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by unwind 5140 days ago
Seems expensive to me (I'm not an app developer or marketer, though!) and it's not very clear where the link on the back of the card goes. I didn't spend a lot of time trying to figure that out, on the other hand.

The prices work out as:

    1000 for $180 = $0.18 per card
     500 for $100 = $0.20 per card
     250 for $55  = $0.22 per card
     100 for $30  = $0.30 per card
Paying $0.30 (or even $0.18) for 1.5625 square inches of laser-printed paper, albeit glossy, seems like a lot. Area-wise, that's the equivalent of 1/60th of a sheet of standard "letter" format paper, by the way.

Also, I'm not sure why the 1000-pack is labelled "saves 120$" [sic], I mean ... Compared to what? $180 + $120 = $300, which means it saves as compared to buying ten 100-packs, I guess. But since the fact that you get volume discounts is very clear from the other packs, I don't think that particular claim is very accurate.

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The QR code leads directly to the app store for iOS and Google Play app. The fact that we use bitly url give you the possibility to measure the traffic driven by your cards by appending a + sign at the end of the URL.

As for the prices they aren't really expensive if you look at the competition, specially for the quality we offer.

Thanks for the feedback

I don't know what competition you have, but you've priced at several times higher per card than I would expect to pay - and regularly do pay - for (nice quality) business cards..

edit: And in terms of use case, I don't quite get the whole "business card for your app" idea. Business cards are about sharing contact details, sure the aim is often to make a sale, but it's not to directly drive a sale. I just can't personally (I'm not an apps guy, but I am in marketing) think of a time when these would be more useful than a business card, or on the other side more useful than a small flyer/leaflet.