Postcards for painting contractors
Book the next season before it starts
Exterior paint fades on a clock, and the homeowner you painted three years ago has already forgotten your name. CardCadence mails repaint reminders and neighbor postcards that fill your spring and fall calendar, with a QR code to your quote request on every card.
The problem
Your best leads are sitting in last year's invoices
You did beautiful work, the homeowner loved it — then you both moved on. Three years later the trim is peeling and they're Googling "painters near me" instead of calling you. A postcard with a sharp before-and-after and a quick-quote prompt lands in the mailbox right when the fade shows. With a QR code, you finally know which drop booked the estimate.
The play
The 3-year repaint reminder
Pull the exterior jobs you painted two to four years ago, mail a postcard timed to early spring with a free-estimate offer, and link a QR code straight to your quote form. CardCadence prints, stamps, and mails — you just start booking walk-throughs before the busy season hits.
- Repaint reminders to exterior clients from 2-4 years back
- Neighbor postcards to the houses around a job you just finished
- Off-season interior promos to fill the slow winter weeks
- A QR code to your free-estimate form on every card
The honest pitch
What you actually get
CardCadence is newly launched, so no dressed-up testimonials — just the facts for your painting mailers.
Pay per card, from $1.19
Printing, postage, and mailing in one price. Fund a wallet, pay only for the painting cards you send — no subscription, no contract.
Mailed First-Class
Every card goes out at USPS First-Class rates — typically 2–5 days in transit, and the Postal Service forwards it free for 12 months if your customer has moved. There is no slower bulk tier to be quietly downgraded into.
Trackable by default
Every postcard design ships with a QR code that resolves to a link unique to each recipient, so a scan ties back to the exact card and address that earned it. Leave it in place and your painting mail is measurable.
Designed for painting
Start from one of our postcard layouts, write the copy and offer for your painting audience, or upload your own art. Proof it on a real postcard preview before anything mails.
Common questions
Questions about painting postcards
What does it cost to mail painting postcards?
$1.19 for a 4x6, $1.35 for a 6x9 and $1.69 for a 6x11 — and that is the whole number, not a print price with postage bolted on afterwards. There is no subscription and no contract: you fund a wallet and each card draws down from it, so a 500-piece drop is a figure you can work out before you commit to it.
Who should I mail first?
Homeowners due for a repaint. Start there rather than with the biggest list you can buy: a narrower drop costs less to test and tells you far more about what works. Build it from your own records or target by area, then proof the card on a real postcard preview before a single one prints.
How do I know the mail actually worked?
Every design carries a QR code that resolves to a link unique to each recipient, so a scan ties back to the exact card and the exact address that earned it — not just to "the campaign". Leave the code where it is and the spend stops being a guess.
When should painting postcards land?
Ahead of the season, not during it. By the time the phone is already ringing, the people who were going to call have called, and you are competing with every other truck in the area. Mail into the weeks before demand turns and you reach the household while it is still deciding — schedule the drop and the wave goes out on its own.
Keep your crew booked year-round
Fund a wallet, send your first painting postcards, and track every scan. No subscription.