How To Customize Your Own Nike Basketball Shoes

By: Stephen Thiele

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Are you looking for directions on how to customize your own Nike basketball shoes? Nike offers a service called NikeiD that allows you to customize a wide variety of basketball shoes, such as the Nike Zoom Sharkley and the Air Jordan Alpha 1. When you customize a Nike basketball shoe via NikeiD, you are able to choose a base color, collar color, and much more.

To customize your own Nike basketball shoes, you will need:

  • A computer with Internet access
  • A credit card to pay for the shoes
  1. Visit The NikeiD Website. To customize your own Nike basketball shoes, you will need to visit the NikeiD website. Pull up your favorite internet search engine and type "NikeiD" into the search query.  Click on the result showing the official NikeiD link.
  2. Select A Basketball Shoe. You will need to select the Nike basketball shoe that you would like to customize. Once you have visited the NikeiD website, go to Men's or Women's and select Basketball. You can then browse the Nike basketball shoes that can be customized and select your shoe by clicking on it.
  3. Customize Your Nike Basketball Shoe. Now that you have selected a pair of Nike basketball shoes, you are ready to customize the shoe. To begin the customization process, simply click on the shoe that appears on your screen. You will then need to follow the prompts on your screen to select colors for various aspects of your shoe, such as collar, heel, lace, and midsole. Once you have finished customizing your Nike basketball shoe, click on Add To Cart and follow the prompts on your screen to pay for your shoes.

Tip: It can take up to 4 weeks for your customized Nike basketball shoes to be ready, so take that into consideration when ordering.

Posted on: Oct. 11, 2010