Custom merch, short for merchandise, encompasses all personalized products featuring creator or brand designs. Categories include apparel, accessories, home goods, and collectibles. Print-on-demand merch is produced individually when ordered, eliminating inventory requirements. Custom merch enables creators to monetize their audience through branded products.
YouTubers, podcasters, and social media creators sell custom merch across multiple product categories without manufacturing commitments. Followers buy creator merchandise from curated collections. Print-on-demand custom merch lets you launch product lines without factory minimums, inventory warehousing, or financial risk when testing designs across tees, hoodies, accessories, and home goods for audiences wanting to support creators through branded purchases.
Local shops and service businesses sell custom merch with company branding across apparel and accessories. Customers buy business merchandise as branded goods and promotional items. Offer company products without managing merchandise inventory or committing to bulk manufacturing before knowing demand when providing tees, hats, drinkware, and accessories that build brand recognition while generating revenue beyond core business services and primary product offerings.
Conference planners and festival organizers sell custom merch commemorating events across product categories. Attendees buy event merchandise as functional souvenirs and wearable memories. Sell event products without pre-ordering inventory months before knowing attendance or warehousing goods between annual gatherings when providing apparel, drinkware, accessories, and home goods that let participants commemorate experiences through practical merchandise celebrating special occasions.
Charitable organizations and cause-based brands sell custom merch supporting missions and raising awareness. Supporters buy cause merchandise to fund programs and show alignment. Offer fundraising products without managing merchandise inventory or committing to bulk manufacturing before knowing supporter interest when providing apparel, accessories, and home goods that generate donations while spreading awareness for environmental causes, social movements, and community organizations through branded merchandise sales.
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With platforms like Fourthwall, selling merchandise online to your fanbase is as easy as:
No inventory is required to sell many custom products like a phone case, shirt, or hoodie. Fourthwall also includes a professional mockup generator to get pixel-perfect results for quality before you start selling.
There are many great websites for selling merchandise. We think Fourthwall is the best way to sell to your fanbase online. It's the only one that gives you:
All-in-one, so you don't have to compromise or install multiple tools. And Fourthwall does customer support on your behalf.
If you're curious about options, popular ones include:
Fourthwall's product designer tool and robust catalog allows you to design and sell products online, including:
Yes. For many products in the Fourthwall catalog, no inventory is required.
With Fourthwall's all-in-one ecommerce platform, you can design your shirts, create your website, and start selling in one place. Fourthwall handles customer support, taxes, and logistics, so you can focus on creating.
There are no monthly fees, no upfront costs, and no contracts to use the Fourthwall ecommerce platform. You set your own margins. Here how pricing & splits work for items in our catalog:
Additionally, all US-based transactions have an added 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing fee (same as Shopify). You can learn more about what's offered on our pricing page.
Yes, Fourthwall has native YouTube Merch Shelf integration. Your products appear directly below your videos for viewers to browse and purchase.
See our YouTube Merch Shelf setup guide for requirements and instructions.
Yes, Fourthwall is the only platform with Twitch Gifting. Viewers can gift your merch to other viewers during live streams via random giveaway. The FourthwallHQ bot announces gifts in chat, and viewers type !enter to win.
Creators see up to 30% increases in sales with this feature enabled.
Merch delivery typically takes 7-10 days for US orders. Fourthwall has fulfillment partners in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia, and Japan.
Shipping costs are dynamically determined by package size and destination.
