We’ve just visited a website that lists over 2,000 complaints from one of the best known printing companies – obviously these aren’t mentioned on their own website. The question we need to ask ourselves is why so many complaints? Probably because they deal with such vast numbers of people that the personal and genuine service you receive from a Designer cannot be matched. A good Designer communicates so often with the client that problems are resolved before they become problems!

Some websites cleverly let you play with your designs before choosing them which is lovely until you’re still perfecting it at midnight! As Designers we are trained to make things look great at a super fast rate and we know the rules of design. Just think, during the time you spent designing your own business card you could have bagged that new client!

What if you’ve used a lovely flyer design from an online print business and you want this style as a Facebook banner or a business card but they don’t offer that? This happens a lot and means that you could be stuck with a selection of mismatched products.

…these large print businesses do have their place and can be very useful to start ups but we would urge you to consider the above points if you are yet to create your brand as these are not branding experts – they’re printers.