How to Upload Clipart within Stock Designs

Adding stock designs in DecoNetwork allows you to upload clipart that can be used as decoration artwork across all of your websites and Business Hub. Stock designs are global, meaning they are not tied to a single site but are available wherever decoration artwork is needed. This is the best option when you want to build a central library of artwork that can be reused for multiple customers or stores.

You can upload your own clipart that you have created yourself or purchased from third parties with the proper license. This helps you expand your design offerings, provide customers with ready-to-use artwork, and streamline the creation of pre-decorated products.

Once uploaded, stock designs can be categorized, watermarked, and even turned into design templates for personalization. This gives you flexibility to deliver a professional and organized catalog of artwork that customers can use when ordering decorated products.

In this article

• Prerequisites
• Why upload clipart to stock design?
• Add a stock design
• Configure stock design settings
• Manage stock designs
• Best-Practice Tips
• Troubleshooting
• FAQs
• Additional Resources

Prerequisites

Why upload clipart to stock Designs?

Stock designs give you a global library of artwork that can be reused across multiple websites and orders. By uploading clipart as stock designs, you can:

• Expand design options – Provide customers with a ready-to-use catalog of artwork to decorate products.
• Save time – Avoid recreating the same artwork for different websites or clients.
• Enable personalization – Convert stock designs into design templates to let customers customize them in the design tool.
• Maintain consistency – Ensure that the same approved artwork is used across your business.
• Strengthen your brand – Add artwork that reflects your business identity, helping set you apart from competitors.
• Support client-specific needs – Upload designs tailored to a particular customer or project you’ve worked on.
• Leverage existing clipart – Make your existing artwork library available to customers, extending your product offering without extra effort.

Why add stock designs?

Stock designs give you a global library of artwork that can be reused across multiple websites and orders. By uploading clipart as stock designs, you can:

• Expand design options – Provide customers with a ready-to-use catalog of artwork to decorate products.
• Save time – Avoid recreating the same artwork for different websites or clients.
• Enable personalization – Convert stock designs into design templates to let customers customize them in the design tool.
• Maintain consistency – Ensure that the same approved artwork is used across your business.
• Strengthen your brand – Add artwork that reflects your business identity, helping set you apart from competitors.
• Support client-specific needs – Upload designs tailored to a particular customer or project you’ve worked on.
• Leverage existing clipart – Make your existing artwork library available to customers, extending your product offering without extra effort.

Add a stock design

1. Go to Admin → Stock Designs.
2. Click Add Design, then select Upload Design.
3. Choose a file to upload. If possible, upload a vector file for maximum editing flexibility.
4. Enter a Name for the design.
5. Assign the design to a Category (e.g., Logos, Animals, Sports).
6. Optionally tick the checkbox to allow the customer to resize the clipart.
7. Optionally set a price for the clipart.
8. Click Save to finish uploading.

Configure stock design settings

1. Enable Customers can change image colors (only applies to vector artwork).
2. Choose the decoration processes that can use this design.
3. Add meta information to improve search visibility for customers.
4. Set background options (automatic, always black, always white, or custom).

Manage stock designs

After uploading designs, you can manage them further:

• Apply a watermark to protect artwork from unauthorized use.
• Sort and categorize designs to control the display order in customer-facing areas.
• Convert into templates to allow personalization in the design tool.
• Discontinue designs to hide them without deleting, preserving them for future use.

Best-Practice Tips

Troubleshooting

• Design not showing in design tool? Confirm it is assigned to a category and linked to a decoration process.
• Colors cannot be changed? Ensure the file is a vector and that “All customer to change color of image” is enabled.
• Design not appearing in search? Verify meta information is filled in and that the design has not been discontinued.
• Watermark not visible? Double-check that the watermark has been applied and saved.

FAQs

• Can I reuse stock designs across websites? Yes, stock designs are global and available across all your sites.
• Can I discontinue a stock design? Yes, discontinued designs by deleting them. However, deleted designs will still appear on decorated products and orders created before the deletion.
• Can I convert a stock design into a template? Yes, you can create templates from stock designs for customer personalization.
• Can I upload third-party clipart? Yes, but only if you have the proper license or usage rights. DecoNetwork does not verify ownership of uploaded artwork.

Additional Resources

• Creating Design Templates
• Managing Design Categories
• Watermarking Uploaded Artwork