A Wider Net

Making it’s way around the more buzz-trendy web sites over the past year or two has been talk of Moo Cards - tiny business cards that have different images on the back (or front, really) of each card. Having received samples and caught a few in the wild, I have to say I really like these things.

For starters, they feel great. They have a nice matte laminate to them and they feel substantial. Secondly, the images are completely unique and can convey whatever sentiment you want. And they’re pretty cheap - a box of 100 is $19.99.

You can purchase pre-made sets of images, but the real magic is pulling images from your own photo archives on one of a dozen photo sharing sites including Flickr. You can make them personal, using images that speak to your professional expertise or family life, or corporate-wide, with a marketing group controlling the image pool that is used for the cards.

They also successfully scan through a CardScan scanner. I love unusual business cards but hate it when they don’t work through scanners and other useful business card extra-curricular activities. The really nasty ones are the ones that are made of metal and get confiscated at airport security because they could be considered lethal weapons. Brilliant.

These little cards are insanely collectible, too. There are hoards of Flickr members trading them through their photo galleries all the time. Now how cool is that? That your card would end up being kept because of it’s collectible value? Nice.

I like the idea of having different departments with their own image galleries. Let the consistent corporate stuff live on the information side, and give the image side some personality. Cool.

More stories on Moo Cards can be found at Buzz Feed.