C-Cards

What C-Cards does

C-Cards operates a self-serve online platform at c-cards.nl that distributes free Christian e-cards pairing Bible verses with original photography. The platform hosts a library of 807 cards organized across more than 22 occasion categories — including encouragement, illness, sympathy, birthday, wedding, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, baptism, and confession — and supports 10 Bible translations in Dutch, English, German, and Spanish. Users select a card, attach a personal message, and send it digitally at no cost; the platform also operates localized sister sites at scripture-ecards.com (English) and christliche-ecards.com (German).

The underlying technology is a standard web-based content delivery system with category navigation, translation switching, and a Weekkaart embed widget that allows external church websites to display the weekly featured card on their own domains. The company maintains a subscription mechanism (Abonnement) that delivers weekly new cards to 6,396 free subscribers, and supports per-card sharing links with source attribution (e.g., ?knr= referral parameters). The platform has no native mobile app, no public API or SDK, and no disclosed integrations.

The business model is freemium at the core: digital e-cards are free, serving as the primary acquisition channel and traffic engine for an integrated webshop that monetizes through physical merchandise. The webshop sells Canvas met Bijbeltekst prints (€33 to €230 depending on size, free shipping), Christian monthly calendars for 2025 and 2026, Bible study books, and photo-plus-scripture prints on wood. Go-to-market is product-led and self-serve: SEO-driven organic traffic to category pages, word-of-mouth within the Dutch Christian community (12,744 ratings averaging 9/10), and partner distribution via church website embeds. The company is private, founder-operated, has 1-10 employees, and has not raised external funding.

Name

C-Cards

Legal name

C-Cards

Website

https://c-cards.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

C-Cards operates a self-serve online platform offering free Christian e-cards featuring Bible verses and photography, supported by 10 Bible translations across four languages, with revenue generated through an integrated webshop selling canvas prints, calendars, and Bible study books.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Christian Greeting Cards

NAICS

Greeting Card Publishers (513191)

SIC

Greeting Cards (2771)

akta.pro primary industry

Greeting Cards, Wrap & Party Supplies Retail (CRALAJAE)

Keywords

• Christian ecards service
• Bible verse greeting cards
• Religious canvas prints
• Christian calendars webshop
• Bible study merchandise

Headquarters

HQ city

Sliedrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Free E-cards: Core service providing free Christian e-cards with Bible verses. Serves as the primary acquisition and engagement channel, driving traffic to the webshop.
2. Canvas Products: Sale of canvas prints featuring Bible verses with photography. Products available in multiple sizes from 30x20cm to 160x120cm, with pricing from €33 to €230. Free shipping included.
3. Christian Calendars: Sale of Christian monthly calendars (2025 and 2026) featuring themes such as 'Vrede' (Peace). Physical products shipped to customers.
4. Bible Study Books: Sale of Bible study books including 'Jezus' Naam een naam boven alle Naam' and 'Zeven overtuigende tekenen dat Jezus de Zoon van God is'.
5. Photo on Wood Products: Sale of photo and Bible text printed on wood products, available through the webshop.
6. Subscription: Free subscription service providing weekly new Christian e-cards to subscribers. May have premium subscription tier (Abonnement).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

C-Cards is a Dutch online platform that provides free Christian e-cards combining Bible scripture with accompanying photography, organized in a library of 807 cards across categories such as encouragement, birthdays, Christmas, Easter, illness, sympathy, and weddings. The platform supports multiple Bible translations in Dutch, English, German, and Spanish, and operates an integrated webshop selling physical merchandise including canvas prints with Bible text, Christian monthly calendars, Bible study books, and photo prints on wood.

