
StartUp Guide
- Launch
- 1. Name Your Business
- 2. Domain Name & Business Website
- 3. Business Email Accounts
- 4. Phone & Fax Number
- 5. Business Mailing Address
- 6. Form an LLC
- 7. Employer ID Number
- 8. Business Bank Account
- Build Your Infrastructure
- 1. Select a Business Credit Card
- 2. Bookkeeping
- 3. Business Computer
- 4. Back Up Your Files
- 5. Payment Processing
- 6. Get Small Business Insurance
- Grow Your Business
- 1. Order Business Cards
- 2. Create Basic Marketing Materials
- 3. Promote With Social Media
- 4. Select an Email Marketing Service
- 5. Build Your Team
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Online Printing Services
123Print
123Print offers low-priced paper marketing materials, promotional materials and stationery, and they have average-priced signs and banners. 123Print offers a range of printed products.123Print lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. They are also one of the few providers that offer professional design help. However, they do not allow you to download blank templates that you can edit with your own software, which can help you with uploading your design.
We found their customer support to be high quality because of their knowledgeable staff and 24/7 availability. 123Print’s standard shipping time is 4-8 business days, which meets our Market Standard shipping time of one week. 123Print is one of the only providers we reviewed that offers a free shipping option.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$34.95 | 50 |
Flyers |
$29.95 | 50 |
Postcards |
$17.95 | 50 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
$9.99 | 1 |
Calendars |
$24.95 | 10 |
Letterhead |
$25.95 | 50 |
Greeting Cards |
$14.95 | 10 |
Envelopes |
$35.95 | 100 |
Banners |
$48.95 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
$15.95 | 1 |
Posters |
N/A | N/A |

Zazzle
Zazzle offers low-priced paper marketing materials and signs and banners, average-priced stationery, and high-priced promotional materials. Zazzle does not offer many signage materials, but they do offer posters. Zazzle lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. We found it easy to upload a design, but they do not let you download a blank template of their paper products that can help you with uploading your design. Zazzle does not offer free PDF proofs of your design or free paper samples, which we consider to be market standards.
We found their customer support to be high quality. Zazzle has a standard shipping time of 4-7 business days, which is faster our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
N/A | N/A |
Flyers |
$21.25 | 25 |
Postcards |
$0.95 | 1 |
T-Shirts |
$18.95 | 1 |
Mugs |
$13.95 | 1 |
Calendars |
$20.95 | 1 |
Letterhead |
$8.00 | 10 |
Greeting Cards |
$2.95 | 1 |
Envelopes |
$8.00 | 10 |
Banners |
N/A | N/A |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$9.95 | 1 |

VistaPrint
VistaPrint offers average-priced marketing materials in all categories. They offer a wide range of printed products. VistaPrint lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. We found it very easy to upload your own design with VistaPrint. They charge $1.99 for each PDF proof of your design, which does not meet our Market Standard of free proofs.
We found their customer support to be average quality. Their email support took two days to respond, which is slow compared to the email support of other providers we reviewed. VistaPrint has a standard shipping time of 14 days, which is much slower than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$39.99 | 25 |
Flyers |
$29.99 | 25 |
Postcards |
$18.74 | 100 |
T-Shirts |
$9.49 | 1 |
Mugs |
$9.99 | 1 |
Calendars |
$15.99 | 1 |
Letterhead |
$19.99 | 10 |
Greeting Cards |
$14.98 | 10 |
Envelopes |
$7.99 | 1 |
Banners |
$41.99 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
$11.99 | 1 |
Posters |
$19.99 | 1 |

FedEx Office
FedEx Office offers low-priced paper marketing materials and stationery, and they have high-priced promotional materials and signs and banners. FedEx Office offers a range of printed products across all categories. FedEx Office lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer a design tool to help you create your design for some products. We found it very easy to upload an existing design, but they do not offer a free PDF proof of your design or free paper samples, which we consider to be market standards. FedEx Office also offers a mailing service (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
We found their customer support to be above average quality. FedEx Office has a standard shipping time of 7 business days, which meets our Market Standard shipping time of one week. FedEx Office is one of the only providers we reviewed that offers a free shipping option.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$199.99 | 250 |
Flyers |
$199.99 | 250 |
Postcards |
$99.99 | 250 |
T-Shirts |
$21.99 | 1 |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$18.99 | 1 |
Letterhead |
$134.99 | 250 |
Greeting Cards |
$27.99 | 20 |
Envelopes |
$109.99 | 250 |
Banners |
$95.99 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
$33.99 | 1 |
Posters |
$67.99 | 1 |

