From ₹1,500 · print-ready in 2 days
Business card design in Chennai
A card gets about three seconds of attention and then lives in a wallet for a year. It needs to say one thing clearly and have a number someone can dial without squinting.
What it costs
Design only. Printing is paid to your printer directly, and I'll tell you what a fair rate looks like.
Six ways cards go wrong at the printer
All six are avoidable in the file. Most cheap card designs contain at least two.
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Text too close to the edge
Guillotines drift by a millimetre or two. Anything inside that margin gets clipped on some cards in the stack.
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Phone numbers at 6pt
If your customer needs their glasses to dial you, the design has failed regardless of how it looks.
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Rich black gone muddy
Black set as 100% K prints grey on coated stock. It needs a proper CMYK build.
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Spot UV without a mask
The printer needs a separate layer marking exactly where the gloss goes. Without it they guess.
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A logo supplied as PNG
At card size a screen-resolution logo goes soft. It has to be vector.
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Fonts not outlined
The press machine substitutes whatever it has, and nobody spots it until 1,000 cards are cut.
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Business card FAQs
How much does business card design cost in Chennai?
₹1,500 for a single design, ₹2,200 if it uses spot UV or foil, ₹2,500 for a team set with up to ten names. Printing is separate and paid to your printer.
Do you get them printed too?
I do not print, but I will send files in the format your printer wants and answer their queries directly. If you do not have a printer I can point you to ones I trust in the city.
What should actually go on the card?
Name, what you do, one phone number, one email, and your website or Instagram. Two phone numbers and three addresses is the most common mistake — it makes the reader choose, and they usually choose not to call.
Can you match my existing logo?
Yes. Send the logo as a vector file if you have one. If you only have a PNG or a JPEG, I will tell you whether it can be used at card size or needs redrawing first.
Bilingual cards — Tamil on the back?
Common and worth doing for local retail and trades. Tamil on the reverse in full rather than squeezed alongside English is usually the cleaner solution, and it is included in the price.
How fast can I get it?
Two working days for the design. If you already have a logo and the details are ready, same-day is often possible — ask rather than assume.
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Cards needed by the weekend?
Send your logo and the details to go on it. Two days to a print-ready file, and I'll talk to the printer.