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Vistaprint FAQs

Ways to Save at Vistaprint

Check your basket before entering a code

Vistaprint often pre-loads discount offers automatically when you visit the site. If an offer is already showing in My Basket, entering a new code will replace it rather than stack on top.

Before applying any Vistaprint discount code, check what is already applied and compare whether your code gives a better saving. If a site-wide sale of 30% is already loaded and your code offers 20%, leave the automatic offer in place. The only exception is free economy delivery on orders over £40, which remains active regardless of which code is applied.

Request the free business card sample kit before placing a first order

Vistaprint’s free sample kit includes 16 pre-printed business card examples across different paper stocks, weights and finishes including spot UV, raised foil, metallic, recycled matte and plastic. Delivery is included at no cost.

For anyone choosing a paper stock for the first time, particularly for higher-finish options like soft touch, linen textured or raised foil, seeing and handling the physical result before committing to a full order is genuinely useful. The difference between a standard matte card and a 400gsm soft touch card is difficult to judge from a screen.

Push your basket over the £40 free delivery threshold before checkout

Free economy delivery at Vistaprint kicks in automatically at £40 including VAT and stacks with promo codes. If your basket is at £36, adding a pack of stickers, a notebook or a set of address labels to reach the threshold costs less than the delivery charge you avoid.

This is particularly relevant for smaller orders of business cards or flyers where the base product cost sits just below the threshold. The same logic applies to ProAdvantage Premium members, whose free economy delivery threshold drops to £30.

Use the Deals page, not just voucher sites, before every order

Vistaprint updates its own Deals page on vistaprint.co.uk regularly with time-limited percentage discounts and category-specific offers. Some of these load automatically into your basket without needing a code at all, meaning customers who go straight to voucher sites and try codes manually can miss better savings that are already sitting on the site.

Checking the Deals page before starting your design takes under a minute and often surfaces discounts that do not appear on third-party voucher platforms.

Consider ProAdvantage Premium if you order more than a few times a year

The 25% daily product discount that comes with ProAdvantage Premium applies every time you order, not just during sale windows. For a small business ordering business cards and marketing print regularly, or for a designer fulfilling client print jobs, the membership typically pays for itself within a few orders.

The 30-day free trial means there is no risk in testing it against an upcoming order before committing to the annual fee. Try it before a run of business cards or a large flyer order and the saving is usually visible immediately.


What Vistaprint Gets Right

Vistaprint’s reputation is built primarily on business cards, but the breadth of what it actually produces is something many customers discover only after their first order. Promotional products, vehicle graphics, branded clothing, packaging and custom gifts sit alongside the core print range, all within the same design tool and checkout flow. For a small business that needs a consistent brand across multiple touchpoints without using multiple suppliers, that is a practical advantage.

The mass-customisation production model genuinely passes savings to the customer. Vistaprint’s Venlo facility uses fully automated, high-volume printing lines where orders from thousands of customers are batched and run together. A single order of 250 business cards receives the same print quality as a run of 50,000 because the production cost per unit drops at scale. This is why Vistaprint can offer 250 business cards at a price that most local or high-street printers cannot touch on a small run, without reducing the output quality.

The free sample kit removes the biggest barrier to first-time ordering. Choosing between 15-plus paper stocks and finishes from a screen description is genuinely difficult. The 16-card sample kit, which includes physical examples of raised foil, spot UV, soft touch, recycled matte, plastic and standard stocks, arrives free in a few days and answers the question that most first-time buyers cannot resolve online. Very few competitors offer an equivalent at no cost with delivery included.

The ProAdvantage Basic tier is free and genuinely useful for small businesses and creatives who supply print to clients. Blind delivery in unbranded packaging means a designer or small agency can order print on a client’s behalf without the Vistaprint branding appearing on the parcel or the product. Most competitors do not offer white-label fulfilment at no cost, and the dedicated customer care line that comes with even the free tier is a useful operational detail that tends to go unmentioned in standard reviews.