Step 1 is choosing your product from our catalog. Pick a category, then from the list that comes up for that category, click on a particular product. After having selected your product type, choose a color by clicking on the color square.
Step 2 involves creating the design for your customized item. You can add clip art, add text, upload your own art, or any combination of the three. When adding clip art, click on a category and then pick an image by clicking directly on it. The image will load in the center of the swim cap. For a few seconds, you will see a box made of a dashed outline. This outline shows the area in which we can physically screen print on the swim cap. Remember to keep all your design components within this boundary.
You can move your image around on the item by clicking and holding on the image and then moving it where you wish. You can also change the size and rotation of the image by using the slide bars for Width, Height and Rotate. Clicking on the color box (which defaults to black) brings up your choices for ink colors. Click on the color you want in order to customize the color of your image.
If you have an image of your own that you wish to screen print, you will want to use the “Upload Your Own Art” function. Specific instructions for various graphics platforms are listed under Custom Art Guidelines.
Adding text to your swim cap, t-shirt or swim bag is similar to adding clip art. First, type the line of text you want. Separate lines of text will need to be entered as individual lines; there isn’t a “return” feature as in a word processor. Then click on the individual font that you want. Your text will appear in the center of the swim cap. It can be moved around in the same way that images are, and you have the same options to change the size, rotation, and color. There are also Text Effect tools which allow you to arc text up or down on your swim cap and also change the spacing, letter size, and size of the arc.
All of the above options for art and text can also be used on the front and back of all our products. Simply click the “Switch Print Location” button and proceed with your customized design.
You can add different items at this point by clicking on the Step 1 tab and choosing an additional type of product. A different cap can also have its own ink colors, but the design itself must stay the same. Up to six different textiles can have the same screen print design. Remember that each different textile must have a minimum of 50 ordered.
Step 3 is where you pick your product type. The minimum order for each type of prodcut is 50 Swim Caps, 18 Swim Bags and 28 T-Shirts per design . When you click on the “Update Cart” button you can check your current total in the Quick Quote window.
Step 4 saves your design. Give the custom design a name, fill in your e-mail address and a password so you can access it from the Customer Login section of the homepage. You can save a design and then come back to it later to make changes before placing an order. You can also save variations on a design by giving each one a separate, distinct name.
Step 5 takes you to the Check Out page. Fill out the fields as directed and pay with Paypal, MasterCard or VISA credit card.
Congratulations! You’ve just designed your own custom screen printed SwimCapz product online. We hope you enjoyed the process and use SwimCapz.com for your future swim accessory needs.
