i left with 4 lanyards full of pins in anaheim, 12 stickers, 3 temporary tattooes, 7 keychains, 3 new lanyards and 5 patches. Pins are the #1 traded item. myself, i use purebuttons.com as my printer. they are really cool with helping you in the design if you arent too good or dont know how to use their templates. good prices too.
I tend to randomly offer swag to folks who catch my eye, kids, cool cosplayers, but always save a stash for trading with other traders. I post on FB what im wearing each day and what my panel plans are. Some folks literally will hunt you down to get swag. its so fun. I'm numbering all my pins this year and will be doing multi-daily random raffles to get my super special pin pack
so please, create, share, experience, the REAL SWC
I hope this thread pics up soon. if you look back at the Anaheim thread, the SWAG was amazing