5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Custom Merch Store
5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Custom Merch Store
Creating an online merchandise store or swag shop with Shout Out Loud is the easiest way for your custom designs to arrive to your customers with minimal stress and maximum efficiency.
Review these 5 easy tips to make the most out of your swag shop experience:
1. Choose from favorite brands
Maybe you have a favorite Champion sweatshirt? Or Adidas golf polo? Why not turn those items into custom swag for your brand! With many different decoration options, we can assure you that we can find the perfect match for your design on 1000s of garments and accessories. Don’t know where to start? Reach out to our design department and they can bring your ideas to life. By utilizing our in-house design services you can rest assured that all artwork is high quality, industry standard, and created with custom decoration processes in mind.
An example of a custom branded Adidas 3/4 Zip Jacket
2. Market the shop to your customers
To make the most out of your swag shop, market it to your customers via email newsletters and social media. When you open a swag shop with Shout Out Loud you will receive a customized link and webpage that is easy to share with all of your connections. Customers can easily browse merchandise options or even place directly from their cell phone. Because we can manage all of the shipping, you can share the link with customers, employees, or franchise owners across the country.
Market your swag shop to customers via social media
3. Use coupon codes
If you are using a swag shop to facilitate gifts for your customers and employees, utilize customizable coupon codes to give them discounts at checkout. Maybe you give a valuable employee a $100 coupon for a tenure gift, by placing the order themselves and using a coupon, they can select their sizes and shipping information without your team having to manage all of the details. Instead Shout Out Loud just sends your team or accounting department a bill at the closing of the store!
Use coupon codes to give employees and customers discounted merch
4. Let us handle the shipping and fulfillment
Nothing can be more irritating than trying to gather the correct order information for your customers, especially if you work out of a small office, it might not be possible to even hold inventory. Let Shout Out Loud take the headache out of fulfilling your swag shop orders and shipping them to customers individually. No more losing packing slips and addresses, or trying to guess the costs of different shipping methods, we can handle orders every step of the way. From production to fulfillment Shout Out Loud is your one-stop-shop to ensure that your items are cared for every step of the way.
Let Shout Out Loud handle all of your fulfillment and shipping needs!
5. Set firm deadlines
To ensure no processes get delayed, set firm deadlines for the opening and closing dates of your swag shop. Consider a pop up shop, or a limited run, rather than an ongoing store so all customers receive their products in a timely manner. If you are concerned about the possibility of orders after the deadline, tell your customers that the store will close a few days in advance of the actual deadline. We understand everyone has busy lives, but anticipating stragglers will discourage customers from contacting you for special circumstances after the actual deadline has passed.
Set firm deadlines with your customers to ensure production does not get delayed.
I want to start a swag shop, now what?
Interested in starting a custom merchandise shop of your own? Contact us at orders@shoutoutloudprints.com to set up a meeting!
Check out our example Shout Out Loud Swag Shop at this LINK!