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Robotics teams

Team shirts that don't eat the parts budget.

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Brikl runs on-demand merch stores for robotics teams. Students, mentors and families order team shirts and pit gear themselves, each item is made per order, and a set-aside can help fund the season. Updating a sponsor logo means changing one design, and the team never spends build money on stock.

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What your store looks like

A branded storefront on your own web address, live in ten seconds with Turbo Store. Your logo, your colors, your products — and every order produced on demand and shipped to the buyer.

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Sound familiar?

Shirts compete with parts.

Every dollar spent on a box of shirts in January is a dollar not spent on motors, or on the registration fee.

The sponsor list keeps changing.

A new sponsor signs in February and the shirts you already printed are out of date.

A mentor runs the size survey.

Someone chases students for sizes in the middle of build season, when no one has time.

Alumni and parents want gear too.

Once the team order is done, the people who'd happily pay have nowhere to buy.

What you sell

Picks from Brikl’s marketplace of 8,000+ decorated products — all produced on demand.

Team teesPit crew polosHoodiesCapsBackpacksDrinkware

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How they order

Students, parents and mentors open the team store, choose a size and pay by card. Each order is made on demand and shipped to their home, so the team doesn't have to fund, sort or store anything.

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Setting it up

  1. Add the team logo.

    Upload your logo and team number once. Brikl prepares it for decoration, so nobody on the team has to redraw it as a vector.

  2. Lay out the sponsor shirt.

    Add sponsor logos to the design. When a new sponsor joins, update the design and every order after that carries it.

  3. Choose the season's gear.

    Pick team shirts, pit polos and hoodies, then add fan items for parents and alumni. Nothing is made until it's ordered.

  4. Share one link.

    Post it in the team chat, the parent email and your team website. A student who joins late orders the same shirt as everyone else.

When people order

  1. Fall recruiting.

    New members get a shirt from day one, with no minimum to reach and no leftovers from last year's order.

  2. Kickoff and build season.

    Update sponsors as they commit. The store carries on selling while the team gets on with building.

  3. Competition season.

    Allow 7-10 business days to door, so set an order-by date well ahead of your first event.

  4. Championship and off-season.

    Add a qualifying-year design if you go through. Alumni and families can keep ordering after the season ends.

Fundraising

Merch that adds to the season budget

Add a percentage or a fixed amount to each item, and let supporters donate at checkout. Family and alumni orders then contribute to the budget without another fundraiser to organize.

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What the team earns on a hoodie

Sticker prices here are illustrative. The team sets its own. The 3.5% is Brikl's actual fee.

Team hoodie listed at
$42.00
Set-aside to the team
$7.00
Brikl's fee (3.5%)
$1.47

The team earns its set-aside on every hoodie and spends nothing up front, so the budget stays on the robot. The rest of the price covers the product, its decoration and delivery to the buyer.

Before you open a store

Fundraising on merch

Set-asides and checkout donations, and how they apply to orders.

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Estimate what family and alumni orders could add to the season budget.

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Coupons

Cover a student's shirt, or thank a sponsor, with a single-use code.

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Frequently asked questions

How can a robotics team get shirts without paying up front?
On Brikl, the team lists its shirts in a free store and each one is made when someone orders it. Students or families pay at checkout, so the team doesn't buy stock and can use its budget on the robot.
What if we add a sponsor partway through the season?
Update the design and every order from then on carries the new logo. Shirts already ordered keep the earlier design, so tell the team when the update has gone live.
Can the team cover shirts for students who can't pay?
Yes. Give a single-use coupon to a student, or a reusable gift card to a mentor buying for the group. The student still picks their own size at checkout.
Do all students get their shirts on the same day?
Not necessarily. Each order ships separately to the address at checkout, and takes 7-10 business days door to door. For a team that wants to match at its first event, set an order-by date with room to spare.
Can a shirt show the team number and student's name?
Yes. You choose which items accept personalization, and students enter the details at checkout. They go through to production with the order.
Does the store work for a school team and a community team?
Yes. A community team can run it directly. A school team should check how its district expects club funds to be handled before it adds a set-aside.
We have several teams at one school. Do we need several accounts?
No. One account can hold unlimited stores, free to open, so each team can have its own store and its own set-aside.
What does it cost?
The store is free to open. Brikl takes 3.5% of the selling price including shipping and excluding tax, and Stripe charges card processing of 2.9% + $0.30 on the checkout total.
Can we use our competition program's logo on the merch?
Check that program's brand rules first. Your own team name and logo are yours to use, but competition organizers and sponsors usually set rules on how their marks appear on apparel.

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