(Still, if you want a reason, here is a holiday calendar with ecards for probably every holiday you've ever heard of).
- Step one is to choose an ecard. This is easy to do; just go to Care2, which has thousands of free ecards. You can pick a card from the main page, or view any of the ecard categories, such as funny birthday cards, or wild animal pictures, or the "long time, no hear" ecards.
- Click on the little "thumbnail" image for the ecard you want to see. This will take you to the card's preview page, which looks like this:
- Click the red PERSONALIZE button to address the card. The form is easy to fill out; it looks like this:
- At the top of the form, write a message to the recipient.
- If you wish, you can also add a greeting, choose a virtual postage stamp (they're free, of course), and a background color for your ecard.
- Next, address the ecard. You will see a place to type in your name and email address, as well as the recipient's email address:
You can, of course, send a single ecard to multiple recipients -- just enter every address in a long list in the space labeled "TO".
(If you don't want every recipient to know that you sent the ecard to others, check the "BCC" checkbox. This is a very handy way to send ecards to a group of clients, friends or co-workers.)
- Next, in the "Delivery Options" area, choose a date for the ecard to be sent, and check the options if you want to be notified via email when the ecard is sent, or when it is picked up by the recipient(s).
- Finally, click the red SEND NOW button (or, if you want to preview it first, click the PREVIEW button):
That's it! You've now sent an ecard.
Remember that Care2 offers thousands of free ecards: everything from Cat photo cards to Jigsaw puzzle cards to Georgie Fame's pop hit Yeh Yeh.
