Classic Business Cards

You get sharp full-color printing, a stock chosen from 74, and a size that fits every cardholder. To compare the classic card with the rest of the lineup, browse every style on business cards printing, or stay here and build yours from the choices below.

A box of 100 costs $17.57, about 18 cents a card, which covers a few months of meetings for one person. Cards for a whole new team cost far less per card, and the tiers below show the set total at each step toward 100,000.

Printed by 4OVER4.COM Since 1999

4OVER4.COM is a New York printer that sells direct to the person whose name is on the card. You order here, we print here, and the box ships from the same plant, with no reseller and no broker between the file you upload and the press it runs on. Several trade printers use names close to ours, and a trade printer will not sell you 100 cards at all; those companies sell only to print resellers and design firms, who then sell to you. If you want to buy your own business cards, you are in the right place. Our guide explains what a trade-only printer is and how resellers buy from one.

Printing and shipping in one plant is also behind two numbers on this page: the 3 business day standard turnaround with Same-Day available, and 99.8% of orders leaving the NYC plant on time. If you are trying us for the first time, start with free business cards, see what comes out of the box, then come back for the stock you actually want.

What Are Classic Business Cards

Classic business cards are standard-format cards printed full color in 4 sizes, from the everyday 2" x 3.5" rectangle to a 2" x 2" square, a slim 1.5" x 3.5", and a 2.125" x 3.375", on any of the 74 stocks this card offers. Order them for the moments a business card is made for: client meetings, networking, trade shows, storefront counters, and follow-ups. Everyone recognizes the format, so the card gets filed and kept. If you want a different shape, the Square Business Cards go fully square and the Slim Business Cards run a narrow cut, with the classic sitting right in the middle as the safe, versatile pick.

In short, 4OVER4 business cards in their most ordinary and most useful form: a rectangle sized to a wallet, printed full color, with 74 stocks behind it so the same layout can be a plain uncoated card, a textured linen, a metallic pearl, a plastic one that will not soften in a pocket, or an 80pt painted-center card thick enough that people turn it over to look at the edge.

What Size Should a Classic Business Card Be

The standard 2" x 3.5" is the size every wallet and cardholder is built around, and it is the right call for most people. To stand out without leaving the familiar format, a 2" x 2" square reads modern, the slim 1.5" x 3.5" feels sleek and minimal, and the 2.125" x 3.375" runs a touch larger, close to a credit-card footprint. If none of the four is exactly right, set a custom size up to 2" x 4", and add rounded corners at a 1/8" or 3/8" radius to soften the edges. The specs below list all 4 sizes, both finishes and the full stock list in the same groups the live configurator uses.

Stock, ink and design are the three choices that shape a classic card.

Pick a stock that feels like more

Start from the default 14pt Gloss Cover for a clean, cheap card, and add a High-Gloss UV Coating to make a logo or photo snap. For texture, linen has a woven grain; for shine, metallic pearl comes in ice, champagne, silver or gold; for weight, the ultra-thick painted-center stocks go up to 80pt. For that 80pt weight on a whole order, the Ultra Thick Business Cards offer the thickest stocks we run, and the Metallic Business Cards focus on the pearl finishes.

Print both sides, or personalize each card

Choose 4/0 for full color on the front only, 4/1 to add a black back, or 4/4 for full color on both sides so the back carries a map, a QR code or your services. Turn on variable data and every card in the run can carry a different name, code or QR link while the design stays fixed. Our guide on how to choose a variable data printing company that gets every record right covers the data file.

Design it without a designer

Pick a layout from the business card design templates, part of our 10,000+ free templates, and put in your name, title, phone and logo in the online editor. On a 2" x 3.5" card, keep it to four or five lines of type.

Already have your artwork? Skip the editor and download a press-ready blank instead. Each blank classic business card template is built at the real trim size with the 1/8" bleed and safe margin already drawn in, so your design never crowds the cut. Grab the size that matches your order below, drop your art in, and upload.

