Feb

14

iPrint.com: Business Cards and Other Print Products

Filed Under Blogging Tips 

Whether you are blogging or making money in some other way, if you are in business for yourself, then having business cards is essential. For a long time I printed my own at home on my laser printer, but lately I wanted to change the look and dress my cards up in some way by incorporating some of the photos I’ve taken for my cooking blog. After checking with several different brick and mortar stores as well as different online companies, I decided to give iPrint.com a try.

The feature that attracted me the most was the very easy image manipulation. I wanted to use my photo as a background and then have a layer of text fields with my blog information, but I needed to use a crop of the photo, not the whole image. Other services didn’t allow me to crop easily or at all, but with iPrint I could upload the whole image, which was much larger than the available space, and then move it around so that just the portion I wanted to display was within the print margins. Very easy.

For the photos to print well, you need to have a resolution of at least 300dpi. Photos should be in either TIFF, JPEG, or BMP format, and no more than 5mb.

I have had no need to contact customer service for any problems. My cards all arrived promptly in good condition and just the way I ordered them. The full color cards are printed on nice, glossy paper and prices start at $19.99 for 250 cards, but they have discounts all the time ranging from 15 to 50% off. Sign up for their email savings alerts so that you know when the prices are going down on products you want, just be aware that you’ll get email, sometimes two a week.

I was specifically looking for business cards, but like many other print companies, they offer many different types of items, including magnets, bookmarks, address labels, Post-It Notes, letterhead, and postcards. The company has an affiliate program for those interested in partnering with them. I have no affiliation with the company, just happy to order my business cards from them.

The bottom line:

Pros: easy interface for making cards, good sale prices

Cons: lots of emails for their sales, but not overly annoying

Costs: full color business cards start at $19.99 for 250 cards, but they have frequent sales.

Company web site: www.iprint.com

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