Everything here reduces cost without reducing quality. Cutting quality is easy and usually a false economy — a cheap-looking flyer that gets binned cost you everything you spent on it.
1. Check the next quantity break before you order
Because setup is a fixed cost, the jump from one quantity to the next is almost always smaller than proportional. On most of our products the price for every quantity is on screen before you configure anything, so comparing takes seconds rather than requiring a quote.
2. Do not order more than you will use
The mirror image of the above, and the more common mistake. Cards with an old phone number are worth nothing per unit no matter what you paid. If your details might change, order for the horizon you are confident about.
3. Decide the size before the design
Format sets paper cost and freight simultaneously. If your message fits on an A6 flyer, designing it as an A5 and then discovering the cost is the wrong order of operations — you will keep the design and pay the difference.
4. Combine jobs into one run
Two separate orders pay setup twice. If you know you need flyers now and more in six weeks, print them together and store them.
5. Question each finishing option
Lamination, folding and scoring are each a separate pass. Sometimes they are essential — a folded brochure has to be folded. Sometimes they are habit. Ask what each one is actually buying you.
6. Use uncoated stock where it suits the job
Uncoated is generally the cheaper option and is genuinely better for text-heavy pieces and anything that has to be written on. See gloss vs silk vs uncoated.
7. Get the artwork right the first time
A reprint costs the full price of the job again. Missing bleed, low-resolution images and RGB colour are the three recurring causes, and all three are avoidable in about ten minutes. Our automated file check catches them before you pay — but only if you read what it tells you. Start from a template.
8. Do not pay for speed you do not need
Standard turnaround on most products is 3–5 business days from proof approval. Express and next-day options exist at checkout for when the date is real — but paying for them out of habit is pure cost. Turnaround and cutoffs explains what the standard timing actually means.
9. Consider pickup
Freight on paper is a genuine cost, particularly to regional addresses. Local pickup from our Victorian premises is free when enabled, which removes that line entirely.