Greetings Island

If you just want to send a short eCard to someone and aren't concerned with having a lot of control over your card, Greetings Island is a wonderful place to start. You'll find a decent selection of cards that cover a wide range of festivities and occasions, and while you can't change the style of each one, you can fully customize the message inside and even add a photo to the inside front cover. If you wish to include a second message, you can write on the back of each card as well. For text, you have a good selection of fonts and colors to choose from.

The best part is that most of the designs on the site are free, so all you have to do is join up (with a very basic sign-in form) and you can send cards to anyone via email or Facebook. It's completely free, except unless you're a premium member, your cards will be watermarked. Premium is only a few bucks a month, so it's well worth it if you send a lot of eCards.

We've seen a lot more designs on other sites, and Greetings Island just can't compete with Canva. While this may appeal to some, many of the designs are 'traditional' in nature. Many of the jokes in the humor section, for example, were long forgotten.

There's also the ability to download and print cards, which is nice, though if we were printing cards, we'd definitely need specialized software. Even so, it's wonderful to have the choice. Overall, we like Greetings Island's ease of use - it's really simple - and the fact that it's either free or very cheap.

Reasons to buy:
+So simple to use
+Good range of traditional designs
+Free for most cards