Campus Classics Competitors

At Custom Ink, we believe custom gear has the power to unite groups and strengthen communities. We’ve streamlined the entire process through our innovative design tools and high-quality merchandise, ensuring every team receives the creative inspiration and dedicated support they deserve. Your custom order is one of a kind, and so are we. Nowhere else can you find the design resources, real people, and dependability that make Custom Ink special. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Northern Virginia, we are a dynamic and forward-thinking company. We strive to treat our customers, vendors, and co-workers as we would want to be treated and have a strong sense of innovation and individual responsibility. We've been named to Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 500" list of America's fastest-growing private companies and have also been recognized as a "Great Place to Work" by Washingtonian Magazine.

Zazzle is a marketplace of custom products created by designers selling their art and makers showcasing their customizable products. Launched in 2005 and based in Menlo Park, California, Zazzle has grown from a Silicon Valley startup to an international brand with multiple offices and manufacturing facilities. Zazzle’s mission is to give people the power to make anything imaginable, and proprietary technology enables individuals and professional artists to see exactly how the final product will appear before the product is even made. Major brands including Disney and Warner Bros. offer billions of unique products for customers worldwide. At Zazzle, we believe that everything we do is an expression of love because life’s special moments deserve more than off-the-shelf products.

University Tees began in a dorm room at Miami University in 2003. As sophomore business majors, Nick and Joe were organizing a t-shirt order for their business fraternity and after becoming frustrated with their experience, they decided there had to be a better way. So, like any good entrepreneur, they started their own company. Their vision was simple: to create the best custom apparel experience the college market had ever seen. It took a few times to get it right (ask them about their Green Beer Day t-shirt debacle), but eventually, they nailed it. Because they were students at the time, they hired other students to help with sales and graphic design. This is still the model we use today! College students working with other college students to make everyone’s wildest t-shirt dreams come true. Custom apparel is what we do, but DPCL is why we do it. University Tees exists to Develop People and Change Lives. It’s our company’s purpose, and the reason we are passionate about coming to work every day. DPCL impacts everyone – from full-time people in our headquarters and regional offices to Campus Managers across the country. In short, DPCL means that we are continuously striving to be the best version of ourselves and to help everyone around us be their best. We believe in continuous growth and lifelong learning. Team members have many opportunities to grow both personally and professionally. Every team member is given a DPCL budget to better themselves, from taking public speaking classes, to attending a leadership seminar, to hiring a personal trainer, to taking guitar lessons. We also have workshops, speakers, volunteer opportunities, and book clubs open to all team members. Click on each featured employee below to see what DPCL means to them.