E-cards has been a thing of the past in the early internet days. I can still remember receiving e-cards thru my lycos mail around 9 to 10 years go, it was the trend back then, everyone was so happy if their inbox would be full of mails that mostly consists of e-cards.
Today, it is the best that a lazy person would do, and something that is least appreciated at most. I myself never reads nor open these kind of mails anymore, and most of these e-cards always goes directly to my junk mail.
If you want to make an impression this valentines day, why not make something more memorable, there are plenty of valentines day gift ideas to do, right? so there aren't any reason for you to procrastinate specially this coming valentimes day.
But if your alibi is that your loved someone is living off somewhere far away, might as well another country, maybe in the US or Europe, then still e-cards is still the least thing that you can do. Dont forget that with the boom of online stores, it is now possible to send gifts like flowers to and from abroad.
Maybe if you are sweet and mushy enough, you ...