How to Create Your Swag Space Catalog
Swag Space makes creating your online catalog super easy. Within minutes you can have your fully branded online store up and running and start selling today.
After you are accepted as a member, the first time you login into your account you just need to follow these easy steps.
Step 1 - Create your brand identity for your catalog
First, upload your logo that will appear in the header section of every page on your catalog. Then choose the primary and secondary colors for your Swag Space site. These colors should be Hex color codes. Not sure of the codes, select the right colors using our chooser.
In case anything changes with your brand these can always be updated in your account settings later and your live catalog will be updated in real time.
Step 2 - Choose the URL for your Swag Space Catalog
In this section you will need to choose the custom name used in your Swag Space URL. For most people, this will be your business name, so that your URL for your catalog will be {businessname}.swag.space. However, if your business name is very long or complicated you may want to simplify it in a way that makes sense. Also, we recommend not including things like Inc or LLC in your URL. For example, if your full business name is John’s Promo, LLC, try only including johnspromo.swag.space for the URL.
This is the URL you will use to share to send customers directly to your catalog, or if you already have a company webpage, you can use this link to send users from your page to your catalog. Once you choose this URL, you are ready to start building out your online catalog.
Step 3 - Select the Products you want to offer in your catalog
Now is the time to select what product categories you want to include in your catalog.
You can categories to include, or if there are full sections that you wish to disable it is just one click. For example, if you are a screen printer and already offer Apparel options to your customers, you can disable all apparel.
While all the products we offer have been vetted by Swag Space for their quality, you know your brand and customers best. So choose the price points for the products you offer in your store. If you have more budget conscious customers, you may wish to offer only products that align with their needs. Or if your customers are typically looking for more luxury focussed products that make a big splash, you may want to disable the more budget level products.
Take your time with this section, go through the categories and select what makes sense for you. Your product selection can also be managed in real time, so if you want to include or exclude things in the future, it is no problem.
Step 4 - Select your Margin
As a Swag Space member, you can choose the margin you want to receive on your orders. The minimum amount is 30%. However you can choose to make these higher if you want to make more on each sale. But, keep in mind that the more you increase your margin, the higher the cost will be to your customers. We have set a 30% margin as standard to keep prices aligned with industry standards.
Step 5 - Choose whether you want to offer Warehousing and Drop Shipping Services
This step is important if you want to offering your customers the ability to store and drop ship their swag items using Swag Space’s warehousing and distribution capabilities. If not, just select no thanks and move to the next step. If you do want to offer these, select ‘Yes Please’ and review the pricing information for your customers’ storage, picking and shipping here.
Here is a quick overview of these costs.
Storage fees are accrued for any item held in our warehouse. The fees are calculated on what you have in storage on a daily basis. Any product that is under 1oz (things like stickers, pins, pens) we will store for free. Any product that is over 1oz, the cost is one cent (@0.01) per day per product. Kitted boxes containing multiple products are 5 cent per day.
Pick and Pack fees are the costs involved with the handling and fulfilling orders from the warehouse. This includes the picking of items from inventory, packing and labeling for distribution.
Shipping is the cost to send the swag to its final destination. We calculate this cost at the time of shipment, based on the size, weight and method of shipping. Your customers will get the best rates possible using our exclusive shipping rates.
Step 6 - Review the contract
The final step is for you to review our partnership agreement. Once at this step, you can review the contract on the screen or download a copy to review. If you need time to review, no problem, all your progress is saved and you can pick-up at this last step whenever you are ready.
After you review and sign the agreement. That is it, you are ready to start using your catalog and make sales! You can send traffic directly to your new Swag Space URL or embed the link into any existing homepages, landing pages or other marketing materials you have.
Ready to get started? Apply to become a swag space member.