PsPrint
PsPrint offers low-priced stationery, and they have high-priced paper marketing materials, promotional materials and signs and banners. They do not offer many promotional marketing materials, but they do offer calendars and magnets. PsPrint only lets you upload and print a design you’ve already created and does not offer a design tool to help you create your design. We found uploading a design to be a complicated process than with most other services because there are a lot of steps you have to follow in order to upload a single file. They are one of the few providers that offer professional design help and a mailing service for some products (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you). PsPrint has relatively high minimum order size for several of their products.
We found their customer support to be average quality. PsPrint has a standard shipping time of 4 business days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$174.78 | 50 |
Flyers |
$618.28 | 2500 |
Postcards |
$35.58 | 50 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$524.94 | 25 |
Letterhead |
$169.15 | 500 |
Greeting Cards |
$69.92 | 50 |
Envelopes |
$194.00 | 500 |
Banners |
$79.95 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$1214.16 | 25 |

PrintPlace
PrintPlace offers low-priced marketing materials in all categories. They offer a selection of paper marketing materials and stationery, but they don’t offer many promotional materials or signs and banners. PrintPlace only lets you upload and print a design you’ve already created and does not offer a design tool to help you create your design. We found that uploading your design is a more complicated process than with most other services because the entire checkout process must be completed before you are able to send them your files. PrintPlace offers a mailing service (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you). PrintPlace has minimum order sizes that are larger than average.
We found their customer support to be high quality. Their support was very helpful, friendly, and quick in responding to all of our questions. Their standard shipping time is 1-5 days, depending on your location, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$177.00 | 250 |
Flyers |
$162.50 | 250 |
Postcards |
$40.00 | 250 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$2115.00 | 250 |
Letterhead |
$106.00 | 250 |
Greeting Cards |
$131.50 | 250 |
Envelopes |
$156.00 | 250 |
Banners |
N/A | N/A |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$861.50 | 250 |

Overnight Prints
Overnight Prints offers low-priced stationery and signs and banners, and they have high-priced promotional materials. They offer a variety of paper marketing materials and stationery, but they don’t offer many promotional materials or signs and banners. Overnight Prints lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. We found it very easy to upload your design. They also offer a mailing service for some of their products (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
We found their customer support to be high quality. Overnight Prints has a standard shipping time of 4 business days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$110.95 | 100 |
Flyers |
N/A | N/A |
Postcards |
$5.95 | 25 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$19.95 | 1 |
Letterhead |
$39.95 | 100 |
Greeting Cards |
$9.95 | 10 |
Envelopes |
$54.95 | 100 |
Banners |
N/A | N/A |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$6.95 | 1 |

NextDayFlyers
NextDayFlyers offers low-priced stationery and signs and banners, and they have average-priced paper marketing materials and promotional materials. They offer a selection of paper marketing materials and stationery, but they don’t offer many promotional materials or signs and banners. NextDayFlyers lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. We found it very easy to upload a completed design. However, they do not offer a PDF proof of your design or allow you to order free paper samples, both of which we consider to be market standards. NextDayFlyers offers a mailing service for some products (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
We found their customer support to be average quality. NextDayFlyers has a standard shipping time of 4 business days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$127.95 | 100 |
Flyers |
$128.95 | 100 |
Postcards |
$27.95 | 100 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$1089.95 | 100 |
Letterhead |
$128.95 | 100 |
Greeting Cards |
$121.95 | 100 |
Envelopes |
N/A | N/A |
Banners |
N/A | N/A |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$1089.95 | 100 |

48HourPrint
48HourPrint offers average-priced paper marketing materials, promotional materials and stationery, and they offer high-priced signs and banners. They do not offer many promotional marketing materials, but they do offer calendars. 48HourPrint only lets you upload and print a design you’ve already created and does not offer a design tool to help you create your design. We found it difficult to upload a design with 48HourPrint because of all the steps you must take to prepare your files for upload. 48HourPrint offers a mailing service for some products (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
48HourPrint does not offer a money-back guarantee, which we consider to be standard. We found their customer support to be high quality. 48HourPrint has a standard shipping time of 4-7 business days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$195.00 | 100 |
Flyers |
$89.00 | 100 |
Postcards |
$40.00 | 100 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$298.00 | 25 |
Letterhead |
$75.00 | 100 |
Greeting Cards |
$72.00 | 100 |
Envelopes |
$113.00 | 100 |
Banners |
$81.00 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$29.00 | 1 |

