Online team store platform for school sports

Date Posted: Mar 17, 2022
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How our online swag store platform helps your sports program collect orders & raise funds with zero effort

I get this question a lot, so I want to explain how an online swag store platform would work for your team. It's a totally hands-off process for you and requires no out-of-pocket cost for setting up the site. Below is a step by step process of how it would work.

Team Store Platform Set-Up

SOLV will set up an online team store that can be added as a tab to any already existing website, or can be sent out as an individual link via email.

The webstore will have individual tabs to click on that will take you to a specific page for each sport, group, or organization.

Pick individual Items for each group that we want to have featured on their site. (SOLV has access to every brand imaginable, so this would just be a matter of determining what price ranges we want to be at/ what specific brands we want to feature/ etc.) For a lot of the High School sites we are offering a cheaper option and a nicer option on similar items (for example a Russell “dri-fit" shirt and a Nike “dri-fit" shirt can both be available as an option for your customers to choose). This part really just comes down to how many different options and styles you want your customers to have access to, the possibilities are endless.

Payment Program (WHAT MAKES THE SOLV PROGRAM BETTER)

As I mentioned, there is no initial set up cost for your swag store platform. Where SOLV makes our money is through your customers ordering the items from us directly through the site. Where the school or athletic program makes their money is through the additional markups that you choose to add onto each item. (For example, if we offer a hat in which SOLV’s price is $15.00, and you choose to sell it on the website for $20.00 then the customer would pay $20.00 directly to SOLV through the website. $15.00 of that sell would go to SOLV and $5.00 of that would go back to you). We even have the option to track which items are sold per sport in the instance that you wanted volleyball sales to go to volleyball, baseball sales to go to baseball, etc. So here is how that looks:

  • Customers shop the online store just as they would any online store.
  • They select their items, the sizes, the colors, and then proceed to checkout.
  • When they check out, they will pay via credit card through the site, eliminating you as the middle man for collecting orders, payments, etc.
  • SOLV then pulls the orders and runs the credit cards.
  • A report will be run and provided to you showing how many orders were placed, as well as a pricing breakdown of how much money we collected on the order and how much we will be paying back to you for the additional markup.
  • We'll write you a check for the difference. It's that simple.

How to get the best pricing for your school spirit & team gear

To take advantage of bulk order pricing, it's best to use preset ordering periods when the site is "open". We'll help you determine the best schedule based on your event dates and order volume.

Delivery

To avoid shipping charges to your customers, I would suggest having SOLV gather and sort each individual order and then deliver them all to your facility. Then athletes, families, parents, etc. can just pick their orders up there when they come in for practices or individual workouts. There are other options we can explore here, but this is what works best for most of my customers.

Graphics/ Logos

SOLV offers a full graphic design team that can bring any logo design ideas to life. These designs would be the only additional cost that you could incur.

Having us set up your online team store platform really is an extremely easy process that takes the responsibility out of your hands while still allowing you to pick the items you want to offer and make money on apparel sales. Drop me a line if you'd like more details about how something like this could work for you!

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