Card bundle options
Make your card bundle selections.
During the design phase, Stripe provides a design form where you can choose from the following standard options. Additionally, there are many innovative products in the physical cards market, such as LED-powered cards that light up in point-of-sale terminals, wooden cards, and recycled ocean plastic cards. These options are outside our standard offerings, but we can arrange expert-driven sessions to help you learn more about them.
| Choose card body |
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| Choose carrier type |
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| Choose envelope type |
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| (Optional) Add specialty treatments |
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| (Optional) Add activation labels |
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Choose card body
The following tables lists the different card body options we offer. We can also arrange to ship you generic samples of these materials. (The core color options is the color on the edge of the card.)
| Card material | Description | Core color options | Weight (grams) |
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| Plastic (PVC) |
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| 6 g |
| Recycled PVC |
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| 6 g |
| Embedded Metal |
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| 11 g – 13 g |
| Standard Metal |
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| 12 g – 14 g |
| Heavy Metal |
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| 18 g – 22 g |
Choose carrier type
The following table captures the available custom carrier and compatible envelope options. If you don’t want a custom carrier, you can also combine your custom card with the standard carrier and set it up when the bundle is available in the Issuing Dashboard.
| Carrier type | Description | Envelope compatibility |
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| Standard trifold | White trifold with black text added in the Issuing Dashboard. | Window #10 |
| Custom trifold | Customization on the carrier with your brand colors or logos. | Window #10 |
| Custom bifold | Customization on the carrier with your brand colors or logos. | 6 x 91/4 |
The following tables lists the carrier specs:
| Carrier | Trifold | Bifold |
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| Paper size | 8.5" x 11" | 8.5" x 11" |
| Fold | 2 horizontal folds | 1 horizontal fold |
| Card location | Middle-right panel | Bottom-left panel |
| Card orientation | Horizontal | Horizontal |
| Color | 80# offset white | 100# offset white |
| Finish | Matte/uncoated | Matte/uncoated |
| Envelope size | 41/8 x 91/2 (Window #10) | 6 x 91/4 |
Choose envelope type
Stripe offers various custom envelope options in addition to the standard white envelopes. Let us know which packaging option interests you and we’ll provide more details to assist you throughout the process.
Options with customized exteriors are reviewed for PCI compliance. The envelope can’t have any visual or implied indication there’s a card inside.
| Envelope type | Description | Carrier compatibility |
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| Standard Window #10 | White industry standard envelope. | Trifold |
| Standard 6 x 91/4 | White industry standard envelope. | Bifold |
| Custom Window #10 | Customization on the envelope’s exterior with your brand colors or logos for a personalized look. | Trifold |
| Custom 6 x 91/4 | Customization on the envelope’s exterior with your brand colors or logos for a personalized look. | Bifold |
| Enhanced packaging | For a more unique unboxing experience, we partner with Burgopak. You can choose from five options, including solutions with sliding mechanisms and book-like formats. If you’re interested, we can walk you through more details during a design session. These might require additional time for testing and added costs. | No carrier included |