Getting Started

What Is Drip Merch?

2 min readUpdated 2026-07-25

What Is Drip Merch?

Drip Merch is a print shop management and custom merch platform built for apparel decorators, screen printers, and embroidery shops. It brings your product catalog, online storefronts, product designer, and order production into one place so you can sell custom apparel and fulfill it without juggling separate tools.

Who it's for

Drip Merch is designed for shops that decorate garments with methods like screen printing, DTG, DTF, embroidery, HTV, and sublimation. Whether you take bulk team orders, run online stores for clubs and businesses, or sell pre-designed products, the platform handles the workflow from design to delivery.

What you can do

Here are the core things Drip Merch lets you do:

  • Build a product catalog — Import wholesale blanks from connected catalogs (S&S Activewear, SanMar) or add your own custom products manually.
  • Offer a product designer — Let customers personalize products online with text, uploaded artwork, and clipart, then add them straight to the cart.
  • Run branded storefronts — Launch one or more online stores, each with its own branding, products, pricing, and shareable web address.
  • Manage orders and production — Track every order through your production stages, from new to shipped, with custom statuses you define.
  • Handle quotes, invoices, and payments — Create quotes and invoices, collect payment online, and connect a payment provider so customers can check out.
  • How the pieces fit together

    Your dashboard is the control center for the whole shop. From there you set up decoration methods, connect catalogs, build products, and open storefronts. Customers browse a storefront, personalize items in the designer, and check out. Their orders flow back into your dashboard where you manage production and fulfillment.

    Next steps

    To get started, work through these articles in order:

  • Create your account and shop
  • Set up your decoration methods
  • Add your first product
  • Take a tour of the dashboard
  • Connect a payment provider
  • Once those are in place, you're ready to open your first storefront and start selling.

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