Email Greeting Cards

Sending an email greeting card is one of the quickest ways to show your friends and family that they are always on your mind. For special occasions like birthdays or Christmas, sending an ecard is much more convenient than using snail mail.

How to Customize and Send an Electronic Card

Go online and look for free customizable ecards. These services are proliferating on the Web, so finding one should be easy. When you get to the site, look for a link that says “Create ecards” or “Create your own greeting cards”.

Next you choose a background image. You can select one from the site or upload your own. To upload your own image, click the “browse” link. Navigate to the folder that has the image you want and upload it. Note: if the image is large and your connection is slow, this may take a few minutes.

Sometimes the site will let you choose the icon to be displayed for the card, but others don’t. After you have added all the images, enter your name and email address. Put in the recipient’s name and email address as well.

Type the message. For special occasions like Christmas, some messages may be typed already, but you can change them if you like. You can also choose the font style and color.

Click the “preview” button before you send the card. Make sure the spelling, grammar and email addresses are correct. Click “send”. Some sites let you send the card later; just enter the date you want it to be sent and it will be delivered. This can be handy especially if you tend to forget or expect to be busy during the upcoming days.

About Ecard Pay Sites

Some email greeting card sites are pay sites; you have to be a member and pay an annual fee. In exchange they will offer other services, plus the cards are of high quality. It is up to you to decide if you want to avail of these services.

Adding Sound and Video

Whether you want to send birthday, get well, I love you or miss you cards, there are many ways you can enhance it. Besides colorful graphics, you can now add video and sound.

Many popular and free ecard websites let you add multimedia elements. In many cases the process is no different from adding a picture. You just add from the presets on the site or one on your hard disk.

Tips

Click the play button to see the card animation before you send it. It will give you an idea of what it looks like. You can add mp3 music to the card, but your connection must be fast as these files can be quite large. Some sites may require a software download. Just follow the instructions.

Email greeting cards are rapidly replacing traditional snail mail cards. Unlike the latter, ecards are quick and can be enhanced in so many ways. With a few mouse clicks, your customized card will be sent to the recipient in an instant.