Good starting audiences
- Planner users
- Small brands
- Collectors and kids
Design structures
- Single die-cut
- Sticker sheet
- Coordinated icon pack
Works well
- Strong silhouettes
- White or colored borders
- Separated motifs
Avoid
- Hairline gaps
- Floating fragments
- Text below physical readability
Personalization options
- Names
- Brand labels
- Event packs
Production notes
- Cut method and minimum spacing vary.
- White ink and laminate may change edges.
File checks
- Cutline or outline
- Spacing between pieces
- Size at final print
Common risks
- Pieces merging
- Cutting through details
- Tiny unreadable type
Sources and specifications
Supplier and platform requirements change. Recheck the current page before production or publication.
Back to the POD GuideGuide chapters
- Research & methods
- What POD is—and what AI changes
- The complete POD workflow
- Find markets, people, and trends
- Choose products and build a range
- Ways to make POD artwork
- Skills and an asset knowledge base
- Build an AI toolkit
- Match design, product, and print method
- Prepare print-ready files
- Design reliable personalization
- Mockups, listings, pricing, and testing
- Rights, platform rules, and your 2027 plan