Spreadshirt-Designer: Guide

What is the Spreadshirt Designer and how can I make my own t-shirt here?

With the Spreadshirt Designer you can design and order your own t-shirts and other products from our apparel assortment. There is no minimum order: you're free to order just one, individually printed shirt.

  1. Choose a t-shirt from our selection. You don’t know which size you need? Find out by clicking on the small information mark next to the product name. Details of the weight and manufacturing can be found there as well.
  2. Choose a design. You can upload your own photography, or pick one out from our Design Network (see Spreadshirt Marketplace). To find out which designs you can upload to the Spreadshirt Designer, have a look at this FAQ item. For basic info on designs for Spreadshirt, click here.
  3. But text can also be nice. Choose a font and write what you want. Your design and text can be turned, mirrored or enlarged within the given print area.
  4. Once the t-shirt looks like you want, proceed to check out and order it.


Every personally designed article is an original: Your design will be placed on the t-shirt according to your instructions. Since this action is not automated, it is possible that there could be minor alterations. Also, it's possible that the design will look smaller or larger in reality. This is because the t-shirt example shown is always a fixed size (often "medium", sometimes "small").

See how the final price of your t-shirt is calculated. Read the explanation here.

Is it possible to change products that have already been designed in my shop?

YES! Designed products (t-shirts, jackets, shoes, etc. with a design) can be changed after they have been created in the product administration. There are two ways to edit products you have already set up or use them as a template for creating new products:

1. Edit your products

You can edit your products within the Marketplace and your shop separately or together in one quick move. Click on the Products Tab in your account and use the My Products drop-down (located in the upper left hand corner of the page) to determine where the changes will take effect. Then click on the Edit Product icon to the right of the product.

Here's how it works in a bit more detail: Your original product is deleted and directly replaced with the newly saved version (e.g. with a new design or in a different color.) The settings from the original product (such as the commission) will automatically be transferred to the new product and it will be placed at the top of your "product overview" list.

Please note: Changes to products in this way will alter the product in both your shop AND the Marketplace. Should you wish to edit a product just in your shop OR just in the Marketplace, then use the My Product drop-down box on the left side of the page. Here you can choose SHOW ALL to edit in all places; MARKETPLACE to edit only in the Marketplace; and SHOP for changes in the shop only.

2. Clone your products

If you want to set up a new version of a product you have already created, but don't want to delete the original, then you can clone the product. Go to the Products Tab and click the Clone Product icon to the right of the product. As with Edit, the product will load in the Designer and you can create the same design with a new product color. The original product's name, description and commission will be transferred to the new product when you click Clone Product with the Spreadshirt Shop ID selected in the drop-down. This is a great way to create the same look on new products added to the Spreadshirt assortment!

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