We have a new feature that you will totally LOVE. 💫 STAR MAPS are now available in Customily 2.0! What does it mean? That you can add a STAR MAP to any product that you want to sell, and let your customers personalize it by choosing any location in the world and a specific day in the calendar! ✨

Once you choose a place and date, a star map for that specific moment will appear in the product. Amazing right? 🤯 Not only this, but you can also let them choose between different options such as showing only the constellation or also a map grid, or even the milky way! 🌠

And, since we like to do things big, there are already 15 map styles to choose from!! So you can be sure there are color options to match any kind of product 😉

STAR MAPS have become super popular lately and it's a great way of offering a new collection of products in your store! You can play around with the different styles, and also combine them with texts to create designs for special occasions 💞

Before starting to set up your products, there are 2 things you need to think about:

1. Which product are you going to sell?: Even if star maps can be applied to any product, there are some that look better than others, or that are trending right now!
2. Which design do you want to offer?: Will you let your customers add their own texts? Will you create a collection for couples? For birthdays? Or maybe newly borns? There are many options you can try!

Let's see some ideas of what you can do and how to apply star maps to different types of products! 💫

Design Ideas

A simple way to use star maps is just by adding them to a product, adding a text box, and letting your customers write whatever they want.

But, you can also create some specific designs that will surely convert better, especially on dates like Valentine's or Mother's Day! 😉

If you need inspiration to create a design, think of it this way: what moments in anyone's life deserve to be remembered? Because that's basically what star maps do, help us remember of a very specific date and place that meant something special to us 💫

Let's see different text ideas you can use to create designs for the most popular occasions!

Designs for couples:

• "The Night We Met"
• "Our First Kiss"
• "Our Beginning"
• "The Night We Said I Do"
• "Where It All Began"
• "Name + Name"

Designs for birthdays/newly borns:

• "A Star is Born"
• "NAME"
• "It All Began Under This Sky"
• "Born Beneath This Sky"
• "Born Under These Stars"
• "The Brightest Star"

Designs for Mother's/Father's Day:

• "Under This Sky You Became My Mom"
• "The Night You Became Our Mom"
• "We Love You More Than The Stars In These Skies"
• "The Brightest Star"

Now that you have many design ideas, let's see how to apply them to different products! 💞

Product Ideas

Custom Star Map Canvas

This is the best-selling star map product. You will see it everywhere! When you google star maps, your screen will fill with different canvases of all sizes and colors. You can play around with the different map styles and text colors to create something unique.

Or, instead of selling a canvas with a white background, you can go for a blue or black linen and use a clear map style (there's a transparent option!). Look how beautiful they look! 😉

If you want to think outside the box, you can create designs by combining star maps with other elements to come up with a unique result that your customers will love.

Custom Star Map T-Shirt

Another classic! This is a great idea for birthdays. Just let the customer add a name, date, and place, and you'll have a great (and unique!) t-shirt that anybody will love. Besides, with the wide range of map colors, there are options for everybody!

Custom Star Map Mug

Mugs are another popular product where you can add star maps. You can also play around with the colors, but look how great the transparent style looks on a black mug!

Custom Star Map Acrylic Plaques

Last but not least, we have the awesome acrylic plaques. This product has been a hot trend in 2022 and keeps growing strong in 2023. Many suppliers are adding them to their catalogs, so we highly recommend you take advantage of this wave. And hey, combining them with star maps seems like a great idea! You can thank us later 😉

Other Products with Star Maps

Star maps are a very versatile element that touches the hearts of our customers. But not everyone wants a canvas, a mug or a t-shirt, try to apply these designs to other products that your customers will also love. For example, you can think of a keychain that they can always carry with them, an ornament for the Christmas tree, a clock to decorate their walls with a different touch, or anything that comes to your mind!

You now have plenty of ideas to sell star map products, but I guess you're wondering, how can you do it? 👇🏻

How to use the new STAR MAP feature?

If you have a Shopify store and are a Customily user, you can start creating your new STAR MAP products right now!

You can find this new feature in Customily's Design Studio. So whether you're creating a template or a new design in Customily 2.0, you will see it there.

Just click on the STAR MAP icon, and the map will appear. Then scroll down to "Star Map Behavior" and set up the variables you want to make available. And that's all! 🤯

Once you have your design ready, you can apply it to a product from a print-on-demand supplier, or to your own product. You can find t-shirts, canvas, mugs, and acrylic plaques in several of the POD catalogs in Customily!

📌 If you're interested in street maps, we also have that feature available! Check this post to learn everything about it!

Are you ready to sell custom STAR MAP products in your store? ✨

If you haven't tried Customily yet, what are you waiting for? You can try it FOR FREE on Shopify and Etsy for 9 days!

And if you have any doubts or would like to book a call with our sales team before subscribing, don't hesitate to reach us here!

Happy Customizing! 🌠