Bear Grips Pro ShopsBear Grips Brand Profit Margins: What Vendors Actually Keep Per Piece
- Vendors set their own retail price on every Bear Grips piece; the platform charges the Free or VIP base price and the difference is the vendor's profit.
- A common retail-pricing pattern nets $9 to $15 of profit per piece across the 12-item line, with bottoms and leggings carrying the widest margin.
- Self-Service VIP costs $59/mo and lowers every base price by $4.05 to $11.07 compared to Free; roughly 7 to 8 units sold a month covers that fee in base-price savings alone.
- Done-For-You VIP at $105/mo adds professional pricing, mockups, and shop setup on top of the same lowered base prices.
How Profit Works on Every Bear Grips Piece
Two numbers decide profit on any piece: the base price the platform charges (Free or VIP, depending on plan) and the retail price the vendor sets. Nothing in between. A vendor is free to price above or below any suggested range; the default recommended profit across the whole Pro Shops catalog is $10 per item, and most vendors charge more on hoodies, leggings, and other higher-base pieces.
Bear Grips Margin Table: All 12 Pieces
| Piece | VIP base | Common retail | Profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airlume Cotton Athletic Tee | $19.88 | $29.88 | $10.00 |
| Youth Airlume Cotton Athletic Tee | $19.88 | $28.88 | $9.00 |
| Premium Cotton V-Neck Tee | $23.88 | $33.88 | $10.00 |
| Perfect Soft Crewneck Sweatshirt | $34.88 | $46.88 | $12.00 |
| Comfort Soft Hoodie | $36.88 | $49.88 | $13.00 |
| Men's Performance Training Shorts | $44.88 | $57.88 | $13.00 |
| Padded Sports Bra | $45.88 | $58.88 | $13.00 |
| Women's Signature Biker Shorts | $47.88 | $61.88 | $14.00 |
| Men's Signature Athletic Shorts | $49.88 | $63.88 | $14.00 |
| Signature Seamless Leggings | $54.88 | $69.88 | $15.00 |
| Women's High-Waist Pocket Leggings | $54.88 | $69.88 | $15.00 |
| Women's High-Waist Capri Leggings | $54.88 | $69.88 | $15.00 |
These retail prices are a common starting pattern, not a required price. Vendors set their own retail price on every piece and keep the full difference above the base cost.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.Free vs Self-Service VIP: Where the $59 Fee Pays for Itself
The Free plan costs $0/mo and caps a shop at 3 live products, at the higher base price shown in the docs, for example $23.93 for the Airlume tee versus $19.88 VIP. Self-Service VIP costs $59/mo, unlocks 200 live products, and lowers every base price by $4.05 to $11.07 depending on the piece. Averaged across the 12-piece Bear Grips line, the VIP discount runs about $8.14 per unit. At that average, selling roughly 7 to 8 Bear Grips pieces in a month covers the $59 VIP fee in base-price savings alone, before counting the extra 197 product slots VIP unlocks over Free's 3-product cap.
Scaling the Math: A 15-Unit and a 30-Unit Month
Using the $10-per-item default profit as a baseline: a shop selling 15 Bear Grips pieces in a month nets roughly $150 in profit on top of the plan fee. At 30 units, profit runs closer to $300-$450 depending on which pieces sell, since leggings, shorts, and the sports bra carry $13-$15 of profit per unit in the table above versus $9-$10 on tees. A shop leaning toward bottoms and the sports bra earns more per sale than one selling mostly tees, at the same unit volume. The full lineup organized by category is in the complete Bear Grips blanks lineup.
What Done-For-You VIP Adds on Top of the Base Prices
Done-For-You VIP costs $105/mo and includes the same lowered base prices as Self-Service VIP, plus a personal advisor who applies a vendor's design to 15 trending products, sets optimal retail pricing based on real sales data, and builds the full shop layout each month. A vendor sending one design a month gets a shop that is already priced and merchandised, rather than setting each retail price manually as in the table above.
Set Your Own Prices on Bear Grips Pieces
Base prices from $19.88 to $54.88 VIP. Set retail, keep the difference, no revenue share.
Start FreeFrequently Asked Questions
Does Pro Shops take a percentage of what a vendor charges?
No. The platform charges a fixed base price per piece; everything above that base price is the vendor's profit.
What is the default recommended profit per item?
$10 per item is the default recommendation across the catalog, though the margin table above shows many Bear Grips pieces commonly carry $12-$15 of profit given their higher base price.
How many units does it take to cover the VIP monthly fee?
Roughly 7 to 8 units a month, using the average $8.14 base-price savings VIP unlocks across the 12-piece Bear Grips line, before counting VIP's larger 200-product ceiling.
Do leggings and shorts really carry more profit than tees?
At the retail prices in the table above, yes. Leggings and shorts commonly carry $13-$15 of profit per unit versus $9-$10 on the two tee styles, since their base price is higher to start.
