We have had lots of orders for plastic key cards this month. In comparison to the full size plastic cards we have not offered this product for a very long period of time (perhaps just a couple of years now – doesn’t time fly!) however I would say that the keycards as just as popular as the full size plastic cards.

It really is a great product as has lots of potential uses. We typically have shops, garages and clubs using this product. Most people are familiar with this product due to Tesco introducing them for use with the club card scheme. Its funny how many people email/phone asking for a quote for the Tesco key cards, its as if this is now the known name for small plastic cards! We simply refer to them as key cards which measure 29mm x 54mm – we try to keep things simple!

The plastic key cards are particularly used a lot by garages, as when the garages customer have a car serviced etc they can pop one with the key when it is returned to the customer so that they will have the garages contact details for future reference. Our garage customers constantly mention that this has been a great success for them as this has resulted in more repeat customers for them.

We can offer the plastic key cards card with barcodes, numbering, personalisation, metallic gold or silver base cards & metal rings (as optional extras).

Bye for now

We had an enquiry today regarding keycards from a potential new customer. They had been to numerous websites, shopping around for as usual the best price, not necessarily the best product or the best product for the price (guess the best value for money.)

They had found some very cheap keycards from one of our competitors. However, once we pointed out that this cheap keycard product was not a solid plastic card (which ours is) but instead it is a paper core with plastic on the outside – we got the order, despite being more expensive.

It just goes to show that you have to be careful with what you order, as not all products are the same, even if at first they appear the same. Our keycards are printed onto a white plastic with a clear pvc bonded to each side to protect the print. Some companies print onto paper then laminate clear plastic to the outside which results in a lower quality keycard which can become dog-eared, can de laminate and if it gets wet it can fall apart!

I have seen what a keycard with a paper core looks like after it has been on a metal keyring with keys in someones pocket for a couple of weeks – it doesn’t look good.