Types of Business Cards

Business cards are small and thin pieces made of paper, plastic, metals, etc., they imprint the name of the businesses with the address and contact information (email, website, QR code etc). Whether it is a small-sized business or a big sizes business, a business card is the basic requirement and face of businesses and professionships.

To reserve space in prospect and client’s wallets with your company name business card, need to add special enticing printing features. there are several business card elements such as 1. Your Business Relevant Business Card Design 2. Right Business Card Paper Stock 3. Premium Quality Printing 4. Card Stock Thickness 5. Printability 6. Business Cards Shape, 7. Aesthetic Look 7. Finish Type 8. Best Printing Practice etc.

Name cards are promotional and informational products, it is known by different names in different parts of the world as well as Calling Cards, Name Cards, Visiting Cards, and Business Cards. etc. Different people have different purposes and metrics to choose the best business cards. Except for business info, business card print quality & finish (matte lamination, gloss lamination & textured) might be different people have different choices.

Business Card Types	Targeted Intension
1. Cheap Business Card	1. Bulk Business Promotion
2. QR Code Business Card	2. Online Business Presentation -Menu/Social Profile/e-commerce page
3. NFC Business Card	3. Touchless Data Transfer (Smart Card)
4. Dye Cut Business Card	4. Aesthetic Looks & Brand Promotion Perspective
5. Embossed Business Cards	5. Better Impression in Your Marketing Space
6. Lamainted Business Cards	6. Waterproof & Sturdier
7. E-Business Card	7. Avoid Physical Business Card Carrying
8. Folded Business Cards	8. Enough Content to Deliver Prospects
9 Spot UV Business Cards	9. Aesthetics Look & Brand Promotion Perspective

15 Different Types of Business Cards & Their Feature

I am going to dive into the business card paper stock, printing feature, business card finish, estimated execution time, and estimated printing cost of each type of business card. Except for digitalization, printing a business card physically is life.

1. Standard Business Card

The standard business card printing process involves Digital Printing (Laser Printing) here multiple business cards are printed on one sheet of paper. Paper stock 300gsm art card and printing option available front & back. Digital printing allows colorful graphics, images, and text, you can place the company logo, QR code, and Instagram logo etc. on business cards. The standard size of a business card is 88mm x 54mm. Standard business card quality can be printed in minimum turnaround. Suppose that your standard business card printing quantity is 500 and both side printing cost comes to around Rs. 2/-

Best For Bulk Promotion, Instant Business Card Printing, and Street Retail Shops

2. Laminated Business Cards

Lamination is a kind of transparent very thin (22-26micron) plastic film (matte & glossy finish) applied over the visiting card (front both sides) using a thermal process to make your business card waterproof & sturdy with your choice of finish (matte and shiny) finish looks. Paper stock 300 gsm-350 gsm with both sides printing cost comes to around 3.5/-each. Overall all business card printing order online finish within 2-3 hrs time frame. These cards do not bend during cards placed in your pockets.

Best for: Businesses involved in outdoor services laminated cards protect from heat, rain & sweat and give a special look finish (matte & shiny)

3. Folded Business Cards

Folded business cards are the best for those who have enough information of the business to say their customer/prospects. Folded business cards have 4 sides (spaces) to add content for printing. The open size of the folding business card is 108mm x 88mm (closed size 54mm x 88mm).

We can say it has double space compared to regular business cards. Paper stock 300 gsm optional to choose lamination and need to make a half fold to keep in violet or purse. Shivani Enterprises offers folding business card printing turnaround the next day. The average cost of folded visiting card printing price average Rs. 650/- each when placing an order online for MOQ 500 pcs.

Best For: Enough content to say about their business such as multiple branches companies, stores, or group of company business cards.

4. Cheap Business Card (Promotional Business Cards)

Our cheap business cards are multi-color offset printed cards. Usually, printed in groups (multiple business card names at a time) each business card name multiple of 1000 business cards. This is the reason, these cards are economical business cards best option for new opening shops, and new startups for business information in street shops and retailers.

Commonly, these cards are printed by Offset Printing Technology on 280 gsm paper stock as offset printing is the cheapest method on the earth. It takes 4-5 business days to finish designing, making metal plates, printing, lamination & cutting etc. The cheap business card printing rate starts from Rs 600/- for 1000 business cards.

Best For: Who is looking cheapest card on earth, bulk promotion for new business

5. Handmade Business Cards (Recycled Business Cards)

It’s a 100% recyclable business card, which means easily recycled into a new paper form. Due to the uneven surface of handmade paper, text form business card content and thicker & bigger font size and style is most appreciated for printing on eco-friendly paper. The average cost of handmade paper printing cost comes to around Rs.4-5/-. Screen Printing Technology (Pantone colour printing) is the best performance on handmade paper. Seed recyclable paper also available for printing on business cards in off-white & natural shades. Avoid dark color graphic print on eco-friendly business card as they produce inferior quality print. Lower grain produces better print results. It took 3-4 business days.

