At the same time, it is important to be mindful of trademark rights. 

If you want to publish football-related designs in your shop or on the Spreadshirt Marketplace, it is important to understand where general inspiration ends and protected branding begins. 

Football-inspired designs: what is generally allowed 

As excitement around the tournament grows, many designers are creating sporty graphics, fan slogans, and football-themed apparel. 

This is generally fine. However, designs that directly reference the official tournament, its branding, or protected terms may infringe trademark rights if used without permission from the rights holder. 

What you should not use 

Without authorisation, do not use official protected elements connected to the tournament. This may include: 

• official event logos 

• official emblems, trophies, mascots, or branded visuals 

• official tournament names or protected word marks 

• official partner or sponsor branding 

• combinations of words or visuals that suggest an official connection 

 Please also be careful with combinations involving host countries, host cities, the year 2026, or football championship language if the overall design creates a clear association with the official event. 

“Inspired by” can still be too close 

Even if you do not use the exact official logo or wording, your design may still create legal risk if it closely imitates protected branding. 

This applies especially to designs with: 

• visuals strongly resembling official event branding 

• symbols or layouts modelled on official assets 

• wording that suggests endorsement or affiliation 

• near-identical reinterpretations of protected logos or marks 

 A design does not need to be an exact copy to create legal risk. 

What you can do instead 

There is still plenty of room for original football-inspired designs. Safer directions may include, for example: 

• general football slogans 

• fan culture and match-day themes 

• country colour-inspired designs without official insignia 

• supporter designs for watch parties or group events 

• football typography, humour, and general tournament excitement 

 The key is to keep your designs generic, original, and clearly independent from official branding. 

If you are unsure, research first 

Please note that these examples are not exhaustive. If you are unsure whether certain terms or visual elements are legally protected, you can consult the following resources: 

• UK Intellectual Property Office

• European Union Intellectual Property Office

When in doubt, play it safe 

Football-inspired designs can be a strong opportunity around the FIFA World Cup 2026 – as long as they remain original and avoid protected branding. 

Our recommendation is simple: design for fans, not for official brands.

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With the Olympic Winter Games starting on 6 February and the Paralympic Winter Games on 6 March, many of you may already be preparing to publish sports designs in your shops and/or on the Spreadshirt Marketplace. 

However, please note that strict rules apply. Designs that clearly reference the Olympic Games may not be used without prior permission from the rights holder. The examples shown above include logos and motifs that are legally protected and must not be used in your designs under any circumstances. 

This also applies to all combinations of “Olympics” or related terms such as “Olympic”, “Olympian”, or “Paralympic” with words like “Milan”, “Cortina”, “Italy”, “2026”, and similar. You should also be extremely careful when using rings, or even abstract representations that resemble the Olympic rings. 

Information about the Olympics brand, as well as the official partners of this year’s Winter Games, can be found on the official Olympic Games website.

Please note that the images and word combinations mentioned above are only examples. If you are unsure whether certain terms or motifs are legally protected, you can research this using the following resources: 

• UK Intellectual Property Office 
• European Union Intellectual Property Office 

If you have any questions on this topic, feel free to ask them in the comments below or in the forum. We wish you every success and look forward to seeing your creative designs! 

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How does the new design pricing work?

For sales on the marketplace and external marketplaces, there is currently a fixed design price for each product category that can be printed with your design. However, this overlooks the fact that we offer affordable but fairly simple products as well as more expensive products, e.g. organic products. These products naturally cost us differently in purchasing, but also for the customers. The new design prices reflect this range.

We have also made adjustments for the ‘Create’ area. You can find the overview of all categories and the new prices here.

Why are we changing the Design Price?

We are convinced – print-on-demand is a very strong, sustainable and resource-saving business model, Nevertheless, the marketplace is also hard hit by the economic situation and growing competition. Unfortunately, passing on the increased costs for energy, logistics, and printing one-to-one to the customers of the marketplace is not an option. Therefore, we have divided the design price by product category into 3 levels and thus also adjusted the basis for your compensation.

We also want to guarantee a sustainable and fair relationship with our designer community – in other words, with you. We are aware that you also face the same economic challenges as we do as a company. With the new model, we are therefore trying to provide a balanced solution. While the design prices for some product categories decrease, they remain the same or even increase for others. So it may well be that you don’t notice the new design award structure that much.

Why don’t we just increase the Marketplace product prices across the board?

The Spreadshirt Marketplace has now been around for over 17 years. Of course, online retail has changed enormously in the meantime. The Marketplace now competes with platforms such as Amazon, Etsy and other print-on-demand providers. Simply raising retail prices in the Marketplace would result in us losing customers – and therefore selling fewer of your designs. This would be neither in your nor in our interest.

How are designs compensated that have been adjusted with the new AI function?

In the coming months, we will expand our product designer with an AI functionality. This allows our customers to customise marketplace designs, including yours, individually via prompt. We expect this to improve the user experience in our shop, increase order rates, and lead to more satisfied customers.

If customers use your design and adapt it with the AI function, you will still receive compensation based on the design price for the chosen product category – regardless of how much the original design has been changed. This function therefore offers you another way to earn money with your designs at Spreadshirt.

Conclusion

Given the current economic situation, with rising costs in all areas and increasing competition in the market, it is probably not surprising for you that Spreadshirt also has to respond to these challenges. But instead of raising retail prices that could put off customers, we want to provide a long-term, sustainable perspective for the Marketplace. We are convinced that the Marketplace can only develop sustainably with a transparent compensation model for designers, as well as attractive products and prices for customers. We will start this from September 15th.

FYI: If you only operate a Spreadshop, neither the new design price nor the upcoming AI function applies to you.

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July

• July 2nd-27th: Women’s EURO 2025
• July 5th-27th: Tour de France (FR)
• July 7th: World Chocolate Day
• July 18th-27th: Tomorrowland (BE)
• July 17th: World Emoji Day
• July 18th: Nelson Mandela Day
• July 28th: World Nature Conservation Day
• July 30th: International day of Friendship

August

• August 8th: International Cat Day
• August 12th: International Youth Day
• August 25th: Summer bank holiday (UK)

September

• September 6th: World Beard Day
• September 6th: Read a Book-Day (UK)
• September 11th: 9/11 Remembrance
• September 20th-October 5th: Oktoberfest (DE)
• September 21st: International Day of Peace
• September 22nd: First Day of Fall
• September 26th: European Day of languages

Still got some burning questions or ideas? Get in touch with us on the forum or in the comments section below.

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How is it 2025 already? We’ve just decorated the tree and made a festive toast and suddenly we’re launched right into the new year. But don’t worry, it has a lot to offer! You can find out all the festive occasions for your design ideas right here in our calendar. We have picked out the most important dates for you:

• Grandmothers’ Day, January 21st (PL)
• Grandfather’s Day, January 22nd (PL)
• Chinese New Year, January 29th
• World Cancer Day, February 4th (Global)
• Love your pet day, February 20th
• Valentine’s Day, February 14th (Global)
• National Retro Day, February 27th (Global)
• Women’s Month, 1st March-March 31st
• St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th (Global)
• World Down Syndrome Day, March 21st (Global)
• Mother’s Day, March 30th (UK)

More exciting events are waiting for you in our calendar. Have a scroll through the next three months and discover suitable occasions for your designs.

Still have some burning questions? Get in touch with us on the forum or in the comments section below.

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As you know, we are constantly expanding our range to make your designs stand out. Below you will find the list of recently activated products that should definitely be included in your selection for happy customers and maximum sales just in time for the most generous time of the year!

