physically printed cards. Point of view Cheapest, Economical, and Exclusive quality range of business cards.

First step of making a business card

If you are a new startup, make a logo for your business identity in your marketing space from a professional logo maker that reflects your niche and what your business about is. Then tuns come to making a business card layout and select one.

Business Card Printing Pantone or Processed Color

95% of business card printing are made processed color. Also known as Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. In terms of making a brand maintain color consistency need to very specific. Shivani Enterprises follow each and every small to big guidelines to clients requirement.

Business Card Categories

Here we can segment business card printing into 3 major categories, according to the requirement of prestigious customers (sale point, brand promotion) point of view, quality, budget, and its longevity, etc. 

1. Business Informational
2. Brand Promotion
3. Longevity
4. Digital Card

Business Information (Cheapest Business Card) 

I met a lot of businessmen, according to them, business information is sufficient on the visiting card, quality does not matter enough. The cheapest visiting card printing option is the best fit for these types of businesses.

• At the time of opening a new local business store or existing business in the local area marketing for small businesses needs to be shared more and more information to generate more sales, among a lot of audiences to bring to their store, people search for cheapest business card printing.
• Applying images on the background in the watermark is easy to understand your business of nature.

• Mostly these business cards’ content strategy is made to focus on a list of the products or service in the form of visuals or text in Multicolor Business Card Printing Option 4/1 Printing Application. If possible added their brand also. These types of businesses are likely Fashion, Grocery, Beauty Parlour, Foot Wear and Cosmetic etc.

• Customers preferred to see shiny finished cards in most related categories. Price cost goes INR 0.70 to 0.80 paise for each card, due to low business card making cost, business owners distribute each flat or streets in the local area. It requires MOQ 1000 pcs.

• The process followed to make it cost-effective, the paper used lightweight, single side coated and laying lower micron cold lamination. 

People also get to print Flyers for local marketing purposes.

Brand Promotion

It is commonly said “The first impression is the last impression” and you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

Business card printing ideas best fit point of view brand promotion it’s matter enough

1.1 Unique Shape Business Card

1.2 Laser Cut Content 

2. Customized Size

3. Special Printing Effect

Unique Shape Business Card

Here you can set your brand apart from the crowd in your marketing space. And high engaging with your clientele and long memorized. to engaging with the customer, companies customize visiting cards shape according to their fast-moving product. You provide detail, Shivani Enterprises visualize your product into a business card shape you wish.

I have made business cards in the shape of a t-shirt, wine bottle, leaves, key, and lots of shapes. We can visualize as well as your business perspective. These cards help to recall and long-term memorize your business. A major part of designing is the enhancement of your brand and logo.

Customized Size

Most of all business cards are made to be kept in the wallet, if your card does not fit in, it does not make sense how good your business card is. Even though there might be differences in size of business cards used country to country. 

In India & European countries, business cards are used as well as 3.5”x2.25”. US and Canada standard business card size used in 3.5”x 2” and commonly standard size likewise in other countries also.

A few people make their business card slim and specific size to come out of the crowd in the competition.

To stand out prominent in marketing space a customized size would be the miles of stone.

For making brand promotion people giveaway like, Photo Mug Printing & Coaster Printing..

Folded Business Card

Most of all corporate have many sister companies. As you you there is a limited space on the business card, making a folded business card easy to place all brand on a single business card either vertical or horizontal folded business cards.

Special Printing Effect

Each and every businessman wants to grow their business in the long run and recurring business. Keep in mind you can apply long-lasting printing, lamination, heavy stiffness paper above 350 gsm long lost.

People also prefer plastic cards for tear proof.

Foil Printing

• It gives extra weight to your brand promotion to engage your clients if it is engaging your prospects to strive to analyze your brand and lead to more conversion. You can choose gold, silver, and bronze color foils to highlight the name of businesses or brands.

i) Traditional Foil Printing;- This is the oldest foil printing process and it takes a long time time to set up and best fit for bulk quantity printing per pcs cost very low and there is little bit paper is pressed and backside comes in the shape of content. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUvHTk5iGec

The old process (chemical dye casting) die/ block making comes of inferior quality compared to the latest laser dye-making process. The quality of content comes with 99.99% of accuracy.

ii) Digital Foil Printing:- it’s the latest technologies of foil printing here a digital foil is created and printed digitally, no need to make a dye or block as well as in traditional foil printing. The good thing about this i

A. Sharp and accurate on the point.

B. No required to make a physical dye, processed through a soft file processed through computerized so dye-making cost is zero.

