• Custom Ink

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Custom Ink

Overview

Custom Ink has a rating of 3.48 stars from 7,272 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Custom Ink most frequently mention customer service, great experience, and high quality. Custom Ink ranks 3rd among T Shirts sites.

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Positive reviews (last 12 months): 22.2%
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What reviewers want you to know

Positive highlights

  • It really was a great quality product and the website was even easier to use than I expected!
  • The design process was easy and the help of the designer made it very easy and convenient
  • 2022 Customer Choice Winner

Critical highlights

  • I was my first time with custom ink and I was a little disappointed.
  • Once my PO was approved, I sent it to Custom Ink customer service to finalize my order.
How would you rate Custom Ink?
Top Positive Review

“I ordered these as a last minute surprise for the team”

Thomas V.
5/29/20

I ordered these as a last minute surprise for the team. I was impressed with how quickly the Custom Ink team was able to turn the order, but appreciated more the fact they offered me some other design options (I went with theirs) and did it with less colors, saving me money and making me a customer for life!

Top Critical Review

“The worst quality shirt I have ever felt or seen”

alicia s.
8/31/23

Customer service was excellent and the print was fine. But the shirt was hideous. Rough and enormous in all the wrong places. Completely strange sizing. Extra long but tight across the chest. Also wrinkles will not come out if you wash it. The roughest supposed 100 percent cotton. Not worth the money. Not reallyh wearble.

Reviews (7,272)

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Tom N.
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 11th, 2020

It was great. I was just exploring, and this was the first company I checked out. Then, after quite a bit of shopping around, I kept coming back, playing around with the design, which was conveniently saved, and found this company was not only the best deal, but the best for tweaking the design until I had what I wanted. I was not disappointed when they came, and were delivered several days earlier than expected. Great experience!

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Barbara L.
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 16th, 2020

Exceptional service! Website and design tool was extremely easy to use. When we ran into problems with getting the design to fit like we wanted it, a quick chat with customer service and the issue was fixed within seconds. We did a SUPER RUSH so that the shirts would arrive in time for an event this week. From placing the order to the shirts being delivered... we couldn't have been more pleased with the product, service or support we recieved.

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Bill A.
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 23rd, 2020

Website is user friendly, customer service is helpful, quality of printing has gotten awful. Dull colors and arrived with small cracking in the printing!

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Ben L.
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 7th, 2020

The ink was printed messy an was rushed with me having to go threw so many loops tryin got reach your facility yet not one response except for you wanting my review well honestly I'm disappointed an not happy an most likely will not be working with your company for the way I've been treated an not contacted while dealing with This issue I ordered my shirt then I ordered the sweater a few days after words an the sweater came in first then the tracking date on my shirt kept changing an it honestly pissed me off an thanks for no help from your customer service

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1 review
2 helpful votes
May 5th, 2020

Do NOT buy face masks from this company. Clearly not their specialty. The fabric is sheer, thin and barely (and I mean barely) covers my chin and nose. It is so tight on my face I feel like I am wearing a damn BRACE. I will give their customer service a 10, no doubt. But the product is a joke. $30.00 for 6 masks that would probably fit the face of a toddler, NOT an adult. Might as well have chucked $30.00 out my window. If you look around you will find negative reviews of their masks from other consumers can be found on other sites. Shame on them for putting out a cheap product that is intended to protect people from a pandemic.

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Jeff G. – Custom Ink Rep

Good morning B D. We're so sorry you're disappointed with your face mask order and we apologize for the delay in response. If you haven't already, please give our team a call at 800-293-4232 or email us at facemaskservice@customink.com so we can help make it right. Please include your name, order number, and the email your order was placed under. Thank you!

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Angela K.
1 review
8 helpful votes
July 8th, 2020

Thanks to my new account manager, Madison, my experience was as smooth, seamless, and as pleasant as possible. She made sure that my order was delivered quickly and processed it for me directly. I've always enjoyed the customer service at Custom Ink but this time was especially amazing and I could not be happier with the product. The image is perfectly clear and the shirts are so soft. Exactly what I wanted, and they arrived earlier than expected.

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Cynthia I.
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 13th, 2020

I'm not sure why the shirts are so small and they rip so easily poor quality wouldn't recommend

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James J.
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 1st, 2020

I have never had a bad experience. The product always seems to meet my expectations. No complaints here.

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Chris D.
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 2nd, 2020

Of course in printing your colors are so faded on the shirt I ordered you can barely see them... I thought you had a statement saying that someone was going to proof it prior to printing but if you do this every day then someone should have noticed it might not show up well The fabric feel like 100 polyester... not as soft as it was described and feels stiff on the front where the printing is. Will not be reordering from you

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1 review
1 helpful vote
September 7th, 2021

Paid over $500 for a rush order and CustomInk promised to have the order to me by a certain date. No shipment arrived. Contacted them regarding order and was told "sorry, we dropped the ball" and told me they're willing to refund 10%. I still would not have the shirts by the date needed. Blamed COVID for the delay. Shouldn't have accepted the order and guaranteed the date if they were having COVID-related issues.

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Maria C.
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 16th, 2020

Awful customer service! They sent me the wrong type of shirt in a previous order and all they could do was a 50% refund for their mistake! In addition they put stupid stickers and print their company name on shirts without letting the customer know! Awful company! Never purchasing shirts here again! Terrible service!

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Bill C.
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 27th, 2020

Custom ink customer service was great as usual however I paid extra for expedited delivery to receive on 6/23 for a 6/24 event yet I received the shirts after my event ended. Very disappointing. Hopefully I never need shirts in a crunch again.

