School Leavers Hoodies Without the Admin: A Smarter Way to Run Leavers Merch

Leavers hoodies have become a bit of a rite of passage. For students, they’re something to wear, get signed and keep long after their final day. For schools, though? They can mean order forms, size lists, spreadsheets, collecting payments, chasing parents and boxes of hoodies taking over the office.

There’s a much easier way to do it. With a Print On Demand school store, you can give students and parents their own online place to order official school leavers merchandise – while we take care of everything behind the scenes. We build and customise your online store around your school, incorporating your branding, colours and approved designs.

You decide what you want to offer and we take care of setting it up. That could include:

• Leavers hoodies and sweatshirts
• T-shirts
• Sportswear
• Caps and beanies
• Tote bags
• Water bottles
• Accessories
• Merchandise for specific trips, teams or events

Need to add something? We can add it. Want to remove a product? No problem. It gives you one controlled place for official school merchandise, without the school having to manage an ecommerce operation itself.

No More Chasing Parents for Money

This is one of the biggest advantages for schools. Instead of sending forms home, collecting payments and trying to work out who has ordered what, parents order and pay directly through the online store. No cash to collect. No payment spreadsheets. No trying to match payments with names and sizes. No chasing the last five parents before the order deadline.

Parents get the convenience of ordering online and the school gets something even more valuable: less admin. A Print On Demand store also puts the purchasing process where it belongs – with the person placing the order. Parents can browse the available merchandise, choose the correct product, select the size and complete their payment themselves. That reduces the potential for mistakes and removes the school from the middle of every transaction. Instead of your office becoming the unofficial leavers-hoodie help desk, parents have a straightforward online ordering experience.

When students and parents want school merchandise, you want them buying something that properly represents your school. Your online store gives you a central, controlled home for school-branded merchandise. Rather than different groups sourcing different items from different suppliers, your approved products, designs and branding can all sit together in one place. It makes school merchandise more consistent, easier to access and much simpler to manage.

Turn School Merch Into an Additional Revenue Stream

Your school store doesn’t just have to save time. It can also help raise money for the school. A margin can be incorporated into products, creating an additional revenue stream every time merchandise is purchased. That could contribute towards school activities, equipment, events or other fundraising initiatives. Instead of organising another fundraiser, you’re generating additional income from merchandise that students and parents already want to buy.

Not Just for Leavers

Once your school has its own store, there are plenty of other opportunities to use it. A dedicated collection can be created for a school trip, for example, giving parents one place to order trip hoodies or T-shirts. Running a sports tournament? Why not create merchandise for the team? Planning a residential, school production, club event or fundraising campaign? Products can be added to support it. Your store can evolve with the school, with products added and removed when you need them.

Less Admin for Schools. A Better Experience for Parents.

That’s really what a school Print On Demand store comes down to. The school retains control of its brand and merchandise without having to manage all the administration that normally comes with selling it. Parents get an easy way to order and pay. Students get school merchandise they’re excited to wear.

The school can generate additional revenue. And your team isn’t spending hours updating spreadsheets and chasing orders. And the Leavers Get Something Worth Keeping

There’s something particularly nice about leavers merchandise. A hoodie might begin as something the whole year group wants because everyone else is getting one, but years later it becomes a reminder of the people, friendships and experiences that made up their time at school.

We take care of the store, products, ordering and fulfilment so your school can concentrate on giving its leavers a great send-off. Ready to Take Leavers Merch Off Your To-Do List?

We can build and customise your school’s Print On Demand store, populate it with your chosen merchandise and take care of the ordering process behind the scenes.

You provide the school. We’ll provide the store.