Reasons to shop around for printing services in Canada
Printing flyers? Brochures? Calendars? Is it worth your while to shop around or do all printing companies charge the same? Our short research of Canadian printing industry shows that you can save thousands by shopping around!
A search on Google.ca for “print flyersToronto” returns 21 results, 20 of which are local printing companies. Of these, 14 display prices online. Taking 500 and 1000 2-sided 8.5”x11” flyer as an example, the range of prices is as follows:
Lowest price for 500 flyers: $66.66
Average price: $200
Highest price for 500 flyers: $326
This is an approx. 489% difference!
Lowest price for 1000 flyers: $116.47
Average price: $264
Highest price for 1000 flyers: $396
This is an approx. 341% difference!
We have paid attention to compare same or very similar paper and finish.
The difference in rates is mind-blowing and hard to believe. The reason? A closer examination of the suppliers suggests that many of them are not actual printing houses but are excellent advertisers. While their ordering system and service may be great, actual printing is subcontracted to printing houses at much lower rates.
Flyers is not an isolated example, the same is true for all products, including promotional items, brochures, calendars, postcards, letterheads, banners, etc. The difference in prices does not end at low quantities such as the ones used in our trial. A very significant price gap is still there even on orders of 5 000+ pcs. All in all the larger your order the more you will save! So if you are doing a trade show or a mail-out campaign and are in need of thousands of booklets, flyers, cards, and brochures, you could easily save well over $2000 by carefully selecting your printing provider.
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