Most people asking where to buy NFC cards are not asking about technology. They are asking what a card costs at the quantity they can actually sell, and how fast it arrives. Those two numbers decide whether reselling review cards is a business or a hobby.
This guide compares the three realistic sourcing routes for a reseller, agency or webshop owner: online marketplaces, direct import from Asia, and a European wholesaler holding stock. Price per card is the only yardstick used, because that is the number that survives into your margin.
Where to buy NFC cards for resale: order blank stock from an EU wholesaler and let the quantity tier set your cost. At NFC BULK one card costs 6.99 EUR in the 5-piece starter pack and 2.00 EUR at 1000 pieces (1995.00 EUR total), which is 4.99 EUR less per card and a 71% discount. Every order ships from the Netherlands within 24 hours.
What are NFC cards, and what does a Google review card do?
An NFC card is a plastic card with a passive chip and antenna inside that a smartphone reads when the phone is held against it, without an app, a battery or pairing. The chip stores a small amount of data, usually a URL, and the phone opens that link on screen.
A Google review card is that same card with a review link written to the chip. A customer taps it at the counter and the review form for that business opens on their phone. The physical card never changes: what changes is the URL on the chip and the print on the surface. That is exactly why a wholesaler can sell one single blank product and let the reseller decide what it becomes.
Because the card is passive, there is nothing to charge and nothing to subscribe to. The link can be pointed at a review page, a menu, a booking form or a digital business card. If you are weighing cards against stickers or discs, the comparison is covered in NFC tags wholesale or cards: which stock resells.
Where to buy NFC cards: three sourcing routes compared
There are three places resellers realistically buy: consumer marketplaces, factories in Asia, and an EU wholesaler. They differ less in product than in cost structure and risk.
Marketplaces. You buy at consumer prices in small quantities. Fine for a single test card, unworkable as purchase stock, because the price you pay is close to the price your customer expects to pay. There is no tier discount and often no reorder guarantee on the same article.
Direct import. The unit price looks attractive until you add the full landed cost: freight, import duty, VAT on import, customs handling, payment risk and a lead time measured in weeks. You also carry the quality risk yourself. A single bad batch of a few hundred cards wipes out the saving on several good ones. Minimum order quantities are usually far above what a starting reseller can sell.
EU wholesaler. One invoice, VAT included, no customs paperwork, and stock that is already inside the EU. NFC BULK ships every order from the Netherlands and orders leave the door within 24 hours, so your reorder cycle is days rather than weeks. The trade-off is that the unit price is not a factory price: it is a stock price with a tier discount on top. The deeper you buy, the closer it gets. A longer breakdown of the local-versus-import question sits in NFC card wholesale near me or shipped from the EU.
The full NFC BULK sourcing table
Below is the complete tier list. All prices include VAT and all refer to the same blank NFC Google review card, only in different pack sizes.
| Quantity | Total price | Price per card | Saving per card vs 5 pieces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 34.95 EUR | 6.99 EUR | reference |
| 10 | 59.95 EUR | 6.00 EUR | 0.99 EUR |
| 15 | 82.95 EUR | 5.53 EUR | 1.46 EUR |
| 20 | 99.95 EUR | 5.00 EUR | 1.99 EUR |
| 50 | 199.95 EUR | 4.00 EUR | 2.99 EUR |
| 250 | 699.95 EUR | 2.80 EUR | 4.19 EUR |
| 500 | 1149.95 EUR | 2.30 EUR | 4.69 EUR |
| 1000 | 1995.00 EUR | 2.00 EUR | 4.99 EUR |
The curve is steepest between 20 and 250 pieces: that is where the price per card falls from 5.00 EUR to 2.80 EUR. From 500 to 1000 the drop is smaller in absolute terms but it is the tier that sets your floor at 2.00 EUR per card, a 71% discount against the 5-piece pack. Small quantities live in Starter bundles, the volume tiers in Bulk bundles.
Which tier to start with
If you have never handled the card, buy the 5-piece pack for 34.95 EUR as a sample, program one and tap it on both an iPhone and an Android phone. If you already have clients waiting, skip ahead: at 50 pieces for 199.95 EUR you pay 4.00 EUR per card, and at 250 pieces for 699.95 EUR you pay 2.80 EUR. The tier, not a negotiation, decides your purchase price.
