Business Card Land – Free Online Business Cards Design Services

Business Card Land allows you to choose your printable business card design from several templates, presented on the Web site.

Sequence of Operations

1. Review the available templates and choose one you feel the most suitable for your business card appearance.
2. Note that each design is offered in both a "full bleed" and "no bleed" template. "Full bleed" designs are for use with "print-to-the-edge" business card paper offered by manufacturers such as Avery.  You can also use these designs when you are planning to cut the paper by yourself.  Because the design needs to "bleed" over the edge (with the extra part cut off), you cannot use these designs with business card paper that puts the cards flush together, as the 10 cards per page papers do.  For these paper types use the "no bleed" designs.
3. When designing your cards, keep in mind that you can use as many or as few of the information items on your card.  If you want, you can put your company's URL in the "tagline" section up top.  Or, if you card looks too crowded for your tastes, consider putting the Phone and Fax numbers on one line (Tel: 310 555-1212 / Fax: 310 555-1213).
4. Adding a background can considerably add to the impact of the card, but keep in mind when printing on your own printer, this will use more ink.
5. After you create business cards using the online business card maker, you will be able to save your free printable business cards in PDF format to print at home, at a copy shop, or have them printed by a commercial printer. Unlike most free business card software, the business card maker is flash based, which allows you to create business cards online on both a Mac and a PC. Choose the "Make PDF / Print" tab from the Business Card Maker.  A PDF will launch in a new window (or you will be given a dialog box with the option to save the PDF to your computer if you don't have the Acrobat Reader configured in your browser). 
6. Print this PDF on your choice of papers (it is recommended to perform a test print on regular paper if you are using more expensive paper for your final cards, to ensure you are happy with the results). 

What size business card should you choose for your country?

Choosing the right card size is most important if you plan to use pre-cut Avery paper. The American Size (3.5” x 2”, 91mm x 59mm) is used in the United States, Canada, and most of Latin American Countries.  The International Size (85mm x 54mm) is used in Europe.  You can find out which size Avery paper is available in your country by going to the Avery Worldwide website.  There are sometimes more than one size card used in different regions.  We have chosen to use the size that corresponds with the Avery templates in use to make it easier to print your own cards.



What kinds of pre-cut business card paper do these templates work with?

For “American” sized cards (3.5” x 2”, 91mm x 59mm) our free templates work with these Avery papers:

• For “Full Bleed”, 8 cards per page, choose Avery papers 8869, 8373, and 5881.
• For “No Bleed”, 10 cards per page choose Avery papers 8872, 8873, 8874, 8876, 8877, 8878, 8879, 28873, 28877, 5871, 5876, 5877, 5878, 5882, 8374, 8371, 8376, 8377, 8471, 8476, 27871, 5371, 5376, 5377, and 5911.

For “International” sized cards (85mm x 54mm) our free templates work with these Avery papers:

• For “Full Bleed”, 8 cards per page, choose Avery papers C32006, C32015, C32018, C32028, C32096, C32097, C9312
• For “No Bleed”, 10 cards per page choose Avery papers C32010, C32014, C32029, C9362.

Samples Templates

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