How Much Does Gift Card Printing Cost?
Our printed plastic gift cards cost from £75.00 +vat for 25 cards, which is £3.00 a card. The price per card falls as you order more: 1,000 cards cost £245.00 +vat, which is 24.5p a card. Every price includes one design printed in full colour on both sides, a High Gloss finish, a free email proof and free delivery within Great Britain.
Our gift card printing page has examples and the quote form. For every other card type, see our guide to how much plastic cards cost.
The short versionFrom £75.00 +vat for 25 gift cards to £245.00 +vat for 1,000, or between 24.5p and £3.00 a card. The price includes one design in full colour on both sides, High Gloss, a free email proof and free delivery within Great Britain. Extras such as numbering and write-on panels are priced on your quote, Premium Matt is £20 +vat per order and our design service is £29 +vat. To keep the cost down, order the season’s cards in one job, in one design.
How much do printed gift cards cost?
From £75.00 +vat for 25 cards to £245.00 +vat for 1,000. These are our prices for full colour plastic gift cards, 86 x 54mm and 760 microns thick, printed on both sides, and they’re the same as for our loyalty, membership and discount cards.
| Quantity | Price from | Per card |
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| 25 cards | £75.00 +vat | £3.00 |
| 50 cards | £79.00 +vat | £1.58 |
| 100 cards | £85.00 +vat | 85p |
| 200 cards | £99.00 +vat | 49.5p |
| 250 cards | £109.00 +vat | 43.6p |
| 500 cards | £175.00 +vat | 35p |
| 1,000 cards | £245.00 +vat | 24.5p |
Prices are for one design from your print-ready artwork. Delivery is free within Great Britain, and our delivery prices list the charges for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands. They exclude VAT and extras such as numbering and write-on panels, which are priced on your quote.
Our gift card special offer sets out packages of 100 to 1,000 cards. For more than 1,000 cards, ask us: larger runs are priced on request.
What’s included in the price of a gift card?
One design, printed in full colour on both sides with a High Gloss finish, plus a free technical check of your artwork, a free email proof and free delivery within Great Britain. In full:
- One design, printed from your print-ready artwork. Each further design is quoted, with a minimum of 25 cards per design.
- Full colour on both sides. Printing the back costs nothing extra, so your terms can go there.
- A card that lasts: 86 x 54mm and 760 microns thick, printed, then bonded between clear PVC sheets and cut, so the print can’t scratch or wear off.
- A High Gloss finish. Premium Matt is the one finish that costs extra.
- A free technical check of your artwork: bleed, resolution and colour mode. The wording is yours to check on the proof.
- A free email proof, so you can check the layout and wording before anything is printed. The colours on the proof are a guide only, because every screen shows colour differently. If a colour has to be right, add a postal proof.
- Delivery. Delivery is free within Great Britain, and our delivery prices list the charges for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands.
Production takes 7 working days from proof approval and payment. Express takes 3 to 4 working days: ask us for cost and availability.
Which extras add to the cost of a gift card?
Only the extras you choose. Numbering, write-on panels, barcodes, magnetic strips and scratch-off panels are each priced on your quote, while a QR code that’s the same on every card goes in your artwork at no extra cost.
- Included: full colour on the front, with a High Gloss finish.
- Included: full colour on the back, at no extra cost.
- Included: a QR code that’s the same on every card, built into your artwork.
- Priced on your quote: write-on panels for the amount and the valid-until date, on a white area of the card.
- Priced on your quote: a different number on every card.
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| Extra | What it does on a gift card | Cost |
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| Write-on panel | Staff write the amount, the valid-until date or To and From when the card is sold, so one design covers every amount. | Priced on your quote |
| Numbering | A different number on every card, so each one goes in a register when it’s sold and can only be spent once. | Priced on your quote |
| Barcode | Lets your till find a card’s balance from its number. Only worth having if your till holds gift card balances. | Priced on your quote |
| Magnetic strip | The same job for a till with a swipe reader. Our gift cards are already 760 microns, the thickness a strip needs. | Priced on your quote |
| Scratch-off panel | Hides a secret code, for cards spent online by typing the code in. | Priced on your quote |
| QR code | Takes people to your website or booking page. | No extra cost if it’s the same on every card. A different code on each card is priced on your quote. |
| Metallic base or foiling | Gold or silver: a metallic card under the full colour print, or foil on one element such as a logo. Both are extras on a full colour card. Our metallic hot foil cards are a separate range. | Priced on your quote |
| Premium Matt | No glare, so barcodes scan more easily. High Gloss is included. | £20 +vat per order |
Our optional extras page lists every extra and the cards each one goes on.
