7 Ways to Make Your School Spirit Gear Shine

The spring semester is full of excitement for students of all levels. Summer break is just over the horizon, seniors are gearing up for graduation, spring sports are starting back up, and the nicer weather means more opportunities for events and gatherings as well. No matter what your groups have prepared for the rest of the school year, we have custom products to elevate the experience and professional services to make it easy to do so.

Check out our tips for creating custom products that pass with flying colors and let us know if you have any questions or need any help. Our team of experts is here to help you create an order that meets all your needs while still maintaining your end-of-year budget.

1. Pick The Perfect Product

Custom swag success 101: finding the right product makes all the difference! Whether it’s custom shirts for the PTA fundraiser or custom can coolers for an after-class “study” session out on the quad, when it comes to creating awesome memories, choosing the right custom product can help you amplify your group’s spirits and fill them with pride. To help ensure you can maximize the honor you bestow upon your alma mater, our product catalog features nearly 4,000 excellent product options—including some of the trendiest new styles.

2. Amaze With Officially Licensed Art

No custom product is complete without a design, though. After all, that’s what makes it so special. That’s why we work with schools, colleges, and universities nationwide to provide access to a wide range of officially licensed artwork—including logos and mascots—from over 700 universities across the country. Find your school or go a little less formal with our collection of popular mascot designs to help amp up the spirit at any school event.

For those looking to rep their sorority or fraternity, Custom Ink also partners with greek organizations to offer access to help make your mixers, events, and outreach feel even more official. 

3. Dazzle With Easy Design Tools

If all of that design pressure has you feeling a bit overwhelmed, don’t worry; we’ve got your back. Our easy-to-use Design Lab makes it easy to create the perfect custom art for everything from prospective student tours to robotics competitions. Not only do we have a comprehensive library of clipart and fonts to help you create your own idea from scratch, but we also have a deep collection of trendy design templates to save you some work and help you connect your group with custom gear even faster. Our professional artists are constantly creating new templates based on popular shows, memes, and trends to capture a breadth of in-demand design ideas from the past, present, and future. 

4. Allow Us to Ace Your Art with Design Services

Maybe you dropped design from your courseload and you’re looking to ace the art credit without the work. We feel you—and our Design Services team is here to help. Our team of professional artists is happy to elevate your existing design idea to better meet your goals or create an original piece of art based on nothing more than the brilliant ideas swirling around that head of yours. You give us the deets on what you’re hoping to create, and we’ll take care of the rest so you can get back to preparing for that final exam.

5. Save Time with Group Order Form

Whether you’re getting a couple of shirts for your roommates-turned-besties or sending off the senior class in style with custom hats that are a little less square, a great order starts with collecting all the right information. Save your peers the interview process that comes with gathering order info and instead create an online Group Order Form. This handy form lets your whole group easily fill in all their applicable information including sizes, quantities, addresses, and payment information so you can cross “ordering custom gifts” off your list and earn back some well-deserved break time.

6. Start a New Kind of School Store

A new way we’ve seen schools sharing custom gear with their students, faculty, alumni, and more has been through setting up an online school store. Custom Ink Online Stores make it easy to offer a selection of custom gear to everyone you’re hoping to connect with. Choose a product (or products), add your designs, and simply send the link to all of your participants. Everyone involved can place their own orders, saving you the need to collect any information or payments at all—even if using the Group Order Form makes that hassle-free. Online Stores also allow you to offer order vouchers and coupons to make the gift of custom gear something that even your ramen-reliant roommates can get in on.

7. Find Your Fundraising Fame

Schools are essential parts of the communities where they reside, and engaging with those that support your academic aims can help build trust and support for your mission. Custom Ink Fundraising offers you a simple and effective way to raise funds for your goals through selling custom t-shirts. Easily raise money to promote a cause, support a project, or simply to help fund a class trip. Our user-friendly online fundraising platform makes raising money simple with no need to manage inventory and no risk to you. Design your shirt, share why you are fundraising, and then promote your campaign. We fill the orders and send along the funds you raise! No matter where the people who purchase a t-shirt to support your campaign are located, we can ship their order directly to them, leaving you free to focus on what’s important. Even better, you or your cause get to keep the money raised along with the awesome products. Custom Ink Fundraising is a great tool for any group, cause, or community.

Did you get all of that? We hope so because it’s time for a test! Just kidding. No matter what your goals are for the end of the school year, Custom Ink is here to help send your spring semester off in style.  Start your custom school design today, and feel free to reach out to our team of experts if you need any assistance. We’re always happy to help!