iPrint
iPrint offers low-priced stationery and paper marketing materials, and they do not offer promotional materials or signs and banners. They do not offer many paper marketing materials, but they do offer postcards. iPrint lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. iPrint is a great service if you are looking for a flexible, easy-to-use design tool that can help you create your design. However, they do not offer as many marketing materials as some of the other providers do. They also do not offer a free PDF proof of your design, which we consider to be a market standard.
We found their customer support to be high quality because of how helpful and knowledgeable support techs were when answering our questions. Their standard shipping time is 7-10 days, which meets our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
N/A | N/A |
Flyers |
N/A | N/A |
Postcards |
$24.99 | 100 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
N/A | N/A |
Letterhead |
$129.99 | 250 |
Greeting Cards |
N/A | N/A |
Envelopes |
$84.99 | 250 |
Banners |
N/A | N/A |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
N/A | N/A |

PrintRunner
PrintRunner offers low-priced promotional materials, average-priced signs and banners, and high-priced paper materials and stationery. They do not offer many promotional marketing materials, but they have calendars. PrintRunner lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer predesigned templates and a design tool to help you create your design for some products. They are also one of the few providers that offer professional design help and a mailing service (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
PrintRunner does not offer a money-back guarantee, which we consider to be standard. We found their customer support to be below average quality because they were extremely slow to respond and sometimes did not respond at all. This provider has a standard shipping time of 3- 4 business days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$49.64 | 25 |
Flyers |
$29.95 | 25 |
Postcards |
$26.41 | 100 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$2205.00 | 250 |
Letterhead |
$18.95 | 10 |
Greeting Cards |
$106.59 | 100 |
Envelopes |
$32.81 | 10 |
Banners |
$53.46 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
$17.50 | 1 |
Posters |
$33.87 | 1 |

Smartpress
Smartpress offers high-priced paper marketing materials and signs and banners, and they do not offer promotional materials or stationery. They offer a range of paper marketing materials and signs and banners. Smartpress only lets you upload and print a design you’ve already created and does not offer a design tool to help you create your design. We found it very easy to upload a design with Smartpress. Smartpress offers a mailing service for some of their products (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
We found their customer support to be high quality. Smartpress has a standard shipping time of 1-4 days, which is much faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$55.12 | 10 |
Flyers |
$31.64 | 25 |
Postcards |
$24.51 | 25 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
N/A | N/A |
Letterhead |
N/A | N/A |
Greeting Cards |
N/A | N/A |
Envelopes |
N/A | N/A |
Banners |
$47.35 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$57.44 | 1 |

Print Lion
Print Lion offers low cost promotional materials, stationery and signs and banners, and they offer average-priced paper marketing materials. They don’t offer many promotional materials, but they do offer calendars. Print Lion only lets you upload and print a design you’ve already created and does not offer a design tool to help you create your design. We found it somewhat difficult to upload your design, since your file must be in PDF or EPS form or you’ll have to fill out a form to have your order processed manually. Print Lion is one of the few providers that offer professional design help and a mailing service (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you). Print Lion has larger than average minimum order sizes, which start at 500 for brochures, flyers, postcards, letterhead and posters.
We found their customer support to high quality. Print Lion has a standard shipping time of 4 business days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$182.05 | 500 |
Flyers |
$106.95 | 500 |
Postcards |
$49.73 | 500 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$1817.05 | 250 |
Letterhead |
$160.84 | 500 |
Greeting Cards |
$39.60 | 25 |
Envelopes |
$37.67 | 250 |
Banners |
$0.00 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
N/A | N/A |
Posters |
$738.15 | 500 |

UPrinting
Uprinting offers low-priced paper marketing materials, promotional materials and stationery, and they have high-priced signs and banners. They do not offer many promotional marketing materials, but they do offer calendars, gift certificates and magnets. UPrinting lets you upload and print an existing design, and they also offer a design tool to help you create your design for some products. They are also one of the few providers that offer professional design help and a mailing service (i.e. they will print, address, and mail the products for you).
We found their customer support to be average quality. Their phone support was extremely helpful, but their email support does not always respond. UPrinting has a standard shipping time of 3 days, which is faster than our Market Standard shipping time of one week.

Product | Price | Quantity |
Brochures |
$33.75 | 50 |
Flyers |
$33.75 | 50 |
Postcards |
$22.43 | 50 |
T-Shirts |
N/A | N/A |
Mugs |
N/A | N/A |
Calendars |
$1718.13 | 250 |
Letterhead |
$169.31 | 500 |
Greeting Cards |
$32.21 | 25 |
Envelopes |
$41.93 | 250 |
Banners |
$80.00 | 1 |
Lawn Signs |
$20.50 | 1 |
Posters |
$691.95 | 50 |
