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Opening a merch shop<\/a> is easy! Creating high-quality, custom designs? Now that’s a little more difficult.<\/p>\n

Designing your merch should be fun, not headache-inducing. That’s why we created Merch Design 101<\/strong>: the lowdown on how to make quality designs and customize products in your merch shop.<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about merch design!<\/p>\n

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Optimal Design Size<\/h2>\n

The size of your merch designs is essential for optimal print results. Our recommendation: Set up the longest side of your design with at least 4000 pixels. This allows your design to be scaled razor-sharp on any print area \u2013 regardless of the product, without loss of quality.<\/p>\n

Design tools like\u00a0Canva<\/a> allow you to easily adjust the size of your designs to whatever you want. This makes it easy to upload your designs onto multiple products – T-shirts, stickers, tote bags – with ZERO issues!<\/p>\n

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Customize Your Products<\/h2>\n

We give shop owners the freedom to experiment with different design placement on their products. The standard front-and-center design on T-shirts, hoodies and other merch products can get old.<\/p>\n

Take your logo or any design and downsize it so it fits on the top right of your chest, like shop owner\u00a0Nena Shelby<\/a> did, or the side of your sleeve. And any design looks great on the back of T-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies for fun change-up. These small design changes will make your merch more unique and appealing to your audience. Customize hundreds of products with your unique designs.<\/p>\n

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Make Quality Designs, Top Design Trends<\/h2>\n

Looking for the best design tool for your merch design needs? We’ve ranked the 10 best design tools<\/strong><\/a> for e-commerce designers. We breakdown pricing, pros and cons.<\/p>\n

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Start designing your merch! Customize hundreds of merch products with your own online storefront.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Designing your merch should be fun, not headache-inducing. That’s why we want to give you the breakdown on how to make quality designs and customize products in your shop. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":27614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"0","publish_post_category":"21","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false},"categories":[18604],"tags":[56148,49186,49346,55801],"yoast_head":"\nMerch Design 101: Get Started - The Spreadshop Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Designing your merch should be fun, not headache-inducing. 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