Save the Date Magnets
See Save the Date Magnets in action
Save the date magnets on 17pt or 35pt indoor magnet with a UV coating, at 2" x 3.5" to 5" x 7" or any size to 11" x 17", from $19.68 for 25.
- From $19.68 per batch of 25, priced by the square inch and dropping per magnet as the run climbs across 30 tiers up to 25,000.
- 4 set sizes, from a 2" x 3.5" business-card footprint up to a 5" x 7", plus a custom Any Size from 2" x 2" up to 11" x 17".
- 2 magnet stocks: a standard 17pt indoor magnet or a thicker 35pt, both finished with a protective UV coating.
- Full color on the front, or black ink, with the back left as the magnetic face that grips any fridge.
- 4.9 out of 5 across 98 reviews, with six turnaround speeds from a standard 5 business days down to Same-Day in New York City.
Send a Date That Sticks to the Fridge
Guests file a paper card in a drawer; they stick a magnet on the fridge, where your wedding or event date stays at eye level for months. We print each one full color on an indoor magnet stock and seal it with a protective UV coating. Buyers rate them 4.9 out of 5 across 98 reviews.
They go in an envelope like a card and then stay on the fridge door long after a paper card is recycled. Every magnet we print is on magnet printing; the choices below build the save the date.
A batch of 25 small magnets costs $19.68. We price each magnet by the square inch, so a 5" x 7" costs more than a 2" x 3.5" at the same count, and the per-magnet price falls as the guest list grows. The tiers below give the batch total at each of the 30 quantities.
What Are Save the Date Magnets
Save the date magnets are printed magnetic cards that announce an upcoming wedding or event and stick to a fridge so the date stays in view. At 4OVER4 they print full color on a 17pt or 35pt indoor magnet stock, in 4 set sizes from 2" x 3.5" up to 5" x 7", plus a custom Any Size, each finished with a UV coating.
Couples order them ahead of weddings, and hosts use them for graduations, reunions and grand openings too. The UV coating keeps the color sharp and the back grips metal on contact, so the date stays up for weeks. If you want the fridge magnet without the event framing, the Magnets cover the same stock and sizes for everyday promotion, and the save the date sits right beside it as the version built for a celebration.
A save the date magnet is a printed card with a magnetised back that a guest can stick to a refrigerator. It carries your names, your date and the city, so the information stays at eye level in the kitchen for months instead of going into a drawer with the mail.
When should you send save the date magnets
Send save the date magnets six to eight months before the wedding, as soon as the date and the city are fixed. For a destination wedding, send them nine to twelve months out so guests can book flights and time off.
The point of sending early is that guests are booking around you. Anything that needs a flight, a hotel or annual leave wants the longer lead time, and a holiday weekend date wants it too, because that is when travel fills up first. Since production runs on a 5 business day standard with faster options up to Same-Day in New York City, the date you decide is the constraint here, not the printing.
What to put on a save the date magnet
A magnet is a headline, not a full invitation. Five lines are all it needs:
- Both names, in the order you will use across the whole suite.
- The date, written out in full so there is no reading it wrong at a glance on a fridge door.
- The city and state, which is what a guest needs to decide whether this is a drive or a flight.
- The venue, but only if it is actually booked. Leave it off rather than change it later.
- A line saying the formal invitation follows, so nobody thinks this is the invitation and nobody replies yet.
Add your wedding website address if you have one, and stop there. Dress code, times, menu choices and RSVP details all belong on the invitation that comes later, and crowding a 4" x 6" magnet with them is what makes the date hard to read from across the kitchen.
Do save the date magnets come with envelopes, and can you mail them
Straight answer: this product does not carry an envelope option in the configurator, so the magnets arrive as printed magnets only.
They can still be mailed, you just supply the envelope yourself. Pick one sized to the magnet you ordered, use a rigid or padded envelope if you want it to arrive flat, and take one made-up piece to the counter to be weighed and rated before you buy postage for the whole list, because a magnet is thicker and heavier than the paper card the standard rate assumes. If you would rather have the envelope printed to match the rest of the suite, order it from the invitation envelopes route instead of buying plain ones from a stationer.
