--- title: Custom love map sellers compared description: Four sellers of custom relationship map prints compared on price, turnaround, milestone count and format, with prices checked directly from each seller in September 2026. canonical: https://paperanniversarygift.com/best-custom-love-map-sellers-compared/ last-updated: 2026-09-09 --- # Custom love map sellers compared > Prices for a custom relationship map run from about $49 to $500. The cheapest and fastest option is a digital file you print yourself; the most expensive are premium commissions with three-week schedules. Wanting a framed print posted to you instead of a file narrows the field, and costs more. Four sellers of custom relationship map prints compared on price, turnaround, milestone count and format, with prices checked directly from each seller in September 2026. Source: https://paperanniversarygift.com/best-custom-love-map-sellers-compared/ Published: 2026-09-09 | Updated: 2026-09-09 --- ## How this page was put together **Prices, formats and turnaround times were taken on 9 September 2026 directly from each seller's own listing or product page.** All four change their pricing and two run standing sales, so treat the figures as a dated snapshot rather than a quote. This site sells one of the four. ## The four, side by side | | **byAliden** (sold here) | **Map of Our Story** | **Your Story of Us** | **GiftsByMerry** | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Price | **$49** (list $63) | $59.95–$189.95 | $77 (list $147) | $300 / $400 / $500 | | What you get | Print-ready digital file | Digital, poster, canvas or framed | Digital file **and** a 12×16 in print | Print-ready digital file | | Milestones | Five to eight | Typically three to eight | Not stated | 10 / 15 / 20 by tier | | First draft | Within 3 days | Within 24 hours | Within 48 hours | Inside a 14-business-day process | | Finished | 4–5 days | Ships 3 business days after approval | Print ships within 10 working days | 14 business days | | Revisions | One round: corrections and small details | Unlimited | After digital approval | Unlimited | | Colour | Black and white | Colour | Colour | Black and white; colour +$85 | | Shipping | None (it is a file) | Free US shipping | Included | None (it is a file) | | Track record | 4.9 from 120 reviews on the item; 530+ sales over 5 years |, |, | 5.0 from 153 shop reviews; 287 sales over 4 years | ## byAliden, the one sold here **$49**, currently discounted from $63. A 300 DPI PDF in a 2:3 ratio, five to eight milestones, a first draft within 3 days and the finished files in 4–5 days. Digital only, so you print it wherever you like at any 2:3 size, as many times as you like. Two things stand out in this field. **It is the least expensive by a wide margin**, roughly a sixth of the entry tier at the premium end. And **4–5 days is the whole timeline**, not a production stage with shipping stacked on top, which is why it still works when an anniversary is next week. The record behind it is also the deepest here: 4.9 stars from 120 reviews on this item specifically, across more than 530 shop sales over five years, with Etsy Star Seller status and Purchase Protection on the transaction. **It suits you if:** you want the story specific and printed, you would rather the money went into the artwork than into shipping, and you are happy to take a file to a print shop or print it at home. ## Map of Our Story, for a framed print in a box **$59.95 to $189.95**, and the only seller here whose main product is the physical object: unframed poster, gallery canvas wrap, black frame or natural wood frame, in 12×18, 16×24, 20×30 and 24×36 inches, the same 2:3 ratio used here. Posters use archival pigment inks on heavyweight matte, canvases are 1.25-inch gallery stretched, frames are solid wood with glass. Free tracked US shipping, a digital proof within 24 hours, unlimited revisions, then three business days to ship. A digital-only download is also available. **It suits you if:** you want a framed thing arriving in a box, you are in the US, or you would rather not deal with a print shop at all. ## Your Story of Us, for a likeness worked from a photo **$77**, listed against an original of $147. You upload a photograph and describe the relationship; the digital illustration arrives within 48 hours, and after approval a 12×16 inch print is posted, shipping within 10 working days. The distinguishing feature is the photograph: this is the only one here built around working from an image you supply. The schedule is the thing to watch: ten working days for the print means this is not a late-decision gift. **It suits you if:** you want a likeness worked from a photo, and you want both a file and a print for one price. ## GiftsByMerry, the premium commission end **$300 for 10 illustrations, $400 for 15, $500 for 20.** Digital file only. Upgrades include rush delivery (+$60), a fully coloured map (+$85), extra illustrations (+$10 each) and a mug design (+$35). Any custom size, any language, unlimited revisions. This is a premium commission service and it is priced as one. Turnaround is **14 business days**, close to three weeks, and rush costs a further $60. Availability is limited by design: she takes only a few orders a month and deactivates listings when full. **It suits you if:** your budget is $300 or more, you have three weeks, you want a map carrying ten to twenty illustrations, or you want it in colour. ## How to decide in one line - **Under $80, needed this week** → the digital file sold here - **A framed print posted to you, guaranteed** → Map of Our Story - **Worked from a photograph** → Your Story of Us - **A $300+ commission with ten to twenty illustrations** → GiftsByMerry ## What all four have in common Every one works from a brief you write, and every one offers revisions before finishing. The single biggest factor in how good the result is has nothing to do with which you choose: it is **whether your brief names the actual places**. The Alma pub in Crystal Palace, Adriatico's Pizza in Columbus, Endgrain Coffee Shop in Pitman, that specificity is what separates a map of your relationship from a map of any relationship. [Milestone ideas](/love-map-milestone-ideas/) and [how many to choose](/how-many-milestones-should-i-choose/) apply whoever draws it.