Vistaprint

I was a little hesitant to use an online service for my printing since I have been using Office Max forever. For the last 2 years my nephew has been doing my website and print media design. He is really good and a lot cheaper :-) and is perfect for my Insurance Brokerage business.

He recently insisted I try out Vista Print as he said the print quality is good and that he has used it several times before and found the service to be excellent and cheaper as well.

He is right. My first order was some business cards just to test the service and they came looking exactly how my nephew designed them and with a few additional touches like spot gloss it makes them really stand out. Our second order was some banners we use for advertising. There were a lot more work and a fair bit more money than the cards but once again they arrived fast and much cheaper than Office Max. My nephew the graphic designer did get prices from Office Max and Vista Print, and Vista Prince came in at a much lower price.

Our past few experience with this print company has been really good so I have told my nephew to continue to use Vista Print from now on with consulting me or worrying about getting alternate prices!

Last Christmas I decided to personalize my gifts a bit. I had used Visa Print at works and had seen all of the different items they sell. I thought some of them would make great Christmas gifts for the family if I added a few pictures to them.

I created some:

Delivery took a bit longer than I thought at almost 2 weeks. There was a lot of stuff and Vista Print waited until the full order was completed before sending.  That was fine though as I had ordered right at the beginning of December so I still had enough time to get things wrapped.

It wasn't that expensive either. I saved money this way when compared to what I would have spent at the mall on everyone. It took me longer though personalizing everything. I pretty much spent a full day organizing my photos and figuring out what pictures and text I wanted on each item. I then also had to design everything. The calendar wasn't bad but the T-shirts and mugs took a while. I redid them a few times as it took me a little bit to learn how to use the Vista Print website. There are a lot of options on how to place your photos and the color, size, and fonts for text.

On Christmas I could tell it was well worth the effort. My family loved their gifts. This is something I plan to do again as you get much more enjoyment out of seeing them with a gift I sort of made compared to something store bought.

Only used Vistaprint once so far but I plan to continue to use them as they made their mistake right. I order last month some return labels, stickers for the envelopes, and address cards. When I opened the box that they shipped me the most important thing was missing, the cards. I called customer service right away and they said they would print the cards right away and get them to me within 4 days. That was a relief on my part as it still gave me time to mail them out. I asked if I would get a refund and the women on the phone said she would refund the cost of the cards for me which was in the $30 range.

The quality of Vistaprint printing is excellent and so is the material they print on. I got the cards on time and everything worked out.

I have used vistaprint for the last year and I haven't gone back to using the Office Depot yet!

I have used vistaprint for mainly business cards and flyers since we go through a lot with the store we run. I have also had a few larger posters printed. The quality is always good and the prices are pretty low which is one of the main reasons I switched to them after seeing their commercials on TV a few times. I wish shipping was a bit faster as waiting 10 business days for my flyers can be a pain if I don't get more order in soon enough.

The other thing I don't mind is being on their email list as they are contently sending me coupon codes for like 25% off printed materials. If you think of trying them out for your business I would recommend making an account on their site and wait for a week or 2 since I am sure they will send you a few discount codes to try and get your business.

Had a great experience with Vistaprint. I ordered some brochures and magnets for my business. Magnets were easy but the brochures I wanted was a little more complex with the different titles and images. After spending a couple hours on it and not getting 100% the way I wanted I called up customer service. They helped me out and within 20 minutes I had everything the way I wanted. I received my order within a week and everything was as it looked online.

Couldn't be happier and I plan on using them again for any future printing projects I have.