Sending Business Cards

Here's one suggestion for sending business cards so the posting counts as a standard second-class letter:

• Add a postcard - this keeps it stiff and stops the cards shifting.
• Use an envelope that just fits the postcard.
• Add three stacks of cards - one in portrait, two in landscape. This should fit side by side within the envelope. A stack of five cards is the right height for the standard thickness of business cards from Instantprint.
• Wrap it in clingfilm.
• Seal the envelope with sellotape.

The reason for doing it this way is that the maximum thickness for a standard letter is 5mm. It's important your cards don't shift in transit, otherwise the recipient will have to pay extra postage. The maximum weight for a letter is 100g, but you're unlikely to exceed that.

You can get letter size guides from a post office.

Freegle can refund costs if you keep receipts.

Links:

• PR Materials
• Business Cards