C. Now need enough time it takes a few minutes.

D. The bad thing is the price per sheet goes high compared to traditional foil printing.

Spot UV Printing

It’s also a trending business card, UV printing gives extra shiny and raised feed to your business card. Usually, it is done whether your card is printing digital or offset, a special type of ink is applied on the most important types of content like a name of the brand, company logo, prominent image, or company name and passes ultraviolet light, chemical applied on content raised and glazed the content at the time passing UV light.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNofcUf-DY

• Manual UV Printing
• Computerized UV Printing
• Manual UV Printing
• It gets more time and needed basic setup cost and price for bulk quantity goes the very low quality of spot UV is based on various factor A. Quality of mesh used in B. Film thickness and it’s quality. C. Quality of Ink. higher the mesh no. produces lover thickness UV printing and lower is best for high raised UV known a cristal UV.
• Film quality is known as a chromoline film higher no. is better for raized letters and lower no. for poor UV printing. This film thickness starts from 22micron to 52-micron thickness maximum,

Screen Printing

• It is said “old is gold” it is also known as raised printing, there are a lot of tips to make screen printing more attractive from types of ink quality, fabric used in making silk screen, skilled practitioner and optimum quality of film that create sharp and crisp letters.
• Vector files required for printing artwork. Make sure the image can’t be printed through this print process. Need to have more time to finish the work.
• Shorter fabric weaving is better in terms of quality printing.

Letterpress Business Card Printing

• There are different tastes of different people. Big brands prefer simple and sober business cards.This is a luxurious business card printing process where a content is pressed with the metal letters. It may be a form of embossed and debossed content in a single process.

• Selection of the paper for letterpress is a hectic work. Choosing paper 400 gsm and above is a good practice. Higher gsm no is better and non bendable card. The lower density of paper is good for letterpress printing.

Basic cost is higher in respect of making highly precise metal lasers die. Using 5mm thicker dye is better compared to 3 mm thick metals. 

Digital Printing Business Card

This is the fastest printing process but there are some disadvantages like printing color accuracy and pinpoint printing. The Ink is applied in the form of toner based ink. There is limitation of sheet size printing. Today’s latest printing machines can produce maximum 13” wider and 47” in length.

Offset Printing Business Card

When it comes to producing high quality, crisp content printing, back to back pinpoint and matching color, selecting option offset printing would be the best choice. Ink comes on the paper in the liquid form that lasts a long time. Printing ink in the form of CMYK..

Longevity of Business Card

In terms of longevity of business card there are many factor some of them i am going to define here

1) Transparent vs Plastic Card

These cards are very strong, flexible and long lasting solutions, you can have options plain and frosted visual cards. Printing ink applied here is permanent. Compared to normal business cards, the price goes 3-4 times higher.

2) Laminated Card

Basically, their cards are made of paper stuff and to make longer lasting needed to apply matte or gloss lamination. Lamination is a cost effective way that goes 20-25 % extra. 

2.1) Glossy:- It’s a shiny look business card and wet resist, good for making a business using a photo based card, like the food business, fashion, etc. it repels the small dust. Youngsters like most glossy finished cards.

2.2) Matte:- It is also a waterproof card. Best for making a corporate business owner, no reflection easy to read for aged people. Prefer 40 + years of age. No reflection even it is present in the light.

2.3) Velvet:- make your business card feel different people love to touch and feel it gives your business card extra weight point of view brand credibility. 

3) High Thickness and More Stiffness Stuff (Sturdiness)

Choosing a high gsm and more stiffness paper would be a better option for longevity. Usually 250 gsm onward paper is used for making a business card, 350 gsm and above are hard to bend and long lost.

