Cards for Causes vs The Gallery Collection: How They Differ

Both companies sell custom business holiday cards from 25 cards, with envelopes included, and both will address and mail them for you. Here's how they differ, point by point: who they serve, minimum order, logo and personalization, mailing service, charity program, turnaround and product range.

Who they serve

Cards for Causes serves businesses sending holiday cards to clients and employees, and has designed, printed and mailed greeting cards since 2006. The Gallery Collection describes itself as a "business-to-business online and mail order publisher" of personalized greeting cards. It was established in 1929 and is family owned by Prudent Publishing.

Minimum order

Both start at 25 cards for card orders. Cards for Causes mails from 100 recipients, in steps of 25.

Logo and personalization

Cards for Causes prints your logo and message inside, included in the card price. Envelopes are included.

Gallery puts your logo and name on the front of most designs, with a sentiment, a custom message and staff signatures inside. A logo and handwritten signatures are each an added charge, and the logo prints in one color, matching the greeting, except on digital-print cards. Envelopes are included, with foil-lined upgrades available.

Mailing service

Cards for Causes addresses every envelope with a real Pilot G2 gel pen in blue ink, then stuffs, stamps and mails the cards by the mail-by date you choose. Pricing runs from $1.75 per recipient for larger mailings on a digital design to $3.75 for a foil design at 100 recipients, before postage. Postage is USPS First-Class at cost.

Gallery prints recipient addresses on the envelopes. Its full mailing service folds, inserts and seals the cards, prints the addresses and mails the cards on the date you choose. The service is charged per card on top of the card price, with postage included.

Charity program

Each year, we donate at least 10% of net proceeds from greeting card sales to charity. When you customize your card, you pick any IRS-recognized 501(c)(3).

Gallery "will donate 10% of your order total" to a charity on its list when the order uses that charity's code. The donation is made at the end of the year and applies to all products.

Turnaround

Cards for Causes: catalog orders take 5 to 7 business days to produce from October through December, plus shipping. Mailings go out on the mail-by date you pick, at least 14 days out.

Gallery: 3 to 5 business days of production, up to 4 more for logos, signatures or foil, plus 2 to 7 business days for delivery.

Product range

Cards for Causes: more than 1,000 business holiday designs across Christmas, holiday, Thanksgiving and New Year cards, plus client birthday and thank-you card programs. Gallery: more than 1,000 business holiday designs, plus everyday, birthday and calendar cards and card assortments, with embossing and foil, in one card size, 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches.