Wholesale application and onboarding
Review the artwork guidelines below before you upload sample artwork. This page will help you understand the design templates and best practices when designing for DecoPlate products.
Click on the elements below to understand what each part of the template does before you build your artwork.
The green safe zone is the visible printed surface. Place logos, names, copy, and other critical design details here so they stay fully visible on the finished product.
The outer red ring is the bleed zone. It wraps over the edge of the finished product and will be trimmed or partially lost during production. It is meant for continuation, not critical artwork.
The dashed white circle is the border placement guide. It sits 1/2 inch inside of the edge of the green zone. It helps borders stay centered and consistent on the finished piece.
Our process is designed for consistent color reproduction, but your finished piece may not exactly match what you see on screen. A physical sample is the best color reference.
Textures work best because solid backgrounds can highlight variations in the surface finish and minor flaws that are inherent to our hand-made products.
Exact spot-color matching is available, but not every color can be matched perfectly with our 4-color process. Color matching is $60 per hour or $60 per Pantone color.
These examples show production ready artwork overlaid on a plate template to illustrate border element placement.
Full bleed borders must start at the dotted "Border Placement" line and extend to the edge of the template. This will create a 1/2" border on the product to allow for minor placement variance during production and ensure it stays visually centered.
This border setup is too thin and close to the bleed zone for reliable production. A thin border can lead to placement issues making the finished product appear off center.
Start the border at the white dotted line or 1/2" in from the edge of the template and extend your border towards the center of the product to ensure it stays visually centered at production.
This border setup is too close to the bleed zone for reliable production. A floating border placed too close to the bleed can lead to placement issues making the finished product appear off center.
These are common concerns that our customers ask us about.
Each product is proudly produced by hand in the USA and small imperfections in the decoration can be inherent to the hand-made nature of our products.
Faint variations in the gloss level of the decorated surface of the product are occasionally visible. We strongly recommend using textures or patterns as an alternative to solid backgrounds.
Subtle streaks may appear in large areas of solid color. Textures or patterns work best to avoid customer complaints about decoration uniformity.