Normal paper available thickness 400 gsm a few people prefer to paste to the card and combine into one pcs. And get to print on an 800 gsm ultra-thick business card.

Digital Business Card

More than 80% of business cards are sent to dust bin within a week. Above 60% of world population is adopted android mobile device. Basically, a digital business card is a soft file that used through a android phones and laptops.

Some important tips while planning to print a business card

Don’t laminate glossy if

Sometimes when you are visiting exhibitions or business meetings you need to write some info over the business card or backside,glossy lamination prevents you from writing through a ball pen. It is better to avoid lamination. 

Paper Thickness and Its Stiffness

Oftenly a paper thickness of 300-400gsm is used for making a business card, if it is strong stiffness 250 gsm is enough. Some businessmen do not like above 300 gsm thickness   

Here I am going to dive into business card size, shape, paper quality, design tips, printing methods and post-press applications used across the globe

Right Paper Selection For a Business Card Printing

Making your business card long lasting solution you might select acid free paper, printing color and card color remain same coming to years. Paper making mill using acid chemical became color fade sooner.

Standard Name Card Size Around the Globe   

Most of all business cards are made to be kept in the pocket /purses. Even though there might be differences in the size of business cards used country to country. 

In India & European countries, business cards are used as well as 3.5”x2.25”. US and Canada standard business card size used in 3.5”x 2” and commonly standard size likewise in other countries also.

A few people make their business card slim and specific size to come out of the crowd in the competition.

Pixel vs Vector Image:

 

It is highly recommended that you required minimum image quality of 300 PPI (pixel per inch) at actual size to get the better result, A pixel is a group of a small dot. The higher number of dots on a specific area the higher the quality image.

Vector image is a part of lines and curved. You can enlarge the size you wish quality always better

Standard business card size 88 mm x 55 mm

Single Side vs Both Side Printing Card

Most of all business card printing done single side printed. It is good for making someone notice something on the backside.

If your printing content goes over you can optimize both sides. Big brands utilize it backside for brand promotion and front for business information. 

Folded Business Card

Source: Printing Frog

When it comes to adding too much information such as mentioning to add a sister company with a branch that needs to add more space choosing a folding card would be better practice. There are 4 panels  3.50”x4 fold to 2”x3.5”, easy to keep in the wallet. Vertical and horizontal content, 

Half fold, even folded and uneven folded

Attention Grabbing Option

Pantone vs Metallic Cards

B. Shape  

It depends on you more than 95% of business cards are made are made rectangle shape but some popular shapes are

 i) Round corner card (3mm  round corner)

It’s a card fit always unturned corner and even being pressed from the edges.

ii) Square business card,

iii) Oval shape card, 

iv) One side round corner

Another option to catch eyeballs

v) Leaf shape business card

vi) Product shape, make it easy to recognize your business soon.

Making a business card in the shape of a specific product your brand get noticed easily and remembered for a long time.

Some of them prefer to give a shape of their product shape like a type of business  and shape in their own styles etc.

C. Paper Quality

A business card engagement required a specific quality of paper. It’s a major factor depends on your business card quality you can have the option to choose according to your target and budget and content you want to print on it. Plain paper, textured paper, recyclable paper, linen, check box, colored base etc.

D. Designing (Logo, Font, Layout) Tips

There are some basic fundamentals of design concepts like proper placements of content that make engaging the topic and appealing your product & service easy to read customer at a glance and your brand prospective. It is a professional task that requires more experience and software deep knowledge. 

Bleed Area: It is a very essential part in the respect of proper printing, cutting and finishing of a business need to be at the time of designing to print and cut safely and in order. Designing is a 

Vertical vs Horizontal Business Card Format

Printing of a business most popular is a horizontal pattern, some kinds of categories like architecture, designer, the artist preferred to present in a vertical pattern. More than 70% of the business cards are printed horizontally. Rest 30% other dimensions are used in.

5 Amazing types of business card printing that increase your brand

• Matte Finish/Velvet Business Card
• Embossed/ Debossed Cards
• Digital Foil Printing
• Die Cut Business Cards
• Spot UV Cards
• PVC Card

Business Card Printing Turnaround

There are different types of business cards over there, each type of card requires a minimum time frame required. Some of them could be delivered the same day. Depends on the complecation and printing application applied on it.

