Postcards that survive the walk from the mailbox.
Coated sells. Uncoated gets written on.
Seven stocks from 14pt to 18pt. One rule settles most of the choice: a gloss or UV coating repels pen ink, so if anyone has to hand-write on the card — an appointment time, a signature, a note — that side has to be uncoated or matte.
How it catches the light.
The finish is doing two jobs on a postcard — setting the tone, and deciding whether the back is writable.
The upgrade that earns a second look.
Mail gets sorted over a bin in about two seconds. A raised or reflective element is what interrupts that.
Past the rectangle.
A die-cut postcard costs more and mails at letter rate — but nothing else in the stack looks like it.
A card built for your field.
Layouts that already know what your industry has to say on 24 square inches.
Pick the job it has to do.
A reminder card and an acquisition card are not the same piece of mail, and they should not use the same layout.
Postcards for every budget
Postcards are the cheapest print you can put in a stranger's hand, and the per-piece price falls off a cliff with volume.
From design to doorstep in four steps
Pick Size and Stock
Start with the postage question — 4.25 × 6 or under mails at postcard rate, anything larger mails at letter rate.
Design Both Sides
Use a template, upload print-ready art, or design in-browser. The address side has rules; our layouts already respect them.
Proof and Approve
We check the bleed, the safe margin and the USPS address block, then send a proof before anything goes on press.
Print, Mail, Track
Ship them to you, or hand us the list and we address, sort, stamp and drop them for you.
Postcard questions answered
What size postcard mails at the cheapest postage?
Anything from 3.5 × 5 in up to 4.25 × 6 in, no thicker than 0.016 in, mails at the USPS postcard rate. One eighth of an inch over on any edge and the same piece mails at the letter rate, which is meaningfully more per card. A 4 × 6 on 14pt stock is the classic sweet spot; 16pt is 0.016 in and sits right on the thickness limit, so check it against your run.
Can I write on a printed postcard?
Only if the side you write on is uncoated or matte. A gloss or UV coating repels pen ink — it beads and smears rather than drying. If anyone has to hand-write an appointment time, a name or a note, order the back uncoated. We can print gloss on the front and uncoated on the back of the same card.
Do you handle the mailing as well as the printing?
Yes. Send us a list and we handle addressing, presorting, postage and the drop at the USPS facility. Variable data means each card can carry the recipient's name, a unique code or their own order history. If you would rather mail them yourself, we ship the finished cards to you.
What is EDDM and do my postcards qualify?
Every Door Direct Mail lets you target postal routes without buying a mailing list. The piece has to exceed the standard letter dimensions — in practice more than 6.125 in tall or more than 11.5 in long. Our 6 × 9 and 6 × 11 sizes are built for it; a 4 × 6 is not eligible.
How much bleed and margin do postcards need?
0.125 in of bleed on every edge, and keep anything you cannot afford to lose 0.125 in inside the trim. On the address side leave the bottom right clear for the address block and barcode — our templates already mark that zone, and our proof step flags it if your upload covers it.
How fast can I get them?
Standard turnaround is four business days on press plus transit. Rush moves it to two, and same-day is available on 14pt and 16pt gloss in the common sizes. Mailing services add a day for addressing and sortation before the drop.
