Quotes with margin built in
Start from supplier cost, add decoration and setup, apply your margin and send. Quantity breaks and size runs are handled for you, and the customer only ever sees the customer price.
Built by a distributor
Quote, proof, invoice and ship from one place.
Stratton Distribution is the order-management software Stratton Merch runs its own business on, now available to other promotional products distributors. Quotes with margin, mockups and proofs, invoices and payments, three supplier catalogs, a self-serve designer and an online store under your name.
30 days free. No card required. $200 per seat per month after that, everything included.
QuoteMockupsInvoiceDecorationTimeline
| Item | Qty | Unit | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy cotton tee, Navy | 144 | $14.20 | $2,044.80 |
| Front print, 2 colors | 144 | $3.10 | $446.40 |
| Back print, 1 color | 144 | $2.25 | $324.00 |
| Screen setup | 3 | $25.00 | $75.00 |
| Subtotal | $2,890.20 | ||
| Tax (6%) | $173.41 | ||
| Customer total | $3,063.61 | ||
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$200per seat per month, every module included
30 days freefull access, no card required
3 catalogsS&S Activewear, SanMar and PCNA, live
Used every dayby Stratton Merch to run its own orders
What it does
Everything a distributor does in a day
From the first quote to the last invoice, with the decoration, the artwork and the customer conversation attached to the job instead of spread across six email threads.
Mockups and proofs
Place the artwork on the product, send a proof link, and collect the approval in writing. The approved proof becomes the production record for the job.
Invoices and payment
Turn an approved quote into an invoice PDF and a pay link in one click. Customers pay by card through Stripe and the invoice marks itself paid.
Supplier catalogs, live
S&S Activewear, SanMar and PCNA are in the quote screen with current pricing and inventory. Pick the style and color; nothing is re-keyed from a PDF.
Decoration by Stratton
Send screen print, embroidery and other decoration jobs to Stratton's production team straight from the project. Decoration pricing is already in every quote, so there is nothing to look up.
Self-serve designer
Your customers design on your own site: upload a logo, pick products and placements, see a price and send it to you as a quote. Background removal is built in.
Try it on design.strattonmerch.comAn online store under your name
A storefront on your domain, curated from the supplier catalogs, with checkout through your own Stripe account. Orders land in the same place as everything else.
See ours at strattonmerch.comYour team, your name
Staff seats with two-factor sign-in, and your business name on every screen, email and PDF. Everything autosaves, so there are no Save buttons to forget.
AI where it saves time
A second read of every quote before it goes out, a brand look-up when a new customer comes in, and automatic artwork clean-up. Included, with a monthly allowance per person.
See it running
Your customers' side, already live
Stratton Merch's own store and self-serve designer run on this software. Open either one, add a hoodie to the cart, put a logo on it. What you see is what your customers get, under your name.
The online storeYours: shop.yourcompany.com
Open the store
The self-serve designerYours: design.yourcompany.com
Open the designer
Stratton Merch is a workspace on Stratton Distribution like any other. The store, the designer, the quote it sends you and the pay link at the end all run on the same code your workspace gets.
We set it up. You don't lift a finger.
We build your store and designer to match your brand: your logo, your colors and your fonts, on your own domain. We do it all during onboarding. It's included in the seat price.
Getting started
Live in days, not quarters
There is nothing to install. Your workspace runs in the browser and your team signs in with an email and a two-factor code.
Start your trial
Tell us your business name and email. We get in touch to set up your workspace with you. Thirty days, full access, no card.
Connect what you use
Add your Stripe account for payments and your supplier logins for live pricing. We put your logo on every proof and invoice, and set up your store and designer in your brand, on your domain.
Quote your first job
Pick a product from the catalog, add decoration, apply margin and send. The proof, the invoice and the pay link follow from the same screen.
Why Stratton
Built by a distributor.
Built by a distributor.
Still run by one.
We built this because nothing else fit the way a merch business actually works. Stratton Merch quotes, proofs, invoices and ships on it every day, so the workflows are the ones a distributor has, not the ones a software company imagined.
- One price. Every module. No per-feature upsell and no surprise invoice.
- Your costs and margins stay on the server. Customers see customer prices and nothing else.
- Your data is yours, and nothing is deleted when a trial ends.
- Support is a person who has shipped an order, not a ticket queue.
Pricing
One plan. Pay per seat.
A seat is a staff email that can sign in to your workspace. Customers using your designer, your store and your proof and pay links are never seats.
Everything included
$200per seat per month
Billed monthly by card. Add or remove seats whenever your team changes.
- Quotes, mockups, proofs, invoices and pay links
- Unlimited customers, projects and documents
- S&S Activewear, SanMar and PCNA catalogs with live pricing
- Decoration by Stratton, priced into every quote
- Self-serve designer and online store under your name
- AI quote review, brand look-up and artwork clean-up, with a monthly allowance per person
- Two-factor sign-in for every seat
- Support from people who ship orders
Not charged for: modules, support, customers, or proof and pay links.
The only thing we charge for beyond seats is a custom-built website, and that's a project we scope with you on a call.
Custom-built website
A full website we design and build around your brand, with your product store built in. Not part of the seat price.
- Designed to match your brand
- Your product store built in
- We build it and launch it
- You keep the standard store and designer either way
Questions
Before you move your order book
What happens when the 30 days are up?
You add a card and keep going. If you do not, your workspace becomes read-only: you can still open everything, and nothing is deleted. Add a card later and it picks up where it left off.
Who sees my costs and margins?
Only your team. Supplier cost, decoration cost and margin are calculated on the server and never sent to a customer's browser, a proof or an invoice. Customers see customer prices.
Who does the decorating?
Stratton. Decoration jobs you send from a project go to Stratton's production team, and the decoration pricing you quote from is Stratton's published price list, so what you quote is what you pay.
Do my customers see the Stratton name?
No. Your quotes, proofs and invoices carry your business name, and we set up your store and designer in your brand during onboarding. Your staff sign in to Stratton Distribution, and Stratton appears to them as your decoration supplier.
Whose Stripe account takes the payments?
Yours. You connect your own Stripe account and your customers pay you directly. Stratton Distribution never holds your money.
Can the designer and store run on my own domain?
Yes, and we set it up for you. During onboarding we connect design.yourcompany.com and shop.yourcompany.com and match both to your logo, colors and fonts, so there is nothing for you to configure. Until your domain is connected they run on a yourcompany.strattondistribution.com address.
Is a custom website included?
The standard store and designer are included, and we set them up for you in your brand. A fully custom website, designed and built around your brand with the store inside it, is a separate project with its own price. Leave your work email and we'll get in touch to scope it.
Is there a contract?
No. Billing is month to month and you can stop at any time. When you leave, your data is deleted 30 days later.
Is my data mine?
Yes. Customers, projects, quotes, invoices, artwork and order history belong to you.
Free trial
Run your next job on it
Thirty days, every module, no card. If it does not fit the way you work, stop at any time.