New trendy products for your designs

• ID 3245 Stanley/Stella Mini Cruiser Kids’ Organic Hoodie
• ID 3244 Stanley/Stella Mini Cruiser Teen Organic Hoodie
• ID 3218 Oversized Unisex Hoodie
• ID 3217 Stanley/Stella Mini Changer Organic Kids’ Sweatshirt
• ID 3216 Stanley/Stella Mini Cultivator Organic Kids’ Hooded Jacket
• ID 3215 Stanley/Stella Mini Cultivator Organic Teen Hooded Jacket
• ID 3141 Stanley/Stella Mini Changer Organic Teen Sweatshirt
• ID 3109 Relaxed Vintage Cap
• ID 3029 Oversized Unisex T-Shirt
• ID 3022 Stanley/Stella Nova Women’s Boxy Organic T-Shirt
• ID 2930 Stanley/Stella DRUMMER Unisex Organic Hoodie
• ID 2901 Women’s Oversized Cropped Hooded Jacket
• ID 3221 Roll Top Backpack with Two Handles
• ID 3249 Stanley/Stella Recycled Duffle Bag
• ID 3247 Baby Organic Overalls With Hood
• ID 3246 Crossbody Bag”
• ID 3202 Pencil Case
• ID 3153 Baby Organic Romper
• ID 3147 Organic Kids’ Baseball Cap
• ID 3146 Baby Sleepsuit
• ID 3140 Canvas Camper Cap
• ID 3068 Women’s Oversized Cropped T-Shirt
• ID 3037 Retro Backpack
• ID 3033 Roll Top Backpack
• ID 3023 Stanley/Stella BABY CREATOR Baby Organic T-Shirt
• ID 3002 Stanley/Stella Organic Teen T-Shirt MINI CREATOR
• ID 2929 Women’s Hooded Jacket
• ID 2922 Kids’ Baseball Cap
• ID 2919 Women’s Sweatshirt
• ID 2916 Stanley/Stella SERENA Relaxed Women’s Organic Round Neck T-shirt
• ID 2902 Stanley/Stella SLAMMER Unisex Relaxed Fit Organic Hoodie
• ID 2837 Cropped Women’s Hoodie
• ID 3259 Baby Organic Sleepsuit with Scratch Mitts
• ID 3255 Recycled Zip Bag
• ID 3224 Stanley/Stella Mini Mover Kids’ Organic Jogging Trousers
• ID 3223 Stanley/Stella Mini Mover Teen Organic Jogging Trousers
• ID 3142 Baby Shorts
• ID 3139 Organic Women’s V-Neck T-Shirt
• ID 3120 Stanley/Stella Baby Tumbler Organic Baby Joggers
• ID 3067 Stanley/Stella Heavyweight Recycled Tote Bag
• ID 3065 Swim Trunks
• ID 3030 Gym Sack made from recycled material
• ID 2973 Stanley/Stella Organic Tote Bag
• ID 2923 Kids’ Bucket Hat
• ID 2912 Men’s Organic Tank Top
• ID 2911 Women’s Organic Tank Top
• ID 2906 Gildan Men’s Tank Top 

Haven’t activated these products for your designs yet? Then hurry and add them to your product selection before Christmas! You can find out how to activate current products for your showroom in no time at all here.

Activate new products now

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In recent months, we’ve expanded our range with in-demand products that marketplace customers love. Pair these new items with your best-selling designs and treat yourself to some extra holiday earnings during the busiest time of the year. The best part? It only takes a few clicks to get started!

More products, more profit

Go to your partner area and click on one of your already published designs, ideally your bestseller. Then click on ‘Edit’ in the ‘Product selection’. You will now see your current product selection for this design. At the top right, you will see how many products you currently have activated – and how many products can be used for this design.

To activate the maximum number of products, click on ‘All products’ and then on ‘Select all’ at the top left. Now click on ‘Done’ again and apply the changes and you have multiplied the sales potential for your design. Repeat these steps for all your other designs that have also sold well in the past.

You can find more tips and tricks for creating products here.

Don’t forget about metadata

Finally, briefly check whether the metadata is still up to date or whether you can optimise it for the Christmas season. With the metadata, you ensure that your designs can be found on the marketplace. Add information that makes the design attractive as a Christmas gift.

You can find out how to optimise the metadata quickly and easily here.

With these little changes, you can easily maximise your sales opportunities in the run-up to Christmas. Good luck!

