Open a Bear Grips Pro Shop with your tournament branding -- event logo, name, and year. Add 3-5 shirt styles to the shop (one for each audience: players, staff, spectators, volunteers).
Set a shop-open date and a closing date that gives you a week buffer before the event. Share the shop link with all registered teams and coaches when registration opens.
Done-For-You VIP handles the full setup for you: logo application, product selection, pricing, and shop layout. You just provide the event logo and approve the result.
Tournament shirts serve multiple audiences. Stock a few styles to cover each:
A simple event logo and year on the chest makes for a clean, collectible tournament shirt players keep for years.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.Tournament organizers commonly use the shop to raise funds for field fees, referee pay, or club operations. Set a higher retail margin during the event window and promote the shop to all participants.
A 10-team tournament with 15 players each = 150 potential buyers, plus parents, siblings, and spectators. Even if only 60% buy one shirt, that is 90 orders at a $15 margin each -- $1,350 for the tournament fund.
See our soccer fundraiser shirts guide for more fundraising strategies.
After the event closes, you have two options: close the shop or keep it running as a year-round club store. Most tournament organizers repurpose the shop for the next event with an updated logo and year.
If you run the same tournament annually, the shop becomes a recurring revenue channel. Players who missed the shirt one year buy it the next. Alumni teams come back to buy the throwback design.
Bear Grips Pro Shops has no long-term contract. Monthly plans cancel anytime.
No minimums. No pre-orders. Participants order and we ship direct.
Start FreeYes. Monthly plans have no long-term commitment. Open the shop, run the event, then cancel or keep the shop for future events.
Open at least 2-3 weeks before the event. This gives players time to order and receive their shirts before tournament day.
Yes. Organize by collection. Each team or division gets its own design while sharing the shop URL.
Share the link in registration confirmation emails, team group chats, and on your tournament social media page.