Samples

Sizes and Options

Sizes

Options

• Print anywhere from 500 to 1,000,000 cards or more
• Our in-house design team can create professional artwork for your cards*
• 20 or 30 mil Styrene Plastic
• Scratch off security label
• HiCo or LoCo Magnetic Stripes
• Static or Variable barcodes*
• Full 4-color standard process on front, 1-color process on back

Advantages

Advantages of gift cards

• Increase Profits: By displaying your gift cards at your Register (Point Of Sale or POS) you will increase your gift sales. This has been proven to increase impulse buys at the POS. Also, your gift cards have no value until they are activated. Therefore, theft is not an issue.


• Minimize Lost Revenue: Issue store credit on a gift card and you will always keep customers coming back to spend more. You will never again have to loose money by refunding your customer. You can simply present your customer with a gift card that has the same value as their return.


• Grow your Business: Statistics show that up to 15% of the cards will never be redeemed. This means that if you sell $100,000 in gift cards, that you will profit $15,000 as a result of cards that are never redeemed. This is one reason that many business have switched to a plastic gift card that can be displayed at the POS.


• Additional Purchasing: Nine Times out of Ten your customers will spend more then the value of the gift card, thus increasing your bottom line.

Artwork Guide

Artwork Guide

If you are submitting artwork, please refer to the guidelines, we accept files in the following programs:

• Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Indesign. We also accepted in TIF and EPS file formats. JPG files will not be accepted for printing projects
• Resolution - artwork must have a resolution of 300 dpi or higher for best results when printing.
• Color - please save all artwork in CMYK color mode.
• Please send fonts with artwork or convert all fonts to outlines or curves.
• Artwork must have at least 1/8" bleed, for die cutting purposes.
• Custom templates can be furnished upon request.
• You can download the CR-80 (Credit Card Size) template to get started or upload your artwork from the artwork specifications page.

FAQ

What is Coercivity?
What is the difference between Loco and HiCo?
What information is needed to encode the magnetic stripes?
How would I know which track to encode the magnetic stripe on?
What can be encoded on the magnetic stripe?
What if I do not have a POS system?


Q: What is Coercivity?
A: It is a measure of the tape's ability to resist erasure of data by external magnetic influences. Go to Top

Q: What is the difference between Loco and HiCo?
A: LoCo is moderately resistant to data erasure and is ideal for tickets, membership cards, and general use. HiCo has a greater level of resistance to loss of data, which makes it ideal for higher security applications such s credit cards and ID cards. Go to Top

Q: What information is needed to encode the magnetic stripes?
A: The information needed is what POS (Point of Sale) system is being used and what track to encode on the magnetic stripe. Go to Top

Q: How would I know which track to encode the magnetic stripe on?
A: Your electronic merchant system provider would be able to supply you with this information. Go to Top

Q: What is encoded on the magnetic stripe?
A: This information is generated by you and can include any customer information or random series of numbers. We are able to generate what is encoded on the magnetic stripe for a small fee. Go to Top

Q: What if I do not have a POS system?
A: It is sometimes possible that your credit card machine can accept the gift cards. Go to Top