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T-Shirts, Hats, Hoodies, Stickers and more is one of the key ways for you to make money when you are playing live. Make sure you are hooked up with the best merch companies to meet your needs. |
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Virtual Band Manager - Band Merch
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
This company offers a special discount to Music Nomad. Sign on to see the discount.
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| We have spent countless hours researching, interviewing and reviewing the best merch companies. Virtual Band Manager is free for independent musicians and allows you to fill out one email for your bands merch needs and get back a quote from 10 plus competing companies for your merch request. The email is anonymous since it comes from us so they won't be hounding you for the order. You get back in 3 days all the contact info and pricing from those that bid on your merch request. This saves you time in researching the best resources, finding their email, then sending separate emails to each company and keeping track of it all-and does what a good manager would do. It takes less than 5 minutes to fill out your request, what have you got to lose. |
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Scrappy Music and Apparel Company
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Scrappy Music offers independent musicians and record labels a place to buy your band merchandise. They specialize in low cost t-shirts, hats and stickers. What we liked about them in our research was their focus on the independent musician and understanding their needs. They started in 2005 when friends of theirs in bands needed merchandise and they went out and made it happen (maybe that's how the term scrappy came about) and it grew from there. Their expertise is in screen printing and embroidery. They ship orders all over the US. |
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Bandwagon Merchandise
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Bandwagon Merchandise is full service merchandise and fulfillment company for musicians. They can also do band web stores. |
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Bandwear
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Bandwear is a full-service merchandising company specializing in creating unique branding products and advertising specialty items. They specialize in screen-printing, embroidery, vinyl stickers, custom paper printing like posters, point-of-purchase displays, glossy photos, and thousands of advertising specialties. Bandwear can be a complete merchandising solution for you; handling everything from manufacturing and warehousing to online sales and fulfillment. |
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Jakprints
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Jakprints makes band merchandise for a range of products such as VIP Passes, postcards, vinyl banners, t-shirts, stickers and business cards. |
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Great Article on selling your band merch
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| Talks about the advantage of selling your merchandise and that there is money to be made by you. |
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eBandStore.com
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| eBandStore.com sells officially licensed rock, alternative, punk and heavy metal shirts and clothing. Since 2001 they have been selling clothing for bands worldwide. Through customized software they manage your store for you. The main store is viewed by 480,000 customers a year and 5 million page views. The costs start as low as $10 a month. They don't take a % of online sales, you keep that. |
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Cut Merch
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Cut Merch is a leading provider of music merch to the indie and DIY community. They also list great articles on venue merchandising, retail, e-commerce, displays, creating collectibles, among other topics to help musicians. |
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Zazzle
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| This site allows you to custom print your band logo on about anything and they will ship it to you or they also will sell your merchandise for you on their website and send you royalty checks when they sell it. You set your own royalty between 10% and 99%. The higher the royalty the higher the sales price. They take a 5% transaction fee on the sell price. You can even set up your own retail store on their site with your band merchandise. They also have a merchandise partnership for Sonicbids members. |
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JSR Direct
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Just Say Rock (JSR) is a band merchandising company located on the east coast. They make T-Shirts, Hats, Hoodie, Beanies, Buttons, Patches and Stickers. |
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10,000 Ideas
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| 10,000 Ideas offers shirts, stickers, hats and all the necessary merch to support a bands tour. |
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Sticker Junkie
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| Sticker Junkie is website that focuses on allowing you to make your own band stickers at low prices and high quality stickers. For example a standard size 8.5” x 1.5” sticker costs $105 for 500 stickers. |
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Sticker Guys
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| Stickers Guys have been making stickers since 1993. Since they specialize in stickers only they do it well and offer great pricing. They specialize in working with independent bands and records labels. |
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We Need Merch
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| We Need Merch offers high quality custom t-shirt screen printing for orders as small as 50. They have hundreds of bands as clients which they list on their site. Make sure you get on their list with a link to your site if you buy from them. They ship anywhere in the US, have a 2 week turnaround, and have a full art department with graphic designers to help your band if you need it. |
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Merch Now
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| Merch Now offers a full range of band merch. They have been providing bands with tour merch for 10 years. They can ship directly to clubs and promoters when on tour. They also have an online store your band can sell directly to fans. |
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DizzyJam Ltd.
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| Dizzyjam.com is a free way for musicians, artists, labels, venues to make money from their merchandise. Simply upload an image, create a shop and a product, and be selling to your fans in a few minutes. |
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CafePress
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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| CafePress.com is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic. Launched in 1999, CafePress.com has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services. |
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Just Buttons
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
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Just Buttons provides custom pin-back buttons, seven sizes, three shapes, and free shipping. This is a great resource for bands. They will ship to you while your on tour, rush production, and work with you to make the order work.
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MusicSkins
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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| MusicSkins offers high quality vinyl skin products that music fans can buy from you with your band logo on it to go on their phones, ipod's, computers and more. This could compliment your shirts, hats and stickers sales and give your fans something new to buy as well as promote your band wherever they go. Instead of them just downloading a cell phone wallpaper and ringtone from you complete the circle by offering them this vinyl skin. You could bundle it with your other cell phone products to encourage fans to buy them. MusicNomad has seen and tested the product and it did not leave any residue and was easy to remove from the device. |
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Red Star
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
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Red Star offers a full service merchandise strategy for bands. They help in the design and production, help manage sales strategies and inventory levels while on tour, and manage your online merchandise store.
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Tinman Merchandising
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This company has taken the extra effort to support independent musicians by contributing in 1 or more of the following ways: tips, articles, reciprocal link, contribution, Music Nomad discount, getting word out about Music Nomad
This company offers free services or free sign up to help independent musicians
This company offers a special discount to Music Nomad. Sign on to see the discount.
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Tin Man Merchandise offers a full service merchandise strategy for bands. They help in the design, production, and tour management of your bands merchandise. They can hire your touring staff for worldwide tours.
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