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Live Printing & On-Site Brand Activations in San Francisco
Planning a San Francisco activation
The Bay Area runs on conference season, product launches and a few enormous weeks a year. We have built for all three.
Moscone and conference season
Moscone Center is the center of gravity for our San Francisco work, and we have a dedicated page on it. Moscone has its own rhythm: dock windows, union labor, certificates of insurance and a floor that empties and floods with every keynote. Guests order on a tablet, keep walking the floor and come back when their name comes up, so your booth stays open for conversations instead of turning into a line.
Seventeen activations in one week
During Super Bowl week this past year we ran 17 simultaneous activations across the Bay. That is only possible because of the way we are built: crews and equipment already in the region, one platform running every station from a single live inventory pool, and a dashboard that let each client watch their own event in real time.
Launches from SoMa to the Peninsula
We have worked with FIFA, Tesla, Disney, Visa, Lay's and DraftKings here, and kept the line moving at product launches from SoMa to the Peninsula and at Outside Lands. Tech launches tend to want the setup to disappear into the brand, and every station can be fully white label and unbranded for exactly that reason.
The whole Bay, one quote
San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, the Peninsula and Marin are one market to us. Crews and equipment are regional, load ins are timed to the venue, and every quote is all in: no travel fees, no hotel line items, no equipment shipping.
Questions we get about San Francisco
Have you worked at Moscone Center?
Yes, many times. We handle the dock schedule, union labor coordination, certificates of insurance and fire marshal requirements with the building and your exhibit house. See our Moscone Center page.
Can you run several events in the Bay Area at once?
Yes. We ran 17 simultaneous activations across the Bay during Super Bowl week, each on the same platform with its own live dashboard.
Do you cover San Jose and the Peninsula?
Yes. The whole Bay Area is one market for us, with the same crews, equipment and all in pricing.
Do you charge travel to San Francisco?
No. Every quote is all in. Travel, hotels and equipment shipping are never line items.
Can the activation be unbranded?
Yes. Every station can be fully white label, with your branding on everything and ours on nothing.
Where we work in San Francisco
Every part of town has its own venues, docks and crowds. Pick yours.
We have several
activation types
Screen Printing
Heat Press
Embroidery
Laser Engraving
Hand Jet
Screen Printing Activation
By far this is our most common activation type. Screen printing fits a wide range of garments and print locations. Guests LOVE the look of the spinning presses and the ability to see their shirts printed using this tried and true technique, plus the shirts are handed to them literally hot off the press!
Heat Press Activation
Heat pressing transfers on site is the perfect way to take your event to the next level and leave a lasting impression on your guests. Get ready to turn up the heat and create some seriously cool swag! Transfers are perfect when you want to offer guests full color designs. Also, transfers are super versatile and can go on a huge array of products. Heat press also powers our hat bar and patch bar activations. Set up a build your own hat bar where guests grab a cap and press on custom patches live and on-site, or run a patch bar where they personalize jackets, totes, and denim with iron on and embroidered patches. It is one of our most requested activations for brand events, festivals, and trade shows, and it pairs perfectly with a live screen printing or embroidery station.
Embroidery Activation
This process involves using specialized embroidery machines to stitch designs directly onto garments, creating a high-quality, professional look. We utilize on site embroidery for events where guests need to have that truly custom option to personalize their fresh new swag!
Laser Engraving Activation
Transform your event with the art of on-site laser engraving, leaving a lasting impression with your guests. Laser engraving pairs well with promo products like tumblers, keychains, wood objects, or an array of other items. Engrave intricate designs and messages, ensuring your event stands out.
Hand Jet Activation
Our hand jet guns are just cool...period! Guest always love to watch them decorate apparel like a magic wand tickering it's way accross the garment.
Three Simple Steps
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With multiple white label configurations, Our focus is to have your brand represented well.
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Our activations include onsite screen printing, heat press, laser engraving, embroidery, handjet, and more.
The tech
behind the booth
We built our own software to run every event, from the first order to the final report.
Guests order on a tablet
Size, design, the name or initials they want on it. Two minutes at the screen, then they walk away and get a text when it is ready.
One live inventory pool
Every station pulls from the same stock. When a size runs low it greys out on every guest screen at once, so nothing runs out quietly.
Your event on a dashboard
Completed orders, queue depth, turnaround time and remaining inventory, live on your phone from anywhere in the building.
Built for scale
The same crews and platform handle a 200 person retreat and a multi day program with over 100,000 guests. We have pushed more than 2,000 personalized orders through one three day activation without a line forming.
Your activation in San Francisco runs on the identical ordering platform and live client dashboard we use at every event nationwide. Same crews, same equipment, same software.
Tons of product options
to customize
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SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS
By printing on site at events we don't have any wasted merch. Traditionally if you order 1000 shirts for an event you might get stuff with a bunch of leftover event shirts that you can't do anything with. We can restock them since they're still blank. Or we can run an online store post event to help continue to sell that merch to other employees or guests around the world and we can fulfill it.
Venues we work in San Francisco
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