Velvet Laminated Business Cards

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Velvet Laminated Business Cards

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Watch the Velvet Laminated Business Cards overview from 4OVER4.COM. A short walkthrough of options, premium stocks, live pricing and fast turnaround.

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Velvet Laminated Business Cards: Key Facts
  • From $87.15 per set of 250, with the per-card price sliding down to about 6 cents on a 25,000 run.
  • 16 Point Soft Velvet Laminated stock: a thick card wrapped in a soft-touch suede film that mutes glare and feels closer to fabric than paper.
  • Spot UV in 4 placements: none, front, back, or both sides, so a glossy raised logo pops against the matte velvet base. Print 4/0 or 4/4 full color.
  • 4 sizes: classic 2" x 3.5", square 2" x 2", skinny 1.5" x 3.5", and 2.125" x 3.375", with optional rounded corners at a 1/8" or 1/4" radius.
  • 4 business day standard turnaround, with 3-day, 2-day, Next-Day and Same-Day rush. Rated 5.0 from 108 reviews, free online proof or straight to production.

Velvet Laminated Business Cards You Can Feel Before You Read

A velvet laminated business card is the one people keep touching. 4OVER4.COM has printed cards online since 1999, and Velvet Laminated Business Cards start at $87.15 for a set of 250 on a 16 Point Soft Velvet Laminated stock that feels closer to suede than to paper. The card is a thick 16pt sheet wrapped on both sides in a soft-touch velvet film, so it lands in a hand with a quiet, fabric-like weight instead of the usual gloss. Rated 5.0 across 108 reviews, it is the card you hand over when you want the finish to do half the talking. Want the same soft hand without the laminate name? Our Velvet Business Cards share the feel.

How Much Do Velvet Laminated Business Cards Cost?

Velvet Laminated Business Cards cost $87.15 for a set of 250, which works out to about 35 cents a card, and the price per card keeps dropping as the run grows. A 25,000 order lands closer to 6 cents a card, so a full rollout for a team or an event costs far less per piece than a small first batch. Tap any tier below to see the live set total and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit a dollar.

Print more, pay less per card

Set any quantity in the configurator above for a live price. Tap a tier here to see how the per-card cost falls from 100 cards to 100,000, and how much each tier saves you.
QuantityPer cardBox totalYou save
250 cards34.9¢$87.15base
500 cards20.7¢$103.5941% off
1,000 cards13.8¢$137.6861% off
5,000 cards6.54¢$327.1581% off
10,000 cards6.43¢$642.9382% off
25,000 cardsBest value6.41¢$1,602.9282% off
Quantity
250 cards
Per card
34.9¢
Box total
$87.15
You save
0%
Tap any tier above for its live box total. From 34.9¢ per card down to just 6.41¢ at volume.

Most people do not need 25,000 cards at once. The real question is how deep a run carries you before the next reprint. You can also print 1 to 10 sets in a single job, so a whole team gets their own name on the same velvet stock without ten separate orders. Slide to the count that matches how fast you hand them out, and the running cost updates as you go.

Slide The Quantity, Watch The Price

Drag through every Velvet Laminated Business Cards order size and see the box total and per-unit price update live, from 250 all the way to 10,000.
$87.1534.9¢ per unit
250250 units10,000
At this tier you save 82% per unit versus the smallest order.

What Makes the Velvet Finish Feel So Soft?

The soft feel comes from the laminate, not the ink. A thin velvet film is bonded over the printed 16pt card, and that film carries a fine matte nap that your fingers read as suede or peach skin. It mutes glare, so colors look deep and muted rather than shiny, and it hides fingerprints and scuffs far better than a gloss card. The film also adds a layer of durability, so the card shrugs off a wallet, a back pocket and a coat pocket without looking tired. For a heavier version of the same finish, the Ultra Thick Velvet Laminated Business Cards stack the velvet over a much thicker core.

