Spot UV Business Cards

How Much Do Spot UV Business Cards Cost?

Spot UV business cards cost $76.88 for 500, which works out to about 15 cents a card, and the price per card keeps dropping as you order in bulk. A run of 2,500 lands near 5 cents each, and at 50,000 you are down around 3 cents a card. The gloss coating is baked into that price, so you are not paying a separate setup fee to add the shine. Tap any tier below to see the live total for your run and exactly how much each step up saves before you commit a dollar.

Most people do not need 50,000 cards at once. The real question is how many carry you through the next quarter of meetings, events and handshakes without a reprint scramble. Slide to the count that matches how fast you hand them out, and the running cost updates as you go, so you order the right depth the first time. Printing for a team? You can split one order into as many as 10 name sets, each with its own person up front.

What Is Spot UV on a Business Card?

Spot UV stands for a spot application of a UV-cured gloss coating. Instead of varnishing the whole card, the press lays clear gloss over a custom shape you choose, then cures it under ultraviolet light so it sets hard and glassy. You get 5 ways to place it: gloss on the front only, gloss on the front with a fully glossed back, gloss on the back only, gloss on the back with a fully glossed front, or spot gloss on both sides. This card keeps the gloss smooth and flat to the surface. If you want the coating built up thick enough to feel under a fingertip, the Raised Spot UV Business Cards add that dimensional, tactile layer instead.

Which Stock Makes the Gloss Pop?

Contrast is what sells spot UV, so the base stock matters as much as the coating. You get 3 to pick from: a 14pt Gloss Cover, a heavier 16pt Gloss Cover, and a 16pt Silk Laminated Cover. The silk laminated cover is the one most people reach for here, because its soft, matte hand makes the clear gloss read sharper by comparison than it ever would on an already-shiny card. Love that velvety feel on its own? The Silk Laminated Business Cards and the deeper matte of our Soft Touch Business Cards give you the same base without the gloss accents.

Sizes, Corners, and Two-Sided Printing

These print at the classic 2" x 3.5" that slides into any wallet or cardholder, and you can round the corners at a 1/8" or 1/4" radius, or leave them square, for 3 corner options in all. Print full color on the front and leave the back blank, or run full color on both sides for room to put your logo and spot gloss up front with your details on the back. The exact specs below cover each stock, coating placement, and corner option, so nothing surprises you at the press.

How Fast Can You Get Spot UV Cards?

Spot UV business cards print on a 5 business day turnaround, and 99.8% of our orders ship on time. The UV-cure step is what sets the timeline, since the gloss has to harden under the lamps before the cards are cut and boxed. Before you order, you can turn on a free online proof to check exactly where the gloss lands on your art, so the shine sits on your logo and not a stray edge. Pick the production speed that clears your deadline below.

Production speed is only half of getting cards in hand. The other half is the truck. Drop in your ZIP code below to see the real ground-shipping window to your door, so you can back-time the order against your next event or meeting with no guesswork.

Design Your 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, then mark which elements get the spot gloss. The trick that works almost every time: gloss the logo and one short line, and leave the rest matte, so the shine has somewhere to stand out. 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. Each blank business card template is built at the real 3.5" x 2" trim with the bleed and safe margin already drawn in, and the spot UV blank template adds a separate layer to mark exactly where the gloss goes. Download the one that matches your file, drop your art in, and upload.

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 and gloss placements, so you can see how the contrast actually lands on paper before you order. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Does Spot UV Compare to Other Finishes?

Spot UV is the value way into a premium-looking card, but it is not your only route to shine. A raised coating adds touch you can feel, glitter adds sparkle, foil adds metal. Before you pick, it helps to see the trade-off in plain numbers. The chart below lines up spot UV cards against their closest siblings, including the sparkle of Glitter Spot UV Business Cards, so you can compare the starting price on each and choose the finish that fits.

Get Your File Print-Ready the First Time

Good design is only half the job. The other half is a clean file, and spot UV adds one extra step most reprints come from: the gloss mask. Run through the do's and don'ts below before you upload, on resolution, color mode, bleed, the safe margin, and how to mark the spot UV layer, and your cards clear preflight on the first try, with the gloss exactly where you drew it and no surprise crops.

Explore the Rest of Our Business Cards

Spot UV cards are one stop in our much larger business cards printing lineup. If a different finish would serve you better, the rest of the family is one tap away, and you can scan the full print product range any time or browse the wider business stationery collection. Each option below shows its own starting price and links straight to its product page, so finding the right fit takes seconds.

One last thing before you check out. A card rarely travels alone, so here are the products our customers most often order alongside their spot UV cards, each priced and ready to drop into the same cart.

Why Print Spot UV With 4OVER4.COM

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Whatever stock and gloss placement you choose, these cards are built to land the contrast every time. The numbers below are why people keep coming back, run after run.

Print your spot UV business cards today, and for any questions reach 4OVER4 support at 1-718-932-2700 or support@4over4.com.