Does printing the amount on a gift card cost more?
It can. Each printed money value is a separate design, quoted on its own and with a minimum of 25 cards, so cards printed with three different amounts are three designs.
A write-on panel lets one design carry any amount. The panel is an extra, priced on your quote, and your whole order is then one design. A written amount is easier to alter than a printed one, so add a number to every card and keep a register of what each was sold for. That combination suits most small businesses: our gift card printing guide compares the four ways to set up gift cards.
What else changes the price?
The finish, any design or proofing service you add, how quickly you need the cards and the type of card. These are the fixed charges, and the things we quote individually:
- Premium Matt is £20 +vat per order, whatever the quantity. It has no glare, so barcodes scan more easily, and High Gloss is included. See high gloss or premium matt.
- Our design service is £29 +vat, with no limit on reasonable amends. Your own print-ready artwork costs nothing extra. If your file needs a technical fix, we’ll do it for £10 +vat, or you can fix it and resend it at no charge. See our design service.
- A postal proof is optional, for full colour cards only, at £65 +vat: we post you a few real cards before the full run, and it takes around 5 working days. Most customers don’t add one. See postal proofs.
- Express production takes 3 to 4 working days: ask us for cost and availability.
- Our hot foil cards, clear frosted, satin black, metallic and white, are a different process, quoted individually from your design. On the white and metallic ranges, a barcode or QR code has to be the same on every card.
- Other materials, such as recycled PVC, biodegradable and EcoTough cards, have price tables of their own. Our plastic card price guide lists them, and eco plastic cards compares the materials.
- Delivery outside Great Britain is charged for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands: see our delivery prices.
How much do gift card carriers and wallets cost?
From £40.00 +vat for 25 standard display carriers. Each of our four formats has its own price table, and the price per carrier falls as the quantity goes up. Prices exclude VAT.
Carriers are printed in full colour on 350gsm silk board, on both sides (the card sleeve on the outside only), and produced alongside your card order. Tell us the card and the carrier together and we’ll quote for both as one job.
| Quantity | Standard display carrier | Euro slot display carrier | Landscape wallet | Card sleeve |
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| 25 carriers | £40.00 +vat £1.60 each | £79.00 +vat £3.16 each | £89.00 +vat £3.56 each | £120.00 +vat £4.80 each |
| 50 carriers | £41.00 +vat 82p each | £89.00 +vat £1.78 each | £99.00 +vat £1.98 each | £125.00 +vat £2.50 each |
| 75 carriers | £42.00 +vat 56p each | £99.00 +vat £1.32 each | £109.00 +vat £1.45 each | £130.00 +vat £1.73 each |
| 100 carriers | £43.00 +vat 43p each | £109.00 +vat £1.09 each | £119.00 +vat £1.19 each | £135.00 +vat £1.35 each |
| 200 carriers | £45.00 +vat 22.5p each | £119.00 +vat 59.5p each | £129.00 +vat 64.5p each | £145.00 +vat 72.5p each |
| 500 carriers | £55.00 +vat 11p each | £129.00 +vat 25.8p each | £149.00 +vat 29.8p each | £209.00 +vat 41.8p each |
| 1,000 carriers | £66.00 +vat 6.6p each | £180.00 +vat 18p each | £220.00 +vat 22p each | £290.00 +vat 29p each |
Carriers are supplied unattached to the cards. The standard display carrier comes with glue dots, the euro slot carrier and the landscape wallet hold the card in die cut slits, and the card sleeve holds it inside. For a gift card sold over a counter, the landscape wallet is the usual choice: it holds the card, takes a handwritten message and fits an envelope. For cards sold from a display, the euro slot carrier hangs on a hook.
Our card carriers and wallets page has the sizes and photos of each format, and our guide to designing a gift card carrier covers the artwork.
How can I keep the cost of gift cards down?
Order the season’s cards in one job and one design, from your own artwork, with only the extras you’ll use.
- Check the next quantity up. 50 cards cost £4.00 +vat more than 25: much of the work in an order is the same whatever the quantity.
- Order for the season in one go. Gift cards sell in waves: at Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and for birthdays. Order well before the busy times, in one order rather than several. See Christmas gift cards for your business.
- Keep to one design. A write-on panel for the amount means one design covers every value.
- Order colour variants together. Colour variants of one design cost nothing extra when ordered as one job.
- Send print-ready artwork, at 92 x 60mm with 3mm of bleed. Our gift card templates are free, and our guide shows how to make a gift card in Canva.
- Put a shared QR code in your artwork. The same code on every card costs nothing extra.