Can You Add Spot UV to a Velvet Card?

Yes, and it is the reason most people choose this stock. Spot UV is a clear gloss coating laid over just the areas you mark, and on a soft velvet base that wet-gloss shine reads sharp against the surrounding matte. You get 4 placements: none, spot UV on the front, on the back, or on both sides. Drop it on a logo, a monogram or a single line and that detail catches the light while the rest stays velvety. Print 4/0 for full color on the front with a blank back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides. If you want raised gloss as the headline rather than the laminate feel, compare it with our Spot UV Business Cards.

What Sizes and Corners Can You Pick?

You get 4 sizes: the classic 2" x 3.5", a square 2" x 2", a slim 1.5" x 3.5", and a 2.125" x 3.375" that runs a touch larger than standard. Round the corners at a 1/8" or 1/4" radius for a softer card that slides cleanly out of a wallet, or leave them square for a crisp edge. The full specs below cover every size, the ink option and the corner radius for this stock, so nothing surprises you at the press.

Velvet Laminated Business Cards, Configured Your Way

Every configurable option group on Velvet Laminated Business Cards at a glance, straight from the live configurator, with the default for each one highlighted.
Option groupDefaultChoices
Ink Color4/0 : 4 Color Front; Blank Back2
Spot UVNone4
Rounded CornersNo Rounded Corners3
Total Sets1 Set1 to 10 Sets
Proof OptionsStraight To Production2
5 groups21 total

How Fast Can You Get Velvet Cards Printed?

Velvet Laminated Business Cards print on a 4 business day standard turnaround, and when a deadline tightens you can move that up to 3-day, 2-day, Next-Day or Same-Day production. The laminate adds a finishing pass, so build in that base window when you plan a launch or an event. Each rush tier buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Pick the production speed that clears your date below.

Need It Fast? We Print Fast

Choose your speed for Velvet Laminated Business Cards, from standard to rush, and know the cost up front. Standard sits at base price and faster tiers are priced before you buy.
Default turnaround
4 days
at base price
Fastest tier: Same day at +100%
4 daysBase price
3 days+15%
2 days+25%
1 day+50%
Same day+100%
5 speed tiers, from 4 days at base price to Same day when the deadline is tight.

Production speed is only half the clock. The other half is the truck. Drop in your ZIP code and you will see the real ground-shipping window to your door, so you can back-time the order against the day you need cards in hand, not after.

When Will Velvet Laminated Business Cards Arrive?

Shipped from our Queens, NY plant. Enter a ZIP for a region-accurate arrival date per production speed, with the price for each shown up front.
Same-day production$174.30
Next business day$130.73
2 business days$108.94
3 business days$100.22
4 business days$87.15

Design Your Velvet Card, or Start From a Template

Not a designer? You do not need to hire one. Start from a ready-made layout in our business card design templates, swap the colors and copy in the online editor, and you are set. One tip for this stock: solid dark backgrounds and clean white or metallic type show off the velvet nap best, and they give your spot UV somewhere bold to sit. Browse a few layouts below and grab the one closest to your look.

Run your own design software? Skip the editor and grab a press-ready blank instead. The spot UV business card template marks the gloss layer on its own so the press knows exactly where the shine goes, and the soft touch business card template is built at the real 2" x 3.5" trim with the bleed and safe margin drawn in. Download the one that matches your job below, drop your art in, and upload.

Press-Ready Blank Templates

Download a blank Velvet Laminated Business Cards layout at the real 2" x 3.5" trim size, drop in your own art, and upload. Every template lines up to the cut, fold and safe margins for a clean first print.

Templates show you the starting point. A finished card shows you the result. Below is a wall of real cards our own customers printed in-house, across different stocks, colors and finishes, so you can see how a soft matte surface and a glossy accent actually land before you order. Tap any print to see it larger.

