Design and sell your own shoes - apply now as a designer

Apply to AliveShoes

If you have something to say to the world, are creative, have a great sense of fashion and love designer shoes, it's time to unleash your potential. Participation in the AliveShoes program is free of charge. While experience is welcome, it’s not required. Instead we look for:

  • Creative people interested in expressing themselves. Fashion students, designers, stylists, artists, musicians, shoe lovers and more are welcome to apply.

  • Entrepreneurs and marketing people wanting to start or expand their businesses.

  • Independent brands looking to introduce a custom shoes line within their existing brand.

Apply for free

Design your own shoes online

Design amazing shoes down to the last detail. Choose and customize from more than 70 bases, including women’s fashion, men’s classic, kids designs, and unisex sneakers and sports styles.

  • Pick from an extensive palette of colors and materials.

  • Add your own logos to the designs.

  • Create your own unique packaging.

Customize your own shoes and start selling them
Customize your own shoes and start selling them
Start selling your own designer shoes today

Start selling and earning

Launch your campaign and reach seven pre-order sales to start production of your designer shoe.

  • Sell and offer promotions with ease through your custom e-shop.

  • Earn $30 profit on each pair of custom shoes sold.

  • Transfer profits to your PayPal account. paypal

Start selling your own designer shoes today

WE SHIP TO YOUR CUSTOMERS

Your custom shoes are made in Italy and shipped directly to your customers in less then 15 business days. Never think about production, shipping or customer service; we’ve got your custom shoes and customers covered.

  • Free shipping to Europe, UK and the USA

  • 100% satisfaction guaranteed for your customers, refund or replace for free for 30 days

  • Free returns, always

Create your own unique custom shoes and start selling with AliveShoes
Create your own unique custom shoes and start selling with AliveShoes

Redeem your AliveShoes official designer certificate

Once your first seven custom made shoes are sold, you can redeem your AliveShoes Official Designer Certificate to use on your CV or résumé.

A Complete Set of Add-ons and PRO Features
Access additional design features and exclusive options for a small fee to expand your custom shoe design possibilities even further.
  • Limited Edition Soles

    Access 12 unique and highly exclusive sneaker soles such as fluorescent, camouflage, gold, silver, marble , recycled flue variation and more.

  • Limited Edition Materials

    Access 50+ limited edition materials and patterns such as camouflage, jaguar print, zebra print, ostrich print, metal gold, snake print, glitter, crocodile print, premium textiles, fluo leathers and many others.

  • Cruelty-Free Vegan Materials

    Create completely eco-friendly and vegan designs with access to a wide selection of cruelty-free textiles and eco “leathers” in multiple colors.

  • Limited Edition Designs

    Access 20 additional premium shoe silhouettes with special constructions and limited-edition options.

  • Capsule Collections Access

    Get access to the Capsule collections section, featuring unique and special design themes never seen before and regularly updated to match top market trends.

  • White label upgrade

    Make the shoes entirely yours, removing all AliveShoes logos and images from the insole, the packaging and invoices.

  • Priority production upgrade

    Jump to the front of the production lines. Get your custom shoes made even faster, shipping directly to customers in 6 to 12 business days—half the time of regular production.

  • Design protection

    Lock your design combination and name for a small additional fee so that your shoe becomes an official Limited Edition, and can't be recreated by anyone else.

DON'T JUST MAKE A SHOE
MAKE A BRAND

As part of the PRO features, you can design and showcase your brand fully in a beautiful custom branded page featuring your own content and your shoes - all in one place. See an example here.

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SHOWCASE YOUR DESIGNS IN ONE PLACE

Showcase your design all in one place - give access to your follower to your featured designs and permanent collection in one single link.

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ADD BANNERS, VIDEO AND GALLERIES

Add rich content to fully showcase your brand and inspire people.

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FEATURE YOUR OWN BIO

Add a short bio and links to your instagram or social media websites.

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BRAND PAGE PREMIUM URLs

Customize your brand page top URL with one of our premium URLs or using your own URL for a small additional fee.

Additional Services to Further Boost Your Custom Shoes Line
Reach initial sales goals to access free premium services to help boost your designer shoes brand to a whole new level.
Design your own custom shoes and capsule collection

FREE ACCESS TO THE SHOE CIRCLE FASHION COLLECTIVE (7 sales)

Reach 7 custom shoes sales to join The Shoe Circle fashion collective for a A-Level introduction in the fashion world.

  • Get your design showcased in a fantastic digital catalogue

  • Gain worldwide visibility in the world of fashion

  • Partecipate in amazing extra projects such as Runway shows and events

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Free use of our PR boost service (10 sales)

Reach 10 custom shoes sales to join our top publicity network for a huge boost in visibility.

  • Get your story featured in magazines and international press.

  • Build relationships with bloggers and social influencers.

  • See your designer shoes onto the feet of celebrities

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Feature your own custom designer shoes on magazines and blogs
Design your own custom shoes and capsule collection

Free access to our brand boost service (50 sales)

Reach 50 total sales with your custom shoes and access our elite shoe development network in Italy for a boost in branding, design and marketing.

  • Develop an entire capsule collection based on your sketches and ideas.

  • Create a completely independent and stunning e-commerce presence separate from aliveshoes.com.

  • Further develop your line's branding, image and photography, and showcase to our international partners.

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What are you waiting for?
Start making and selling awesome shoe designs.

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