Here’s a business idea for an Indiepreneur … print cards.
No, not business cards or greeting cards. I’m talking about those plastic gift cards, ID cards, employee badges, etc.
I’ve been poking around RACO and it sounds very interesting. The market has got to be just huge for this.
Think about the possibilities. How many small businesses need everything from gift card printing to ID card printing, but don’t have card printing devices or capabilities? Indie coffee shops need reward or loyalty cards. Giving a good customer a discount card for their next visit encourages them to come back. It’s a great business builder.
Image borrowed from racocard.com
Who else could be possible clients for this sort of card printing? Well, gyms need membership cards, hospitals need employee IDs and access cards, restaurants, gift shops. It’s endless almost, isn’t it?
Although there are no prices on their card printers and ID card printers, so you’ll have to do your due diligence and call these folks if this sounds interesting to you. I’m not calling them for you! 
My guess is that they’re expensive … otherwise every business would have one, right? That means those businesses would be willing to pay you to put yours to work rather than buying one to use once or twice a year.
Or, maybe these printing devices are less than I think, which would be even better. If others think they’re expensive (and they LOOK expensive, don’t they?), your potential clients will still come to you, but you’ll have a larger profit margin.
Looking around the site, I see some software for printing and encoding those black strips on cards as well as ribbons … which I’m assuming are the ink.
If you check into as a possible business for you, let us know. I’d like to know the details.
