Make Your Own Sports Cards — Printed & Shipped Fast

We print and ship the next business day from our production facility in Des Moines, Iowa. Because we run everything in-house, we don't rely on third-party printers or overseas manufacturing, which keeps our turnaround tight and consistent. Standard shipping is free over $30 for all orders within the USA. If you're ordering for a specific event — a team party, a birthday, a retirement celebration — give yourself at least 5-7 calendar days from order date to be comfortable. Rush situations have generally worked out well, but we always recommend a buffer.

The MEGA card is an 11 by 15.4 inch version of your custom sports card design — roughly the size of a poster. It uses the same templates and photo upload process as the standard card, but the output is a large-format, frameable piece. At $49.99, it's a statement piece for a bedroom wall, a locker room, a coach's office, or a trophy display. A lot of customers order one MEGA alongside a set of standard cards — the standard cards get handed out, the MEGA goes on the wall.

None at all. The entire design process works through our template system — you upload your photo, place it within the template, and fill in text fields for name, position, stats, and any other details you want. There's no blank canvas to wrestle with, no layers to manage, no software to download. The templates do the heavy lifting visually. Your job is to supply the photo and the information. The preview updates in real time so you can see exactly what you're getting before checkout. Most customers finish the whole process in under ten minutes.

It's a rigid, clear acrylic magnetic closure case — the same style serious card collectors use to protect valuable cards. The two halves snap together magnetically, holding the card secure without any sleeve or friction. You can display the card standing upright or lay it flat. The case adds structure and protection so your card doesn't bend during shipping or handling. We include one with every order at no charge because we think a premium card deserves a premium presentation. If you order a multi-pack, each card ships protected appropriately.

That's one of the most common reasons people order. Custom sports cards make genuinely personal gifts because they're specific — they feature that person's actual photo, their actual name, their actual sport. You can order with your shipping address and present it yourself, or ship directly to the recipient. They work well for birthdays, retirement from a sport, end-of-season recognition, senior night, and holiday gifts. Parents, coaches, teammates, and family members all order for athletes they want to recognize. The card format carries a meaning that generic gifts simply don't.

You can order a single card for $17.99 or order multi-card packs up to $49.99. There's no minimum and no maximum — if you need a full roster set for a youth team or a bulk order for a league event, just place the order accordingly. Each card in a pack can feature a different athlete and different photo, making it easy to do a full team set without placing separate orders. If you're planning a large multi-athlete order and have questions about the best way to structure it, we're happy to walk you through the options.

Yes. Every card is printed at our facility in Des Moines, Iowa. We chose to keep production domestic intentionally — it means faster shipping times, tighter quality control on every batch, and no supply chain delays tied to international shipping. When you order from Snapshot, you're supporting a small production operation in the Midwest, not a massive overseas fulfillment warehouse. That also means we can catch and correct quality issues quickly, because the people taking the order are the same people running the printers.