Recommendation: Graphics or colourful print produce inferior quality on handmade business card stock.

Best For Nature Lover Businesses | Committed to Sustainability | Eco-friendly Product Manufacturer

6. Spot UV Finish Business Cards

To make your business card special, need special additional lamination coating (velvet) and raised UV ink (shiny finish). The soft feel of velvet and raised business card print (0.02mm) entice your customers towards your brand name and prospects to keep your visiting card for long periods.

It’s a high-engaging business card, at first glance, your prospects are compelled to keep your card in their violet and this enticing card reminds your brand name again & again. There are 2 methods of making spot UV finish business cards.

Note: Spot UV application best perform on velvet lamination as bonding with spot UV ink and velvet lamintion is much better compare to the matte lamination film.

1. Digital Spot UV Printing

2. Traditional UV Printing

Digital spot uv business card printing is cost-effective for low-volume business cards because do not cost for basic setup whereas the traditional spot uv process is better for bulk business card printing as it asks for the basic set cost for each print project. Premium Spot UV Finish Business Cards perform better on 350 gsm coated paper stock. The average printing cost of a spot UV business card comes to around 8-5 rupees each. Spot UV business card execution time 1-2 business days.

Best For Luxury Product Manufacturers Business, Wedding Planner, Jewellery Business, Artist Business Card

7. Embossed Business Cards

Embossed business cards fall in our Exclusive Business Card range. The print process involved making metal dyes and glueing two paper sheets with each other to make your business card Paper Stock Thicker and High Embossing Printing etc. The embossed business card passes through various print process channels and each step is monitored by print experts. ultimately, produces high-engaging quality cards. It also takes sufficient time. The average embossed business card printing cost comes to around 15-20/- while placing an order of 500 pcs. It takes 5-7 working days.

Blind Embossed

When a card sheet is pressed between two metal dyes (male-female), finally, produce front side raised text/design, and backside recessed text/design is produced this process is called “blind embossing” in printing terms.

Print Embossed

When a printed design or text is embossed is called print embossed. For an example “M” is a print embossed print.

Best For: Business cards for Event Planners, Jeweller’s most liked.

Option 1. Front Embossed & back side recessed

Option 2. Front Embossed & Back Remain Flat

Best For Unique Looking Brand and Brand Building Business Card

8. Foil Printed Business Card

Another Exclusive Business Cards category, Foil printed card available in digital foil printing (3d look) & Hot Stamping Business Cards. Even though the foil print business card price is too high, it might be best for you if you are looking for a business card from a Brand promotion perspective. The print process is a little lengthy (making metal dye & block etc) and technical print task.

The foil printing process involves a heat press machine, foil paper and 2 metal dyes, placing a business card sheet between 2 metal dyes and foil paper on a paper sheet pressure is applied.

1. Digital Foil Printing

Do not need to make a physical block & dye to make a 3D foil embossed printing. From design creation to foil printing and embossing based on computerized technology. This process is based on steps 1. Design Creations 2. Content Printing 3. Velvet Lamination 4. The last and final step is Foil Printing.

2. Hot Stamping Foil Printing

This is the old and traditional way of creating foil-printing business cards. It’s very cost-effective for bulk foil printing business cards. Making a metal foil block is mandatory to process the work even if your hot stamping business card quantity is min.100 pcs That is why a higher volume, a better price. Making a business card foil block basic cost is Rs.1000/-.

Guideline For Embossed Business Cards

1. Line artwork or text should be 0.5t
2. Bolder design or line artwork produces more raised text/design

9. E-Busines Cards

Physical business card printing is shifting to e-business cards, now a day 1-2% of the business printing market share covers e-cards, According to me, it will take enough time and awareness to go for e-business cards. Design of e-business cards charges Rs. 1000/-. The E-business card design turnaround is 1-2 business days

10. Metal Business Card

It’s a unique business card, that gets printed using highly precise laser technology or etched deeply to fill ink into the letter as per the customer’s requirements, it’s a permanent color print. Metal card (stainless steel & brass) able to print both sides. Metal business card thickness comes to 0.6mm. Mostly

Best For: Looking for business cards forever and eco-friendly.

11. NFC Business Card India

NFC (Near Frequency Communication) card works as a contactless Information transfer technology card and NFC business cards are the latest technology-oriented smart business cards. To transfer data from one device to another device, requires both device’s NFC-enabled chips for both devices (data sender & data receiver). This data can be updated online at any time. Once both devices (you and your prospects or partners) come near each other (proximate area 2 inches), allowing data access starts sending data. all data is transferred to your prospect’s device. NFC card materials available in Plastic NFC Business Card (White & Black Matte), Metal NFC Business Cards (Silver, & Gold with Matte Finish), etc. are best for sharing company profiles, video links, websites, etc. Best business card that has advanced technology devices and very busy scheduled person (Business Owners, Celebrities).

Best For: Latest technology electronic device card, very busy person, VVIP person to send & receive digital information (video, menu card, social profile), etc.

12. Dye Cut Business Card/Shape Business Card

Dye-cut business cards are cut into the required shape, best for promotion perspective, most of all dye-cut business cards get printed. For example, a company that deals in t-shirts might need a business card shape made handover their prospect do not need to tell what about their business.

Best for: Looking unique business card in your marketing space

13. Round Corner Business Card

Round corner business cards have all corner round. Rounded corner business cards protect from bending papers. Business card prices may be hiked having these applications but it gives your business card a smart look.

14. Transculent Business Cards (transparent & white)

The entire card material is made of PVC, appealing in a transparent, white frosted finish, and printed digitally. The average printing cost of plastic business cards is around Rs.10/- onward.

Best for: Smart & Non-damageable Business Cards.

15. Business Cards with QR Code

QR card business is trending in this digital age, along with business card information you can promote your social media profile only by adding your social channel QR codes. Shivani Enterprises facilitates free QR code generation & facilitates the design of free business cards with QR codes. QR code business card price was similar to the standard business card price.

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Best For Promote your business digitally, as well as social media, sales page, restaurant menu

16. Textured Business Card

Textured business cards are highly engaging cards, but make sure your business card content is higher in font size and font style in bold than usually, used in business card printing as smaller font sizes produce the result of lower visibility on textured because ink passes into the paper grain.

Business Card Paper Stock

Paper stock for business cards used 250 – 350gsm regular. Some types of business cards are made of 600 gsm by adding two sheets of paper with the help of strong glue. Higher gsm and density paper lead to straight & stiffer. A few people hate enough thick paper stock as they avoid keeping the high thick card on violet.

Paper Thickness: The higher gsm count and density paper sheet is stronger and sturdier.

Coated Paper Stock

Clay-coated paper stock is best for gradient design content printing and the best ink adhesion. For photo business cards choosing a coated art card is the best practice.

1. Matte Coated Paper 2. Glossy Coated Paper

Textured Paper Stock

Cross-check and linear textured paper are better for text-based business cards. Shallow texture paper stock produces better results and deeper grain paper leads to missing print of small size business content of business cards.

Eco-Friendly Paper Stock

Looking for high-raised letter (embossed) or letter-pressed text or design go for eco-friendly paper stock. Two sheets of eco-friendly paper stock (two paper sheets are pressed with glue) perform better in terms of producing embossed letter business cards.

Business Card Elements

Making an attractive business card involves many elements such as pricing, designing, printing applications, cutting accuracy, making embossing dye, and effecting printing applications.

Business Card Price Under Budget

Price is a major subject when planning to print a business card. Your first step match to business card quality under your budget. Different customer has different tastes in business cards finish and their budget.

Business Card Design

After choosing a business card type under your budget need to create a printable design. Readable font style (type-setting), your business-relevant design template, and font size are basic terms of designing a business card.

Go with a ready-made design template add your text and image, and personalize it, if you are not good at it. send your text via email or WhatsApp our design team will create a business card mock-up and send it to you for approval, once you approve then it will be printed. for example, if you are an artist your creativity must be reflected. If you are a designer always keep the bleed area size 3mm from each side. It means keeping text content 3mm inside from the business card border area.

Good business card design speaks itself all about your business without text content.

Choosing the Right Type of Paper

There are various applications done on paper all paper stock does not produce the same result. Better ink adhesion and chlorine-free paper stocks. For example, micro-gradient design produces better print results on coated paper stocks and thick and low-density paper stock performs better results for embossed business card printing.

Business Card Printing Application

Printing a business has various applications (Screen Printing, Digital Printing, Offset Printing, UV Printing, Letterpress Printing, Laser Marking, Foil Printing-Traditional, Digital Foil Printing). Which printing is better depends on the card style and finish you are looking for.

Business Card Feel & Touch Finish

Different people have different tastes in business card feel & touch, you can go with a raised letter and soft feel business card stuff whereas someone prefers a de-bossed letter and shiny finish business cards. Followed by the letter pressed process and process to the letter raised. To make this happen need a metal male and female dye.

Shape Cutting vs Rectangular Cutting

Usually, a business card is cut and finished in rectangular, but if you want to see your business card in a specific shape, we create a custom laser dye to give the required business card shape (exact shape dye). Ultimately, the shape business card price per unit is high. This application leads to making Exclusive Business Calling Cards.

Ultimately, “A business card is a marketing material that helps to grow your business or personal presence.”

FAQ

We print and deliver business cards to your doorstep. Choose the right business card template and add your information make it your, if are not good at design our team will create a mockup and send it to you. You need to pay a courier charge based on the location and weight of business cards

There are various taste visiting cards, so choose according to your budget and requirements.