Resources

Our MetalPromo Custom Product Resource Pages are designed to be your one-stop guide for creating personalized metal products that meet your specific needs. These resource pages offer in-depth information on materials, design options, and manufacturing techniques, ensuring you make informed decisions at every step of the process. With easy-to-follow guides and expert tips, we aim to simplify the customization process for you. By leveraging these resources, you can confidently build custom metal products that not only meet but exceed your expectations but also enhance the overall product.

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MetalPromo coin regular template

Coin Regular Template

Using our challenge coin template for designing custom challenge coins offers a streamlined approach that saves time and effort, providing a pre-set layout that can be easily customized to fit specific themes, logos, or text. The template ensures design consistency, which is crucial for maintaining a professional look and for achieving the desired impact of the coin, whether it's for commemoration, recognition, or branding. Additionally, templates often come with built-in guidelines that simplify the design process, making it accessible even for those with limited design experience, and speeding up the transition from design to production. Download our custom coin guide and get started on your custom coin project today!

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MetalPromo coin dog tag template

Dog Tag Opener Template

Using templates for designing a custom product streamlines the creative process, saving both time and effort by providing a pre-structured layout that can be easily modified to fit specific needs. Templates offer a consistent design framework, ensuring that the final product maintains a professional and cohesive look, which is particularly beneficial for brand identity and messaging. Additionally, templates often come with built-in guidelines and best practices, helping even those with limited design experience to create high-quality, visually appealing custom items. Let our custom dog tag opener template help guide you with your own custom bottle opener dog tag product.

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Coin Center Spinner Template

Using a template for designing a custom coin with a spinner simplifies the design process by providing a standardized layout that ensures the spinner mechanism fits seamlessly with the overall aesthetic of the coin. The template serves as a guide, helping to maintain design consistency and quality, which is crucial for the functionality and visual appeal of the finished product. Additionally, templates can expedite the production timeline, as they eliminate much of the guesswork involved in creating a custom item, allowing for a quicker transition from design to manufacturing. Download our Coin Spinner template to help you with your next custom coin design.

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Coin Bottle Opener Template

Utilizing our challenge coin bottle opener template for designing a custom bottle opener challenge coin streamlines the creative and manufacturing process by offering a pre-defined structure that ensures the bottle opener feature integrates seamlessly into the coin's design. The template provides a consistent framework that helps maintain the aesthetic and functional quality of the final product, making it both a useful tool and a visually appealing keepsake. Additionally, using a template can significantly reduce the time required to go from concept to finished product, as it eliminates the need for extensive trial and error, allowing for a more efficient production process. Download our challenge coin bottle opener template to help you design your next challenge coin.

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Not sure where to start? Let us help you! Fill out our online form with as much information as you have and one of our nice customer care team members will get back to you! We typically respond within 24 hours with a price quote. We are here to help at no obligation to you. We are also available via phone, chat, or email!

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Common Questions

General MetalPromo Product Resources 

What payment methods do you accept?

We offer a variety of payment options Including:

– All Major Credit Cards (VISA, AMEX, Discover, Mastercard)
– Paypal
– Electronic ACH using your checking account, a service offered via Quickbooks
We also accept mailed payments by personal / business check, money order, cashiers check.

What is the minimum order quantity?

We offer a 5 pc sample if you wish to test your design, however our minimum order qty for full production is 50.

What is the most common size for a metal business card?

Standard business card size is 3.5″x2.0″ (89mmx51mm). Although this is our customers most preferred size, we recommend the European/Credit Card Standard (85mmx54mm) IF you plan on keeping those in a wallet. We can do a custom size & shapes, just be aware we will always round edges with a slight radius – sorry no ninja stars.

Design MetalPromo Product Resources 

What type of artwork files do you Accept?

We accept most file types. We prefer images to be in .EPS or .AI formats, if possible. Otherwise, we accept .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .PPT, .DOC, .PDF, .BMP, .TIFF, .PSD and .CDR.

Do you offer free artwork? At what point do I pay for my cards?

We are a NO-OBLIGATION site! We will send you a FREE design proof. When that is approved by you, we will send you an invoice to pay for the order in full, before we send the order to production.

Can I put a full color image of myself on my card?

Absolutely! We are able to do a full color digital print option on all cards.

Shipping MetalPromo Product Resources 

Is Shipping Free?

We offer free shipping as part of your order package when shipping domestically within the US. We also offer free shipping to military APO / FPO / DPO addresses overseas as support for our Active duty men & women. For all other shipping locations we will provide you with options based on cost & delivery time so you can pick what works best for you.

How Do You Ship?

We have agreements with FedEx, UPS, & USPS to provide shipping to a wide variety of addresses. We Also ship to APO / FPO / DPO addresses for FREE!

Is rush delivery or rush options available?

Unfortunately, rush options are not available. Metal business cards are very unique. Each card is designed differently, therefore production routing differs, with numerous orders in the pipeline we are not able to rush this unique process.

Product Type MetalPromo Product Resources 

What is the difference between plating & anodizing?

Electroplating is a process where we electro-chemically bond one metal onto the surface in place of another.

Stainless Steel & Aluminum Cards can be plated to become gold tone metal, gunmetal, rose gold, antique copper, or antique gold metal.

Anodizing is an electro-passivity process of creating a layer of metal on the surface of another through oxidation. These metallic layers can be any color, the anodize pools we currently have setup are black, white, red, blue, cyan, and coffee.

Why are metal cards more expensive than paper?

Likely the same reason your products or service are priced at a premium over your competition; you’re offering a premium product or experience. The average Joe has a paper card, metal is unique, it stands out, gets remembered.

The raw material price for stainless steel, aluminum, or carbon fiber are much higher than that of paper stock, but the styling capabilities, the 3D nature of photo etching, that’s what allows you create true pieces of art for your card and separate the cost of paper & metal.

Production MetalPromo Product Resources 

How are my cards made?

All cards start as sheet metal with a matte, brushed, or mirror finish. The individual cards and surface etching are created by a process called Photo Etching. The details of your design can be etched, cutout, screen printed, or laser engraved – That is the unique thing about metal cards, infinite possibilities of size, shape, design, and layout exist. The sky’s the limit!

How long will it take to receive my cards?

It varies. We’re not a print shop slapping ink on paper card stock. We’re creating unique art tailored to your brand. Due to the unique nature of metal business card designs, the production time can vary, based not just on your design but others currently in the pipeline. Standard production can be 5 days to 4 weeks.