- Choose only the extras you’ll use. A barcode only helps if your till holds gift card balances, and a scratch-off panel only if customers spend the card online by typing in a code.
- Order in good time, so you don’t need express.
Our guide to cheap plastic cards goes further, including what one order saves over three smaller ones.
What does a gift card cost you, against what it brings in?
Between 24.5p and £3.00 a card before VAT, depending on how many you order, against the full value the buyer pays you for it. The card costs the same to print whatever amount it carries. The person who buys it pays you that amount when they buy it, and you provide the goods or service when it’s spent.
The Gift Card & Voucher Association’s research suggests a card can bring in more than its value. In its State of the Nation 2024 report, about six in ten shoppers who had spent a gift card in the past year said they spent more than the card’s value. In the same research, 22% of UK gift card buyers surveyed in September 2024 said a gift card had made them a regular customer of a brand that was new to them. These are national survey figures, not a forecast for your business.
Our gift card VAT and expiry rules page explains when VAT is due on the cards you sell, and what happens to balances that are never spent. To sell more of them, see how to sell more gift cards. To weigh up the alternatives, see paper gift vouchers vs plastic gift cards and digital vs plastic gift cards.
How do I get an exact price for gift cards?
Email sales@cpcards.co.uk or use our gift card quote form. A person prices every order, and we’ll quote by email, often within minutes, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Tell us:
- How many cards, and how many designs.
- The extras you need, such as numbering or write-on panels.
- Your artwork, at 92 x 60mm with 3mm of bleed, or your logo and wording for our £29 +vat design service.
- Any carriers or wallets: which format, and how many.
Quotes depend on seeing your artwork and are valid for 30 days. Want to feel the cards first? Our sample pack is £3.50, deducted from your order if you order within 30 days.
Questions & Answers
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How much does gift card printing cost?
At CP Cards, printed plastic gift cards cost from £75.00 +vat for 25 cards to £245.00 +vat for 1,000, which is between 24.5p and £3.00 a card. The price includes one design in full colour on both sides, a High Gloss finish, a free email proof and delivery within Great Britain. Extras are priced on your quote.
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What does the smallest gift card order cost?
Our minimum order is 25 cards per design, from £75.00 +vat, which is £3.00 a card. Each printed money value is its own design, so cards printed with three different amounts are three designs, each quoted. A write-on panel, priced on your quote, lets one design cover every amount: staff write the value on when the card is sold.
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Is VAT added to the cost of gift card printing?
Yes. Because most of our customers are businesses, our gift card prices are before VAT, and VAT is added to your order total. That is the VAT on your order with us. VAT on the gift cards you sell is separate: whether it’s due when you sell a card or when it’s spent depends on what the card can be spent on, as our gift card VAT and expiry rules page explains.
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Is delivery included in the price of gift cards?
Delivery is free within Great Britain, and our delivery prices list the charges for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands. Production takes 7 working days from proof approval and payment. Express takes 3 to 4 working days: ask us for cost and availability.
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How much do gift card carriers and wallets cost?
Our card carriers and wallets cost from £40.00 +vat for 25 standard display carriers. There are four formats, the standard display carrier, euro slot display carrier, landscape wallet and card sleeve, each with its own price table. Prices exclude VAT, and we quote the cards and carriers together as one job.
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How do I reorder gift cards?
Email sales@cpcards.co.uk with the quantity you need. We keep your artwork on file, so the same design doesn’t need designing again. For numbered cards, tell us the last number you issued and the new cards carry on from there. A later order gets its own quote, valid for 30 days.
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How much do extras like numbering and write-on panels cost?
They’re priced on your quote: a person prices every order, so you pay only for the extras you choose. A QR code that’s the same on every card goes in your artwork at no extra cost, while a different code on each card is an extra. Premium Matt is £20 +vat per order.
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How much does it cost to have a gift card designed?
Our design service is £29 +vat, with no limit on reasonable amends, and we keep the artwork on file for your next order. Your own print-ready artwork costs nothing extra. If it needs a technical fix, we’ll do it for £10 +vat, or you can fix it and resend it at no charge.
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Where can I get gift cards printed in the UK?
CP Cards supplies plastic gift cards printed in England. Our minimum order is 25 cards, from £75.00 +vat. Delivery is free within Great Britain, and our delivery prices list the charges for Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands. Every order gets a free email proof, so you can check the layout and wording before anything is printed. For a quote, email sales@cpcards.co.uk or use our gift card quote form.
Ready to price your gift cards?
Tell us how many cards you need, any extras and whether you’d like carriers or wallets. We’ll quote by email, often within minutes, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.