Custom Printed Accessories: Bag Straps
The custom accessories market is growing. Every year consumers seek more and more personalized accessories that reflect their style and have a sentimental touch. This trend has led to a rise in demand for products that can be customized, such as jewellery, keyrings or bags with detachable straps.
This market is profitable all year around but specifically around Christmas time when these types of products become perfectly positioned as gifts.
Can you heat print custom accessories?
Yes, you absolutely can. Ralawise.com sell a number of blank accessories that you can customise and offer to your customers but the one we're going to discuss today is the BG765
Boutique adjustable bag strap from BagBase. This type of accessory can clip onto a handbag, a camera or a gym bag. Adding a custom request to a strap like this can be the difference between a £5 price point for a plain replacement bag strap, and charging £25 for a custom bag strap.
Available in a selection of contemporary striped colourways, this detachable bag strap is made of 100% high density polyester webbing strap comes complete with high-shine, gold metal trims for a premium finish. It is also designed to be the perfect pairing with the BG760 Boutique Weekender, providing optimal opportunities for interchangeable looks.
However, today we're going to look at printing solely the bag strap.
Because of its polyster/acrylic fabric makeup, you might be hesitant to print onto a bag strap. Will it scorch? Will it melt?
Well, I can tell you from experience, the only thing its going to do.. is look absolutely fantastic.
So how do you do it?
If you're personalising custom bag straps for the gifting market, you're going to need a low minimum order custom heat transfer.
UltraColour Max is a DTF Heat Transfer that you can order in mimum quantities of just one. Theres no charge for gang sheeting which means you can put multple names, designs, quotes onto your heat transfer sheet at no extra charge. For example, if you've got 10 orders come in, put your 10 designs onto one sheet and that means your sheet price is divided across 10 products. This is a much more cost effective method of printing personalised gifts than simply ordering just 1 design on 1 sheet.
The best thing about UltraColour Max is the fast turnaround. It gives you enough time to wait for multiple orders to come in before placing your order. This means you can put multiple designs on each of your transfer orders, get the best price per transfer and your order will despatch next day.
What sort of designs can you use?
Every type of design. UltraColour Max offers limitless colour qualities with no restrictions. Despite the single colour design in the images in this blog, this heat transfer type offers full colour gradients as well as photo-realistic qualities. If you wanted to print a photo onto a bag strap, it would appear on the strap as it does on the screen!
How do you apply UltraColour Max?
This heat transfer applies at 145°C for 12 seconds at medium pressure (4-6 on a Hotronix heat press). Make sure to use a reliable heat press like a Hotronix where you can control your time, temperature and pressure.
