Custom Business Cards
See Custom Business Cards in action
Building a custom business card, on a 2 minute 26 second video: 4 sizes, 74 stocks from 13pt to 80pt UltraWhite, optional rounded corners and UV gloss, 100 for $17.57.
4OVER4.COM prints these custom business cards in its own Queens, New York plant, as it has since 1999: 100 cards from $17.57, in 4 sizes on 74 stocks, full color on one or both sides, on a 3 business day standard turnaround. You set every option below and order online.
- From $17.57 per set of 100, with the per-card price dropping as the run climbs all the way to 100,000.
- 4 sizes, from the standard 2" x 3.5" wallet card to a 2" x 2" square, plus a custom size up to 2" x 4".
- 74 stocks: gloss, uncoated, linen, metallic pearl, synthetic plastic, rigid PVC, indoor magnet, and ultra-thick cards up to 80pt, some with a colored painted center.
- Full color on one or both sides, plain or with a High-Gloss UV Coating, plus optional rounded corners and variable data per card.
- 3 business day standard turnaround, with 2-day, Next-Day and Same-Day rush printed in-house at the NYC plant.
Build a Business Card That Is Actually Yours
Instead of picking a card off a shelf, you shape this one end to end. Choose the size, one of 74 stocks, the ink coverage, the corners, the coating, and whether every card is identical or carries a different name, and the result is built to your spec rather than a template. What lands in a hand is exactly what you designed. Custom business cards start at $17.57 for a set of 100, from a printer that has run more than 10 billion cards for over 150,000 businesses.
Start with the classic 2" x 3.5" wallet card, or take it down to a 2" x 2" square, then set the stock, ink, corners and coating yourself. The fixed styles are on business cards printing.
The first 100 cards run about 18 cents each, fine for one person's first box. A company printing a box per employee with variable data names, or a trade show run in the thousands, pays a fraction of that per card, and the ladder goes to 100,000.
What Is a Custom Business Card
A custom business card is one you build from the ground up: 4 sizes, 74 stocks, full color on one or both sides, optional rounded corners, a Standard or High-Gloss UV finish, and variable data, all set in the live configurator before you order. People reach for a custom build when a fixed card cannot say enough about their brand, and every choice below changes the card in real time. If you want the familiar layout with fewer decisions to make, the Standard Business Cards cover that, and the custom build sits right beside it as the version you shape yourself.
What Size Should a Custom Business Card Be
Start with the size. The default 2" x 3.5" is the classic wallet card everyone recognizes, and it drops into any card slot. The 2" x 2" square reads like a token instead of a formality, the slim 1.5" x 3.5" runs narrower for a sleeker look, and the 2.125" x 3.375" adds a touch more room while staying pocket friendly. If none of the presets is exactly right, set your own size up to 2" x 4" and we make it to order. For a bigger square, the Square Business Cards go further.
Size, stock, corners and the layout are the four choices that shape a custom card.
Card Sizes Beyond the Standard 3.5 by 2
Most people order the 2" x 3.5" wallet card because every cardholder, wallet slot and scanner tray in the country is built around it. The other three options exist for a reason, and each one buys something specific.
- 2" x 2" square. It breaks the row when someone fans out a stack of cards, and the shape suits a single logo, a QR code or a social handle far better than a wide rectangle. Worth the change when the card is a prompt to scan or follow rather than a full set of contact details.
- Custom up to 2" x 4". The extra half inch of length gives you room for a short service list, a set of appointment lines or a punch grid on the back without shrinking the type. It still fits a wallet the long way, which a taller card would not.
- Rounded corners. Square corners are the first thing to fray after a few weeks in a back pocket. Rounding them keeps the card looking new for longer, and on the thicker stocks it also softens an edge that is genuinely sharp.
Pick the size before the design, not after. A layout drawn for the standard card rarely survives being squeezed into the square, and moving between sizes late usually means redrawing the back.
Stocks and Finishes Side by Side
The stock decides how the card reads long before anyone gets to the type. Here is how the families inside the 74 options behave in the hand, and what each one does with ink, coating and a pen.
| Stock family | How it feels | How ink and finish behave | Order it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gloss | Smooth coated surface with a sheen | Photos and deep color hold their saturation; add the High-Gloss UV Coating and the shine goes further, but pen ink will not dry on it | A photo or a full bleed color field |
| Uncoated | Bare paper with a little tooth | Ink sits into the sheet, so colors read a touch quieter and fine reversed type needs weight; takes a pen or a stamp | Cards you write an appointment or a name on |
| Linen | Woven texture you feel with a thumb | Type stays crisp, hairline rules and small photographic detail soften slightly across the grain | Legal, financial and consulting work |
| Metallic pearl | Shimmer inside the sheet itself | The sheen shifts as the card turns, so light areas glow and solid dark ink stays flat against them | A card meant to catch light on a table |
| Synthetic plastic | Thin, flexible, waterproof | Print sits on a surface that will not soften, tear or curl when it gets wet | Cards that live in a toolbox, a kit bag or a pocket |
| Rigid PVC | Stiff plastic that stays dead flat | Holds an edge and a flat face through months of handling | Membership, loyalty and access style cards |
| Indoor magnet | Heavy, with a magnetic back | Prints full color on the face and then stays on a fridge or a filing cabinet instead of a drawer | Trades and services people call twice |
| Ultra-thick up to 80pt | Thick enough that people comment on it | Some run a colored painted center that shows as a stripe along the cut edge, which becomes part of the design | When the card itself is the argument |
Coating, rounded corners and one or two sided printing are chosen in the same online quote as the stock, so you can see what each choice does to the price and to the ship date before you commit. Standard production is 3 business days, with 2-day, Next-Day and Same-Day rush printed in-house.
