How to Run a Custom Lace Sale for Your Booster Club

Custom printed laces sell because they're personal: a player's name, a jersey number, a school slogan in team colors. Here's a simple way to run a lace sale from start to finish.

1. Pick your kit

The 2-printer starter kit ($415) includes 25 rolls of satin ribbon with matching print ribbons, a cordless heat gun, and 100 clear lace tips. That's enough for about 50 pairs of laces. Larger groups can step up to the 4- or 8-printer kits.

2. Take pre-orders

Collect names, numbers, colors, and payment up front. Pre-orders mean you only print what's sold, so there's no leftover inventory.

3. Print in batches

Each N1 printer connects to a phone or tablet over Bluetooth. Two volunteers with two printers can work through a stack of orders in an evening.

4. Finish the ends

Cut laces to length and add tips. Clear heat-shrink tips are the fastest; metal tips give a premium look and sell for more.

5. Deliver at a game or practice

Hand orders out where your supporters already are, and bring a few extra rolls to take on-the-spot orders.

What a 25-roll run can raise: at $25 a pair with metal tips, 50 pairs bring in about $1,250, roughly $930 after rolls and tips.

Ready to start? Browse our starter kits.