Launched in 2005 and based in Redwood City, Zazzle is a people-powered design platform built around collaboration between creators and shoppers. It enables artists, brands, and consumers to turn digital designs into personalized products made on demand, with Zazzle Events adding mobile tools for hosting gatherings.
PicabooFounded in 2002 by college friends Howard Field and Kevin McCurdy, Picaboo turns customers’ digital photos into personalized photo books and other printed keepsakes. The company began in Palo Alto after being conceived on the Stanford University Golf Course, grew past one million customers in 2012, and later expanded into Picaboo Yearbooks and custom photo gifts. Today, its online design tools support creations ranging from seamless lay-flat books to calendars, cards, canvas prints, and photo puzzles.ROCHESTER, NY
518 Prints, LLCFounded in 2004 by New York natives Jesse Brust and Amelia Valero-Brust, 518 Prints is a grassroots-born, independently co-owned shop in Upstate New York. It has spent more than two decades helping clients nationwide turn their designs into custom merchandise, with particular experience serving clothing lines, touring bands and community organizations.AVERILL PARK, NY
TeePublicTeePublic is an online marketplace that turns independent artists’ designs into apparel, accessories, and home goods. Its catalog spans everything from T-shirts and hoodies to stickers and mugs, with artist collections and themed designs forming the heart of the business. The available company information identifies TP Apparel LLC and dates its operation to 2012.UPPER SANDUSKY, OH
Inspired BuffaloFounded by graphic designer Marinette Kozlow in 2010, Inspired Buffalo is a family-run Black Rock design and print shop creating custom apparel, Buffalo-themed art, and personalized gifts. The business grew from freelance design and Buffalo greeting cards into a family operation after Marinette’s husband Tim joined her and her mother’s former corner-store space became their shop. Inspired Buffalo is especially distinctive for turning customers’ handwriting, photographs, and recipes into keepsake towels and pillows.BUFFALO, NY