Membership cards are a valuable tool for social clubs, museums, and member associations of all kinds. They can be used for member access, identification, retention, and fundraising.
If you’ve been tasked with ordering custom membership cards for your organization, you may be a bit overwhelmed. Ordering personalized plastic cards in a large quantity is one thing but what happens if new members continue to trickle in throughout the year?
Printing your membership cards with names is often just half of the job if you need to distribute each membership card to the correct member via mail. Depending on the number of members you have and how often new members join, this could become a job in itself and you likely have many other responsibilities on your plate.
Good news! Print Robot is here for you and can offer 3 solutions to take the hassle out of membership card printing.
STANDARD MEMBERSHIP CARD PRINTING
If you need to order 100 - 5,000+ quantity membership cards at a time, standard membership card printing will be a good option for you. This route is particularly helpful if all members join and/or renew their membership at the same time each year.
With this option, you place your order, supply your member list, and all of the cards are personalized at the same time in a single batch. There are many options for card personalization. Whether you simply need your cards numbered, would like to add member names, member since, member type, barcode, QR code, other member details, or even add a member photograph to each card.
Upon completion, the full set of completed membership cards will be sent to you so you can distribute them to your members.
TURNAROUND TIME - 10 - 15 business days.
PROS - This option offers the lowest price per card.
CONS - It does not allow for on-demand personalization. When new member cards are needed, the minimum order quantity is 100.
CONCLUSION - If you never have a need to order less than 100 member cards at a time and plan to distribute the cards yourself, this is the option for you. Click here to request pricing
MEMBERSHIP CARD PRINTING WITH ON-DEMAND PERSONALIZATION
If you have new members that trickle in over time, on-demand personalization offers greater flexibility. With this option, you place an order for 100 - 5,000+ membership cards and they are printed as card shells. This means that only design elements that do not change from card to card such as your logo, background image, etc. are printed. Your card shells are then safely stored for you until they are needed.
Each time you are ready for a new batch of cards, you simply send a data or Excel file and your card shells are personalized on-demand. You can request a new batch of cards on a quarterly, monthly, weekly, or even daily basis. All of the same personalization options are available including text and photo personalization.
Upon completion, the cards are sent to you for distribution to your members.
TURNAROUND TIME - 10 - 15 business days for the initial batch. 5 business days for remaining batches.
PROS - This option offers on-demand personalization for as little as 1 card at a time until all prepaid card shells have been used.
CONS - The cost per card is slightly higher than the above option but still more affordable than ordering batches of 100 cards when fewer cards are needed.
CONCLUSION - If you’d like to have your membership cards personalized on-demand but prefer to distribute the cards yourself, this is the option for you. Click here to request pricing
MEMBERSHIP CARD PRINTING WITH ON-DEMAND PERSONALIZATION AND FULFILLMENT SERVICES
Imagine if managing your membership cards printing could be as easy as emailing an Excel file. It can be with our turnkey fulfillment program.
This includes printing card shells and storing them for on-demand personalization like the above option. The main difference is that upon completion, we will print a personalized letter and put it through automated machinery that will drop a glue dot, place the matching membership card on the letter, fold it, stuff it inside an envelope, and mail your membership card directly to the recipient.
Each fulfillment campaign can be sent out on a quarterly, monthly, weekly, or even daily basis for no additional cost.
Looking to send a more robust membership package? We can include additional inserts, swag, or any additional items. Let us know what you are looking for and we can build a campaign that suits your needs.
TURNAROUND TIME - 10 - 15 business days for the initial batch. 5 business days for remaining batches.
PROS - Once this full service option is up and running, all you do is send a data file each time a new batch of cards is needed and we take care of the rest.
CONS - The cost per card is slightly higher than the other options but if you calculate the amount of man (or woman) power required to distribute cards to members, this may be the most cost effective solution for your needs.
CONCLUSION - If you are looking for a full service solution to have your membership cards personalized on-demand and mailed directly to your members, this is the option for you. Click here to request pricing
Are you in need of Custom Membership Cards?
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About Print Robot
We are hard-coded to be passionate about producing high quality printed products at affordable prices. Print Robot creates a wide range of plastic cards, magnets, signs, and decals. We offer FREE design services on most orders $250+ and print all products in the USA.