The Card That Does Not Get Thrown Away

Full-color UV print on aluminum — white, silver, or premium 0.8 mm black anodized — with a scannable QR code on the back. The possibilities are endless.

You spend money on a website, a logo, a truck wrap. Then you hand someone a piece of card stock that looks like everyone else's, and hope they remember you.

Think about what actually happens to a business card. Someone takes it to be polite. It goes in a pocket, then a drawer, then the trash — usually within a week. Not because they didn't like you. Because the card gave them no reason to keep it.

A metal card changes that moment. It has weight. People notice it the second it lands in their hand, and they say something about it. It stays on a desk instead of going in a drawer, and it gets shown to other people — which is the only free advertising that has ever worked.

What makes someone keep a card

It is not the design. Good design gets a card looked at; it does not get it kept. What gets a card kept is that throwing it away feels wasteful — the same instinct that makes people hang onto a nice pen.

• Weight. The card feels like it cost something, because it did.
• Durability. No soft corners, no fraying, no ink wearing off in a wallet. It looks the same in a year.
• Rarity. Most people have never been handed one. That alone makes the exchange memorable.
• A reason to show it to someone else. This is the part that quietly compounds.

Why ours are different from other metal cards

Most metal business cards are etched or engraved, which means one tone — your logo rendered as a single color, whether that is your brand or not.

We print full color directly onto the metal. Your actual brand colors, gradients, photography if you want it. And because we print white ink, we can put a light logo on a black or brushed card instead of being stuck with light stock.

Same UV flatbed we run signage on, in our own shop in Manhattan. Nothing is sent out.

Who these are for

Anyone whose next job comes from being remembered: realtors, contractors and trades, attorneys, consultants, financial advisors, salon and tattoo artists, photographers, and any owner who is tired of being handed the same card they hand out.

They are also a genuinely good gift for a team — a set of cards with someone's own name on metal lands differently than a coffee mug.

How it works

1. Choose your finish and quantity. Thirty is a normal order. So is three hundred.
2. Add your text and upload your logo — or send us what you have and we will set it up. Design help is available.
3. Approve the proof. Nothing gets printed until you say go.
4. Pick up free in Manhattan, or we ship it.

Common questions

How much are they? More than paper, and that is the point. You are not buying five hundred disposable cards — you are buying thirty that get kept. Build yours online for a price.

How fast? Standard 2 business days after you approve your proof.

What file should I send? Vector is best — SVG, AI, EPS, or a vector PDF. A high-resolution PNG with a transparent background works too. Not sure? Read Image Files & Sizing, or just send what you have.

Why do quantities go 30, 60, 120, 300? That is how they come off the press. We print a full batch at a time, so those numbers cost you nothing in waste — and you get every card in the batch.

Can I send them back if I don't like them? Custom cards are made to order and are not returnable, which is exactly why we proof every design before printing. If the finished card does not match the proof you approved, we remake it.