When you’re ordering Soupcan personalised stubby holders, the design is usually the fun part. You might want a wedding date, your mate’s face, a business logo, everyone’s names or something completely ridiculous that only your group will understand.

Both Soupcan and Clinkies offer plenty of customisation, so this comparison isn’t really about whether you can personalise a stubby holder. You can with both.

The more useful question is: How much control do you want over the artwork, holder style and ordering process?

For a price-led comparison, see Soupcan vs Clinkies: Prices, Materials & Order Options.

Soupcan vs Clinkies Customisation at a Glance

Both suppliers give you plenty of freedom with the actual artwork. The bigger difference is what you can customise around that artwork.

What Can You Put on a Soupcan Stubby Holder?

Soupcan says customers can customise their holders using colours, images, themes, fonts, text and their own artwork. They specifically mention photos, business logos, names, wedding details, sporting club colours, funny quotes, pet illustrations, caricatures, hashtags and venue names.

Soupcan also offers a free custom design service, so you don’t necessarily need to arrive with finished artwork. You can send through your idea and work with their team on the design before approving it. That’s useful if your starting point is something like a dog’s face with a wedding date underneath, rather than a finished print-ready PDF.

What Can You Put on a Clinkies Stubby Holder?

Clinkies also supports full-colour personalisation, including photos, logos, names, dates, event wording, QR codes, illustrations, detailed artwork and business branding. Customers can upload their own design directly and add notes about wording, colours and event details when ordering.

The artwork process also includes a digital proof before production, so you can check the layout before anything is printed. This is particularly handy for designs containing names or dates, where a small typo can become very noticeable once you have 100 of them.

The Bigger Difference: Choosing the Holder Itself

With Soupcan, the customisation is mainly centred around the artwork printed onto a more traditional stubby holder range. Soupcan currently promotes standard, slim and longneck options, with its custom holders strongly centred around 5mm neoprene construction.

Clinkies gives you more variation in the construction itself. Depending on the range, options include 3mm foldable, 3mm slim, fully stitched styles, 5mm standard and 5mm overlocked. So you’re making two decisions: what do I want printed? and what type of stubby holder do I want it printed on?

Our stubby holder size and fit guide helps match the holder to the event.

Which Style Works Best for Different Designs?

There isn’t a strict rule here. It’s more about thinking about how the finished holder will actually be used.

What If You Don’t Have a Design?

You might have a logo but no layout, a wedding invitation you want to match, one photo, a rough Canva design, a colour palette, or absolutely nothing except an idea. Soupcan offers a free design service and lets customers choose between having the design created for them or submitting their own design. Clinkies also says customers can send a logo, photo, wording or rough idea and have the artwork prepared for printing. In practical terms, neither supplier requires you to be a graphic designer.

What If You Already Have Finished Artwork?

If you’ve already made your artwork in Illustrator, Photoshop or Canva, the process is simpler. Clinkies accepts PDF, AI, EPS, SVG, PNG and high-resolution JPEG. Vector artwork is generally best for logos because it stays sharp when resized. Soupcan also allows customers to provide their own artwork or design, including PDF and image files.

For finished artwork, pay less attention to the design service and more attention to print area, holder dimensions, artwork template, proof process and colour reproduction. Our guide to ordering custom stubby holders online explains the proof process.

Photos Are Worth Preparing Properly

Both suppliers can print photographs, but the quality of the original photo still matters. Full-colour sublimation is well suited to photos and detailed designs, but a blurry screenshot won’t suddenly become sharp once printed.

If you’re using a photo, try to start with the original image rather than a screenshot, good lighting, a clear face, enough resolution for printing and some space around the subject for cropping. Clinkies specifically recommends using the clearest, highest-resolution image available for photographic artwork.

What About Individual Names?

There’s a difference between 50 holders with the same design and 50 holders with 50 different names. Variable-name orders usually require more artwork preparation because each version needs to be checked. Confirm whether individual names are included, whether there is an extra design charge, how to supply the name list and whether you’ll receive proofs for each variation.

Which One Is Better for Wedding Designs?

Both are capable of producing personalised wedding holders. Soupcan may suit you if you want a traditional 5mm holder, Australian-made production, design help and a simple bulk wedding order. Clinkies may suit you if you want more holder styles, a foldable option for favour bags, different thicknesses, direct artwork upload or a smaller personalised order.

For weddings, choose the holder style first and then worry about artwork. Our wedding stubby holder guide can help.

Which One Is Better for Businesses?

For business orders, logo quality matters more than fancy artwork. You normally want a clean logo, correct brand colours, readable text, enough contrast and a clear proof before printing. Soupcan’s design support can be useful for businesses that want someone else to prepare the layout. Clinkies may suit businesses that already have their brand artwork and want to upload it directly, review a proof and choose between several holder constructions.

For larger corporate orders, ask both suppliers for a proper quote and artwork mock-up before deciding. See our guide to custom stubby holders for corporate events and promotions.

So, Which Gives You More Customisation?

For the actual printed design, there isn’t a huge gap. Both Soupcan and Clinkies allow customers to use photos, logos, text and custom artwork. Soupcan is particularly strong if you want a more traditional stubby holder and would like the supplier to help create the design.

Clinkies gives you a little more flexibility around the physical holder itself, with multiple thicknesses and constructions available alongside the artwork customisation. If custom means “can you put my photo and wording on it?”, both can do that. If it means “can I choose the artwork, thickness, construction and quantity?”, compare the ranges more closely. For a broader comparison, see Clinkies vs Soupcan Stubby Holders: Which Is Better?.

FAQ

Can Soupcan print photos on stubby holders?

Yes. Soupcan specifically promotes personalised designs using photos, images, text and custom artwork.

Can Clinkies print photos and logos?

Yes. Clinkies supports photographs, business logos, names, dates, QR codes and detailed full-colour artwork.

Do I need to create my own artwork?

No. Both suppliers offer design assistance if you only have an idea, photo, logo or some wording.

Can I approve the design before printing?

Yes. Both use an artwork approval process. Clinkies states that nothing goes into production until the digital proof has been approved.

Can I use a Canva design?

Usually, yes. Export it at the highest practical quality, preferably as a high-resolution PDF or PNG. Always check the supplier’s artwork template and dimensions before sending it.

Can every stubby holder have a different name?

Potentially, but this should be confirmed before ordering. Variable-name artwork can require additional setup compared with printing the same design across an entire order.