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Cards People Keep

You've got a logo. You've got a printer picked out. What you don't have is a file they'll accept.

Send us the logo you already own and the size you need. We'll hand back files your printer can run.

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Design time

$45-250

20-minute minimum. Most cards land between one and two hours.

Usually one sitting

We can run the revisions live, so you're not waiting a day between versions.

Print-ready files

In whatever format your printer asks for.

The problem

The Part Nobody Warns

The printer's site wants a PDF at 3.5 by 2 inches, 300 DPI, CMYK, with an eighth-inch bleed. Your logo is a PNG somebody emailed you in 2019.

That gap is where most people give up and use the printer's built-in template. It's why so many small business cards in this town look like they came from the same six designs.

What you get

Front and back layout
Your logo placed and scaled properly, not stretched to fit
Type set in a real typeface, licensed for print
Bleed and safe margins your printer will accept
A print-ready PDF
A PNG for email signatures

Who bills you

We Design It. Your Printer Prints It.

You get print-ready files. Take them to any printer you want.

Two separate bills.

  • You pay us for the design time. That's the $45 to $250 on this page.
  • Your printer bills you for the physical cards, at whatever they charge.

No printer picked yet? We'll tell you what to ask for.

What to send

What to Send Us

Four things. Most people have all of them in a folder somewhere already.

  • The size

    Standard US cards are 3.5 by 2 inches. Want square, rounded, mini, or the slimmer European size? Give us the dimensions and we'll build to them.

  • Your logo

    The biggest version you have. A vector file (.ai, .eps, .svg, .pdf) is ideal. If a small PNG is all you've got, say so and we'll talk about it.

  • What goes on the card

    Name, title, phone, email, website, address. Whatever someone needs to read at arm's length.

  • Your printer's spec sheet

    If you've picked one. Every printer wants something slightly different, and matching their sheet up front saves a round trip.

What This Costs

Design time, billed by the clock. The minimum is 20 minutes.

  • Minimum

    $45

    20 minutes. Enough for a straightforward card built on a logo you already own.

  • Most cards

    $125-250

    One to two hours. Front and back, a couple of layout options, and revisions until you're happy with it.

  • Each revision round

    10-20 min

    Added to your time. We can usually do these live, so you watch the change happen instead of waiting on an email.

  • Hourly rate

    $125/hr

    The same design rate as everything else we do.

You get an estimate before we start. If a card turns out to need more time than we quoted, we tell you before we spend it.

Still the Thing You Hand

Nothing replaced it. You meet someone at a chamber breakfast or standing in their driveway, and at the end of it you either hand them something or you spell your website out loud and hope they type it right.

The card is doing a job in that moment. It says you've been at this a while and you plan to be around next year.

That's worth more than twenty minutes of design time.

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Get a quote

Tell Us the Size

The size is the thing we always have to circle back and ask for, so it's right here in the form.

We'll come back with an estimate in hours and what that works out to in dollars. No obligation, and no setup fee.

Tell Us the Size

Standard US is 3.5 x 2 inches. Not sure? Put "standard" and we'll go from there.

If you've picked a printer, tell us who. If not, leave it blank and we'll suggest a few.

No setup fee. No obligation.

Business Card Questions

Do you print the cards?
No. We design them and hand you print-ready files. You take those to whatever printer you like and pay that printer directly for the physical cards.
What if I don't have a logo yet?
Start there. A card built around a logo you'll replace in six months is money spent twice. Our logo design is $500 flat, and cards done in the same sitting take less time because everything is already set up.
How many revisions do I get?
As many as you want. Each round runs 10 to 20 minutes and gets added to your time, so most people settle on something after two or three.
Can you match my website?
Yes, and you should. Same typeface, same colors, same feel. If we built your site, we already have all of it on hand.
How fast is this?
Most cards are done in one sitting once you've sent the logo and the details. We can run revisions live so you're not waiting a day between versions.
What if my printer rejects the file?
Send us what they said and we'll fix it. That's not extra.
Do I have to be a website client?
No. Anyone can order design work. There's no setup fee and no requirement to buy anything else.

Ready when you are.

Send the size and your logo. We'll come back with an estimate.

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