Buckslips

What Are Buckslips?

Buckslips are small promotional inserts printed full color in 2 sizes, 3.5" x 8.5" and 4" x 9", on any of 3 text-weight stocks. The name comes from their dollar-bill size, small enough to ride along in mail you already send. People reach for them when a full flyer is too big and too heavy: statement stuffers, invoice and package inserts, coupons, event announcements, and nonprofit donation asks. Because the slip is light and fits a standard envelope flat, it travels with your existing mail instead of needing its own. If you bill customers on a recurring cycle, the Statement Stuffers cover the same insert job, and for a heavier single-sheet promo the Sales Sheets step up in size.

What Size Should a Buckslip Be?

The right size comes down to what has to fit the envelope. The 3.5" x 8.5" is the classic buckslip: it slides flat into a #10 business envelope next to a folded letter, which is exactly why it became the standard insert size. The 4" x 9" gives you a bit more room for a headline, an image, or a coupon, and still rides unfolded inside a #10 envelope. Both sizes, both finishes and the full stock list are grouped below exactly the way the live configurator presents them, so you know what you can change before you change it. Need something between the two? Set a custom size in that range and the price follows the dimensions you pick.

Here are a few easy ways to make a buckslip pull its weight.

Pick a text stock that suits the mailing

Buckslips print on text-weight paper, not heavy cardstock, and that is on purpose, since a lighter slip keeps the mailing under postage thresholds. The 100# Gloss Text gives photos and color a bright, coated snap. The 100# Silk/Matte Text reads softer and is easy on the eyes for a block of copy. The 70# Uncoated Text takes a pen, so it works when someone needs to write on the slip or return it. Add a High Gloss UV Coating on the front when a bold color or a photo needs extra shine.

Perforate it or personalize each slip

Turn on perforation and the buckslip gets a clean tear line, so it becomes a coupon the reader can keep or a reply stub they can send back. Turn on variable data and every slip in the run can carry a different name, code, or donation amount, so a batch of personalized asks prints in one pass. Print full color on both sides (4/4 ink) so the front carries the offer and the back holds the details, a map, or a QR code.

Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. The blank buckslip template is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload.

How Much Do Buckslips Cost?

Buckslips start at $27.46 per 25, and the per-unit price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000, so a cheap buckslip really comes down to how big a run you order. A run of 600 is $102.16, about 17 cents each, and 6,000 run $286.68, under 5 cents each, so a full mailing drop lands far cheaper per slip than a small test. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the total and the true per-unit cost update live, and find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.

Can You Print a Name or Code on Each Buckslip?

Yes. Turn on variable data and you can drop a unique name, a serial code, or a one-off donation amount onto every single slip in the run, so each one ships personalized instead of identical. That turns a buckslip into a numbered coupon, a package insert addressed to a real recipient, or a fundraising ask that already shows a suggested gift. It is the easiest way to make a batch of inserts feel made for one person. Pair it with perforation for a tear-off reply stub, and a plain slip starts doing the work of a full reply mailer.

See How a Finished Buckslip Lands

Words only go so far. Want to see how stock, color and finish come together on a real slip this size? The gallery below collects work our own customers printed in-house, across different stocks and finishes, so you can borrow ideas and see how a choice actually reads at 3.5 or 4 inches wide. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Buckslips?

Buckslips print on a 5 business day standard turnaround, and when a mail date sneaks up you can move that to 4-day, 3-day, 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production. Each step buys back time for a set amount on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Order by the daily cutoff and a Same-Day run ships that afternoon from our NYC plant. You can also add a free online proof or a next-day hardcopy proof before the job runs. Across every order, 99.8% arrive on time and 82% ship early, so a mail-drop deadline is not a gamble.

See the Rest of Our Marketing Inserts

Buckslips are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a recurring statement insert, a bigger sales sheet, or a display-ready card would serve you better, the Standard Rack Cards and the rest of the family are one tap away. Each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

Print Your Buckslips Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size, stock or finish you pick, these buckslips are built to ride along in your mail and put a fresh offer in front of the reader. Need them before a mail drop or an event? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. Print your buckslips today.