6 Reasons to Work with a Professional Trading Card Printer
So you've decided to print trading cards for your game, sports team, church, school, or organization. You know exactly what you want, and you don't want to spend a lot of money on fun promotional items. For this reason, you might be tempted to print the cards at home or the office using a consumer grade printer.
Big mistake. Here are the benefits of working with professional commercial printers for your trading card project:
#1 - Affordability
When you hear the word professional, you probably see dollar signs in your mind. But that's a false assumption because online printing costs are at an all-time low. That means you can get cheap trading cards printed without worrying about the way they will turn out. No one will believe you when you tell them how inexpensive your cards were. Better yet, don't even mention the price; let them think you paid top dollar. We won't tell on you.
#2 - Card Quality
Unless you've shelled out hundreds of dollars for a high end, photo quality home printer, your cards are going to look they were made with subpar materials. There's really no point in going to the trouble of making your own cards if you're going to be too embarrassed to show anyone. When you work with trading card printing professionals, you'll be able to see and feel the difference as soon as you hold your beautiful new deck of cards in your hands.
#3 - Custom Design Services
If you're not a graphic designer, then you might have a hard time making your trading cards look the way you want them to. The truth is that you would have to use expensive software to get the kind of trading card you see in your mind's eye. Since you're not going to have to spend much on the printing costs, you may want to consider getting a free quote from our design department. We strongly recommend that businesses go the extra mile and pay for pro work.
#4 - Easy to Use Trading Card Templates
All right, we understand that great graphic design isn't always in the cards (pun intended). Thankfully, we have predesigned templates for you on this site. These are your best option if you can't afford truly custom artwork.
#5 - More Paper Choices
In case you haven't noticed, your home printer doesn't give you a lot of options when it comes to paper. Trading cards should never be printed on ordinary paper because they will be too flimsy and rip very easily. You need at least 14 point cardstock to get real cards, and that's probably way too thick for your machine. Plus, we give you the choice of glossy or matte finishes to give your cards extra pizazz.
#6 - Fast Turnaround Time
We're not sure what you've heard about commercial printing companies, but we pride ourselves on rapid turnaround times. We're not as fast as printing at home with good reason; it takes a little longer to get these kind of results. Still, we offer same day trading card printing and rush options in case of an emergency. One important thing about the same day print jobs is that they must be submitted before 12pm PST; please keep that in mind when you're scrambling to get your things together. Otherwise, the economy turnaround time is only 5 business days.
