Business cards are exchanged among persons during the formal introductions as the most convenient form of leaving a memory aid with the introduced person.

Buy business cards normally has on its face the name of the presenter, name of his company showing his affiliation and also the logo of the company he is associated with along with his contact information which includes the street address, his telephone number of his company the website link and the e-mail address. As a practice most cards are made simple in black text on the white material; but now a days the professional business card would some times have on it some works of attractive visual design.

Business cards are very frequently shared, exchanged, distributed while on a sales call or marketing visits to hand over to the prospects a simple tool to contact It helps to for business or to the representative of your business.

History of the business cards

Business card has evolved with the fusion of traditional trade card and a visiting card, starting from the visiting card of Johann van Beethoven, Brother of Ludwig van Beethoven. Visiting card which is also called as the calling card, appeared first in China during the Fifteenth century, after that it appeared in during the Seventeenth century period. The foot-men of the aristocrats and that of the royalty used to present the first European visiting cards before the servants of their possible hosts solemnly announcing their arrival.

With the formation of sophisticated rules for governing the use of Visiting cards it became an essential part of the gentleman or normal etiquette. The aristocracies of North America and of rest of the Europe accepted this practice about business cards from the French and the English etiquette book.

Visiting cards are made of the refined engraved ornaments with fantastic coats of the arms. The

visiting cards used to serve as tangible evidence for meeting of social occasions and customs. The heap of cards in card tray in the visiting hall of rich and famous was an available catalog of people who have visited and whose calls he should reciprocate. They also give a very clearly written cool letter of introduction.

Types of usual Cards

There are a many cards in the business use: These are (1) Standard Business Cards,

(2) Plastic Cards (3) CD-Rom Business Cards (4) the Laminated Cards (5) Foil-printed Cards (6) Thermo-printed Cards and (7) Embossed Cards.

With the passage of time, the visiting cards have taken the place of an essential accessory to have for a lady or gentleman of the 19th-century upper or middle class. The visiting cards were a largely an urban affair, they were not generally used among the country folk or among the working classes.

The personal benefits of a visiting card are it helps you to gain are a standing. Further

* It helps to create and also maintain the lasting relationships, in personal and professional field.

* It helps to have a good professional and very simple way to meet a prospect and to follow-up with prospects and other people.

* It helps to convey you, i.e. to express yourself at suddenly arising situations and it makes a positive difference in the lives of others.

* It helps to motivate, to encourage, to uplift and to show the appreciation in all the ways that was not possible without them.

* By giving out your cards, you will be creating an activity that is very positive. It does help to show up as a better person in every aspect of life, the relationships would be much stronger and self confidence level would grow, your personal ability to express will increase.

* It helps in changing the pattern of negative thinking, converting it into a positive thought process and stream of positive activities.

* It does help others to remember you as a person who also remembers.

Buying the right card for you

To find a supplier or company to produce your business card and other office stationery could be worth a discussion here as it is perceived a problem.

Buy business cards on cost only would normally end up in nightmare and you into unwanted tears!

Buy business cards from a single supplier, and letterheads from other supplier, and the brochures from yet another would surely leave you with the stationery that would look like purchased from many and has been produced by the multitude of suppliers! Bad situation by no means! The stationary thus purchased and produced would not be consistent in of color feel and impression.

This is a serious matter to purchase all your corporate image making stationery seriously and consistently rather it should not be bought in a hurry. This is very important that you should not with haste and not at any cost with lower cost quote. It is not going to help you and the results of such an adventurous purchase may not be of liking for any one.

The free Business Cards or paid for cards*

When you are not bothered about the feel, look and quality of the business card, then there are a host of free business card offers moving around in the market. Any of these offers would be fine with your needs, just go and buy, as it is free.

However if you are looking for the worth remembering business cards then you have to go for the designed, printed, quality-checked cards. That also can be delivered to your convenience. The shape and feel of the Business Cards will always reflect the real price paid for them by you. It always helps to pay for your business cards. If you have chosen to be a miser and have paid a few pounds, or dollars then it would probably give you a very poor quality thin sheet of board and your name would be embarrassed on it.

The normal weight to give a good look and feel for on a business card is 335gsm.

The best quality board would be just about 400gsm.

The free or a cheaper would give you a 200gsm and it would always carry as an advertisement of the supplier, his name on the back side, no doubt a poor show of your personality and business.

There are many suppliers on the World Wide Web; these suppliers offer business card templates for the online user. Yes there are a few advantages, and the supplier helps you to design, it is very basic, you can quickly locate a suitable background for your card, and to decide the right font style to produce a card in real time for you. The web suppliers can show you the 'proof' of your Buy business cards and when it is to your satisfaction your approval is by submitting it with pressing of a button, and your credit card payment. Any mistakes in the card are your problem. Here the advantages for supplier are obvious. The artwork you have made and it is now only ready to print. Because there is no personal contact or service here from the supplier therefore the costs in this purchase are at minimum.