A thousand business cards, the same spec, priced from each website on 12 September 2026. Shipping counted where it is charged.
At a thousand cards we sit at VistaPrint’s price on a thicker card, with shipping inside the number. Under 500 cards, VistaPrint wins outright: we do not sell business cards in smaller runs.
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| A closer look. |  Print, design and a person who checks your file. |
 The biggest online print catalog. |
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| 1,000 business cards, both sides | $55 on 16pt, both sides, shipping included | $43.99 on their 14pt standard, double-sided an upgrade, plus $7.99 shipping for delivery in about 16 days or $28.99 for four |
| 1,000 ultra thick 32pt | $263 | $241.99 plus shipping |
| 1,000 spot UV, both sides | $80 | Offered as an upgrade, price not shown on the product page |
| 1,000 soft touch | $117 | $79.99 plus shipping |
| Smallest order | 1,000 cards | 50 cards, from $10 |
| Shipping on cards | In the price | Quoted at checkout |
| Who checks your file | A person, before anything prints | Automated, in their own support team’s words |
| Design help | Print design $97, logo $250 | Design service from $10, priced per product |
Same 3.5 by 2 card, printed both sides, 1,000 at a time; stock stated on every row. Prices move and promotions move faster; discounts were running on the day. Check before you decide, and tell us if a number here has changed. Sources & details ↗
A chart puts two numbers side by side and quietly drops everything around them: what the card is made of, whether the back costs extra, whether delivery is in the number, and who looks at your file before a press runs. Here is the rest of it, stated so you can check every line yourself.
Our standard business card is 16pt. VistaPrint's Standard Business Cards page names one thickness, Standard (14pt), and that is the stock behind their entry price. A 14pt card is not a bad card. It is a thinner one, and the difference is obvious the moment two of them are in the same hand. If you want more, 32pt ultra thick is on our menu with its price on the page.
Every card we print runs full colour on both sides at the price shown. VistaPrint's own product page lists double-sided printing as an upgrade. If the back of your card is doing work, a QR code, your hours, a second language, that is a line item there and simply part of the card here.
Our card prices are landed: 1,000, 2,500 or 5,000 with shipping included, so the number on the page is the number you pay. VistaPrint prices delivery at checkout, and their site states that prices exclude delivery and product options. On 12 September 2026, at 100 cards to a Massachusetts postcode, their cheapest delivery was $5.99 with an arrival date sixteen days out, and the fastest was $23.99.
Seven finishes on the same standard card, each photographed as the real printed thing, each with its price at 1,000, 2,500 and 5,000. You never have to build a design inside a studio, or make an account, to find out what something costs.
Upload a PDF, PNG or JPG and the size, the bleed and the resolution are checked in your browser while you wait, which is where most print jobs go wrong. Then a person looks at the file before it goes to press and comes back to you if something needs fixing, rather than printing it anyway and letting you discover it in the box.
Print product design is $97 and logo design is $250, with the scope and the revision rounds agreed before anything starts. The artwork comes back set up for the product and the finish you picked, so the print side is one conversation instead of two. VistaPrint's design service starts from $10.00 per product.
Rounded corners are a card with its own price rather than a $7.00 addition at the end. A painted edge is a 32pt uncoated card with sixteen edge colours. Spot UV prints on both sides. You pick the card you want and see what that card costs.
The same small team prints the cards, designs the artwork, builds the website and wires up the automations behind it. Nobody hands you to a queue, and the person who answers can change your order.
Worth saying plainly, because pretending otherwise would waste your time.
Some projects start with a finished logo. Others start with a rough sketch and a feeling. Either one has a place here.
Tell us about your business, what you are making and the look you have in mind. We agree the scope and the revision rounds up front, then make artwork built for the product you picked, set up correctly for its finish. You do not need to arrive with every detail figured out.
Meet your next design project
A business card is a tiny piece of your business that someone gets to keep. The paper, the shape and the finish all decide how it feels in the hand.
Seven finishes on the same standard card: gloss, matte, rounded corners, spot UV on both sides, soft touch, 32pt ultra thick and a painted edge. Each one is photographed as the real printed thing, with its price and its artwork rules on the page.
Explore business cardsThe card starts the conversation. Your website, your presentation and your everyday graphics keep it going. Bring the next one to the same people.
Alongside print we do logos, custom graphic design, websites and workflow automations. The second job does not start with explaining your brand to a stranger, because the same team already printed the first.
See what we can createChoose around the order you actually have, not a row of checkmarks.
You want a thousand cards on a proper 16pt stock with shipping already in the price, a person who looks at the file before it prints, and one team you can bring the logo, the website and the next print job to.
Start with a cardYou need fewer than 500 cards, you want packaging, apparel or promotional products in the same basket, or you want to design it yourself in their browser tool. Those are real advantages, and no amount of writing changes them.
Visit VistaPrintA pocket-sized introduction. A mailbox moment. A display that shows up big.
A little clarity before
your next big thing.
At a thousand 16pt cards printed both sides, we are $55 with shipping included. VistaPrint is $43.99 on a thinner 14pt card, plus $7.99 shipping if you can wait about sixteen days, or $28.99 to have it in four. So roughly the same money on a thicker card, sooner. Under 500 cards VistaPrint is cheaper, because we do not sell business cards in smaller runs.
Our card prices come from press runs that start at a thousand, which is what makes a thousand cards cost fifty five dollars. Below that the setup dominates the price and we would be worse value than VistaPrint. We would rather tell you that than take the order.
A person, before anything prints. When you upload artwork on a product page it is checked on the spot for size, bleed and resolution, and then you get a PDF proof by email. Nothing goes to press until you approve it. VistaPrint’s own support team describes their production as fully automated, printing your file exactly as saved.
Not a browser template studio, not yet. You can upload your own file and see it checked instantly, or have us design it: print product design is $97 and comes back set up correctly for the finish you chose. If you want to design it yourself from a template today, VistaPrint is the better fit.
They were read from each company’s own website on 12 September 2026, and VistaPrint was running a new customer discount that day. Print prices and promotional codes change often, so check before you decide, and tell us if you find a number here that has moved.
No. We would rather be honest about where someone else is the better buy, which is why this page says so plainly.
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