Embossed and debossed printing get time upto week also.

Advantage of Local Business Printer

There are a numerous advantage such as

1. If you are placing an order of business cards on an urgent basis online printing website like moo, vistaprint and uprinting you take more time to get delivered. In this cause would be a better local business card printer.
2. Physically printed business card sample always better than digital format, you can visual feel and touch, easy to make decision before placing an order

Post press application of card .

Types of business card printing

Each of business card printing is unique itself point of view it’s quality and price perspective

Digital printing

Some people prefer to keep their photo, or product they deal in. Garments and grocery item  related business are the most printed on it, choosing.  

Offset Printing 

When it comes to distributing a large number of business cards for new opening businesses, exiting or patented color printing business card offset methods is a great way to fulfill your requirement.

Printing cost per unit cost goes very low. 

Tips of making a business card that catches eye ball

1. Double check details of your business card mentioned over there.
2. Before placing a huge amount of business cards you are advised to check a physical print of artwork.
3. Maintaining space between each topic is easy to understand.   

Different types of Design concept for Screen Printing and Offset Printing

Things to remember selecting paper for letterpress printing business card 

How to prepare files for silk printing.

How different offset print business card from digital printing card

Keep informative content in safe zone

During the design of a business card we need to keep informative content under the safe print zone area. We can understand through an example here. If your card size is 88 mm x 55 mm, your informative content like email, phone no. etc.

You must not exceed the content area beyond 82 mm x 49 mm. It may be trimmed-off during the business card finished cut.

A business card is a first thing that tells about you and your business, Shivani Enterprises is a commercially dedicated to the Designing, Printing, and Advertising company that provides a large range of business card printing range.

Information should have on Inspirational business card

There is a limited space you have on the business card. You need to place important information with maximum white space for separate different types of information likewise company name, contact address, email, website, social media icon etc.

Today due to the highly used smartphones and electronic devices people started using QR codes and barcodes. to mention maximum information onto limited space.   

Business Card Holder

To aranage your business card while you’re out for a business meeting best to put your business card into it, capacity of having 19-20 cards at a time in a smart way. You can choose from leather and stainless steel cases. 

PU leather gives a soft feel. Best option is to keep identity cards, credit cards and business cards. 

You can choose an option for personalization engraving and debossing.

People also search for personalized pens and card holders.

Top most paper quality used for business card  

Coated vs Uncoated Paper

There are mainly 2 types of paper used in.

Coated

i) Matte Finished :- This ia coating of a very thin layer of matte clay coated made it easy to apply ink sharp and crisp and to resist absorption to paper. 

ii) Glossy Finished:- This is same coating as well as but the looks upper layer shiny and good for     

Glossy, Satin, and Matte Finish

Business Card Paper Stock GSM and PT GSM

India and European countries measure paper thickness in gsm. GSM is a weight of paper in grams of particular size (1 mtr length and 1 meter wide). We can understand here through examples. My business card is made of paper having a thickness of 300 gsm. I. E. it is a cut pcs 1 sheet paper size of 1 meter long and 1 meter wide that contains a total weight 300 grams. 300-350 gsm is  a standard thickness of a paper used for making a business card.

PT both are the parameters of paper thickness, US, Canada and western countries mostly considered in pt. 1 pt is a part of 1000th of an inch.(1 PT is equal to 0.001 inch thick). Higher number pt indicates a thicker and lower number is thinner.

14pt-16pt thickness is fit for making name cards.  

Some Untold Fact of Business Card

According to the survey 90% of business cards are thrown away into dustbin after a week. It may be the reason for many. Here I am drilling most reasons. Sometimes it happens just after sharing information later a few minutes it is damaged.

1. Due to inferior quality printing
2. Important information notice down in smartphones or electronic devices.
3. Considered not valuation in future.

Tips for distribution of business card for every small business to generate more sale

1. Add as well as in the newspaper.
2. Give Way each and every sale delivery.
3. Consistency of distribution business cards make your brand big.