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1 review
3 helpful votes
June 2nd, 2020

What heck I just received spend $32 for pieces of a cloth marketing as a facemask dammm. I wish before I ordered them I would have read all the reviews.

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Jeff G. – Custom Ink Rep

Hi Nancy. We are so sorry that you're unhappy with your face mask order and apologize for the delay in response. If the masks did not meet your expectations, send us an email at facemaskservice@customink.com so we can help make it right, or give our team a call at 800-293-4232. Please include your name, order number, and the email your order was placed under. Thanks!

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Stephen Q.
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 14th, 2020

I have done multiple orders from you all (personal and work) and have had a good experience every time. Your design lab area is very easy to use and the chat feature and getting questions answers is always quick with knowledgeable answers. For a few products you can be slightly more expensive but it is made up with customer service and ease of ordering, designing etc.

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Dave I.
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 1st, 2020

The customer service, website and ordering process were all great. We have ordered shirts in the past and been very satisfied. This year we ordered a variety of sizes from youth med to womens xxl. The shirts look good but the brand Anvil jersey runs small. We aren't going to be able to use alot of the shirts we ordered because of the size. Sad. It was expensive and is usually worth it but not this year.

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Brian H.
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 2nd, 2020

Was very easy to work with the person on the phone and the design turned out great. Unfortunately, the shirt I chose for my employees was noted as running true to size, but in reality runs small, short and tight. Had I known this in advance, I would have had people order one size up. I'm hoping we can work something out.

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Sharon Z.
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 8th, 2020

Lastly, I could not find any cheaper shirts than about $30+ per shirt. I need a shirt to handle an image on the front, which I get requires thicker material, but it was hard to find on the site. In total I will need 12 shirts, but not sure I am going to continue with you if they are $30 bucks each. I have to believe there are other alternatives.

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Ruth L.
1 review
1 helpful vote
July 22nd, 2020

I think the only issue with your service is the price. On other websites the exact same item can be usually had for as much as $6 less. (not buying in bulk) You do get what you pay for though, mainly in the shipping. Other website will be cheaper but shipping can be as much as 2 months. Custom ink got me something i designed on the website in 1 week without expensive shipping which is super epic.

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Mark U.
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 28th, 2020

Good easy company to make a shirt on. Worth the price, other websites just confused me, this one was pretty easy to copy and paste and edit your design. Customer service was nice too. Very laid back and on point with their job!

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Jessica J.
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 29th, 2020

It was great experience to get customized image face masks from Custom Ink! It was easy to order and upload our logo, the mask quality is very good and comfortable, delivery was on time with tracking along the way, and it is always good to have followup with customers as they do. I highly recommend Custom Ink.

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Barbara R.
1 review
1 helpful vote
June 2nd, 2020

Definitely will not order again. Paid extra money for the shirts to be here in time for a funeral. They came out very horrible and so far customer service has not given options to fix this problem.

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Melissa Z.
1 review
4 helpful votes
August 20th, 2020

I doubt we will order again based upon the quality of the shirts. As a nonprofit every penny counts and this was a lot of money to spend on an inferior product. You could literally see through the shirts in the light even with them being a dark navy. They also run very small and yet there was a premium charge for XXL which runs like a L.

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Richard I.
1 review
0 helpful votes
June 18th, 2020

I was very impressed with the ease of placing a custom order. It arrived before the promised due date as well.

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1 review
2 helpful votes
July 18th, 2022
Verified purchase

We just received our embroidery order from Custom Ink and we are very happy with them! I have been in contact with the company for about 2 months because we ordered 3 different samples of different shirts until we found the right fit. Communication was so simple every time! I love that their online chat actually uses a REAL person and you are able to place your order trough the chat if you do not want to call. Also if you call or chat, you can basically customize your shirts however you want! We opted for our company logo on the left chest and each employee's name on the right sleeve.

I specifically placed my order through Emily Wilburn and she was great! There was one minor mistake when she sent me the purchase link (forgot to include one shirt) and she very quickly adjusted our order before I purchased.

Once purchased I was sent an email a few days later with proofs for our approval. Between the date I purchased, date I approved the proofs, and date our order arrived at my door it took about 3 weeks, which I think is a good time for a custom embroidery order! We had a total of 51 polos in our order. We got the Nike Dry Essential Polo. I saw some reviews saying that they did not like the shirt quality, but keep in mind that the shirts are not made by Custom Ink, they are from different retailers. I recommend purchasing samples (our samples came NEXT DAY with free shipping to Ohio which was amazing).

Overall it was a great experience using Custom Ink, and I included a photo of one of the proofs (I don't have any photos of the actual shirts on my computer). Great company, easy to work with!

Tip for consumers:
Call or use the online chat if you have any questions, they are super responsive and you always talk to a real person.

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Embroidered polos

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1 review
0 helpful votes
August 6th, 2022

All i wanted is a colorful print saying
Take back the Rainbow
But it was seen as offensive,
They would not print it.
So are they liberals? Don't know.
But if they were Christian they would have printed it. Because why?
The Rainbow is a promise from God
That he wouldn't flood the earth again.
But the gays have turned it into a symbol of sin, Lust, and shear disobedience towards the lord God.
So i know we will not drown in a sea of water... But instead drowning in a sea of Homosexuals.
So to custom ink i say.
Enjoy that lake of fire that you defended because you chose you're actions on earth. Not like im not getting it done somewhere else.
I will. And ill not be the one wearing shame. Thats all yours.

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18 years, over 100 million custom t-shirts, 99% happy customers! Custom Ink is the t-shirt printing expert for your team, school, company, or any occasion.

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