Designing and Purchasing Merchandise Using Design Studio

Depending on your goals or reasons for creating merchandise, you must ensure your designs are catchy and effective. The Design Studio tool allows you to add and edit images for the design of your merchandise. It will also take you to a third-party vendor—Zazzle— for designing and purchasing merchandise.

In this article, we will discuss:

• Designing the Merch
• Purchasing the Merch
• Review

Designing the Merch

To create the perfect design for your merch, follow the steps below:

1. Log in to your Account Manager
2. In your Account Manager, select Websites on the left side of the page:
   • If you have a Website plan, click on Launch Website Builder for the plan you need to manage. ​
   • If you have an eCommerce plan, click Launch for the plan you need to manage.

3. Once inside your eCommerce account, click Content on the left menu, then select Design Studio. Within your Project Library, hover over the image you want displayed on your merchandise. Click the Merch icon:

   

4. In the pop-up window, you will have an option to select the type of merchandise you will be designing. Click the Buy Merch button to improve the design of your merch and purchase it:

   

5. This will open Zazzle’s website, which is a third-party vendor for custom products. To purchase the merch, make sure to Sign In to your Zazzle account. If you don’t have one, click Register on the pop-up window:

   

6. Click Personalize to change or edit the design of the merch using Zazzle’s design tool.

   If you decide to change the type of merch you will be purchasing; you can scroll down to the Transfer design to a product section of the website and select a product of your liking:

   

7. Start designing your merch. Zazzle’s design tool offers several options to help you create remarkable designs:

   

8. Once you are satisfied with the design outcome, click Done.

9. You will also have additional customization options on the main page of the merch you are designing:

   

Purchasing the Merch

Follow the steps below to purchase the merchandise on Zazzle’s website.

1. Select the quantity of your order, then click Add to Cart:

   

2. On the pop-up window, click View Cart + Check Out:

   

3. Enter any promotional codes or gift cards you may have in the box provided, then click the Apply button to get a discount on your purchase. Click Proceed to Checkout:

   

Review

Using the Design Studio tool in an effort to create and buy merchandise from an image is a pretty straightforward process that can help boost a brand's visibility immensely. The guide could be used to make really cool stuff that your audience would certainly appreciate. It is a matter of utilizing some images you have or just picking from the ones available and with the help of Zazzle you should be able to very easily design your way all the way to the point of purchase.