Sending e-cards has become one of the more popular methods of
acknowledging events such as holidays, birthdays, and just to
say hello. Often e-cards have taken the place of traditional
cards that involve postage, pen, and stamps. More importantly,
sending an e-card can bail you out when you remember that
special occasion at the last second. For example, you just
recalled today is your Mom's birthday, she lives 200 miles away
and it's 5:00 PM. What do you do? Send her an e-card.
However, not all e-cards sites are created equally. You go to
your favorite search engine and type in, "e-card" and get hit
with thousands of results. So, you click a search result that
catches your eye. Great, tons of e-cards to choose from. Then
you find the most appropriate one only to find out you need to
either pay a fee to send the e-card or register with your e-mail
and a password or what not. Not only that, but your choices are
limited to what may be over done cheesy e-cards with animals and
mundane animations that not only bore you to death but might
very well bore your recipient into last week.
So, you think to yourself, "Well this dancing bear sucks, but I
need to send an e-card, so well, this is better than nothing."
Don't worry, there is good news ahead. An entire world of well
thought out and truly unique e-cards exist out there. You simply
have to go beyond the "e-card' search engine request to find the
real meat and potatoes of free e-cards. Not only are there a
plethora of unique, funny, and conversation starting free
e-cards out there, many of them don't charge fees or require you
to register with your e-mail address to send them. Yes, there
are truly interesting free e-cards out there.
Let's start with the search. For one, searching on your favorite
search engine using "e-card" or "free e-card" may not get you
what you want. Try specializing your e-card search. For example
if you want to send someone you are divorcing an e-card try
searching under, "free divorce ecard" where you may find gems
such as
www.lamecards.com
which has a unique brand of free e-.cards that will catch the
eye of your recipient and make them remember the card you sent.
Additionally, sites such as LameCards.com don't charge to send
cards and don't require any form of registration. So
specializing your search is key.
Next, using the above, you may find the perfect free e-card site
and the perfect card you want to send. However, part of sending
the card asks you include your e-mail address as the sender.
This is common and almost universal. So, you wonder if by doing
so your e-mail is going to be submitted to some e-mail list you
don't want to be part of. That, is a very valid point and one
you should consider. So, before you send, check out the free
e-card's privacy statement. It should be posted on their
website, usually at the bottom of the page. Read it, and most
honest sites will state where or how your e-mail address may be
used. For example, the privacy statement on Lamecards.com
provides their policy on issues such as, "Lamecards.com does not
willingly provide, distribute, or sell e-mail addresses to any
outside organizations," and, "The e-mail addresses you provide
upon sending an e-card from lamecards.com will not be used by
lamecards.com to send "spam" e-mails from lamecards.com and will
not be willingly provided to third parties." These are important
things to look for when sending free e-cards.
In conclusion free e-cards can be fun to send. However, when you
send one you want the person to notice that you took the effort
to send the e-card and find a good one that would catch their
eye. Anyone can send those everyday free e-cards from those name
brand sites, but they might be seen as the quick and easy route
and may also be seen as the boring shortcut. Search wisely, and
find those special free e-cards that say, "Yes, I didn't just
send you the first e-card I found."
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