Make Business Cards Free

With business costs on the rise, you can save money from your bottom line when you make business cards free without the use of expensive services.

Make Business Cards Free Online

Whenever you walk into a Staples or Office Depot to look for business card stock, you probably gasp at the prices. You can make business cards free at home, but there are also several companies online that offer a selection of free business cards.

Free online business cards provide you with:

• 250 free business cards (on average but some companies may provide more or less)
• Free online design software
• Free or very inexpensive shipping
• Free templates

Keep in mind when using free business card services that are a few things to consider:

• Limited number of templates
• Advertising for the printing company on the back of the business cards
• Quality is not always top of the line
• You get what you pay for in terms of design capabilities and stock

Depending on your business. the downside of free business cards can be negligible. If you can get past the “back of card” advertising and look at the fact that you are getting 250 free business cards that you would have paid for otherwise, then these are certainly an option.

Sources for Free Business Cards Online

The following companies offer several products including free business card templates:

• VistaPrint: Probably the most well known free business card provider. They offer 45 designs that have come a long way since the boring white or ivory cards. They offer a premium service for $19.99 for 250 cards, and you have over 300 designs to choose from. Design and printing is free, and all you pay is shipping. The premium service also allows you to change fonts, font colors and the addition of more text.

• Degraeve: A free service to design your business cards, and you will get a PDF file that you can download and print.

• Biz Card Creator: This is a web browser plug-in program that fully designs and prints your business cards for free.

• Prints Made Easy: You are able to design business cards from several available templates. You get 100 cards free but pay $6.95 for shipping.

Make Business Cards at Home

If you don’t want to wait for the postman to drop off your free business cards you can make them yourself which allows you to:

• Take complete control over your graphics
• Use any font installed on your computer
• Have full control of text placement
• Say whatever you need your cards to say including your business slogan
• Have 100 percent ability to layout the card template the way you want it
• Choose the stock you want to use

Make Your Free Business Cards

Microsoft Publisher is a program that allows you to create business cards easily. You simply need to use one of the templates included with the software. You can also edit the format and the card orientation with ease. Another such program is Microsoft Word, which is included with Windows software.

You can download many free business card templates that you can open in programs like Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Publisher. These templates are easy to use and edit, and you can find some at the following sites:

• Business Card Design – Free Templates: Offers many templates based on category. You can find templates for a bakery, a salon and real estate.

• Microsoft Office Templates: Microsoft’s own download page for business card templates usable in several of their products. These templates include fairly generic and overdone cards.

• Business Card Land: The site offers several templates designed for printmaking. They are available to Illustrator and Photoshop.

• Printing for Less: Offers a few basic, horizontal card designs.

Printing Business Cards Tips

Once you find the template you like and you decide on your text and graphics, the next step is to print them. Keep the following in mind that when doing them yourself:

• Many templates will print crop marks for you so you can easily cut out your cards otherwise you will have to do it by eye and if that’s the case:
  • Use a ruler and a pencil to draw your own
  • You can use a scissors to trim them but a paper cutter is much easier and faster
• Use paper that you like
  • A good paper is basic 20lb. stock
  • You can use perforated stock but it is expensive
  • Pre-Made designs save a lot of time but can get up there in cost
• Always use the highest quality setting on your printer for best results

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