What Size Should a Save the Date Magnet Be
Pick the size by how much you need to show. A 2" x 3.5" has a business card footprint, low in cost to mail and easy to place. A 3" x 4" or 4" x 6" lets a photo and the date read across the kitchen, and a 5" x 7" looks like a framed keepsake. To match your invitations exactly, The Any Size option lets you set any width from 2 to 11 inches and any height from 2 to 17 inches in quarter-inch steps. The 4 set sizes and the custom option appear below in the configurator's order. If a business-card format is the goal, the Business Card Magnets run that size, and for something built for a vehicle the Car Magnets go much larger.
If your artwork is ready, download a blank save the date magnet template. Each one is set at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin drawn in, so your design stays clear of the cut. Pick the size that matches your order below, place your art and upload.
Press-Ready Blank Templates
The four set sizes, plus Any Size
- 2" x 3.5": the business card footprint. The cheapest per piece and the least obtrusive on a crowded fridge, but there is only room for names, a date and a city in clean type. No photograph.
- 3" x 4": a step up that takes a small photo alongside the wording, and still fits a standard envelope easily for mailing.
- 4" x 6": the photo magnet size, and the one most couples order. It is the standard photographic print size, so an engagement photo drops in without cropping and the date still reads from across a room.
- 5" x 7": the largest set size, for a full bleed photo with the wording laid over it, or a two photo layout.
- Any Size: a custom build from 2" x 2" up to 11" x 17". Since the magnets are priced by the square inch, an odd size costs what its area costs rather than rounding up to the next set size.
Minimum quantity is 25, and pricing runs across 30 tiers up to 25,000, so the per magnet cost falls steadily as the guest list grows. Order more than your household count: guests lose them, parents want spares, and a reprint of a short run costs far more per piece than adding ten to the original order.
How Much Do Save the Date Magnets Cost
Save the date magnets start at $19.68 for a batch of 25 at the 2" x 3.5" size on 17pt stock, and the size, the stock and the count set the rest of the price. Most first orders land around 100, which is also our best-rated quantity. Set the slider below to your household count plus spares and read the batch total and the per-magnet cost together.
What Magnet Stock and Finish Can You Choose
4OVER4 prints save the date magnets on 2 indoor magnet stocks: a standard 17pt and a thicker, sturdier 35pt. Every magnet is finished with a protective UV coating and prints full color on the front, with the option of black ink instead. The back is the magnet, so nothing prints there.
The standard 17pt indoor magnet is flexible, low in cost and thick enough to hold its place without curling. The 35pt indoor magnet has more weight in the hand and feels close to a rigid keepsake. Both carry a glossy UV coating that protects the ink, and both print full color on the front, or black ink for a one-color design. The back is the magnetic face.
17pt Indoor Magnet against 35pt Indoor Magnet
Two stocks run on this product and both take a protective UV Coating, which is the layer that keeps the print from scuffing as the magnet is slid around a fridge door and wiped past for months.
- 17pt Indoor Magnet is the standard. It is lighter, flexes more, and is the sensible choice when the magnets are going in the mail to a long guest list or sitting on a clean flat fridge panel.
- 35pt Indoor Magnet is roughly twice the thickness, so it is stiffer and holds noticeably better. This is the one to order for a fridge door that gets opened all day, for a textured or stainless door where a thin magnet slides, and for the larger 4" x 6" and 5" x 7" sizes, where a thin stock has more area to peel away from at a corner.
Both are indoor magnets, which is what a save the date should be. The back is the magnetic face and stays unprinted, so everything you want read goes on the front, in full color or in black ink.
How Fast Can You Get Save the Date Magnets
The standard turnaround is 5 business days, which keeps the price at its base. When the countdown to the big day is tighter, you can step up through 4-day, 3-day, 2-day, and Next-Day, all the way to Same-Day production out of our New York City plant. That is six speeds in one dropdown.
Same-Day jobs need to be approved by noon EST to ship that afternoon. Each faster speed adds a fixed percentage on top of the base price, so you only pay for the rush when the calendar demands it, and the total updates the moment you choose.
Can You See a Proof Before It Prints
Yes. Every order includes a Free Online Proof option, so you can check your layout on screen before it goes to press. If you want something you can hold, a Next Day Hardcopy Proof is available as a flat add-on. And if your artwork is ready to go, you can send it straight to production and skip the wait. Three proof choices, one dropdown, no surprises at the cut.
How Do Save the Date Magnets Compare to Other Magnets
This is the magnet built for an event date. If you are also pricing an everyday fridge magnet, a business card format or a large vehicle magnet, the chart below puts save the date magnets beside those siblings with the starting price of each.
