Online Stores Overview
On-Demand Stores:
Pros:
- No close date – open long-term
- No minimums required for production
- 10% fundraising included in price*
- Fundraising distributed on a quarterly basis in the form of a check, or credit for future orders
- Designs can have as many or as few colors as needed
- Designs and products on the store can be added, updated, removed as needed
- Great selection of promotional products (Water Bottles, Flags, License Plate Holders, Backpacks, etc.)
- Products are delivered to customers within 7-10 days of purchase
Cons:
- Singlets, Fight Shorts, Compression Tops, and all other sublimated gear are not available through this type of store***
- Pricing is marginally higher due to the nature of it being “on-demand”
- Cannot custom quote for anticipated number of orders
- Specific Catalog of items
- No option for direct ship to school/business
*Pricing for these stores are set. You can add additional fundraising to the items, but due to the nature of the stores being “on-demand” we can not customize quotes for anticipated numbers of orders
**Hundreds of available items, but very few name-brand items (Nike, Under Armour, and Adidas are unavailable for these kinds of stores).
*** These items can be set up through a Pop-Up Store to be ran alongside the On-Demand store
Example: https://bluechipathletic.com/collections/fort-hays-state-university-wrestling
Pop-Up Stores:
Pros:
- Custom quoting available for anticipated number of orders
- Custom Fundraising amount can be added per garment
- Direct shipping to school/businesses available
- Larger selection of garments to choose from
- Sublimated items (Singlets, Fight Shorts, Compression Tops, etc.) available
Cons:
- Store is only accessible for a limited amount of time
- Garments are not purchased or produced until the store is closed and everyone has placed their orders
- 2 design maximum per store
- 20 total item maximum for store
- Minimums must be met to produce*
- All items are shipped out together approximately 2-3 weeks after the store closes
- $5.00 bagging fee per order if you would like your items to be sorted in our warehouse
- Tiered shipping based on cart total if shipping to individuals
*Minimums for purchasing and production:
Screen-Print: 24 pieces per design/location (if you use the same design on a shirt and short these are considered separate and must reach their own minimums)
Embroidery: 12 pieces per design for new art – 6 pieces per reorder design – Hats are separate from other embroidery and must reach their own 12 piece minimum
Sublimation: 12 pieces per design for new art – no minimums on reorder
YOUR SHORT TERM TEAM STORE MUST MEET MINIMUMS IN ORDER TO BE PURCHASED OR PRODUCED – THESE STORES WILL STAY OPEN UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED MINIMUMS OR WE HAVE RECEIVED AN ADD-ON ORDER/PAYMENT TO BRING THE ORDER TO THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS