Helping our customers say thank you with Print Marketplace

Print Marketplace is a UK-wide digital tool for buying printed material including brochures, flyers, leaflets, business cards, and letterheads.

It’s a self-serve platform which is free to use. In a few simple steps you can define your needs and decide which design option is best for you:

• choose from a range of preloaded templates and easily upload your artwork
• customise your design using the free and simple to use online design tool
• use our team of designers – whether you need new concepts or tweaks to existing artwork
• receive instant quotes and filter by price, location, or carbon impact

How our customers are using Print Marketplace

We have been helping our customers say thank you to some of their most important stakeholders.

HM Land Registry

HM Land Registry safeguards land and property ownership valued at £7 trillion, enabling over £1 trillion worth of personal and commercial lending to be secured against property across England and Wales.

The department wanted to recognise its employees for all their work during the pandemic with a series of thank you cards sent out directly to all employees.

The design team at the Land Registry scoped out Print Marketplace and decided that it was a good fit for the project. They particularly liked the instant prices they could review, as well as being able to support social value by analysing the carbon impact of the job, and the range of SMEs available in the supplier directory.

Stacy Gibbs, Deputy Head of Corporate Communications at HM Land Registry said:

‘We wanted to pay tribute to our colleagues’ hard work after a particularly challenging year and felt a traditional thank you card would be lovely. Print Marketplace offered excellent value for money and achieved exactly what we set out to do, which was to produce a card that would surprise and delight colleagues.’

Cats Protection

Cats Protection is the UK’s largest feline welfare charity, helping around 200,000 cats and kittens every year, thanks in no small part to their network of over 230 volunteer-run branches and more than 30 centres.

The charity was looking to streamline its procurement processes and wanted a print solution that was easy to implement and good value for money. After a demo from the team at Print Marketplace they decided to try the new online tool.

Cats Protection used the marketplace to place an initial order of a range of thank you cards for its fundraisers. As all suppliers are pre-vetted, no extensive procurement process was required.

“I wanted to get in touch to say thank you for your help and how good the ordering process has been. Once this order has been finalised, we will be looking into placing a more expansive order.”

Procurement Officer, Cats Protection

Find out how we can help you

There’s lots of information about the Print Marketplace on our website, including frequently asked questions. 

Registering for Print Marketplace is quick and simple on the website. You can also request a demonstration of the system.

If you have any further questions or would like to speak to a member of our team please fill out this short online form referencing ‘RM6071’ in the comments box.

Alternatively, you can: 

call 0345 410 2222

email info@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Don’t forget, you can find a full list of all the commercial agreements we offer, alongside details of how we can help you build policy considerations into your procurement, in our interactive digital brochure.