Why we built Wanted Poster

The problem we solved

Online gift shopping is broken. You scroll through hundreds of mugs, hoodies and phone cases — all generic, all forgettable. Or you commission something custom and wait weeks. Real personalization used to mean hiring a designer (expensive, slow) or doing it yourself (time-consuming, not your skill).

Meanwhile, you already know exactly what to say. You know the inside joke, the legendary thing your friend is famous for, the crime you could charge them with. You just needed a tool to turn that into a keepsake.

What we built

Wanted Poster is a live canvas editor that turns your photo into a custom old-west poster in about two minutes. Upload a photo, type the name, the crime and the reward, watch it render in real time, then download a print-ready file instantly for $4.95. If you have never made one, the step-by-step guide walks through it, and how it works gives the short version.

No design skills. No waiting. No account. Just your photo, your inside joke, and a poster that actually says something about the person it is for.

Digital first, print if you want it

Almost everyone wants the file. It arrives instantly, it costs $4.95, and it prints at 300 DPI on any home printer or at any print shop. That is the product.

When the poster deserves an object rather than a file, we also print it on heavy 250 gsm matte stock, from $19.99, shipped in 3–5 business days. It is an upgrade offered after your poster is finished — never a step you have to pass through. Shipped prints come in A4, A3 and A2; the sizes guide compares them, and anything larger you print yourself from the file.

Who we are for

Anyone who has ever given a gift that landed harder than expected. Birthdays, anniversaries, bachelor parties, retirements, groomsmen, best friends, family roasts. If you know someone well enough to write their crimes, you know them well enough to give them a poster. The best wanted poster gift ideas and the occasion-by-occasion gift ideas are both good places to steal from, and the inspiration gallery shows what finished posters look like.

Our promise

We are obsessed with specificity. Curious where the format comes from? What a wanted poster is traces it back to the real bounty notices.

No hidden fees, no surprise subscriptions, no account to create. You customize, you pay once, you download. If your poster is wrong, we make it right. If you change your mind, we refund you. The rest is in the FAQ.