Merch will be purchasable with mana
Anyone who has their submission added to the store will receive a free merch item with their design!
Submitting designs
This can be an image of what would go on the shirt, or an actual mockup. The store is hosted by Printful, so be sure to check out their print guidelines before submitting. Then, comment the design here and I will add it to the market.
Designs should be on-theme for Manifold and not infringe upon anyone's copyright for a chance at being added. Message me or comment if you want access to any specific Manifold design assets that you can't find yourself.
I recommend finding the example item first and working backwards if you have a specific application in mind. See file guidelines on the product pages. T-Shirt | Hoodie | Stickers | Hat | Mug | iPhone Case | Other Products
Check out previous cool designs for inspiration from when this was done in 2023.
Feel free to submit other cool ideas alongside your design, i.e. "a Whale design, which is priced very high and a more reasonably priced Minnow design"; or, "A positive graph design which requires the Market Maven achievement, and a negative graph which requires the Wealth Redistributor achievement". No promises that we will be able to do it, but don't limit your creativity!
To get an answer added to the market, a working image/mockup must be provided
The creator is not the sole decider - moderators can add answers they think are worth adding
Users can "like" comments of designs they want added, which will influence what gets added to the market
Update 2025-10-25 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Moderators can request the creator to add answers by pinging them, and the creator will add the answers moderators desire. Admins can add answers whenever they want without needing to ping the creator.
Update 2025-11-07 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): Designs may not be immediately added to the market even if submitted with proper images/mockups. The creator may wait for community feedback and interaction before adding designs as answer options.
Key consideration for selection: Merch should be something people would actually wear. Designs that are very in-group focused may only appeal to specific contexts (like Manifest events) rather than general wear.
Update 2026-07-02 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The creator plans to early NO resolve ideas that haven't happened or won't happen before end of year. NO holders are encouraged to submit better ideas to dilute existing ones.
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Example for how to submit: Manifold Logo submission!
Logo is an SVG and can be recolored and resized to fit any size/shape/item. Mockup is for an embroidered cap
@Quroe Yeah, I added a year. It can extend ~indefinitely but I can early resolve any designs outright rejected or close it all if we shut down the shop. For now it seems fine to extend
our biggest barrier to adding more merch drops is basically that it costs money, and there is no connection between people buying merch and buying mana. Still a fun way to reward people, so we want to keep it, but not motivating us to add the other designs quickly.
Some people at Manifest got to see Pat Scott's designed jackets, they're cool, but not yet available... I didn't even end up ordering them for the team, I should still do that!
@Gen Would you like to set a final close date so NO shares actually mean something?
So you're telling me that the responses to the mana purchasing discount you get after buying merch is the metric you all are tracking? It would be interesting to see a goal thermometer that fills when people buy mana, kind of like a Kickstarter goal meter.
@Quroe I will be more proactive before eoy and make sure to early NO resolve ideas which haven't happened or won't happen. The best way for NO holders to profit is to come up with better ideas which dilute the existing ones
Will have to think about the purchase goal thing haha, I think to this day, I am the only person who purchased at the rate given by the merch discount offer (of ~150 given). I basically paid myself to implement this feature so I could get cheaper mana lol
@Gen I have 2 hours left on my voucher, and I'll be honest, it's a little tempting. I am just not strapped for mana right now.
@Gen How much mana would need to be sold to make Manifest challenge coins next year like the ones at Manifest 2025?
@Quroe I wasn't there for that, so I don't actually know what that was or how much it cost. I tried to get real life mana coins made but it is quite difficult/costly unless you do it as like a poker chip
@Quroe oh, wow! I would like to do something like that again, sure. Will have to find out what the cost was
Come on, @Gen. 2 hours left on my coupon. Reel me in. Sell me this pen.
If I buy it, what cool thing happens?
@Quroe I can rip up some paper and throw it in the air like confetti, but beyond that nothing really happens. It seems like it doesn't really work for existing users, which is fair enough.
I don't really expect people with a large balance to be interested, but maybe if the merch existed longer ago more people would have bought merch and taken advantage of the offer along the way. I also want to spread knowledge of the offer a bit and see if that changes anyone's mind, $35 crypto or $40 stripe for M5,000 should more than cover any hat and mostly cover any shirt purchase. Pretty reasonable imo!
@Gen How closely would you want to collaborate with me for a Twist on next Year's Manifest Nash Pit?
@Gen If I buy it, do you swear to secrecy? You won't tell anybody -- not even other staff members? No sharing my unlisted markets?
"I beat the [manifold logo] market and all I got to show for it is this lousy t-shirt"