Difference between a "Greeting Card" and a "Card"?

Barbara
Esteemed Contributor

I was about to design a greeting card when I discovered there are two, one of them called a greeting card and the other simply called a card. They're identical in every way except for a few cents difference in price. I landed on the (ungreeting card) via transferring a design, but if it's in the enormous list of card blanks, I sure can't find it, though it must be in there somewhere. What I'm wondering is if there's a difference in how Zazzle markets the two cards. Anyone have a clue?

(I wish they'd clean up and simplify all those blanks.)

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idraw
Honored Contributor

@Barbara 
this might be what you’re looking for in blanks. Finding it was not easy, you are right about that. 

Matte 
  • 17 pt thickness / 120 lb weight
  • Light white, uncoated matte finish with an eggshell texture, or semigloss
  • Dimensions: 5" x 7" (portrait) or 7" x 5" (landscape)
  • Full color CMYK print process
  • All-sided printing for no additional cost
  • Printable area on the back of the card is 3" x 4" (portrait) or 4" x 3" (landscape

Cat
Honored Contributor III

The paper breakout. About 5 years ago Zazzle separated all of their paper cards into different "products" so a "card" is a different product from a "greeting card" or a "thank you card" or a "save the date card" or an "invitation" - yadda yadda yadda. 

Here's a list of all the card-like products (or at least most of them): Putting Your Designs on the Correct Paper Products – Zazzle Help Center

And here are videos explaining what they did and why:

The Paper Breakout Pt. 1 (7/18) – Zazzle Help Center

The Paper Breakout Pt. 2 (7/18) – Zazzle Help Center

The Shape of Things to Come - Understanding the Paper Breakout (4/18) – Zazzle Help Center

 

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Barbara
Esteemed Contributor

Yes, I remember when they did that, and I remember my jaw dropping at such zealous categorizing. LOL

@idraw  Yes, that's the one! "Card" must be for use when it isn't any sort of acceptable occasion. I've sent a few of those in my lifetime, finding them in a rack of... yes, a rack of greeting cards. I sent such a card to a young man years ago, and I suspect that card is why we've now been married for 46 years.

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Windy
Honored Contributor II

Sweet! Do you still have that card??

I also do Postcrossing!


Barbara
Esteemed Contributor

Card? Heck, I don't even have half my teeth. LOL

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Windy
Honored Contributor II

hahaha!

 

I also do Postcrossing!


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plumb4me
Valued Contributor

There are way too many cards, so when I wanted to find the right cards, to use for digital downloads, I finally just put "greeting" in the search on the choose a product page and all the "greeting cards" came up, instead of trying to hunt for them using the word "card."

I bookmarked this page for the "greeting cards" to use for digital downloads.

https://www.zazzle.com/custom/search/greeting