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For creators & publishers

Your audience is the asset.
We’re the warehouse you never built.

Design merch in our editor, sync it to your store, and we’ll print, pack and ship every order across South Africa. No inventory. No upfront cost. You set the price and keep the margin.

Free forever to design + list · No card required · POPIA-compliant

🎯
Your audience
Followers, subscribers, readers
🛒
Your store
Shopify · Woo · Instagram
🖨️
Drop
Manufacture · pack · ship
That’s us
📦
Your customer
Delivered SA-wide in 5–7d
The economics

R0 upfront. 100% margin until it’s sold.

You don’t pay for a blank until a customer pays you. Here’s exactly how the money flows on a typical R250 t-shirt sale.

Your cost per sale
Blank product
R 85.00
Print (DTG, 200cm²)
Or DTF/screen/embroidery
R 24.00
Drop platform fee
Manufacturing, pick & pack, shipping, support
R 33.00

Total to Drop
R 142.00

You only pay this once a customer has paid you. No subscription, no inventory tied up, no risk if a design doesn’t sell.

=
You keep
Customer pays you
You set the retail price
R 250.00
Less your Drop cost
− R 142.00

Your margin per sale
R 108.0043%

Same maths scales. Sell 100 shirts a month, that’s R 10,800.00 in your pocket. No fulfilment, no warehouse rent, no admin.

Pricing varies by product, print method, and design size. Use the free design tool to see live margins for any item in the catalogue.

Integrations

Connect your store. Or don’t.

Start with manual publishing or CSV export today. Native integrations launching through 2026. Join a waitlist and we’ll move you to the front of the queue.

CSV exportLive

Download a product feed and upload to any platform that accepts CSV.

Manual publishLive

Copy product description, images and prices straight from your Drop dashboard.

ShopifyWaitlist

One-click sync. Designs appear as draft products in your Shopify catalogue.

WooCommerceWaitlist

WordPress plugin pushes products + handles fulfilment webhooks.

WixWaitlist

App-market install. Same product sync experience as Shopify.

SquarespaceWaitlist

Native commerce integration via Squarespace Extensions.

Instagram ShopWaitlist

Tag products in posts and reels. Meta-approved product catalogue feed.

APIEarly access

Developer-grade REST API for custom stores and headless commerce.

Building on a platform we haven’t listed? Tell us. We prioritise integrations by waitlist demand.

Who it’s for

If you’ve built an audience, you can sell to them.

Drop is built for the long tail of creators who’ve grown a community but don’t want to be in the warehousing business.

🎙️

Podcasters & streamers

Turn show callbacks, catchphrases and inside-jokes into a merch line your most loyal listeners actually want to buy.

"Buy the hoodie" works much better when you mean it.

📸

Influencers & content creators

Drop a collection alongside a video or post and capitalise on engagement spikes without juggling stock.

Launch tied to a single Reel. Sell out the design, retire it.

📰

Publications & newsletters

Monetise loyal readers with limited-run merch: back-catalogue covers, signature pull-quotes, anniversary editions.

A reader-supported title needs a non-ad revenue line. This is it.

🌐

Online communities

Discord servers, Slack groups, niche forums, hobby communities. Give members something to wear that signals belonging.

Run-club shirts. Subreddit caps. WhatsApp-group hoodies for the long-haul members.

How it works

Sign up to your first sale in six steps.

Day one: design and list a product. From there it’s mostly automatic.

  1. 1

    Design your product

    Use the Drop editor to drop your logo or artwork onto any blank in the catalogue. Live print-ready preview, live margin calculator, no Photoshop.

    You
    Upload art · pick blank · place design
    Drop
    Render print-ready files · validate DPI · price the variant
  2. 2

    Save it to your catalogue

    Each design becomes a "product" in your Drop dashboard with title, description, photos and price, ready to publish anywhere.

    You
    Set retail price · write description
    Drop
    Generate product photos · expose CSV/API feed
  3. 3

    Sync to your store

    Push to your Shopify / Woo / Wix (waitlist) or download a CSV today. Either way, the product appears in your store with your branding.

    You
    Connect store · choose products to publish
    Drop
    Keep stock + prices in sync · webhook on changes
  4. 4

    Make a sale on your platform

    When your customer buys, your store sends the order to Drop automatically, or you forward it manually if you're still on CSV.

    You
    Promote · close the sale · take payment
    Drop
    Accept the order · route to nearest print partner
  5. 5

    We print, pack and ship

    Locally produced by approved SA partners with quality scoring. Tracked door-to-door via The Courier Guy or Pargo collection.

    You
    Reply to any customer support · share the unboxing
    Drop
    Manufacture · QC · pack · ship · provide tracking
  6. 6

    Get paid weekly

    Your margin (retail minus Drop's cost) lands in your bank account every Monday. Full statement breakdown with tax-invoice support.

    You
    Bank details on profile
    Drop
    FNB EFT every Monday · VAT-compliant remittance
FAQ

The questions creators actually ask.

No. You can run a Drop storefront on its own. Share your product links anywhere (Instagram bio, newsletter, Discord, WhatsApp). When you’re ready to plug into a real e-commerce platform we have CSV export today and one-click integrations for Shopify, Woo, Wix and Squarespace landing through 2026.

Still have questions? Visit the help centre or email hello@dropstudio.co.za.

Ready to turn your audience into your warehouse?

Free forever to design and list. You only pay when a customer pays you. The same Drop account doubles for one-off team or event orders later, no second sign-up needed.

60-second sign-up · No credit card · POPIA-compliant