Black Beauty Business Card 

Combination of a black business card background is best for choosing silver and gold matching. You will find maximum visibility and milestone rules of design factor.

Vector vs Image Design

Image and vector both elements are different uses, each vector can be used in place of image but not image in place of vector used for. Each vector design has 300 dpi, it denotes a number of dots per square inch.  

Single side or both side card printing

Business Card Cutting Accuracy

Blind Embossed

It’s a process of embossing where the design is pressed from the back side of business card stuff and accordingly design raised on the front without ink area.

Online Business Card Designing Tool

There are wide variety of premium quality paper provide shivani enterprises

Textured Paper

Metallic Paper

Translucent Card

Eco-friendly Card 

Most used business card material types

Papert, Wood, Metal, 

i) PVC Card:- A PVC card is made of plastic sheet and printed multicolor digitally, and kept between two plastic sheets and heat pressed and cut into a round corner having a thickness of 750 microns you liked matte of glossy finishes can be produced. You can choose glossy and frosted looks.

ii) Wooden Card :- these business cards are made of 200 micron thickness easily engraved of UV printed. Used optimum quality of   

Types of finished business card

1. Textured Business
2. Glossy Finished
3. Matte Finished
4. Frosted Finish
5. Water Resistant
6. Craft Card

Fancy Business card Holder

It shows how professional you are in your business, you can have different types of stuff made of you can choose the best fit you.  Starting range of a business card holder starts at 125 onward. In branding application, you can choose laser engraving and de-bossing.

Genuine leather, SS Steel, PU leather

Embossed vs 3D embossed

 

How to choose best paper stock for Embossed Card

1. The soft paper helps to embossed easily and good appealing.
2. The thickness of the paper must be 350hsm and above. Ultra-thick 600 gsm is the best option.
3. Front embossed (backside debossed area to hide used ultra-thick card) 
4. Choose option embossing single side.

Needed consideration before placing 3d Embossing Business Card Printing Order

You are advised to make a thicker content usually you want to see the actual thickness.

Use line minimum thickness of 1 pt. Avoid slim fonts as well.

Choose Paper thickness ultra thick 400-600 GSM for better result.

Low density paper selection would be the best business card printing for 3D Emboss Printing methods.

Die Cut Business Card 

 

Source: Circleone

It’s a process of shape cutting with the help of a sharp stainless steel blade to produce a high engaging visiting card, it required one time die making cost. That goes rupees of 1200/-.

Avoid common mistake while making your business card design

1. The typeface should be easy to read and the point size bigger.
2. Make white space enough to define properly and easy for readers.
3. Never use under 300 dpi image quality it may be pixelated.
4. Double-check your content and spelling error because miss-spelled content influences 45% of customers not to purchase your product.
5. Do not make a mistake printing on the backside best space for making your brand big.
6. Design in the safe print area, bleed, and trim is a major factor.

 

Free Business Card Design Template

There are lots of online business card printing websites that provide design template categories where you can choose according to your business suit and easily can replace your content and download free templates for printing. Some printing websites are Vistaprint, Printland, and Printo.

Some paid templates ask for a payment to download printable business card files.

Dye Cut Business Card Machines

Source: THERM-O-TYPE Corp.

Dye cut business card shapes are unlimited, Each type of business card dye-cut is made specially according to the content. It needs to pay the one-time cost that goes to approx INR 1000/- Quality of dye is made of very sharp and accurate made of stainless steel with laser process.

Draw back of power press dye cutting is back face of a business card slightly due to high-pressure

When it comes to the sharp cutting, you are highly select individual sheet cutting through laser one by one you will get finished right angle even front or backside. Duplo laser cutting for a business card is the best machine. It cuts smoke free products.

Professional Name Card Designing Software

When it comes to design a business card, A profession creates in adobe Indesign, Illustrator and coreldraw. Each type of application we required printing or post press work as well as Foil Printing, Making a block design and create a vector file etc.

Why business card printing with Shivani Enterprises?

We deliver all the best quality aspect of business card to feed you prestegious client and free of cost delivers across the pan India and assorance 100% of best quality guarantee of printing ser

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