Metallic Postcards
Important Artwork Notice!
With Metallic accent products, also called WonderFoil, you can turn a wide range of CMYK colors into multi-colored foils. When designing a Metallic postcard, 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 in the areas you want the foil, and white (0%) in the areas you do not want the foil.
See Metallic Postcards in action
Watch the Metallic Postcards overview from 4OVER4.COM. A short walkthrough of options, premium stocks, live pricing and fast turnaround.
- From $317.44 per set of 500, with the per-card price dropping as the run climbs to 25,000.
- Metallic foil accent stamped on the front, printed full color on a thick 16pt Gloss Cover stock.
- 9 sizes from a 4" x 6" mailer up to a 6" x 11", with an optional High Gloss UV or Spot UV coating.
- Full color on the front with a blank back, or full color on both sides, with optional rounded corners.
- 7 business day production turnaround, rated 4.9 out of 5 across 45 reviews, with a free online proof before it prints.
Put a Real Metal Shine in the Mailbox
A metallic postcard carries a real metal foil accent on the front, and that shine is the finish people notice before they read a single word. A bright strip of foil catches the light as the card slides out of the stack, so a logo, a headline, or a border reads as something worth keeping instead of something to toss. Sets of 500 start at $317.44 and hold a 4.9 out of 5 across 45 reviews.
This is the premium end of direct mail. Where a flat card competes on the offer alone, a metallic 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 accent is set up once and then reused, 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 Postcard?
A metallic postcard is a full-color card finished with a layer of real metallic foil on the front, so the part of your art you choose to shine reads as a bright metal accent instead of a printed color. Underneath the foil, the card prints full color on a thick 16pt Gloss Cover stock, and you set the ink coverage to 4/0 for a full-color front with a blank back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides. 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.
What Size Should a Metallic Postcard Be?
Size sets the job. The default 4" x 6" is the classic mailer that lands cleanly in any mailbox, and it is the most common pick for a promotion. Step up to 4.25" x 6" or 4" x 9" when you want more room for a headline and an offer, or go all the way to 6" x 11" when the card needs to dominate the stack. There are 9 sizes in all, grouped below the way the configurator presents them, and the foil accent scales with the size you pick, so a bigger card gives the shine more room to catch the light.
Layer a coating on top of the foil
The foil accent does not have to work alone. Leave the card uncoated, add a High Gloss UV coat across the whole surface for an all-over shine, or place a Spot UV gloss on the front so a raised, glassy layer plays against the metal for two kinds of contrast on one card. Round the corners at a 1/8" or 1/4" radius when you want to soften the edges. Want a similar gleam from a pearlescent ink instead of a foil stamp? Metallic Ink Postcards print the shine flat on the surface at a softer, quieter level.
Design it without a designer
You do not need a design background to get the shine right. Start from a ready-built layout in our metallic postcard design templates, mark the shape you want to foil, then swap in your colors, copy, and logo in the online editor. A foil accent 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 postcard template is built at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin drawn in, plus a separate layer that marks exactly where the foil accent lands. Drop your art on, mark the foil shape, and upload.
Wally makes the mailbox shine
Why a metallic postcard gets kept, not tossed.
A run of 500 metallic postcards starts at $317.44, and a real metallic foil accent on the front catches the light the second the card leaves the envelope. Print it full color on 16pt Gloss Cover, 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 Postcards Cost?
Metallic postcards start at $317.44 per set of 500, and the per-card price keeps falling as the run climbs toward 25,000. Step up and a 2,500 run is $646.94, a 5,000 run is $910.55, and a full 25,000-card campaign lands at $3,436.82, because the foil accent 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?
A metallic postcard is one way to stand out on shine, but it is not the only one. For a softer, pearlescent gleam printed flat on the surface, Metallic Ink Postcards give a quieter version of the look. If you want a full run of stamped metal foil in a choice of colors, Metallic Foil Postcards push the shine further, and Spot UV Postcards trade metal for a raised, glassy gloss over a matte base. The chart below lines metallic postcards up against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.
See How a Finished Metallic Postcard Lands
Photos of foil never quite catch the real thing, but they get close. The gallery below collects cards our own customers printed in-house, across different sizes, coatings, and layouts, so you can borrow ideas and see how the metal accent actually reads in the mail. Tap any print to see it larger.
Real Postcards Our Customers Printed
How Fast Can You Get Them?
Metallic postcards print on a 7 business day production turnaround, since the metallic foil accent 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
A metallic postcard 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 the premium finishes above cover the cards built to get kept. 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 Postcards Today
At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever size you pick, these cards are built to survive the mail and land looking sharp, with the foil accent doing the work of stopping a thumb. Need them for a launch or a VIP mailing? Set the size, size the run, and print your metallic postcards today.
