Cardfed Uploads Your Images And Sends Postcards
I visited Cardfed's website not wanting to like it. At first I thought any sort of digitization or automation of physical postcards was a soulless idea, but now I believe they're injecting a new life of into the medium. Cardfed's offering can be split in two parts: first, they allow you to select from their wide collection of postcards, type in some text, and your card will be printed and sent anywhere in the world for €2.50. Alternatively you can also upload your own picture and send it for the same price. All their postcards are printed professionally on high-quality card stock, and are sent out from several locations worldwide within 24 hours.
EmotiCards - Your Best Pictures As Postcards Via Facebook
Swedish startup EmotiCards is one of the many projects that saw its daylight during the 24 Hour Business Camp earlier this year. Today, six months later, Emoticards have seven employees and have just launched in beta on the Swedish market. The Company is a self-funded joint venture project between Spontu, Pixell Productions and KST Info Services. The idea of offering to send real, printed postcards using ones own pictures isn't a unique one, but EmotiCards are trying to differenciate their service.
Environmental Approach With Premium And Free Cards
Apart from the obvious efforts to try to keep the interface very simple with few steps and easy payment, EmotiCards are printed on FSC-certified paper. Printing itself is as far as possible done locally close to the recipients thanks to the Xerox Premier Partner Network, shrinking delivery times and the need for air mail.
