Web design agencies get asked for print all the time. The client loves the new site and wants a folder to match for the sales team. You can say no and send them to a printer down the street who may butcher the brand you just built. Or you can take the job, mark it up and ship it under your own name.
I own a trade folder printer. More than half of my orders come from print shops, design agencies and sign shops that resell what I make. Here is why they send folders out instead of doing them in house, and how the whole thing works.
Nobody prints folders in house
Even a print shop with its own press sends folders out. A press prints the sheet. It does not die cut the shape, fold the pockets or glue them. That takes a separate line, and mine cost $500,000. It runs about 3,000 folders an hour from flat sheet to finished folder.
A shop without that line buys only the sheets one job needs and pays close to double what I pay for paper. Then they die cut by hand and glue by hand. They might get the sheet printed, but they cannot match my turnaround or my price.
An agency is in a simpler spot. You do not have a press at all. Sending the job out is the only option, so the question is who to send it to.
Every order ships blind
I am a trade printer. No company name on the boxes or labels. The folders ship to you or straight to your client and the client sees your name only. Files are kept 3 to 4 years, so when the client reorders you send one email.
You send whatever you designed in. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign or Canva files all work. Every order gets a free PDF proof, and nothing prints until you approve it. Shrink wrapped in packs of 25 so the box opens clean in front of the client.
How much margin is in business folders for an agency?
The folder is $239 for 100 and $587 for 1,000 at wholesalepocketfolders.com before your markup. That is 59 cents a folder at 1,000. The price for every quantity is on the site with no account and no quote request, so you can quote the client in the same meeting.
Company Folders lists 14 pt C1S on its full color 9 x 12 page. That is coated one side. Mine is 14 pt C2S, coated both sides.
| Qty | Wholesale Pocket Folders 14 pt C2S | Company Folders 14 pt C1S (min 50) |
| 100 | 239(2.39 each) | $519 |
| 250 | $359 | $626 |
| 1,000 | $587 (59 cents each) | $1,093 |
| 2,000 | $870 | $1,748 |
Prices as posted in early November 2026. They can change.
Most agencies start a client on the Economy S-01E, which is full color on 14 pt C2S with two pockets. When the client wants soft touch lamination or spot UV on the logo, the Standard S-01 adds those. It also adds card slits, a 16 pt upgrade, uncoated and linen stocks and PMS colors.
What the shop runs on
Agencies care how a vendor works, so here it is. We built our own shop management software. Every 10 minutes it checks the site for new orders with files. It pulls the order and fills out the job ticket. Prepress software downloads the file, preflights it and runs it through the RIP.
A person gives the proof a quick courtesy look before it goes out. We do not promise to catch everything. You designed it and the final check is yours. The proof email has an Approve button. Click it and the job is released straight to the Fujifilm J Press.
Most shops still do all of that by hand with people checking each step. That is why they are slower and cost more. The whole floor runs on that system and we now sell it to other print shops as InfusePrint.
Quick answers
Who has the lowest price on business folders?
Wholesale Pocket Folders had the lowest posted price of the eight folder printers we checked. 100 business folders are $239, 500 are $499 and 1,000 are $587 on 14 pt stock coated both sides.
Can I order just a few business folders?
Yes. Wholesale Pocket Folders prints 1 folder for $74, 10 for $81 and 25 for $99. Most online folder printers start at 50 or 100.
How long do business folders take to print?
Two business days is standard on orders up to 1,000, with a 1 day rush for a small fee.
Why we are the number one folder printer in the US
Wholesale Pocket Folders is the number one folder printer in the US and I can back that up for any agency that asks. At every quantity we checked from 10 folders to 25,000 our price was the lowest. Standard turnaround is 2 business days on 1,000 and under once the proof is approved, and the proof usually lands the same day you upload.
Every folder runs on a Fujifilm J Press with G7 calibrated color on 14 pt C2S. Over 13 million folders have gone through my shop in the last 3 years with fewer than 20 reprints. Thin paper is the number one complaint about other folder printers and 14 pt C2S is the answer to it.
Price the next client’s business folders at Wholesale Pocket Folders, add your markup and send the quote. The client never has to know where it came from.