Custom Nonprofit Apparel: Create Your Own

Designing and selling custom nonprofit merch is a powerful way to raise money, grow awareness, and unite your community around a shared mission. 

Fourthwall makes it easy to launch your own online store with high-quality, print-on-demand apparel. Here are some of the best-selling items to include in your nonprofit merch store:

• T-Shirts: A go-to for any fundraiser. It’re affordable, easy to design, and great for showcasing your organization’s mission, logo, or a bold shirt design that inspires donors and volunteers alike.
• Hoodies & Sweatshirts: Sweatshirts are cozy, high-quality staples that work well for seasonal campaigns or fundraising during colder months. Add your nonprofit’s name or a custom slogan to give your charity gear a personal touch that people will proudly wear.
• Hats: Baseball caps or beanies offer a low-cost way to raise money while spreading brand visibility. It’s great for volunteers, events, or promotional giveaways.
• Jackets: Layer-friendly and durable, jackets make great merch for supporters in colder climates or as premium donor rewards. Customize them with embroidery or bold prints for a lasting impression.
• Socks: Comfy, fun, and totally wearable, branded socks are an underrated merch item that makes a great charity gift or add-on for donation bundles.
• Athletic Apparel: Performance tees and joggers are ideal for walkathons, 5Ks, or active campaigns. Pairing them with a shirt fundraiser can drive more engagement among participants who want to wear branded merchandise during and after events.

All these items offer fast shipping, and with Fourthwall’s print-on-demand model, there’s no upfront cost or inventory. You can launch your online store quickly and focus on what really matters-your cause.

Tracking orders and fulfillment for your nonprofit merch store on Fourthwall is easy and efficient thanks to its 3PL (third-party logistics) services.

Once your products are received, barcoded, and ingested by the warehouse, you’ll be notified by a support specialist when your listings are ready to go live.

From there, Fourthwall handles printing, packaging, and shipping, giving you full visibility into order statuses directly through your shop dashboard.

You can also track shipments and fulfillment timelines by staying in contact with the Fourthwall support team, who will keep you updated every step of the way-so you can focus on fundraising and community impact.

For any product from our product catalog, quality is guaranteed. Our team  manages all customer support on your behalf for these orders.

If there is a print error or visible quality issue with the order your supporter received, we’ll replace or refund it!

Because products are made to order, however, we do not accept general or sizing-related returns.

If you need help finding an artist or designer, check out our design community.

This is a vetted network of exceptional designers that can help you make great quality designs for your audience.

There are no monthly fees, no upfront costs, and no contracts to use Fourthwall. You set your prices and choose your own margins. Here is how our pricing and splits work when you sell:

• Products from our product catalog. The cost of a product from the product catalog (which you can monitor during the design process) gets deducted from the selling price you set. There are no extra percentages/margins. You keep the entire difference.
• Products you self-source. No fees

Additionally, all US-based credit card transactions have an added 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing fee (same as Shopify). Fees vary for PayPal and other providers. Learn more.

There are no requirements to join Fourthwall! Anyone can start for free, though the experience is optimized for people who have communities.

With platforms like Fourthwall, selling apparel online to your fanbase is as easy as:

1. Selecting the products that you want to sell online
2. Uploading your designs
3. Building your e-commerce shop
4. Start promoting and selling

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 apparel. We think Fourthwall is the best way to sell to your fanbase online. It's the only one that gives you:

• Amazing quality products
• Drag & drop designs
• A no-code ecommerce site builder

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:

• Printful (usually with Shopify)
• Printify (usually with Shopify)
• Spreadshop (Spreadshirt)
• Sellfy
• Redbubble