What it costs you and what you keep
A worked example with example resale prices, not a promise. Take the 250-piece tier: 699.95 EUR in, 2.80 EUR per card. Suppose you print and program them and sell at an example retail price of 12.50 EUR per card. Revenue would be 3125.00 EUR on a 699.95 EUR purchase, leaving 2425.05 EUR before your own print, packaging and ad costs.
Now the same example at the entry tier. Five cards at 6.99 EUR each, sold at the same example 12.50 EUR, leaves 5.51 EUR per card. The product is identical; only the purchase tier moved. That gap is the entire reason to buy deeper than your current order book, as long as you can carry the stock.
At the 1000-piece tier your cost base is 2.00 EUR per card, which also lets you undercut a competing offer and still keep a margin, or bundle cards into a service package instead of selling them loose. For the practical side of setting up resale, from programming to pricing, see how to resell NFC review cards.
"NFC cards near me online": does distance still matter?
Searching for nfc cards near me online is usually a search for speed and recourse, not for a shop in your street. What you actually want is stock inside your own market, a clear invoice with VAT, and someone reachable in your time zone when a batch is wrong.
A warehouse in the Netherlands delivers that without you driving anywhere. Orders at NFC BULK are dispatched from the Netherlands within 24 hours, so for most EU resellers the parcel arrives faster than a local supplier who orders your quantity in only after you pay. Physical proximity matters only in one case: you need cards today and you can collect them. For everything else, dispatch speed beats distance.
Why blank stock is the reseller's product
Blank means no logo, no printed URL and an unwritten chip. You print the card yourself or resell it blank to an agency or print shop that does. That is the opposite of the retail model, where a single business buys a handful of cards with its own logo already on them.
Blank stock gives you three things. You hold one SKU instead of one design per client, so nothing becomes dead stock when a customer changes their logo. You set the retail price, because nothing on the card reveals where it came from. And you can serve a second client from the same box the same week. White-label sourcing is covered in more depth in white label NFC cards: blank stock from 2.00 per card.
A short checklist before you order
Run any supplier past these five points, whatever route you pick.
- Published tier prices. If the price per card only appears after a quote request, you cannot calculate margin before you commit.
- One product, many pack sizes. Eight different chips means eight different behaviours in the field. One blank card in eight quantities means one tested product.
- Dispatch time in writing. Not "fast shipping" but a stated window, such as dispatch within 24 hours.
- VAT-inclusive pricing from inside the EU. No import surprises after delivery.
- A reorder path that keeps your price. You want the same card at the same tier price next month, not a new article number.
Once those five are answered, where to buy NFC cards stops being a research question and becomes an arithmetic one: pick the tier your sales volume supports, and let the 4.99 EUR per card difference between the entry pack and the 1000-piece tier do the rest.
Frequently asked questions
What are NFC cards and do customers need an app?
An NFC card is a plastic card with a passive chip that a smartphone reads on contact. No app, no battery and no pairing is needed: the phone opens the URL stored on the chip directly. On a Google review card that URL is the review form of a business, so a customer taps the card at the counter and lands on the review screen straight away.
Where can I find NFC cards near me online without importing?
Searching for nfc cards near me online usually means you want stock already inside your market. NFC BULK holds blank NFC Google review cards in the Netherlands and dispatches every order within 24 hours, with VAT-inclusive pricing and no customs paperwork. For most EU resellers that arrives sooner than a local reseller who only orders your quantity after payment.
What is the cheapest price per card and how much do I need to buy?
The lowest price per card at NFC BULK is 2.00 EUR, which applies to the 1000-piece tier at 1995.00 EUR total. The entry point is the 5-piece pack at 34.95 EUR, or 6.99 EUR per card. Between those two tiers the purchase price drops by 4.99 EUR per card, a discount of 71% on the same blank card.
Are the eight quantities eight different products?
No. It is one and the same blank NFC Google review card, offered in eight pack sizes from 5 to 1000 pieces. The chip, the material and the format do not change with the tier: only the quantity per order and the resulting price per card. So a sample from the 5-piece pack behaves exactly like a card from the 1000-piece box.
Do the cards arrive printed and programmed?
No, the cards are delivered blank: no logo, no printed link and an unwritten chip. You print and program them yourself, or resell them blank to an agency or print shop. That keeps your stock to one article instead of one design per client, and it means nothing on the card shows your customer where it was bought.
Buying NFC cards in bulk
NFC BULK supplies blank Google review cards in bulk to resellers across Europe. Shipped from the Netherlands within 24 hours, with tier discounts up to 71 percent on larger quantities.
See the bulk bundles · Start smaller · Pricing and margins · Frequently asked questions
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