Car detailing business card maker

What to put on a car detailing business card

A business card has one job: when someone finds it in a cup holder or a wallet weeks later, they know who you are and how to book. Keep it to the few lines that do that.

• Your business name and what you do. “Mobile car detailing” under the name tells a stranger what the card is for.
• One way to book, printed large. The maker prints the phone number as the biggest line on the card. If you only take bookings online, leave the phone blank and the link takes its place.
• A short website or booking link. Use the shortest address that works. Long links are hard to type from a card.
• Your service area. For a mobile business, this answers “Do you come to me?”
• Services on the back, without prices. Prices change, and printed cards stay around. Put prices on your price list, which is easy to change.

Print at home: 10 cards per sheet

A standard US business card is 3.5 × 2 inches (Vistaprint). The print sheet places 10 cards on a letter page in 2 columns and 5 rows, with no gap between cards, a 0.5 inch margin at the top and bottom, and a 0.75 inch margin at each side. Those margins are the ones Microsoft Word uses for its Avery 5371 business card layout. Avery sells 8371 as “Business Cards 2" x 3-1/2"”, “10 per sheet”, and lists 5371 and 28371 as compatible with 8371. Avery's pages do not state the margins, so print a test sheet first.

• Print at 100%. In the print dialog, set the scale to 100% or Actual size. “Fit to page” shrinks the sheet, and the cards no longer line up with the perforations.
• Test on plain paper first. Print one sheet on plain paper, hold it over the card sheet against a window, and check that the cards line up.
• Two-sided cards. Print the fronts, put the same sheet back in the tray, and print the backs. The grid is centered on the page, so the backs line up whichever long edge your printer flips on. Check which way your printer feeds paper with one test sheet.
• Plain card stock. The sheet has short cut marks in the margins at every card edge. Line a ruler or paper trimmer up with the marks to cut the cards.

Order from a print shop

Print shops trim cards from a slightly larger file, so color that runs to the edge has no white line after the cut. The extra edge is called bleed, and each shop asks for its own size. The maker makes a file at the size each shop publishes, at 300 dots per inch, with all text at least 1/8 inch inside the card edge:

Vistaprint says it accepts PNG files and recommends “PDF, PNG or high-resolution JPEG” (file prep guide). MOO accepts PNG too, but notes: “If you upload JPEGs or PNGs, there may be some fuzziness around your text” (MOO help). For a different shop, check its card size page and pick the closest size. Sources reviewed October 20, 2026.

Where to hand out detailing business cards

• In every car you finish. Leave two cards in the cup holder or on the seat: one to keep and one to pass on.
• With every quote. Hand a card over when you look at a car, so the customer has your number when they decide.
• At businesses near cars that do not detail. Tire shops, oil change shops, and car washes without detailing may keep a stack at the counter. Ask the manager first.

For notice boards, a flyer with tear-off tabs works better than a card. Make one with the flyer maker.

Questions

Is the business card maker free?

Yes. There is no account and no email, and nothing is printed on the card that you did not type. Your entries stay in this browser and are saved on this device only.

Can I add a logo?

Not in this maker. The card uses your business name in bold type with a color stripe. If you have a logo, open the downloaded image in a design app and add it there, or upload your logo at the print shop.

Should I put prices on my business card?

Usually not. Prices change, and an old card with an old price makes an awkward first call. List your services on the back and send prices on a price list or a quote. Work out each price with the pricing calculator.

Next: find out where your first customers come from in how to get your first detailing clients, and compare cards with other channels in car detailing advertising ideas.