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~ before day one ~

Welcome to the team cards

A card that arrives at a new hire's house the week before they start does more for the first day than any onboarding deck. We write it by hand and post it for you.

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  • A real pen, not a font
  • $6.99 one card, $2.45 at volume
  • US postage included
  • Your artwork on the front, your sign-off inside

Welcome card designs(50)

Your own artwork can go on the front. The handwritten part is what they will read.

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Upload your artwork at 108 × 140 mm, then add the message inside. Your design is saved privately in your account and costs the same to send as a card from our collection.

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Why send a card?

The gap between signing and starting

There is usually a month between somebody accepting an offer and turning up. In that month they are still talking to the company they are leaving, and quite possibly to the other company that made them an offer.

Almost nothing happens in that gap. An IT email about a laptop, maybe. A card posted to their home during it is a strange and disproportionately effective thing: it costs $6.99 and it is the only contact they get that is not administrative.

The same applies to a first-time customer. A welcome card a few days after their first order arrives when they are still deciding whether they made a good choice.

How it works

Trigger it off the start date

Your HR system knows the start date the moment the offer is accepted.

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Connect the HRIS or add them manually

New hire, start date, home address. That is everything we need.

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Set how far ahead it goes

Most companies aim for the week before. We work back from the start date and post accordingly.

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Sign it as the team, not the company

The hiring manager's name on it beats "the People Team" by a distance. Signatures are set per team.

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It lands at their home

Written in real ink, hand-addressed, stamped. They read it in their kitchen, not at a desk they do not have yet.

Works with HubSpot, Salesforce, Shopify, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Zapier, Make, n8n and webhooks. Anything else with an API, we will build it free of charge.

What to write

What to write in a welcome to the team card

One specific detail about why you hired them beats a paragraph of enthusiasm.

  • Before a new hire's first dayThe inside of a handwritten card reading: Sam, Cannot wait for the 14th. The whole team watched your portfolio walkthrough twice. Ray
  • From the hiring managerThe inside of a handwritten card reading: Priya, Welcome aboard. I spent seven months trying to fill this role and stopped the day we spoke. Marcus
  • First week, after they have startedThe inside of a handwritten card reading: Tom, One week in. Ignore the wiki, half of it is wrong. Ask me anything. Welcome. Nina
  • To a new customer after their first orderThe inside of a handwritten card reading: Ana, Welcome to Brightside, and thank you for the first order. Reply to the email if anything is off. Sam
  • ShortThe inside of a handwritten card reading: Welcome to the team, Jordan. Really glad you said yes. Ray

Copy any of these. Change the name and the one detail only you would know, and it sounds like you wrote it. That is the whole job: short, specific, no sales pitch. Every card above is a different handwriting in real ink, and on a real send your CRM fills in the names, so four thousand cards say four thousand different things.

Pricing

The more you send, the less each one costs

One credit buys one card, written and posted, US stamp included. Credits get bought when you have something to send and they do not expire. There is no monthly fee and no minimum order.

1–99$6.99/ card
100+$5.59/ card
250+$4.89/ card
500+$4.19/ card
1,000+$3.50/ card
2,500+$3.15/ card
5,000+$2.80/ card
10,000+$2.45/ card
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Opening one takes about two minutes and costs nothing until you buy credits. Want a quote, a contract, or an invoice? Talk to sales.

Your questions

Welcome to the team cards, answered

When should a welcome card arrive?

For a new hire, the week before they start, while the gap between signing and starting is otherwise silent. For a new customer, a few days after the first order lands.

Can we send it to a home address before someone's first day?

Yes, and it works better than sending it to the office. They have not got a desk yet.

Can this run automatically from our HR system?

Connect the HRIS and a start date triggers the card. We check daily and post far enough ahead to land in the window you set.

How much does it cost?

$6.99 for one card with postage included. If you are hiring at volume it drops: $5.59 at 100 cards a year, and further from there.

Can the hiring manager sign it rather than the company?

Yes. Signatures are set per team or per manager, and the standing line stays the same either way.

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Written in real ink

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