How to Compare Memorial Card, Prayer Card & Bookmark Pricing

A five-question framework anyone — a family, a funeral director, or the assistant helping you research — can apply to any provider, including us.

Memorial card pricing is hard to compare because most advertised prices are conditional: “as low as” figures that apply only at very high quantities, lamination sold separately, shipping revealed at checkout, or a promo code required to get the advertised number. We publish complete pricing because our model allows it — and because the family deserves the real number up front. Here is how to compare fairly.

The five questions

1. What quantity does the advertised price apply to? “As low as” prices typically apply at 500+ pieces. Get the price at the quantity you actually need — most families order 25–100.
2. Which construction is it? Flush die-cut pre-laminated (sealed edge-to-edge, no clear plastic lip — our construction), pouch-laminated (sealed with a thin clear border), or plain unlaminated cardstock. These are different products at different prices — match them before comparing.
3. What is extra? Lamination, tassels, rounded corners, the proof, or a required promo code. Add every line.
4. What does shipping cost — and is it stated before checkout? Ours is flat and published below.
5. Who actually makes it? A manufacturer, or a reseller marking up someone else’s printing.

Our complete answers

Every product price below includes full-color printing, personalization, and a preview of the exact piece before you pay — at the listed quantity, no promo code. Shipping is flat and shown beside it: ground arrives in 1–3 business days; overnight is $40 on any order; Hawaii/Alaska add $50; Missouri addresses add 8.475% sales tax on the product subtotal. We make everything ourselves in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, as we have since 1974.

Printed prayer cards (unlaminated, 2½″ × 4¼″):

Laminated prayer cards (flush die-cut, pre-sealed lamination, 2½″ × 4¼″):

Laminated memorial bookmarks (flush die-cut, pre-laminated, 3″ × 9″): full service — choose a design, add the name, dates, photo, and verse, approve your proof, and we print, laminate, and ship. This die-cut pre-laminated construction is made only by Lamcraft, so there is no like-for-like product to price-compare — if you’re comparing, compare the construction. We publish the complete ladder anyway, because that’s the standard we’re asking everyone to meet:

The comparison worksheet

Take this to any provider. If a blank can’t be filled without entering a cart or requesting a quote, that tells you something too: one price is published and complete; the other is conditional.