How Much Do Classic Business Cards Cost

Classic business cards start at $17.57 per set of 100, about 18 cents a card, and the per-card price keeps dropping as the quantity climbs toward 100,000. A run of 900 is $53.83, close to 6 cents a card, and 8,000 land at $179.25, roughly 2 cents each, so the price of each card depends on the size of your run. Count the people on the order and the cards each hands out in a year, drag the slider below to that number, and read the set total and the per-card cost side by side.

Free Business Cards and What Changes If You Upgrade

The free business cards offer and this classic run come off the same presses in the same New York plant, take the same file setup, and get the same on-time handling. The difference is choice. The free offer is a fixed configuration, one stock, one size, one quantity, set by whatever the offer currently states on its own page; you take it as it comes. A classic run is the version where every decision is yours.

What the paid run opens up:

• Stock. 74 of them, from uncoated and gloss through linen, metallic pearl, synthetic plastic, rigid vinyl, indoor magnet and ultra-thick painted-center cards up to 80pt. This is the upgrade people actually feel in the hand.
• Size. The standard 2" x 3.5", a 2" x 2" square, a slim 1.5" x 3.5", a 2.125" x 3.375", or custom up to 2" x 4".
• Both sides, and the finish. Full color front with a blank or black back, or full color on both, plain or with a High-Gloss UV Coating, with rounded corners if you want them.
• Quantity. 100 at $17.57, about 18 cents a card, scaling all the way to 100,000 with the per-card price falling the whole way.
• Speed. 3 business day standard, with 2-day, Next-Day and Same-Day rush when the meeting is sooner than the schedule.

A sensible order of operations: claim the free business cards to check the color and the cut against your artwork, then reprint the run you will actually hand out on the stock you want it on.

Can You Print a Name or Code on Each Card

Yes. Turn on variable data and you can drop a unique name, a serial number or a one-off code onto every single card in the run, so each one ships personalized instead of identical. That turns a classic card into a numbered loyalty card, an appointment reminder with a real date, or a coupon where every code is different. One file prints a card made out to each person. Before it prints, you can send the file straight to production, approve a free online proof, or order a next-day hardcopy proof to see the real stock first.

How Do Classic Business Cards Compare to the Rest of the Range

Classic business cards are the versatile, everyday pick. If you are weighing a thicker stock, a targeted gloss or a heavier premium feel, compare the starting prices first. The chart below lines up classic business cards against their closest siblings so you can compare the starting price on each before you choose.

See How a Finished Classic Business Card Lands

The gallery below shows cards our customers printed in-house across different sizes, stocks and finishes, at 2 by 3.5 inches. Compare a plain gloss card with linen or pearl before you pick your stock. Tap any print to see it larger.

How Fast Can You Get Classic Business Cards

Classic business cards print on a 3 business day standard turnaround, and when a date sneaks up you can move that to 2-day, Next-Day or even Same-Day production. Each step buys back time for a set percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for speed when you actually need it. Same-Day orders need to be approved by the daily cutoff to ship that day, straight out of the NYC plant, where 99.8% of orders land on time and 82% ship early. When speed is the whole point, the Same Day Business Cards are built around that turnaround. Compare every tier below and see exactly what the rush adds before you pick.

See the Rest of Our Cards

Classic cards are one stop in a much larger lineup, and you can scan the full print product range any time. If a bigger square, a slim cut or a heavier stock suits you better, each option shows its own starting price and links to its product page. The Standard Business Cards are the closest neighbor if you want to compare the everyday format head to head.

The whole business cards printing range sits one level up, with every stock, shape and finish in one place. If this is your first order with us, free business cards are the cheapest way to judge our printing against whatever you are using now, and standard business cards are the straightforward everyday run when you do not need the full stock list.

Print Your Classic Business Cards Today

At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it's backed by a satisfaction guarantee and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick the size, the stock and the ink, and upload your card or start from a template. Need them before a meeting or an event? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. A box of 100 classic business cards starts at $17.57.