Metallic Foil Postcards
Important Artwork Notice!
With Metallic Accent products, a.k.a WonderFoil, you can turn a wide range of CMYK colors, into multi-colored foils. When doing a metallic postcard, sticker, business card, etc, a foil mask must be created and uploaded with your full color CMYK file. The file for the "metallic" mask MUST ONLY be black and white (100% Black). 100% Black in the areas you want the foil, and white (0%) in the areas you do not want the foil. Click for more info.
See Metallic Foil Postcards in action
Watch the Metallic Foil Postcards overview from 4OVER4.COM. A short walkthrough of options, premium stocks, live pricing and fast turnaround.
- From $421.91 per set of 500, with the per-card price dropping as the run climbs to 25,000.
- 7 foil colors: gold, silver, copper, rose gold, red, black and blue, pressed onto the front, the back, or both sides.
- 2 stocks: 16 Point Silk Laminated and 14pt Uncoated Cover, printed full color (4/0, 4/1 or 4/4).
- 4 sizes from a 4" x 6" up to a 5" x 7", with optional rounded corners and a Spot UV gloss over the foil.
- 7 business day production turnaround, rated 4.9 out of 5 across 118 reviews, with a free online proof before it prints.
Make the Mailbox Shine With Metallic Foil Postcards
Foil is the finish people notice before they read a single word. A bright strip of real metal catches the light as the card slides out of the stack, and that half-second of shine is what stops a thumb on its way to the recycling bin. Put it on a logo, a headline, or a border, and a postcard reads as something worth keeping instead of something to toss. Sets of 500 start at $421.91 and hold a 4.9 out of 5 across 118 reviews.
This is the premium end of direct mail. Where a flat card competes on the offer alone, a foil card competes on feel, so it earns a longer look before anyone decides to keep it or pitch it. The math still rewards a bigger run, and the foil setup is paid once, so tap any tier below to see the live set total and how much each step up saves you before you commit.
What Is a Metallic Foil Postcard?
A metallic foil postcard is a full-color card with a layer of real metal foil stamped onto chosen artwork, so a logo or headline turns into a mirror-bright accent instead of a printed color. The foil comes in 7 shades, from a classic gold or silver to copper, rose gold, red, black and blue, and it can sit on the front, the back, or both sides. Under the foil you pick 16 Point Silk Laminated for a smooth coated feel or 14pt Uncoated Cover for a flatter, writable surface. Everything you can change is laid out below exactly the way the live configurator groups it, so you know your options before you touch them.
Which Foil Color Should You Pick?
Pick the foil that matches the mood of the brand, because all 7 shades print at the same price. Gold and rose gold read warm and luxe, good for salons, jewelers and weddings. Silver and black feel modern and sharp, the safe pick for tech, real estate and high-end retail. Copper, red and blue are louder accents that own a busy mailbox. You can run the foil on the front only to keep the back clean for an address panel, or wrap it across both sides when the whole card is the show. Want the shine without the metal? Metallic Ink Postcards get a similar gleam from a pearlescent ink instead of a foil stamp.
Layer a second finish on top
Foil does not have to work alone. Add a Spot UV gloss on the front, the back or both sides for a raised, glassy shine that plays against the metal, so one card carries two kinds of contrast. Round the corners at a 1/8" or 1/4" radius when you want to soften the edges. And your ink coverage runs 4/0 front only, 4/1 with a black back, or 4/4 in full color on both sides, depending on how much of the card you print.
Design it without a designer
You do not need a design background to get foil right. Start from a ready-built layout in our metallic foil postcard design templates, mark the shape you want foiled, then swap in your colors, copy and logo in the online editor. Foil works best as an accent, so a crisp logo, a short headline or a thin border shines harder than a whole panel flooded in metal.
Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and grab a press-ready blank instead. Each blank metallic foil postcard template is built at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin drawn in, plus a separate spot layer that tells the press exactly where the foil lands. Drop your art on, mark the foil shapes, and upload.
Wally makes the mailbox shine
Why a foil postcard gets kept, not tossed.
A run of 500 metallic foil postcards starts at $421.91, and the real metal foil catches the light the second the card leaves the envelope. Pick from 7 foil colors, add a Spot UV gloss or rounded corners, and Wally presses the shine that stops a thumb on its way to the recycling bin.
Press-Ready Blank Templates
How Much Do Metallic Foil Postcards Cost?
Metallic foil postcards start at $421.91 per set of 500, and the per-card price keeps falling as the run climbs toward 25,000. Step up to 1,000 and the set is $551.20, far from double the 500 price, because the foil stamping die is set up once and then reused across the whole run. Printing and foiling happen on the same job, then USPS postage is paid on top, priced by the card size and your mail class. So how many do you actually need? Drag the slider below to set your count and watch both the set total and the true per-card cost update live, and find the point where one more step up barely moves the budget.
How Do They Compare to Other Premium Postcards?
Foil is the loudest premium finish, but it is not the only one. If you want a raised, glassy gloss over a matte base instead of metal shine, Spot UV Postcards give a quieter, tactile contrast. For the closest in-cluster foil sibling, Raised Foil Postcards lift the same metal off the surface for real dimension under a fingertip. The chart below lines metallic foil postcards up against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.
See How a Finished Foil Postcard Lands
Photos of foil never quite catch the real thing, but they get close. The gallery below collects foil cards our own customers printed in-house, across different shades, stocks and layouts, so you can borrow ideas and see how a foil choice actually reads in the mail. Tap any print to see it larger.
Real Postcards Our Customers Printed
How Fast Can You Get Them?
Metallic foil postcards print on a 7 business day production turnaround, since the foil stamping is a second pass that runs after the color print. Before the job runs you can turn on a free online proof to check the foil placement and color on screen, which is worth the extra step the first time you foil a design. 99.8% of 4OVER4.COM orders land on time and 82% ship early, so you are planning the mail date against real numbers, not a guess.
See the Rest of Our Postcards
Foil is one stop in a much larger postcard lineup. For everyday mailings at a fraction of the price, Standard Postcards start at $16.48 per set of 100, and if you love the metal look on something you hand across a counter, Metallic Foil Business Cards carry the same foil onto a card. You can also scan the full print product range any time, where each option shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page.
Print Your Metallic Foil Postcards Today
At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever shade you stamp, these cards are built to survive the mail and land looking sharp. Need them for a launch or a VIP mailing? Pick a foil, set the run, and print your metallic foil postcards today.
