How To Get Lots of Free Stuff from Vista Print!

I know that many people do not like working with Vista Print, but I've been using them for over a year and haven't had a problem. You just need to be super careful not to click on any of the extra offers during checkout. I also think that VistaPrint.ca operates a bit differently than VistaPrint.com. You rarely hear horror stories of unauthorized credit card charges from Canadian users. Furthermore, Vista Print now accepts Pay Pal, so you don't need to worry about entering a credit card number at all!

A few days ago I submitted an order for new business cards. I paid $5.99 for 250 premium cards -- not bad. I always upload my own designs, which costs an additional $5.99. Of course, they overcharge for shipping, but since their print house is located in my own city, I can chose the slowest option and still receive my cards in about a week.

Well, today I got one of those e-mails from them -- everything was free! So I went a little nuts! For only $19.23 (that's shipping plus tax), I will be getting:

250 Premium Business Cards (my own design)

100 Postcards (Preview of the front of card is at the end of this post). I left the front of the card ambiguous so I can use them the back of them for various things -- informing clients of special offers, thank-you notes, birthday greetings, coupon codes, indications and warnings for their custom EOs blends, etc... My contact information is also pre-printed on the back (Greyscale printing for the back side of the postcards is FREE).

140 Return address labels -- I use these to quickly label custom products that I make on the spot for a client. As you can see, I leave it blank except for my URL so that I can have room to write in the product information by hand.

25 Small Magnets (freebies for customers!)



Here is the trick to getting multiple items for free:

First, you need to wait for a really good e-mail from them. If you like to upload your own designs, make sure the offer also includes free image uploading. If you are not on their mailing list, go sign-up. Yes, you will get an e-mail just about every single day, but once you order your items you can opt-out again. Opt back in when you want some more free stuff!

1. From the e-mail, click the link for the first item you wish to purchase.
2. Create the item and put it in your shopping cart. You will have to click through loads of other offers first. Make sure you say "no" to all of them. When you get to the shopping cart page, leave the window/tab open and go back to your e-mail.
3. Click the link for the next product you want.
4. Create the item and put it in your cart (as in step 2 above)
5. Repeat for as many free items as you need, up to 10 (That is the maximum they will allow).