Create Your First Product

Once your shop, decoration methods, and a catalog are set up, you're ready to add a product customers can actually buy. In Drip Merch a product can come from a connected wholesale catalog (a "blank" like a t-shirt or hoodie) or be entered by hand as a custom item. This article walks through both paths.

Add a product from a catalog

If you've connected a catalog such as S&S Activewear or SanMar, you can pull ready-made blanks straight into your shop:

Go to Products in the dashboard sidebar.

Choose to add a product and browse or search your connected catalog.

Select a style, then confirm the colors and sizes you want to offer.

Save the product so it appears in your product list with catalog pricing and variants already filled in.

Because the catalog supplies photos, colors, sizes, and wholesale costs, this is the fastest way to get products live.

Add a custom product

For items you source or build yourself, use the Custom Catalog:

Go to Settings → Catalogs → Custom (or add a custom product from the Products area).

Enter the product name, description, and images.

Add variants such as colors and sizes, along with pricing.

Save the product.

Custom products behave just like catalog products once created, so you can decorate, price, and sell them the same way.

Set pricing and decoration

After the blank exists, decide how it's sold:

Set your retail price or let it flow from your cost plus markup.

Attach the decoration methods this product supports, so the designer and pricing behave correctly.

Add any print locations or design constraints.

Publish to a storefront

A product only becomes buyable once it's on a storefront:

Assign the product to one or more storefronts.

Open that storefront and confirm the product shows with the right price and options.

Place a quick test order to verify checkout end to end.

With one product live and tested, repeat the process to build out your full catalog.