Real Business Cards Our Customers Printed

Real business cards printed by 4OVER4 customers from the business cards styles and finishes gallery for design, stock and finish ideas.
Real customer business card print 1
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How Do Velvet Cards Compare to Other Finishes?

Velvet is the soft, muted, premium pick, but it is not the only tactile finish on the shelf. A suede stock reads similar in the hand, a spot UV card leads with shine, and a thicker core changes the whole weight of the handoff. Before you commit, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The chart below lines up velvet laminated cards against their closest siblings, including our Suede Business Cards, so you can compare the starting price on each and pick the finish that fits.

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Get Your File Print-Ready the First Time

Good design is only half the job. The other half is a print-ready file, and that is where most reprints come from. Run through the do's and don'ts below before you upload, on resolution, color mode, bleed and the safe margin, plus a separate spot UV layer if you are adding gloss, and your velvet cards clear preflight on the first try with no surprise crops on your logo.

Wally helps you order

Why a soft-touch card for $87.15 gets held a beat longer than the rest.

Wally the 4OVER4 mascot handing a soft-touch velvet laminated business card priced at $87.15 for 250 across a counter to a delighted customer who pauses to feel the texture, teal hand-drawn line art.

A stack of 250 velvet laminated cards costs $87.15, and every one feels like suede the moment it lands in a hand. Add spot UV for a glossy pop against the matte, pick your speed, and Wally gets them in your hand fast.

Print-Ready Velvet Laminated Business Cards Every Time

The do's and don'ts that keep your Velvet Laminated Business Cards file sharp, on-color and trouble-free. Follow these and your art sails through preflight on the first upload, no back-and-forth, no reprints.
Do
Export at 300 DPIPlace every logo and photo at 300 DPI so print stays sharp, not pixelated.
Use CMYK colorConvert files to CMYK before upload so screen colors match the print.
Add full bleedPull background art a little past the trim so nothing ends with a white edge.
Respect the safe marginKeep text and logos inside the safe margin on 2" x 3.5" so nothing important gets cut.
Outline your fontsOutline or embed every font so your type never reflows or swaps on press.
Match the finishPick a finish that fits the job, a matte or gloss finish reads premium and on-brand.
Don't
Skip low-res logosNever pull a web-quality logo into a print file, it prints soft and blurry.
Avoid RGB filesRGB shifts on press, so colors print duller than they looked on screen.
Keep text off the edgeText in the bleed zone gets sliced off when the piece is trimmed.
Do not clutter both sidesCramming every inch buries your message, give the key line room to breathe.
No flattened-away layersSave a print-ready PDF so transparency and effects survive the rip.
Mind the rounded cornersRounded corners eat the outer edge, so keep art clear of the curve.

Explore the Rest of Our Business Cards

Velvet laminated cards are one stop in our much larger business cards printing lineup. If a different finish or a heavier stock would serve you better, the rest of the family is one tap away. Each option below shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

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These cards sit in our Professional Business Cards range of 140 products, so the rest of the family is one tap away, each shown with its real from-price and a link to its own page.
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One last thing before you check out. A card rarely travels alone, so here are the products our customers most often order alongside their velvet cards, each priced and ready to drop into the same cart.

Pairs Well With Velvet Laminated Business Cards

The products customers most often add alongside Velvet Laminated Business Cards in the same order, each with its real from-price and a link to its own page, so rounding out the set is one tap away.

Why Print With 4OVER4.COM

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever the size, finish or corner, these cards are built to feel premium and hold up to the daily handoff. The numbers below are the ones we hold ourselves to on every order, run after run.

The Numbers That Earn Your Order

A full satisfaction guarantee, on-time delivery you can plan around and ratings to back it up. The proof that turns a first order into a standing one.
Satisfaction guarantee100%
On-time delivery99.8%
Orders actually ship early32%

Print your Velvet Laminated Business Cards today, and for any questions reach 4OVER4 support at 1-718-932-2700 or support@4over4.com.

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