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What about residue?

There are thousands of sticky tapes, some designed to have no residue.

Here is one I’ve found for example [0], although a double sided one might “look more professional”.

[0]: https://www.mcmaster.com/product/1756N101

Cool find, thanks! If gummy glue fails or is hard to source then I will definitely try this.

When i ship out collector / trading cards, common practice is to tape the card in between 2 slabs of cardboard to prevent bending (this ofcourse being inside of a sleeve / top loader plastic liner). Usually the protective case is taped to the cardboard with blue painter tape. It doesnt leave residue behind on the cardboard nor the plastic holder

I have bought ink-on-calfskin art and had it shipped to me, the artist wrapped it in parchment paper and taped the parchment envelope to the inside of a cardboard sandwich.

But for SD cards, I would expect affixing it to the inside of a cardboard sandwich with masking / painter's tape to be perfectly adequate, though not by any means pretty.

Painters tape.

Good idea, the microSD cards could be easily be affixed to the invoice / instructions sheet with a square of blue painters tape.

I wouldn't fault a manufacturer / vendor for doing this. Sure, it's not "wow", but exceedingly practical which is commendable.

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