FAQ

You can create sports banners for virtually any sport or activity, including baseball, softball, football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, hockey, lacrosse, wrestling, track and field, cheerleading, dance, gymnastics, swimming, and more.

If you have an athlete photo, AthleteBanner can help turn it into a personalized sports banner.

Yes. You do not need to place a team order.

You can create a custom athlete banner for your player using their photo, name, number, team information, and colors.

Yes. Custom senior night banners are one of the most popular ways to recognize graduating athletes.

You can create a personalized senior sports banner featuring the athlete’s photo, name, jersey number, school or team information, team colors, and other details.

Yes. Your sports banner is built using the information and images you provide rather than simply adding a name to a generic premade banner.

Depending on the design options you select, your banner can incorporate your athlete, team colors, logo, player name, number, organization information, and other custom elements.

Creating a banner is simple using our Banner Builder:

1. Upload a photo of your athlete.
2. Add the athlete’s name, number, team information, and design preferences.
3. Preview your custom banner.
4. Review and approve your design.
5. Select your order options and place your order.

Once your order is submitted, your approved banner is prepared for printing and shipping.

No. AthleteBanner was built so parents, athletes, coaches, team managers, and organizations can create professional-looking custom sports banners without needing graphic design software.

You provide the photos and information. Our banner-building process handles the design.

For the best sports banner, upload the highest-quality original photo you have.

Photos taken in good lighting with the athlete clearly visible generally produce the best results. Full-body or three-quarter-body athlete photos work especially well when you want the player featured prominently in the design.

Avoid screenshots, heavily compressed images, blurry photos, or images downloaded from social media whenever a higher-resolution original is available.

Yes. You can upload your team, school, club, or organization logo when creating your custom banner.

For the best print quality, upload the highest-resolution version available. Logos with clean edges and a transparent background are ideal when available.

es. Custom sports banners can be designed around your team, school, or organization colors.

Providing your team logo can also help establish the colors and overall look of your banner.

Yes. Player names and jersey numbers are among the most common customizations for our athlete banners.

You can also include team or organization information and additional wording when available within the selected design options.

When available in the Banner Builder, you can provide additional artwork, background images, or reference material to help guide your custom banner design.

If you already have a banner concept or artwork you would like to use, provide the highest-quality version possible.

Yes. A reference image can be helpful when you have a particular look or design direction in mind.

Reference images are used as inspiration for your custom sports banner. Your finished banner is created using your athlete, team information, images, and selected options.

Yes. You can review your custom banner before placing your final order.

Banner Builder gives you an opportunity to check important details such as the athlete’s name, number, team information, images, and overall design.

Yes. If something needs to be changed during the design and approval process, you can request a revision before approving the final banner.

We strongly recommend carefully reviewing all names, numbers, spelling, logos, and other personalized information before final approval.

Before approving your custom sports banner, check:

The athlete’s name and spelling, jersey number, team or school name, logo, colors, photos, additional wording, banner orientation, and selected banner size.

Once a custom banner has been approved and enters production, changes may no longer be possible.

Yes. AthleteBanner is designed for both individual athlete banners and custom team banner orders.

Team orders make it easier to create a consistent design for multiple athletes while changing individual player photos, names, and jersey numbers. Easy team ordering is what we perfected!

A team orders can use the same approved design structure across the entire team so all banners have a professional and consistent appearance.

Each athlete’s individual photo, name, number, and other player-specific information can then be applied to that design.

No. For team projects, you can establish the first banner design and use it as the foundation for the rest of the team.

After the initial design is approved, player information and photos can be used to create matching banners for the remaining athletes.

This makes ordering sports banners for an entire team much easier than designing every banner from scratch.

For eligible team projects, AthleteBanner can provide a team-order process that allows individual families or players to access the project and place their own orders.

This helps coaches and team organizers coordinate a matching set of custom sports banners without necessarily having to collect every payment themselves.

Yes. Volume discounts are available for qualifying team and bulk banner orders.

The more banners included in the order, the greater the available team savings may be. Current pricing and applicable discounts are shown during the ordering process.

Yes. Coaches, team managers, booster clubs, parent volunteers, schools, and sports organizations can create and coordinate team banner projects.

A single design can be established for the team and then customized for each athlete.

AthleteBanner offers multiple banner sizes and orientations so you can choose the format that works best for your athlete, team, facility, or event.

Available sizes and current pricing are displayed when creating or pricing your banner.

Vertical banners are especially popular when featuring a single athlete because they work well with full-body player photos.

Horizontal banners may work better for certain layouts, locations, team displays, or designs containing multiple visual elements.

The best orientation depends on your photo, banner size, and where you plan to display the finished banner.

Yes. The banner creation process is designed around producing artwork intended for large-format banner printing.

Using high-quality source photos and logos is important because an image that looks acceptable on a phone screen may appear noticeably softer when printed several feet tall.

Pricing depends on the banner size, quantity, shipping method, and any additional options selected.

You can use AthleteBanner’s instant pricing tools to estimate your project before placing an order.

No minimum team order is required to create a sports banner. You can order a custom banner for a single athlete or create banners for an entire team.

Shipping is based on factors such as banner size, quantity, and selected delivery speed.

Your available shipping options and estimated cost are shown during the ordering process.

Applicable sales tax is calculated during checkout based on the order and delivery information.

Your custom banner moves toward production after the design has been approved and the order has been successfully placed and paid.

Be sure to review your banner carefully before giving final approval. 

Please refere to our shipping page if you have additional questions