Another year supporting One Percent for the Planet

InstantCard is pleased to report that, for another year, we have fulfilled our pledge to donate over 1% of company revenues to environmental causes which support a healthy planet.  During 2025 we contributed to causes that maintain healthy oceans, forests, and our incredible National Parks. And [...]

By |2025-01-17T15:12:30-05:00January 17th, 2025|Categories: Stories, Thoughts and Ideas|

Are Photo ID Cards Going Extinct?

I often get asked, when I explain InstantCard’s business to a new acquaintance, “but aren’t ID cards going the way of the dinosaurs?”.  This question is particularly common from tech-savvy entrepreneurs I meet, whose core belief is that mobile and web technologies are rapidly replacing all [...]

By |2024-11-05T22:27:08-05:00November 5th, 2024|Categories: Card Technology, Potential Clients, Thoughts and Ideas|

What makes InstantCard Unique as an online ID Card Provider?

On a recent phone call with a major corporate prospect, I was asked a very simple question: “What makes InstantCard unique among the various online ID card services?”  This simple, straightforward question got me thinking that perhaps the unique services we offer and take for granted are [...]

By |2024-09-23T19:16:06-04:00September 23rd, 2024|Categories: Potential Clients, Security, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , , |

How to de-frictionalize your ID Card Production

Friction anywhere in an organization results in waste and lost efficiency.  One characteristic common to every successful business is its continual drive for to squeeze out friction, thereby increasing efficiency, throughout its operations.  Whether it is factory automation, new IT systems, employee training, or outsourcing, the constant [...]

By |2024-09-12T20:22:49-04:00September 12th, 2024|Categories: Current Clients, Potential Clients, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , , |

How InstantCard is fighting inflation in ID cards

Inflation has been taking a huge chunk out of everyone’s wallet, so its only natural that it is among everyone’s most important concerns today.  Prices are increasing everywhere, from food to travel to web services and just about everything else.  Well, as President of the company, I’m [...]

By |2024-08-29T12:05:25-04:00August 28th, 2024|Categories: Company News, Potential Clients, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , , |

Why APIs are perhaps the most important technology in the ID card business

The production of ID cards is an important element of the secure identification ecosystem.  This broad area of technology has become an essential part of modern life, because personal identification is the cornerstone of system security.  Security has leapt to the forefront of our collective consciousness [...]

By |2024-08-05T04:55:25-04:00May 31st, 2024|Categories: Card Technology, Security, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , , , |

Why the QR code on a vCard is so much better than NFC

I recently attended a major industry conference, and gained some interesting insights about the use vCards in day-to-day interactions with fellow businessmen.  I had decided to systematically use my vCard with everyone I met, to see how it performed and to test peoples’ reactions, rather than [...]

By |2024-08-05T06:20:56-04:00May 20th, 2024|Categories: Card Technology, ID Card Considerations, ID Card Design, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , |

Why I believe that ID cards aren’t going away anytime soon

Many people, when they hear that I run America’s leading online photo ID card provider, ask me “but isn’t that a dying business?”  Aren’t ID cards going the way of the buggy whip and the steam engine?  But you know what? I’ve been hearing that reaction [...]

By |2024-08-05T04:50:14-04:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: ID Card Design, Security, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , |

Why using ID Card design software for photo ID cards is a bad idea

Here at InstantCard we are occasionally asked whether we offer a card layout tool to allow our clients to design their own ID card templates.  We have long resisted the temptation to release such a tool, as we think that our clients are not well-served by [...]

By |2024-08-05T06:58:00-04:00April 30th, 2024|Categories: ID Card Design, Potential Clients, Thoughts and Ideas|Tags: , , , |
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