Printed and NFC smart business cards
Paper for the people who still want one, and cards a phone can tap, all leading back to your digital card.
Smart business cards are printed cards that lead to your digital one. Upload your own design, choose paper or one of two NFC cards, approve the proof and pay. On the NFC cards we write your card's address onto the chip, so a tap opens it.
What are smart business cards?
They are the cards you hand over in person, printed from a design file of your own: a PDF, PNG or JPEG for the front and, if you like, the back. The file is checked as it uploads, you approve a proof on the screen before you pay, and the cards are made to order in the card size you choose.
The papers are 350 gsm matte, 350 gsm gloss, Premium soft-touch, extra thick, Recycled kraft, 450gsm Heavyweight Soft Touch Matte and Premium Cotton Uncoated 600gsm. Two cards are not paper at all: Frosted Transparent Plastic with NFC Chip and Anodized Black Matte Aluminum NFC. Each carries an NFC chip, and before they are sent we write your own card's address onto it.
Every printed order also makes you a free digital card at your own address, with the front of your design on it and the details you typed at the checkout. So the paper card, the QR code on it and a phone that taps an NFC card all lead to the same place.
What a printed card leads to
A QR code you put on your design, or the chip in an NFC card, opens your digital card, where the person can save your contact and keep the card on their phone.
Paper
- 350 gsm matte
- 350 gsm gloss
- Premium soft-touch, extra thick
- Recycled kraft
- 450gsm Heavyweight Soft Touch Matte
- Premium Cotton Uncoated 600gsm
With an NFC chip
- Frosted Transparent Plastic with NFC Chip
- Anodized Black Matte Aluminum NFC
What printed and NFC cards do for you
Printed from your own design
Bring a finished design, or make one free in the maker and download it ready to print. Upload the front and the back, check the proof, and choose the paper, one or two sides, square or rounded corners, and how many.
- A check of your file as it uploads
- A proof to approve before you pay
- Made to order in the size you choose
NFC cards that open your digital card
The frosted plastic card and the black aluminium card each carry a chip. We write your card's address onto it before they leave, so a person taps the card against their phone and your digital card opens, ready to save.
- Frosted Transparent Plastic with NFC Chip
- Anodized Black Matte Aluminum NFC
- Your card's address written on the chip before sending
A free digital card with every order
Every printed order makes the buyer a free digital card at their own address, carrying the front of the design and the details typed at the checkout. Its link comes in the order emails, so the paper card and the digital one start on the same day.
- A digital card at your own address, free
- The front of your design on it
- Its link in your order emails
Paper cards and NFC cards
Both lead to your digital card; they get there in different ways.
| Paper | NFC | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is made of | Matte, gloss, soft-touch, recycled kraft, heavyweight soft-touch or cotton paper | Frosted plastic or black aluminium |
| How it opens your card | A QR code on your design | A tap on the phone, or the QR code |
| Your design | The front and back you upload | The front and back you upload |
| Before you pay | A proof to approve on screen | A proof to approve on screen |
| After the order | A free digital card at your address | A free digital card, and its address on the chip |
How to order printed cards
Make your design
Use your own file ready to print, or design one free in the maker and download it.
Choose the card
Pick the paper or an NFC card, one or two sides, the corners and how many.
Upload and approve
Upload the front and the back, check the proof on screen and approve it.
Pay and receive
Give the delivery address and pay. The cards are made to order and sent, and your digital card is ready at once.
Where your printed card leads
The paper is the first hello. Your digital card is where the conversation carries on.
The digital card
Your card on its own address, kept on their home screen and sending the notifications you write.
The digital card→Tracked links and QR codes
A short link and a QR code for each place your card goes, each with its own count.
Tracked links and QR codes→NFC business card
A card a phone can tap, with your card's address written on its chip.
NFC business card→Printable business cards
A sheet of your cards to print at home or at a print shop, free.
Printable business cards→Free card maker
Design a card and download it print-ready, with no account and no watermark.
Free card maker→Questions about printed and NFC cards
Can I design the card here?
The print order takes a finished file of your own. The free maker makes one and downloads it ready to print, so you can design there and upload the result.
What does the NFC chip open?
Your own digital card. We write its address onto the chip before the cards are sent, so a tap opens your card on the phone that tapped it.
What if my cards arrive damaged or misprinted?
Tell us within 14 days of receiving them and send photos, and we reprint them or refund them. A design you approved on the proof cannot be returned.
Do I get a digital card too?
Yes. Every printed order makes you a free digital card at your own address, and its link is in your order emails.
Paper in the hand, your card on their phone
Design your card, choose paper or a card with a chip, approve the proof and pay. Your digital card is ready the same day.