Plastic & Magnetic Business Cards
This collection divides into plastic cards and cards that grip steel. Plastic Business Cards use 30PT white, clear or frosted stock with full color on both sides. Clear Plastic Business Cards add full color plus white ink in two listed sizes, while Frosted Plastic Business Cards use a white underbase on translucent stock. Magnetic Business Cards use 17PT indoor magnet stock and can be produced at 3.5 x 2 or in a custom die shape.
Guides for Plastic & Magnetic Business Cards
All Business Cards articles →- Magnetic Business Cards: Where They Stick, What They CostMagnetic business cards start at $91.25 for 100 pieces at our Sun Valley shop — but stainless fridge doors are not magnetic, and the card that sticks is not the card you hand out at a mixer. Here is where they actually hold, how to design one readable from six feet, and when to print something else.
- Clear Business Cards: What Actually Prints on Transparent PlasticClear and frosted plastic cards look great in a photo and fail in a stack when the artwork ignores how transparency works. Here is how we set them up, what white ink does, and what a run actually costs.
- Business Card Size: Measurements and File SetupFind the standard business card size in inches and millimetres, compare other available formats, and check trim, bleed and artwork before ordering.
- Ultra Thick Business Cards: What You Are Paying ForUltra thick cards sell with the hand before they sell with the eye — but the thickness changes your design, your card case and your per-piece math. Here is what we go through with people in Sun Valley before we print.
- Triple Layer Business Cards: What the Stripe Costs YouTriple layer cards sell on a band of color you can only see from the side. Here is what is in the stack, how to design a front that does not fight the edge, and when a thinner card is the better buy.
- Uncoated Business Cards: When Ink Meets Paper, Not PlasticUncoated stock absorbs ink instead of holding it on the surface, which changes how your card looks, feels and takes a pen. Here is what we tell people in Sun Valley before we print a run.
Questions about Plastic & Magnetic Business Cards
How do the three plastic card products differ?
Plastic Business Cards print full color on both sides of white, clear or frosted 30PT stock. Clear Plastic Business Cards add white ink and a second size, 3.35 x 2.16, while Frosted Plastic Business Cards print over a white underbase on translucent stock.
Do the plastic and magnetic cards have rounded corners?
Yes. Plastic Business Cards, Clear Plastic Business Cards and Frosted Plastic Business Cards come with 1/8 inch rounded corners, and Magnetic Business Cards offer 1/8 or 1/4 inch corners.
What options are specific to Magnetic Business Cards?
Magnetic Business Cards use 17PT indoor magnet stock that grips steel and resists curl. The listed choices include 3.5 x 2 or a custom die shape, 1/8 or 1/4 inch rounded corners, and variable data.