2022 Year in Review

There was plenty to celebrate this year at Custom Ink: we’ve added tons of new products, tools and services; helped communities raise money for a whole slew of great causes; celebrated our customers with customer stories; and opened a slate of online stores. While we were working away we even managed to acquire the swag management platform Printfection and earn recognition for being a great place to work.

We couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks for supporting us along the way. We’re so excited to see what 2023 brings. But first, let’s take a closer look back at the year.

Printfection Joins Custom Ink!

At the beginning of 2022, we acquired Printfection. Along with last year’s addition of Swag.com, this partnership expands our ability to best serve our business customers. “Like Swag.com, which joined us in November, Printfection is a pioneer in swag management, and we believe they’ve built the leading platform for enterprise customers,” said our co-founder, Marc Katz. “In bringing together Printfection’s powerful enterprise solution with Swag.com’s awesome self-service model and Custom Ink’s own robust platform and scale, we’ve assembled a pretty incredible combination of talent, technology, and capabilities to meet the end-to-end swag needs of companies and organizations.” Check out the press release here.

Adding 700+ New Products

This year, we added more than 700 new products, bringing our total number of available products to more than 3,700 across 100+ categories! That includes our top-sellers like t-shirts, sweatshirts, activewear, hats, and bags, and it also adds to our growing lineup of more than 300 sustainable items.

Launching 500+ Online Stores

Another exciting development for Custom Ink this year was launching over 500 online stores. Online stores allow you to send custom gear directly to your team, group, or fans, and offer different designs on multiple products. Using online stores is a great way to boost your brand and stay connected!

Expanding Your Design Experience

We’ve added more than 4,000 new pieces of art, about 200 new templates, and 42 new fonts to our offerings, which means creating the perfect design for your company or team is now easier than ever.

Creating 4,000+ Custom Designs

There’s nothing we love more than helping people bring their groups together around custom gear. That’s why we’re proud to have helped bring more than 4,000 custom designs to life, including 1,000 custom designs and 3,000 design upgrades. Our design services team and Design Lab can help take your project over the finish line, whether it’s in the idea stage or you’re just looking to punch up an existing design.

Sharing 21 Customer Stories

We featured 21 of our inspiring customers this year, sharing stories of how they promoted their businesses, raised funds and awareness, or creatively supported their communities.

Helping Raise More Than $6.5M in Fundraising

Here’s more proof that our customers and their supporters are the best: in 2022, they raised more than $6.5 million for causes they care about with our free fundraising platform! The custom gear created for these campaigns will continue to generate support and awareness for their causes whenever they’re worn out and about—an added benefit of fundraising with custom items.

Generating 455 Team Names and Slogans

While we take our work pretty seriously, we also have a passion for tackling one of the more lighthearted sides of custom gear creation: helping out with names and slogans. Whether you’re naming your small group or your sewing club, we’re happy to brainstorm.

Earning Recognition for Our Hard Work

We hold ourselves to a high standard of accountability when it comes to creating a great workplace. It’s one of the ways we can ensure that we’re living our values as an inclusive community company. That’s why we’re very proud to have earned three distinguished awards in 2022 that let us know we’re on the right track:

• #8 in 2022 Fortune Best Workplaces in Retail ™

We were thrilled to be named #8 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Retail™ list.

• #74 on 2022 Fortune’s Best Workplaces for Women™

Women make up 52% of our leadership teams!

• #44 Washington Post Top Workplaces 2022 – Midsize

   We’re always on a journey to become a better workplace for each and every Inker.

Thanks for taking a moment to celebrate everything we’ve accomplished together this year. And here’s to continuing to create, grow, and thrive together in 2023!