Self-inking stamp, made online and ready the same minute

A self-inking stamp carries its ink pad inside the body, so it re-inks itself on every press — which is why it is the right tool for a stack of paper in front of you. What it cannot do is change. The rubber is cut once, so a new address, a new registration number or a new director means ordering another block and waiting for it. Build the same stamp here and the wording stays editable forever, the date fills itself in, and the file is ready the minute you finish it. We do not sell the physical block; if your work really is paper in hand, buy one. If it is files, this is the same stamp without the wait.

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What you get

Self-inking stamp, made online and ready the same minute

  1. Open the free stamp maker and pick a shape, round seal, oval, rectangle, octagon or triangle, or start from a ready-made template.
  2. Type your text around the border and in the centre, then set the colour, border style and font. Add a date, a time, a serial number, a logo or a signature line, and size and position each one.
  3. Preview the stamp live as you edit, what you see is exactly what you get.
  4. Download it as a transparent PNG or SVG, as a Word file that keeps the date, time and serial as retypable text, or all six formats in one zip.

Frequently asked questions

Is this an actual self-inking stamp?

No, and it is worth being straight about that: we do not sell the physical block. This makes the digital equivalent — the same wording and layout, as files you apply to documents, or print and use as artwork. If your documents are paper you are physically holding, a self-inking stamp is genuinely faster and you should buy one. If they are PDFs and Word files, the block is a detour: you would be printing a document purely so you can stamp it and scan it back in.

What does a self-inking stamp cost, against this?

A custom self-inking stamp is typically ordered per block, takes days, and costs again in full every time the wording changes — a new phone number means a new stamp. Here, designing is free, you pay $1.50 once when you download, and editing the wording later costs nothing. The saving is not really the first stamp; it is the fourth one you did not have to order.

Can I get the same size as my self-inking stamp?

Yes. The files are tagged at the size of a real rubber stamp — about 2.2 inches for a round seal — so they land at that size in Word instead of being blown up to the width of the page. You can set any size you want when you place it, and the SVG and print PDF scale with no loss for anything actually going on paper.

Can I print this and have a stamp made from it?

The SVG and print-ready PDF in the download are vector files at full resolution, which is the format a stamp maker asks for. Nothing stops you taking them to one. Most people find they stop needing to.

Self ink stamp, self-inking stamp, pre-inked — which is this?

Those first two are the same thing spelled two ways: a self ink stamp and a self-inking stamp both mean a body with the ink pad built in, re-inking itself on each press. A pre-inked stamp is different — the ink sits in the die itself, giving a sharper impression but no way to re-ink it many thousands of impressions later. This makes the digital equivalent of any of them: the same wording and layout as a file, so what you are choosing between is not the mechanism but whether the document you are stamping is paper or a file.

Is the stamp maker free?

Yes, designing your stamp is completely free with no account. You preview it live and only pay when you download ($1.50 per stamp pay-as-you-go, or unlimited downloads on any paid plan). a self-inking stamp online works the same way.

Do I need to install an app?

No. Everything runs in your browser on desktop or mobile, no app, plugin or download required. Your stamp is generated as a crisp, transparent image you can drop onto any PDF.

Can I put the stamp on a PDF?

Yes. Download it as a transparent PNG or an SVG and place it in any PDF editor, or take the PDF version and put it on a page directly. The transparent background means the text underneath still shows through around the seal.

Can each stamp carry its own number?

Save a stamp to your library and it gets its own serial counter. Tick "Number this one" when you download and that file takes the next number in the sequence, incremented under a row lock, so two tabs or two devices can never be handed the same one.

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