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What should you put on a business card?
A useful business card should identify you, explain the business clearly, and make the next contact step obvious. Start with your name, professional role, business name, and one or two primary contact methods. Add a website, service area, accurate credential, social handle, or QR code only when it helps the recipient act. Move secondary information to the back instead of shrinking everything.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide Business Card EssentialsWhat should you not put on a business card?
Do not crowd a business card with every service, social account, slogan, credential, and contact route. Avoid outdated information, unverified claims, tiny type, unexplained QR codes, and details that will change quickly. Prices rarely belong unless the offer is stable and central to the business. The card should help someone recognize the business and take one clear next step.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide Design, Layout and PrintingWhat is the standard business-card size—and how should you handle bleed?
A common finished business-card size in the United States is 3.5 by 2 inches, but the exact product, orientation, shape, and printer template control the working file. Bleed is artwork extending beyond the cut edge; the safe area keeps critical text and logos away from that edge. Always design to the current product template and confirm the final Zazzle preview.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide QR Code Business CardsShould you put a QR code on a business card?
Use a QR code when it removes a real step for the recipient—booking, requesting an estimate, viewing a portfolio, opening a menu, reading reviews, or saving contact information. Do not add one simply because there is room. The destination should be mobile-friendly, the printed card should explain what the scan opens, and the final customized code must be tested before ordering.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide QR Code Business CardsWhat should a business-card QR code link to?
Link the QR code to the single destination that best completes the customer’s next step. A contractor may use an estimate form, a stylist a booking page, a photographer a portfolio, a restaurant a menu, and a local professional a review or contact-saving page. Avoid sending everyone to a generic homepage when a more direct, mobile-friendly destination is available.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide Business Card EssentialsShould a business card be one-sided or two-sided?
Use two sides when the reverse has a clear job: a QR code, short service list, appointment reminder, portfolio image, referral offer, or secondary language. Choose one side when the information is genuinely simple or the blank back will be used for notes. A second side should improve usefulness—not repeat the same identity and contact details in a different arrangement.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide Business Card EssentialsWhat should go on the back of a business card?
The back of a business card should support one useful secondary task. Good options include a QR code with a clear instruction, two to five priority services, appointment-reminder fields, a portfolio or project image, a short referral prompt, or intentional note space. Avoid simply duplicating the front. The reverse should make the card more useful while keeping the primary identity side easy to scan.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide Design, Layout and PrintingShould a business card use a photo or a logo?
Use a photo when personal recognition helps customers choose or remember the individual, such as real estate, beauty, care, photography, performance, or consulting. Use a logo when the company identity should remain consistent across staff, vehicles, signs, and digital channels. Both can work if one clearly leads and the other supports it without shrinking contact information.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide Design, Layout and PrintingMatte or glossy business cards: which should you choose?
Choose matte when readability, restrained color, tactile feel, or handwriting matters. Choose glossy when vivid photography, deep color, or a polished image-forward presentation is the priority. Neither finish is automatically more professional. The right choice depends on the design, available product options, lighting, and how the card will be handled. Compare the current finish descriptions and preview before ordering.
Updated 2026-08-31Read guide