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Print Automation: How to Eliminate Christmas Rush Chaos in 2026

Get ahead of the chaos and make next year more efficient with Print Automation.

Over the last couple of months, your team was probably deep in the Christmas rush: long hours, overflowing inboxes, last-minute design changes, and the pressure of getting every order right the first time.

It’s the busiest time of the year, and the most stressful for businesses selling customised products.

But here’s the truth:

Next year’s Christmas rush doesn’t have to feel like this.

With the right tools, you can transform a stressful Q3 into a smooth, organised, and scalable operation. The good news is that right now is the best time to implement these changes, whilst the challenges are fresh and you have time to adapt.

Adding an ecommerce configurator has never been easier. From easy-to-use 3D interactive visuals to ecommerce integration and even automated print-ready scaled print files, Kit Builder has a solution to get your business running as smoothly as Santa’s workshop.

🎁 Why Start Preparing Now?

We all know how January goes, optimism starts strong and fades fast. By March, peak season feels far away, and we’ve slipped back into old habits. But right now, you know exactly where the bottlenecks are, and you have the opportunity to make changes!

It might feel a bit soon to get ahead of next year’s busy season, when January is packed full of leftover jobs and plenty of other tasks to set Q1 up for success, but right now you have something incredibly valuable: clarity. In a few months, the bottlenecks won’t feel so big, and the strain will feel exaggerated.

Common Christmas pain points include:

Customers sending multiple artwork revisions
Unclear instructions causing production delays
Manual processes that don’t scale with order volume
Overwhelmed support teams
Customers unsure how their final product will look
Errors caused by rushed or inconsistent artwork

But the thing is… these aren’t just seasonal issues. They’re process issues that get highlighted under the added strain.

By taking steps now to integrate a print automation software into your tech stack, you remove these bottlenecks for all seasons, not just Christmas.

Let Customers Self-Serve with 3D Customization

With a solution like Kit Builder, there are many different ways you can adapt your workflow to increase your productivity.

Kit Builder Professional is a quote-based solution that lets customers create their designs using our advanced 3D customization technology and submit quote requests.

Kit Builder Professional eCommerce takes the process up a level by integrating with your ecommerce provider to create a seamless shopping experience for your customers.

Kit Builder Print Production is where print automation really steps up. Produce print-ready, scaled outputs for products in seconds. Our advanced technology takes all customizations on an order and creates your print files in the correct size with the correct details, just like that.

All these solutions give your clients creative freedom on the front end, and you total control in the back end, ensuring orders meet your brand requirements.

This makes Kit Builder more than a nice-to-have. A big chunk of Christmas chaos comes from customers needing help:

“Can you move the logo 2cm to the left?”
“Can I see this colour instead?”
“Can you show me a preview before I order?”

With Kit Builder, customers do all of this themselves, instantly.

3D customization removes the back-and-forth and gives buyers the confidence to place orders without waiting for your team. That means fewer emails, fewer delays, and fewer last-minute changes.

You’re not the only ones feeling the Christmas rush; your customers feel it too! Emailing for quotes and reviewing proofs can be daunting for everyone involved at Christmas time. An advanced, 3D customizer like Kit Builder means your customers can cross a task off their Christmas to-do list quicker as well.

🖨️ Automate Your Entire Artwork Setup With Kit Builder Print Production

Kit Builder’s Print Production solution generates print-ready, scaled files for every order, complete with correctly scaled names, numbers, and other personalization elements, all placed according to your predefined rules. A great 3D customization tool for ecommerce.

No more manual resizing of every order.

No more re-aligning graphics.

No more redrawing templates for every garment size again and again.

You set your placement logic once per product… and Kit Builder handles it every time someone orders that product.

This enables:

Perfect placement consistency every time

Huge time savings

Fewer production errors

Scalability during peak

Whether you’re already using Kit Builder’s ecommerce customization tools or are completely new to the platform, the Print Production solution is where operational efficiency truly accelerates.

🎄 Ready to Future-Proof Your Next Christmas Rush?

Whether you want to:

upgrade your existing Kit Builder setup
automate your print workflow
or explore the full platform for the first time

…now is the perfect time to prepare for your most efficient Christmas season yet.

A calmer, more controlled Christmas starts months before the decorations go up. Let’s make sure you have the smoothest peak season eCommerce strategy for next year.

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