Wally sticks your date to the fridge
Why a $19.68 magnet gets remembered when a paper card gets filed.
A batch of 25 save the date magnets starts at $19.68, and unlike a paper card, a magnet never gets tossed in a drawer. Pick a size from 2 by 3.5 inch up to 5 by 7, choose 17pt or thicker 35pt stock, and Wally prints them full color, as fast as Same-Day from New York.
See the Rest of Our Magnets
The cards below show the everyday promo magnet, the business card size and the heavier stocks, each with its starting price and a link to its page, and the full magnet printing range has the rest.
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At 4OVER4.COM, quality comes first, and it is backed by five guarantees and 25+ years of printing since 1999. Pick the size, the stock and the ink, and your date goes up on each guest's fridge months before the invitation arrives. Need them before the invitations go out? Our Same-Day production keeps you covered. Print your save the date magnets today.
Ordering Save the Date Magnets in Volume
A guest list is never a round number, so the ladder here starts small and keeps going. The minimum is 25 at $19.68, and pricing runs across 30 tiers up to 25,000. Because every magnet is priced by the square inch, the size you pick moves the cost as much as the count does, so a 2" x 3.5" at 100 is a different order from a 5" x 7" at 100.
Two rules save money on a bigger run. Order above your household count, because guests lose them, parents want spares, and a short reprint costs far more per piece than adding ten at the start. And settle the stock before you scale: the 17pt is the lighter, cheaper magnet that mails well across a long list, while the 35pt is roughly twice the thickness and the one to order at 4" x 6" and 5" x 7", where a thin stock has more area to peel away at a corner.
Save the Date Magnets: Frequently Asked Questions
How much do save the date magnets cost?
They start at $19.68 for a set of 25, and the price per magnet keeps dropping as the run climbs toward 25,000. Stepping up from 17pt to 35pt stock or choosing a larger size adjusts the total, and the live configurator shows every change before checkout.
What magnet thickness should I choose, 17pt or 35pt?
There are two indoor magnet thicknesses. The 17pt is the everyday pick, light and easy to mail, with a firm grip on a fridge. The 35pt is heavier and feels more premium in the hand. Both print full color and are sealed under a protective UV coating.
What sizes do save the date magnets come in?
Four standard sizes: 2 by 3.5 inch, 3 by 4 inch, 4 by 6 inch and 5 by 7 inch. There is also an Any Size custom option up to 11 by 17 inches, and you can leave corners square or round them at a 1/8 inch or 3/8 inch radius.
Will they actually stick to a refrigerator?
Yes. These print on 17pt or 35pt indoor magnet stock made to grip a fridge, filing cabinet or dishwasher door without sliding. They are indoor magnets, so they are built for kitchen and office surfaces rather than the outside of a car.
Can I see a proof or get help with the design?
You get three proof options: straight to production, a free online proof, or a Next Day hardcopy proof before anything prints. You can also start from a free magnet design template and swap in your names, date and photo, or download a print-ready blank if you have your own artwork.
How fast can I get save the date magnets?
Standard turnaround is 5 business days. You can speed it up to 4, 3 or 2-day, Next-Day or Same-Day production for a set percentage on top of the base price. Same-Day orders need approval by noon EST to ship that day.
Can I make my own save the date magnets?
You design them and we print them. Download the press ready blank for the size you ordered, which is built at the real trim size with the bleed and safe margin drawn in, drop your artwork in and upload it. Every order includes a Free Online Proof so you can check the layout on screen, and a Next Day Hardcopy Proof is available when you want to hold one first.
How many stamps do you need for a magnet save the date?
More than a paper card, and the only honest way to know is to weigh one. A magnet is thicker and heavier than the card a standard letter rate assumes, so take one made up piece, in the envelope you plan to use, to the counter and have it weighed and rated before you buy postage for the whole list. This product carries no envelope option, so you supply those yourself.
What is the cheapest way to send save the date?
The 2" x 3.5" magnet is the cheapest piece here, the same footprint as a business card, and it is the least costly to mail. It holds both names, a date and a city in clean type, with no room for a photograph. A batch of 25 starts at $19.68, and because pricing runs by the square inch across 30 tiers, the per magnet cost keeps falling as the guest list grows.
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