Sticker pack
45 BWP
Die-cut, your mark
Viral energy. Clean IP. Recurring print.
Logo and brand kit for Botswana micro-enterprises
Tshupo (Setswana: sign, mark, evidence) is a free browser studio for original logos, business cards, letterheads, invoices, social covers and merch mockups — then we broker print in Gaborone, Pitsane and SADC on WhatsApp. We do not parody Nike, Apple or any protected mark.
- Offline PWA
- Tee · mug · sticker · tote
- 50 BWP files
- WhatsApp checkout
How we monetise (and stay alive)
- Hook: free, addictive original “genre-spoof” generator (fast-food, luxury, sports, street — styles, not brands).
- Proof: watermarked PNG. Shareable. URL on the mark.
- Merch: one tap mockup → WhatsApp / EFT order. Fulfilment via local print or a POD partner on your art.
- Unlock: 50 BWP vectors. Street pack: cards + signage brokered in BW.
- Never: clone a famous logo. Filters block known marks. Income stays ḥalāl and defensible.
Studio
Type anything you own or invented. We refuse famous brand names.
Original house marks (not Pinterest clones)
Pinterest and “30 clever logo parodies” boards are almost entirely riffs on KFC, McDonald’s, Nike, Starbucks, FedEx, Shell. Those images are someone else’s joke on someone else’s property. We did not import them. Below: Tshupo-made originals using only genre tropes (badge, crest, bar-lockup, neon, seal).
Sweep notes (collective)
- Pinterest parody traffic is real (pins of McDiabetes, Murder King, Star Wars Coffee, FatEx, Hell-for-Shell). That is commentary art, not a SKU list.
- Knock-off comedy (Mike shoes, Sunbucks, Pizza Hat) is often counterfeit adjacent — we treat it as a warning, not a playbook.
- US Supreme Court Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products (2023): if the joke is also your trademark on merch, ordinary confusion + dilution tests apply. Parody is not a shield for POD.
- Safer commercial cousins that actually register: invented puns that do not need the famous mark (e.g. original names with humour).
- Pinterest as distribution still stands: watermarked original proofs, auto-pin later. Steal the channel, not the logos.
Vs Looka, Canva, Hatchful, and Gaborone agencies
They sell kits in USD and stop at a download. Local agencies start near a thousand euro. We match the kit (logo, mono, favicon, card, letterhead, invoice, IG, story, cover, email, brand book, poster, merch, wrap) then we broker print in BWP on WhatsApp — jobs for graduates, signs for hawkers. Full map: COMPETITORS.md in the repo.
Print-on-demand catalogue
Prices include a disclosed Tshupo markup. Partner print house ships in Botswana / SADC. Original art only.
Tee
189 BWP
DTG, unisex
Mug
95 BWP
11oz ceramic
Tote
120 BWP
Canvas
File unlock
50 BWP
SVG + hi-res PNG
Full kit
150 BWP
Card, letterhead, invoice, social, guide
Cards 500
from 350 BWP
Print broker
Shop sign
quote
Brokered locally
72-hour lockdown (operator)
Do only step 1 today: save the desk number below. Domain and CIPA wait. Repo law: HANDOFF.md + COLLECTIVE.md.
Questions Botswana owners actually ask
How much for a print-ready logo?
50 BWP for SVG and hi-res PNG. 150 BWP full kit. Cards and signs quoted in BWP.
Do you copy famous brands?
No. Type your own name. Known marks are blocked.
How do I pay and print?
WhatsApp +267 72 487 174. EFT, Orange Money or Smega. Local print partners fulfil.