Stash and Swag
Stickers
Hackers love stickers!
If you're with Major League Hacking, you will have a dedicated "I Demoed" Hexagon sticker along with MLH Swag stickers and GitHub stickers as well.
You can find some examples of hex stickers here, if you want to add your own sticker to this list you can make a pr.
Sticker Providers
These are some providers that have been known to hackathons & hackers (feel free to add any other providers as see fit).
Stickermule has always been the go-to for any hackathon due to their quality. (US Based + UK Free Shipping) MLH Events get credit from them and they often also willing to give you free credit even if you aren't with MLH.
STKRS (UK-Based)
InstantPrint (UK-Based)
Diginate (UK Based and also do metallic stickers)
Sticker Sizes
If you are wanting your own hackathon laptop sticker, you can create your own. There is a defacto standard for sizes (need to make sure the hexagons all line up) and it can be found here.
These have been some popular sticker types regularly seen:
Custom Hexagon Stickers (Use Stickermule's dedicated Hexagon template as a guideline to create them.)
General size is mainly 44m x 51mm (1.73" x 2")
Square sized stickers
40mm x 40mm
50mm x 50mm
Rectangular-sized stickers
Usually 50mm x 80-100mm
Custom Die-cut stickers
Dependent on the stickers design but can be resized. Best not to go over 70mm x 70mm
Companies that will send stickers
Company
Contact
Successes
Details
MLH
N/A
All Hackathons
N/A
Discord
HackTheMidlands 4.0
Must already have a Discord Server with 100+ members
T-shirts
Another great item of swag that hackathon attendees love is t-shirts! While these aren't necessary for an event, they are a welcome addition.
It is also easier if you have different coloured/designed t-shirts for different roles of the people at the event eg. Blue for Organisers, Green for Hackers, Yellow for Mentors etc. This allows easier to identify someone of importance at your event with ease, especially for larger events.
T-shirt providers
Currently, many hackathons across the UK use Go2Dave as the products in their short lead time catalogue can be ordered up to 10 business days ahead of the event. Other t-shirt providers are available.
T-shirt sizes
Getting the correct number of the right size of a t-shirt is a skill of its own! We would recommend that as part of the sign-up/ticket buying process to best estimate the sizes you require.
It is hard to predict but as a general rule of thumb, the 1-2-2-1 ratio (S: M : L : XL) is a good prediction if you don't have data to hand!
GitHub Campus Experts
If you have a GitHub Campus Expert as part of your team, they are able to request swag for events. This can include:
Comic Books
Git Cheat Sheets
GitHub Stickers
Markdown Guides
GitHub Guides
They can also request prizes such as:
T-Shirt Coupons (redeemable with GitHub)
BackPacks
Mona Figurines (the GitHub mascot)
If you want to find out more you can contact Amy Hudspith, one of the UK Campus Experts (and part of the DurHack team).
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