It’s about time that Spreadshirt Shop Partners got their hands on the newly developed T-Shirt Designer! The first step has been taken and Premium Partners can now use the new Designer. The current version has some limitations and a bug can pop up here and there – but, it’s a beta version, so we ask you to be a little patient.
New Designer? Why?
We’ve learned a lot from our development and testing of the new T-Shirt Designer on our own platform. It converts better, is more stable, is faster and has a more modern look to it. These improvements certainly made sense.
We want to give you a chance to test it out, and to avoid taking any risks with your current Designer Shops, we’ve increased the Designer Shop limit to 5 shops (a permanent increase!). To use the new Designer, select it from the Shop Settings page in your account.
Changes and Limitations
The first version has a few limitations to it. For now, there will only be one color scheme that can’t be edited and doesn’t have widgets. This will change in the next phase that we are planning to release soon!
There is another important change for the management of designs. The category “My Designs” is no longer present. That means that the new designs won’t show all of the designs in a shop when it loads. Instead the first category is loaded and shown. Designs that are not put into a category therefor cannot be found. So don’t leave your personalized aprons and other gear without designs!
Deep Links:
The current deep-link structure will continue to work with the new designer.
The Next Steps:
1. Ability to edit the color scheme and layout for the new Designer
2. Widgets and Features
3. A 650 pixel Designer will soon follow, a 800 pixel variant is also planned
The larger print area is now only available for the designer shops. Once the new designer is available for product creation (i.e. for standard partners) then the areas will be the same when creating products for your shop. That said, the differences are very small.
Will the larger print area be available for everyone or just premium members?
I’m glad you guys are working on this tool, it’s extremely important to have a very well functioning and easy to use design tool for a site such as yours. These changes look pretty good so far!
Nice improvements. I might have to become a premium member again. Might wait to see what is done with this. But all is looking good.