FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

It's very simple. You prepay the $389.00 and then you can go a couple different ways. You can provide your artwork or we can help design or fully design your postcards for you.

First, we need to reserve your spot on the run. You do this by faxing me your order form with payment. Next, provide your artwork in digital format per our specifications. Once you receive a proof and sign off on it, we'll have your cards printed & ready to mail or ship to you within 2 weeks.

You want to know why our minimum is 5,000? Well, we are marketing experts and we KNOW that it takes several mailings to the same people to get their attention. We want our customers to get results with their cards and if we sold you only 1,000 or 2,000 we know that this small amount would NOT change your bottom line. You see, postcards are great because in advertising you have about a half a second to capture someone's attention. With postcards there is no envelope to open and no long letter to read. The front is glossy and colorful and aesthetic - that will capture their attention. Then they'll turn it over and see the back and read it very quickly. If you have something your particular market wants they'll call you to find out more.

How many times did you try them? What was the image you used? Postcards work on a repetitive process, just like any form of marketing. You see the same Commercials played on T.V., same ads in magazines, newspapers, don't you? This is no different. Also our postcards are the least expensive of their kind anywhere. We offer the best price. $389.00 for 5,000 cards with full color is almost unbelievable... right?

All 5,000 cards must be the same on the front side (color and laminated side) of the card. If you want different backs, we can usually do that for you for an additional charge. Call your sales representative for more information on this.

Normal printing turnaround is two weeks from the time you approve your proof. You will receive a fax proof and/or an e-mail proof to sign off before going to print. What is the date you actually need the cards by? We will always try to meet your deadline and we try not to charge you a rush fee.

This is one of the ways we keep the price so low... we have no back-end accounting. This is actually standard in the postcard industry. You do realize that our price is about a third to a fifth of the going rate for the same product? If we gave terms there would be a percentage of folks that just don't pay their bill. You'd have to absorb that loss with our increased prices. Everyone pays in advance - even companies that print 100,000 or more at a time.

We do not offer a lower price to dealers. Our prices are so low that there simply is not enough of a margin for us to lower the price any more. However we have many, many resellers ordering from us and they mark up our prices 25% and are STILL incredibly competitive.

Please look for this very specific information in this site. We can also fax the information to you if you'd like.

Yes, e-mail your art to your sales rep and she or he will forward it to our design department or you can e-mail artwork directly at:
art@postcardmania.com
Any other questions can be emailed to: info@postcardmania.com

Please go to Design Services.

Yes we do as Quark and Pagemaker are now cross platform. Please go to Submitting Art for more info.

Yes we do.

Actually, we hate negatives. We don't recommend them. Please just send us the actual photograph. We'll get much better quality for you by scanning that. A negative has to be blown up so much that you loose quality.