Why Use an Online Greeting Card Service?

Online greeting card services offer a convenient way to say 'Happy Birthday,' 'I'm Sorry' or 'Congratulations,' without ever having to set foot in a gift shop. For businesses and organizations, these services can print cards with your logo and greetings and mail them to your clients or associates. Some services offer quality, ad-free ecards, in all genres, including everything from naughty to nice.

So before rummaging through card racks, risking a free ecard site or contacting an expensive printer for your next project, consider the following benefits of an online greeting card service.

  • Saves Time — With an online greeting card service, you never have to spend your valuable time in the car, searching through gift shops, addressing envelopes or buying stamps. Some services even offer gift cards, which work like gift certificates, so you do not even have to leave your house to send a thoughtful, unique card and gift.
  • Mail Service — Many online greeting card services can address and send out custom greetings to your recipient(s). Some ecard services will send out evites and manage your guest lists.
  • Personalization — The best online greeting card services offer a high level of customization, including personalized greetings, verse and closings as well as the ability to upload images into paper or ecards. Some services even provide access to print at-home craft card projects.
  • Reminders — A reminder service will notify you by email or cell phone before an important event.
  • Security — Paid membership online greeting card sites have the ability to provide a higher level of privacy and protection than free ecard services, which often use aggressive ads and pop-up advertising.

Keep in touch and send your thoughts and sentiments through an online greeting card service, whether you want to send a paper card, ecard or print a card, a flexible and thoughtful greeting card service can turn your contact from belated to elated.

In this site, you'll find articles related to Online Greeting Card Services, as well as comprehensive reviews and a side-by-side comparison to help you make an informed decision on which service is right for your greeting needs. At TopTenREVIEWS We Do the Research So You Don't Have To.™

What to Look for in an Online Greeting Card Service

When looking for an online greeting card service, first decide what kind of greeting you want to send. Some people are interested in traditional paper cards, others animated ecards and some prefer to print cards on their own printer, while others want every option.

Online greeting card services offer many types of cards, so look for one that fits your sense of humor or the way that you like to express yourself, some services lean towards traditional or formal and others towards contemporary or humorous. Many services specialize in business correspondence and others personal relations.

Once you decide what kind of card(s) you would like to send, look for a service that offers you the level of customization that you want coupled with an exceptional privacy policy. Below are the criteria TopTenREVIEWS used to evaluate Online Greeting Card Services:

Feature Set
The feature set is the collection of the services abilities. This may include such things as the ability to customize cards by changing fonts, editing verse, adding images or music. The feature set also includes the different types of cards offered such as ecards, paper cards, create and print cards. Account management features include address books and reminders.

Ease of Use
This rating criterion simply refers to how easy the service is to use. We also evaluate if extra downloads are required and what kind of privacy policy the service offers.

Selection
Selection refers to not only the total number of cards available but also the types of cards available. A good service offers cards for personal and professional use, as well as for many occasions, including special events.

Quality
In paper cards, this refers to the quality of the images and the type of paper used. In reference to ecards, quality is rated by the animation, music and the content of the ecards. Print projects can vary greatly depending on the quality of the paper and printer used.

Help/Support
An exceptional card site offers several methods of contact, including email, mail and telephone and responds in a reasonable amount of time with courteous, relevant assistance. They should also provide good online support like help sections and FAQs.

To begin your search for the best online greeting card service to help keep you well acquainted and well regarded, read the review of our top three Online Greeting Card Services, American Greetings, CardStore.com, and Galison Mudpuppy.

 
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American Greetings Card Store Galison Mudpuppy Hallmark Paper Style Blue Mountain Sloppy Kiss Cards Emotions Greeting Card CardsDirect Cards Remembered
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