Product overview

C-Cards is a Christian e-card platform offering a digital greeting card service centered around Bible verses. The core product is the collection of 807 Christelijke e-cards (Christian e-cards) featuring Scripture passages with photographs. The offering extends to physical merchandise including Canvas met Bijbeltekst (canvas prints with Bible text), Christelijke Kalender (Christian calendars), Bijbelstudieboeken (Bible study books), and Foto & Bijbeltekst op hout (photo prints on wood). Additional services include an Abonnement (subscription) for weekly new cards, a Weekkaart (weekly featured card) embeddable on websites, and E-Cards voor kerkelijke websites (e-card services for church websites). The platform supports multiple Bible translations across Dutch, English, German, and Spanish languages.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Christelijke e-cards (Christian e-cards) A library of 807 free digital greeting cards combining Bible scripture with accompanying photography, organized by occasion (encouragement, birthday, Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, illness, sympathy, wedding, baptism, etc.). Users select a card, personalize it with a personal message, and send it digitally. Available in 10 Bible translations in Dutch, English, German, and Spanish.
• Canvas met Bijbeltekst (Canvas with Bible text) Custom canvas prints featuring selected Bible verses with photography. Available in sizes from 30x20cm (€33) to 160x120cm (€230), with the popular 60x40cm size priced at €49.99. Made of 100% cotton with UV-resistant ink, 3cm wooden frame, and free hanging system. Free shipping within Netherlands and Belgium, 4-6 working days delivery.
• Christelijke Kalender (Christian Calendar) Monthly Christian wall calendar featuring a yearly theme such as 'Vrede' (Peace). Physical calendar product with monthly Bible-verse and photography content, available for purchase through the webshop with 2025 and 2026 editions.
• Bijbelstudieboeken (Bible study books) Physical Bible study books sold through the webshop, including titles such as 'Jezus' Naam een naam boven alle Naam' and 'Zeven overtuigende tekenen dat Jezus de Zoon van God is'.
• Abonnement (Free Weekly Subscription) Free subscription service that delivers a new Christian e-card every week to subscribers' inboxes. Users select their preferred Bible translation and receive notifications when new cards are added to the platform. Currently has 6,396+ active subscribers.
• Foto & Bijbeltekst op hout (Photo & Bible text on wood) Custom photo prints with Bible text printed on wood, offered as an alternative physical merchandise format to canvas prints. Available through the webshop.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average visitor rating of 9/10 based on 12744 ratings
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Smilebox: Smilebox is a digital photo and greeting card service using photos and templates, comparable to C-Cards' scripture-plus-photography card concept in a secular, broader-occasion context.
• Punchbowl: Punchbowl is a digital stationery and card platform that overlaps with C-Cards' e-card and printable greeting concept while focusing more on invitations and modern stationery.
• Crossmap: Crossmap is a Christian content platform that has included e-cards among its offerings, overlapping with C-Cards' Christian audience and use cases.

Direct peers

• Jacquie Lawson: Jacquie Lawson is a leading subscription-based e-card site offering beautifully designed animated greeting cards, the closest direct comparison in the e-card-only business model.
• Blue Mountain: Blue Mountain is a long-established digital greeting card platform offering e-cards and animated greetings, directly comparable in format and distribution even though its content is secular.
• 123Greetings: 123Greetings is one of the largest free e-card platforms globally with a similar free-to-send, ad-supported model, though it covers all occasions rather than a religious niche.
• Dayspring: Dayspring is a Christian-focused greeting card publisher and retailer (owned by Hallmark), directly comparable to C-Cards in the Christian-occasion card segment.
• CrossCards: CrossCards is a free Christian e-card platform that, like C-Cards, lets users send greeting cards paired with Bible verses, targeting the same Christian-demographic e-card use case.

Broad incumbents

• Hallmark: Hallmark is the dominant global greeting card brand with a digital e-card offering, comparable as a broad incumbent whose scale and brand power dwarf niche players like C-Cards.
• American Greetings: American Greetings is a major incumbent in physical and digital greeting cards, including ecards and a subscription app, providing a much broader scale reference point for the greeting card category.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CCardsSV
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/c-cards

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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