Minted Review

Thursday, July 10th

2025 Graduation Invitation Store Reviews

Minted

• Prices start at $115 for 85 invites
• 1-5 day shipping
• 360+ designs
• Addressing included at no extra cost
• Design tool for upgrades
• 7-day returns
• "A+” rating from the BBB

Established in 2007, Minted is a vibrant marketplace for independent artists to showcase their talent and sell their artwork. Drawing talent from across all 50 states and spanning over 100 countries globally, Minted's impressive array of products is sourced through monthly online art and design contests, where community voting determines the selection of featured creations. The site has a special section just for graduation announcements.

Over 360 styles to choose from

With an extensive repertoire encompassing holiday cards, personalized gifts, stationery, artwork, custom announcements, and home decor, Minted offers a staggering selection. For its graduation invitations, you'll find over 360 graduation styles. You can select from invites with 1-4 photos, the type of school, styles like minimal, botanical, funny, classic, and more, and you can choose the size and print style.

Not all of the design process is intuitive

When it comes to customizing your design, the options are pretty standard at Minted. You can change things like colors, metallic foil, the edges of the card, and whether or not you want extras like higher-quality cardstock or foil added to your name on the inside of the card. The editor tool is a little confusing when it comes to personalized text. Most of the edits you make in the tool are along a right-hand toolbar. However, the personalized text needs to be clicked on through the image of the card to open another editor on the left where you can customize what the text says, the font style, and the size. It took a lot of clicking through to figure that out, which may be frustrating to new designers.

Prices start at $115 for 85 cards

The pricing at Minted is not super clear from the listings page. You have to click on a specific design and get started with the personalization to see prices. To give you an idea of what to expect, we checked out one design and looked at the low- and high-end personalization options. (For our purposes, we considered the Distinguished design.) At the base level, this design costs $115 for 85 cards. The lowest tier is postcard format which includes one photo on the front and a photo on the back with the styling of a postcard for writing space. On the high end, the most expensive one is the magnet which also ships 85 copies. This style just has one design on the front with no back and is printed on a 4x6 magnet. The cost is $224. Now, if you add rounded corners to either design, it will go up by $31.25. After adding things like upgraded envelopes, and address stickers, the final top-end price for the Distinguished design was $309.25.

7-day returns pending review

Minted's flexible return policy allows for returns of any item for any reason. However, the individual requests are evaluated by Minted before being accepted right away. While the custom nature of graduation invitations makes refunds less common, discrepancies between the final product and online previews are grounds to ask for a refund, and Minted promises potential resolution depending on the review. Just remember to contact Minted within 7 days of delivery of your graduation invitations.

Delivery in 1-5 days

One standout feature is Minted's complimentary recipient addressing service, allowing you to streamline the mailing process by uploading recipient addresses for envelope printing. Production will take a few days, though the timeline is not specified, and shipping will take 1-5 days. Unless there is a promo running, shipping costs anywhere from $3.95 to $34.95 for invites, depending on standard or rush shipping choices.

Some concerns about delivery times

Despite earning an "A+" rating from the Better Business Bureau, Minted's customer reviews present a mixed picture. The company has a pretty good score of 3.9 stars out of 5 from Trustpilot, but it only has a 1.4-star average from Sitejabber. While the platform's commitment to supporting independent artists is commendable, some customers have encountered challenges with customer service and product reliability. Instances of production delays have resulted in disappointment for customers awaiting time-sensitive items like graduation invitations.

Missed the mark on reliability

While Minted offers a creative platform for graduation invitations, its reliability may not match that of top-rated competitors. For this reason, and for some snags in the editor tool, Minted earns a good rating in our review rather than something higher. However, it's highly competitive if you want to support individual artists, making it a fun place to browse unique designs.