Pick a stock that feels like more
The default 14pt Gloss Cover keeps a card clean and cheap, and a High-Gloss UV Coating deepens a photo or a logo. From there, pick by what the card has to do: uncoated when you write on it, linen when you want a texture under the thumb, metallic pearl when it should catch the light on a table, and the ultra-thick stocks up to 80pt, some with a colored painted center, when the weight is the message. For a woven stock across a whole range of products, see the linen printing collection. Our guide to duplex business cards explained and when a double thick card is worth it covers the thickest builds, and edge painted business cards put color on the cut edge. When you want that chunky, premium weight across a whole order, the Ultra Thick Business Cards carry the same idea up to the thickest stocks we run.
Round the corners or leave them square
Corners are part of the custom build too. Keep the standard square cut, or soften the card with a 1/8" or 3/8" rounded radius that reads a little friendlier and wears better in a wallet. You set it alongside your size and stock.
Design it without a designer
Browse the thousands of free, professionally built layouts in our business card design templates for the size you chose, then set the name, title and logo in the online editor. A layout built for the 2" x 2" square is a different drawing from the wallet card, so choose the template after the size.
Ready-to-Edit Business Card Design Templates
Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each blank business card 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.
Press-Ready Blank Templates
How Much Do Custom Business Cards Cost
Custom business cards start at $17.57 per set of 100, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000, so the size of the run sets the price of a card. A set of 900 runs $53.83, 8,000 run $179.25, and a full 100,000 come to $1,844.39, under 2 cents each. For a team, multiply the people by the cards each one needs in a year and put that number into the slider below.
Wally builds the card exactly your way
Why a $17.57 stack of custom business cards fits your brand, not a template.
A hundred custom business cards start at $17.57. Pick the size, one of 74 stocks, add rounded corners or a UV coating, and print a different name or code on every card. Wally gets them to your door with turnaround as fast as same-day.
Free Business Cards and When to Upgrade
If you are starting out, take the free business cards offer first and spend nothing on the test run. It is a preset card, so check the size, stock and quantity on that page before you build artwork around it, and treat it as a way to get something in hand this week rather than the card you hand a client for the next two years.
A paid run is what opens the rest of the product: the full set of 74 stocks, ultra-thick cards up to 80pt, rounded corners, the High-Gloss UV Coating, printing on both sides, and a different name or code on every card. It is also where the price per card falls, because the ladder runs from a set of 100 all the way to 100,000.
Not sure which stock is worth paying for? Order free samples and decide with the paper in your hand. Linen, uncoated and metallic pearl are almost impossible to judge from a screen.
Can You Print a Name or Code on Each Card
Yes. Turn on variable data and you can drop a unique name, a serial number or a one-off code onto every single card in the run, so each one ships personalized instead of identical. That turns a business card into a numbered loyalty card, a per-person appointment card, or a stack where every QR link is different. Upload one spreadsheet with a row per card and the design stays fixed while the details swap. Before anything prints, pick your proof: go straight to production to move fast, request a free online proof to eyeball the layout, or order a next-day hardcopy proof to hold the real stock in your hand. If a scannable code is the whole point of the card, the QR Code Business Cards are built around exactly that.
How Do Custom Cards Compare to the Rest of the Range
Custom business cards are the pick when you want to control every detail. If you are weighing a standard layout, a premium build or a thicker stock, the chart below lines up custom business cards against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.
See How a Finished Custom Card Lands
The gallery below shows custom cards our customers printed in-house, across different sizes, stocks and finishes. Compare a square card with a wallet card, and a thick stock with a standard one, before you settle your own build. Tap any print to see it larger.
Real Business Cards Our Customers Printed
How Fast Can You Get Custom Business Cards
Custom business cards print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when a date sneaks up you can move that to 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Same Day orders need to be approved by noon EST to ship that day, and 99.8% of orders land on time with 82% shipping early. Compare every turnaround tier below and see exactly what the rush adds before you pick. For a variable data run, check every name on the proof before that cutoff, since a list error cannot be fixed once the cards print.
See the Rest of Our Cards
Custom business cards are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a standard layout, a premium build or a heavier stock would serve you better, each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page.
More From Professional Business Cards
If a fully custom build is more than you need, start at business card printing for the whole range, or go straight to standard business cards when the classic 2" x 3.5" on a house stock is exactly the job.
Print Your Custom Business Cards Today
At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by five guarantees and 25+ years of printing since 1999. A card you set up line by line, from the size to the coating, is the one you reorder without changing a thing. Need them before a launch or an event? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. Print your custom business cards today.
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