Ask HN: Business Cards

[icey]

The only business cards I have right now are from my employer. I'd like to get some printed up, but the print shop I've always used in the past went out of business.

I really prefer cards that can be written on (no full-color printing, no glossy cards, nice card stock that will take some ink).

Can anyone recommend a decent place online to get some cards made? Everywhere I've looked so far has those cards that look like they're cut out of a magazine.

I hate writing my information down every time I want to give it to someone and I don't want to give them my day-job information (it's never relevant).

I appreciate any and all advice!

[Marion]

I ordered cards from moo.com. They have premade designs. It's also very simple to make your own designs - as simple or ornate as you like. I was happy with the ones I ordered.

[icey]

So far, this is the most promising thing I've seen. Was the stock they printed on decent?

[patio11]

VistaPrint is good enough for Japanese salarymen. And we know our business cards. Caveat: after you're on their customer list expect to be upsold to, with a vengeance.

[byoung2]

Be sure to Google "Vistaprint promo codes" before you order. You can usually find up to 90% off codes floating around, depending on the time of year.

[icey]

Is "upsold to" a fancy way to say "spammed"?

[alanthonyc]

These seem like great business cards to me:

http://www.meatcards.com/

Not sure about how well they take ink though.

[sarvesh]

Zazzle

[icey]

Have you used them for business cards before? It looks like they have the same thing going that every other printer I've seen does - it's all glossy cards in full color print on crap stock.

I'd kind of prefer a place that specializes in business cards so that I don't feel like I'm carrying around a bunch of magazine inserts.