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Choose your gear.
We will guide you through the process of picking the gear you want to have customized and creating and/or finalizing artwork.
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We create your online store.
Your custom store will feature images of your branded items and will make it super easy for people to place their orders!
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Let people know it's time to order!
Get the word out that your store is open for business! Post the link on social media and email your community to let them know it is time to shop.
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Get your gear!
Expect delivery within 14 business days of your store closing. We handle all payments, packaging, orders, and shipping options.
Check out our sample stores
Click on the links below to see examples of Requestor Stores curated for different customers.
It's easy to get YOUR store online.
We make it SIMPLE to get your Merch Store online. We’ll send you a Requestor Store featuring products specifically curated by our staff for your sale. Choose the items you like and we’ll add your artwork and get your online store built!
Tips for Success
Make your store unique
Offering limited edition designs or new products can help increase sales.
Choose the right time of year to open your store
The time of year that you launch your store will impact your success! Plan strategically to open your merch store at a time when your community is MOST engaged and doesn’t have a lot of competing interests or financial obligations.
Generate buzz!
The more effort you put into marketing your store, the more gear you will sell! Shoot out an email when your store opens, and share the link on Instagram and Facebook. Send reminders a few days before your sale closes.
frequently asked questions
There is a $750 minimum order for Merch Stores. The good news is that typically is equivalent to selling about 25 items! So it’s a goal that is easy to reach. It is very rare for store that is well promoted to fall short of this minimum!
If you don’t reach your minimum in sales, we ask you to order the remainder necessary to reach the $750 mark.
If you think 25 items is more than what you can sell we can discuss bulk order options for your group so you can still get some awesome swag!
Our new platform makes it super easy for you to check sales in your personal store dashboard so there are no surprises.
You will know your sales totals and can easily track how close you are to reaching your minimum order.
Every item we decorate requires a design setup.
If you are ordering screen printed gear, we have to burn screens (one screen for each color in your design).
If you are ordering embroidered gear, we have to digitize your artwork in order to communicate your design to the embroidery machines.
We include 2 design setups per store. You can certainly offer additional designs on your products for an additional fee of $50 per additional design.
If you need artwork or design support there may be an artwork fee which will be an hourly fee based on the type of artwork we are doing. We can quote it case by case.
Digitizing fee is $40 per original embroidered logo.
Here are some examples of how setups come into play as we print your gear:
If you order a design — but have it sized differently on certain products (a sweatshirt and a hat for example)— that would require two different design setups, one for each size.
However, if you order three products (like a t-shirt, a sweatshirt, and a long sleeve shirt) all with the SAME DESIGN printed at the SAME SIZE on each product, it would only require ONE setup!
Or maybe you want your logo embroidered on hats and screen printed on the chest of your t-shirts . This would require TWO different setups — we would digitize your logo for the embroidery machines and burn screens for the screen printing press.
We’ve found it is better to limit the number of items you sell to create buzz around the particular products and designs you are offering. Don’t oerwhelm your buyers with too many options at once, we’ve found that 5-10 items is an ideal number of products to offer.
You can always reopen your store several months down the road with new, exciting, and seasonal products as a way to increase sales.
Good question!
Sizes from Youth M- Adult 2XL can be printed together on our press. Any sizes under Youth M will need an additional setup – which is subject to setup fees.
Remember when ordering Youth Medium through Adult 2XL the artwork will appear much smaller on the largest size shirt.
Sometimes it is best to do youth and adult art setups for the best sizing possible.
It’s easy! Mark-up the prices of your gear to raise money for an organization or cause of your choice. Choose either a flat $5 markup per item OR a 20% markup across your store.
Important Notes
Due to the made-to-order nature of pre-sale campaigns, there are no returns or exchanges. Upon request, we can provide blank product samples to help people find their correct size.
All items are subject to availability at the time of ordering and if the agreed upon garment is no longer available it will be replaced with something comparable in price and quality with your approval.
You choose the completion date of your pre-sale. We cannot accept orders after that date without delaying delivery of your order.
You’ll need to supply print-ready artwork. If you don’t know what that is or if you need help…we’ve got you! We provide art support at a minimal cost.
Free design/artwork setup applies to artwork that is four colors or less. If your artwork includes more than four colors, it may incur a fee.
If your store sells less than 24 pieces of any screen printed design, we may substitute vinyl transfers as the decoration method. The end result is very similar to screen printing and you likely won’t even be able to tell the difference!