Describe your card options and proofing workflow. Makeform creates an order form for contact copy, print choices, quantity, artwork, deadlines, and fulfillment.
Route business card orders to email, Google Sheets, Slack, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a workflow, edit its prompt, or send it to the Makeform builder.
Audience
Local businesses ordering custom cards
Format
Detailed order form with artwork upload
Prompt size
237 chars
Example form structure
Detailed order form with artwork upload
Customer and billing contact
Text exactly as it should print
Card stock, finish, and quantity
Upload print-ready artwork
Proof approval
Suggested routing tags
New design
Reorder
Proof needed
Collect each printed line separately so customers can proof copy field by field.
Step 1
Specify
copy, card size, stock, finish, and quantity
Step 2
Check
artwork and order details reviewed
Step 3
Proof
customer confirms the production proof
Step 4
Produce
approved job moves to print and fulfillment
Why use a dedicated order form
A structured form asks for the complete job and keeps customer copy separate from production notes.
Separate fields for every printed line make copy easier to check during proofing.
Offer your actual sizes, stocks, finishes, quantities, and conditional specialty choices.
Record who checks the proof before staff move the job into production.
Built around real print orders
Use the opening order-type question to show customers only the fields their job requires while your production team receives a consistent submission.
Collect brand files, content, visual direction, and design-service needs before estimating or laying out the card.
Ask for the prior job number, cardholder, quantity, and whether any copy changed instead of repeating the entire intake.
Capture shared company specifications once and gather structured details for each person in the order.
Reveal foil, edge, stock, and artwork questions only when a premium production method is selected.
Order-form workflow
Shape fields and routing around how your team checks artwork, sends proofs, and schedules production.
List the sizes, stocks, finishes, quantities, file formats, and fulfillment choices you offer.
Add your real choices, required fields, and file-setup help.
Use conditional logic so reorders ask for a job number while new designs collect brand assets and creative direction.
Send submissions to estimating or production and organize job data for follow-up.
Form vs email vs generic checkout
The best method depends on how much customization you offer. A structured form is especially useful when every card combines customer-provided copy with shop-defined production choices.
Field guide
Use six field groups to give estimating, design, prepress, and fulfillment a consistent brief.
Customer & job contact
Separate the requester, cardholder, billing reference, and proof contact so questions reach the right person.
Printed content
Use one field per element and preserve the customer's capitalization, punctuation, and phone formatting.
Format & materials
Defined choices keep customer requests consistent with job tickets. Explain unfamiliar trade names or weights.
Quantity & variations
Ask for cardholders, versions, and quantity per version so one total cannot hide multiple designs.
Artwork & design service
Accept artwork, prior proofs, logos, and brand guidance. Ask whether files need design or prepress work.
Deadline, proof & fulfillment
Capture the target date, proof channel, fulfillment choice, and destination for staff review.
Related tools
Use these live Makeform tools for adjacent customer-intake tasks, from a general custom order through artwork uploads and shipping details.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for print shops replacing incomplete email requests with structured order intake.
It captures the customer, cardholder, exact copy, print specifications, quantity, artwork, target date, proof contact, and fulfillment details for staff review.
Require contact, cardholder, core copy, product option, quantity, requested date, and proof contact. Require artwork only for customer-supplied-file workflows; keep taglines and social handles optional.
Yes. Branch by order type. Reorders ask for the prior job, cardholder, quantity, and changes; new designs collect full copy, materials, artwork, and direction.
Capture shared specifications once, then repeat fields for each employee or accept your defined roster spreadsheet. Identify one proof contact and whether approval is individual or batched.
Yes. Add uploads for logos, artwork, source files, brand guides, or prior proofs. State accepted formats, bleed instructions, and naming rules, then ask whether prepress help is needed.
That depends on your workflow. Many custom shops review specifications and provide a quote before payment, while standardized products may move directly to a payment step. Keep estimated requests distinct from confirmed production orders, and make the status clear in your confirmation message.
Yes. Makeform offers unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and use the order form without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Collect printed lines separately and use your normal proof review. Ask the proof contact to check spelling, numbers, QR destinations, layout, quantity, stock, and finish before production.
Give every print job a complete starting point.
