A pair of shoes which left dirty tracks; tracks with a faint backwards impression of the shoe’s logo on the ground. Why not leave a different mark? This bit of inspiration led the company founder to spend hours grinding, burning and cutting all types of footwear to see if he could make a shoe that left a custom impression.

The company envisioned footwear with soles that could be imprinted with fun designs, logos, text, or pictures. Anyone wearing a pair would leave a personalized set of footprints on the world. And while most people can appreciate puddle stomping on a rainy day, not everyone likes getting their shoes muddy. With this in mind the idea was tested with sand. Sand meant beaches, warm summers, fun, and most importantly: flip flops! Several prototypes later and (with the help of a few friends) the first pair of FlipSidez was made in 2010. Customers couldn't get enough! With people so excited about flip flops that could leave custom imprints in the sand, the question came to mind: Why weren't these already available?

As it happens, the idea already existed. FlipSidez aren’t the world’s first sand-imprint flip flops. Companies have been buying flip flops with custom soles for years to give away as promotional novelties. The downside? The current process used to create these flip flops required a commitment to purchasing hundreds (sometimes thousands!) of pairs with the exact same design, size, and limited colors. This worked great for companies with large expense accounts who could afford buying huge quantities, but turned out to be bad news for everyone else. Anyone lucky enough to get a pair of these sandals would never have a way of buying a pair with a customized imprint for themselves. They’d be stuck with whatever the company had given them.

That’s all changing. The FlipSidez manufacturing process allows us to produce and sell customized sand-imprint flip flops with no minimum order quantity. Need a dozen pairs for a wedding? FlipSidez has you covered. A matching set for Mom and Dad? Done. A single pair as unique as you are? Hop onto our Etsy shop, design your dream pair, and we’ll deliver it right to your door.

Which means the only question left to ask is…

What's on YOUR FlipSidez?