How to send a postcard online, in 4 steps

Step 1: Upload your photo

Create an account, start a new card from your dashboard, and upload a photo, image or PDF for the front. On a computer you can also drag and drop the file. Choose a picture that tells the story: a shared holiday, a birthday portrait or a photo of your new home.

If your PDF has two pages, the second page automatically becomes the back; with more pages, choose the two you want to use. Set landscape or portrait orientation and an aspect ratio such as 3:2, 4:3, 16:9 or 1:1. Reposition and scale the image so faces and important details stay inside the card.

• Before moving on: check the crop, especially if a wide photo is going on a portrait card.
• On mobile, the card settings and positioning tools are in the tabs below the card.

Step 2: Write the back

Switch to Back in the editor and write your message in a handwritten-style font. Add the recipient and sender details, then choose a built-in stamp or upload your own stamp image with a perforated edge. The stamp is part of the design, not paid postage. If you already have a finished design, the back can hold a second photo or PDF page instead of a typed message.

Make the message specific to the photo rather than a generic greeting. For a holiday picture, for example: “This view made me think of our trip together. Wish you were here! Love, Sam.” For an invitation, include the date, place and what the recipient should do next.

• Open Preview and check both sides before sharing: spelling, message size and any event details.
• Use a handwritten-style font for the look of a postcard, but keep the message readable on a phone.

Step 3: Create the link

Choose Send in the editor to open the sharing options. For one person, create a private link, select how long it should remain available, and choose the recipient's interface language: English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish or Italian. The language setting changes the opening experience; write your own message in the language you want them to read.

Creating the link does not send a WhatsApp message for you: you copy or share it in the next step. For a group, use email invites instead of forwarding one person's link to everyone. Paste addresses, import a CSV or Excel spreadsheet, or first share a collect link so guests can add their email addresses. Each invited recipient receives a personal link.

• Choose no expiry for a lasting greeting, or an available expiry period for a time-sensitive card.
• Check the credit cost before confirming. Your first postcard to one recipient is a gift; after that, each recipient uses one credit. Group sends are charged per recipient, not once for the whole design.

Step 4: Send and watch it land

Copy the link into WhatsApp, a text message or your own email, or send the email invites from the sharing options. Add a short personal introduction so the recipient knows the link is from you. There is no postal address to enter and no physical delivery to wait for.

The recipient opens the link in a browser, sees an envelope animation, and can view the front and back of your postcard without an account or app. Return to the card's Tracking view to check recorded opens and timestamps; with individual invite links, you can see which recipient opened their card.

• A sent message and an opened card are different: open tracking records visits to the card, not proof that your message was delivered or read.
• If someone cannot open it, check that you sent the complete link and that it has not expired or been revoked.

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