For schools, teams & clubs in the Piedmont
Your school's own spirit store, built free, run for you.
Everything your community wants to wear, handled start to finish. We design the gear, build your year-round store, print every order, and deliver it local. You promote the link. That's it.
Book a 15-minute call No cost, no commitment. Just a conversation about whether this fits your school.Sound familiar?
You've probably tried a spirit store before.
If you run athletics or activities at your school, you know the drill. A vendor sets you up with a store, hands you a link, and then… disappears. The designs go stale. Nobody answers when you have a question. The store's only open for a two-week window, so the parent who wants a hoodie in January is out of luck.
And somehow, managing all of it lands back on your plate, on top of coaching, teaching, and everything else you already carry.
It shouldn't be this hard to put your community in gear they're proud to wear.
The difference
A spirit store that runs without running you ragged.
We design original gear in your colors, print each order when it's placed, and deliver it locally for pickup. No inventory to hold, no money up front, no risk to your school.
When a parent wants a hoodie in February, it's there. When you have a question, there's a real person here in the Piedmont to answer it, not a ticket number. You promote the link. We handle the rest.
What "handled for you" means
- We design the gear
- We build & run the store
- We print every order on demand
- We deliver local for pickup
- Your program earns on every sale
The part most people miss
Every garment is free advertising.
A parent wearing your hoodie at the grocery store. Alumni at homecoming in gear they bought years ago. Every student, parent, and fan in your colors out in the community is a walking impression, reaching families who may never have heard of your school.
Enrollment is driven by applications. → Applications are driven by community awareness. → Branded merch is the visibility that helps bring them in.
Trusted nearby
Schools and businesses in the area already trust us.
Working with Crest & Standard was easy from start to finish. Casey understood our vision and delivered exactly what we needed — on time and within budget. The program is a perfect fit for our athletics program.
Casey is wonderful and very helpful in making sure we make the right marketing decisions when it comes to our merch. I've been working with her for a while and she's always consistent and everything always looks great!
From spirit stores like Clover Garden (grizzlyden.org) and The Expedition School (tes-apparel.com) to local favorites like Tangent and The Root Trackside, we're the local partner schools and businesses come back to, and refer their friends to.
A real Carolina MerchMakers store, live now: grizzlyden.org
How it works
Three steps. We do the heavy lifting.
We build it free
Your store, set up in your school's colors with your logo and mascot, stocked with eight core items and your first design, free as a Carolina MerchMakers client.
Your community orders, anytime
The store stays open year-round. Each order is printed on demand, with no inventory, no leftover sizes, and no risk to you.
We deliver; you hand out
Completed orders come to you in bulk at a local pickup point, or we can ship, whatever's easiest for you. Your families get their gear; your program earns on every sale.
See a year-round store in action: tes-apparel.com
Pick your quality
Three tiers, your call.
Every store includes
Real value, included, not add-ons you'll get nickel-and-dimed for later.
Straight answers
A few things you're probably wondering.
Is this going to be more work for me?
No. That's the whole point. We design, build, run, and fulfill. Your only job is to share the link when it's convenient, and we even hand you ready-made graphics to make that easy.
What does it cost my school?
Nothing up front. The build is free, and there's no inventory to buy. Our Merch24 program gives you two ways to run it: managed, where we cover every fee and your school earns 10% of net profit at zero cost to you, or school-owned, where you cover a small monthly platform fee (about $39/mo) and keep a set portion of every item sold. We'll walk you through both and help you pick.
Are you going to set this up and disappear, like the last vendor?
Fair question, and it's the most common thing we hear. We're local, here in the Piedmont, and we stay in it with you: refreshing designs, answering questions, and showing up. The schools and businesses on this page have been with us a while, and they'll tell you the same.
What if our community isn't big?
Print-on-demand means no minimum and no risk. Whether your supporters buy ten items or a thousand, it works the same, and you never hold inventory or front a dime.
Let's see if it's a fit for your school.
The best place to start is a quick conversation, with no pitch and no pressure. Tell us a little about your school and what your community's been asking for, and we'll show you what a store could look like for you. I'd be glad to walk you through it.
Rather just reach out?
Call or email and we'll get right back to you. No phone tree, no ticket number.
Prefer to pick a time? A scheduling link is coming soon.
Request a callback
Tell us a little about your school and we'll reach out to set up a quick conversation.
Talk soon, Casey