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On Moo

Just to be clear-- I am not affiliated in any way with Moo or its partners (and the links in this post are not affiliate links), I just happen to have had a very good experience with them that I'd like to share. For those of you who don't know, Moo is actually a British company with a North American base in the U.S., and they make business cards, mini cards, postcards, greeting cards, and much more. You can design your own stuff, or they provide plenty of free templates and ideas to get you started. I myself have only ordered business cards from them, so on the others, I can't make any judgements, but I'm sure they're equally good.

Three words: They Are Awesome. What I really like about them specifically is/are the following:

1. Attitude: Their attitude towards customers and customer service is great. They project a casual, approachable, informal-yet-friendly feel, and they even occasionally manage some well-placed and funny humour. Their business card creation process is intuitive, simple, and streamlined to work well with both experienced users and beginners.

2. Quality: Moo really commits themselves to provide a quality product and experience. Their card quality is excellent, printing quality is fantastic (and for the non-designers, you are not required to worry about things like CMYK or DPI unless you are uploading your own designs... and in that case, you probably know something about it anyway). Shipping is cheap and fast (even to Canada), and they keep you updated on the status of your order throughout (via Little Moo, the print robot ).

3. Price: Of course, the clincher. Including shipping, environmentally-friendly cardstock (which is extra), and a 50-set of full-color, double-sided business cards, my total order price was around $33 CAN. EXTREMELY reasonable, especially considering I paid pretty much that same amount last year for utterly sub-par business cards (see last post for the story). Simply amazing. By the way, if anyone has been convinced that Moo is the right choice for their next set of business cards, I have a 15% off coupon for you (which I can't use) if you buy a 50-set of business cards. Oh, and did I mention that you can pay using Paypal? Automatic +25 points in their favour .

4. Customer Service: I submitted a question about referral programs to them through the form on their website, and got a friendly and helpful response within 10 minutes. Now that's customer service!

So that is it. My love of Moo knows no bounds. Use them if you need cards of any type. As a graphic designer, I approve wholeheartedly.