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Quarter 4 of 2024 is upon us. But what do we have in store? You can find occasions to celebrate, remember and learn throughout this calendar. This little preselection of holidays is just waiting for your design ideas:

• Halloween, October 31st
• World Vegan Day, November 1st
• World Science Day, November 10th
• Father’s Day (NO, SE, FI, EE, IS), November 10th
• Veteran’s Day, November 11th
• Thanksgiving (US), November 28th
• Black Friday, November 29th
• World AIDS Day, December 1st
• Cyber Monday, December 2nd
• Green Monday, December 9th
• International Mountain Day, December 11th

More exciting events are waiting for you in our calendar. Have a scroll through the next three months and discover suitable occasions for your designs.

Need some more drive to get you going? Our article on Top search terms October to December 2023 will be sure to put you on the right path.

Still have some burning questions? Get in touch with us on the forum or in the comments section below.

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Quarter three of 2024 is upon us. But what do we have in store? You can find occasions to celebrate, remember and learn throughout this calendar. This little preselection of holidays is just waiting for your design ideas:

• Tomorrowland, July 19th -28th
• Olympic Games Paris 2024, July 26th – August 11th
• World Nature Conservation Day – WNCD, July 28th
• International Day of Friendship, July 30th
• International Cat Day, August 8th
• Paralympic Games in Paris, August 28th – September 8th
• Oktoberfest, September 21st- October 6th
• International Day of Peace, September 21st

More exciting events are waiting for you in our calendar. Have a scroll through the next three months and discover suitable occasions for your designs.

Need some more drive to get you going? Check out our articles on top search terms from July to September 2024 and current summer trends.

Still have some burning questions? Get in touch with us on the forum or in the comments section below.

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There are 16 million designs on our Marketplace right now. Every day, 8,000 to 10,000 new designs are uploaded. We’re thrilled with these incredible numbers. They make us very proud. They’re proof that Spreadshirt is a true Marketplace for creative ideas, sustained by its designers. At the same time, this vast quantity of designs has its disadvantages, too. The Marketplace has become too hard to navigate.

Why are we removing some designs from the Marketplace?

Our long-term goal remains to make the Marketplace a more appealing sales platform. It should be quicker and easier to find the designs that people actually want to buy. But how do we pull this off?

Simple: by boosting the visibility of in-demand designs. We do this by ensuring they don’t disappear among masses of designs that no one is buying.

That’s why we’re removing all designs that have been published on the Marketplace for three years without ever being sold. Our aim is to make it easier for people to find your designs – and help boost your revenue as a result.

What are the criteria for removing designs from the Marketplace?

First of all, most importantly: We won’t delete any of your designs. We only want to remove designs from the Marketplace that are not in demand. All your designs will still be available in your Partner Area.

Designs are being removed from the Marketplace based on the following criteria:

• Designs that have been published on the marketplace for three years and
• Designs that have not been sold in that time

What do I need to do next?

Nothing! This blog post is simply intended to keep you up to date with the planned changes. Your designs will be stored in your Partner Area until further notice and you can download them and back them up on your own devices whenever you like.

How do I find out which of my designs are being removed from the Marketplace?

When the market cleanup is complete, we will inform you of design deactivation again by email and a notification in the Partner Area. You can view the deactivated designs in the Partner Area.

Which designs are affected in particular?

There are all kinds of designs that refer to specific events and years: Christmas 2008, Back to School 2012, Best Bachelorette 2015, to name a few.

These designs are so specific that users didn’t purchase them back then and won’t in the future, since they refer to the past. Removing these designs will make the Marketplace easier to navigate, helping customers make decisions more quickly and easily and improving search results.

Will designs be removed from the Marketplace regularly from now on?

No, we are predicting that this cleanup will dramatically improve the visibility of in-demand designs. We’ve also continually updated the Marketplace guidelines in the past, which means that newer design uploads include many more designs customers want to buy.

This also means that the current guidelines for publishing designs on the Marketplace aren’t changing.

Got a question about our Marketplace cleanup? Check out the FAQs we’ve put together for you or ask your question in the forum. 

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