Print only what people choose
Corporate swag printing that skips the box of leftovers.
Merch Troop sets up a live printing station at your HQ event, onboarding day, holiday party, or trade show booth. Employees pick the garment, size, and design — we press it in about a minute, while they watch.
Based in Orange County, CA. Crews cover Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas, and travel nationwide.
Bulk order, printed ahead
500 pressedSizes guessed months early. The extra mediums ride home in boxes and age in a storage closet.
On demand, printed live
Every piece claimedNothing is printed until a real person picks it. The count matches the crowd, exactly.
Retire the inventory-tag graveyard.
Every company has the closet: bins of branded gear in the wrong sizes, from the wrong year, with the old logo. On-demand swag printing replaces the guessing game with a station that only produces what someone actually wants to wear out the door.
People choose, so people keep
Guests pick from a design menu you approve in advance — team logos, milestone marks, city art, or a single hero graphic — then choose garment and size on the spot.
Choice is the retention trick.
Budget goes to worn pieces
You pay for blanks that leave on a person, not a forecast. Finance gets a clean count of exactly what was produced, for whom, at which event.
No write-offs, no storage line item.
The station is the entertainment
A press running in the room gives people a reason to linger. Watching your own shirt come off the heat press beats finding a pre-bagged tee on a chair.
Swag table, upgraded to an attraction.
Full-color prints, hats, embroidery, and engraving — one station or several.
Our core method is DTF heat pressing: photo-quality, full-color transfers that go onto cotton, blends, and poly without color limits. Around it we can add a hat bar with pressed patches, live embroidery, laser engraving for tumblers and gifts, and UV stickers for laptops and bottles.
- Apparel: Bella+Canvas 3001 tees, sweatshirts, hoodies, polos, and workwear.
- Headwear: Richardson 112 and Flexfit caps finished with heat-applied patches.
- Beyond fabric: engraved tumblers, journals, and UV-printed sticker drops.
From approved art to a moving line in four steps.
Lock the menu
We prep 3–8 designs with your brand team and send proofs before event day. You approve every pixel.
We load in early
Crew arrives ahead of doors with presses, blanks in a full size run, signage, and a backdrop that fits your space.
Guests order live
Pick a design, pick a garment, pick a size. Most pieces press in about 60 seconds; hats and embroidery run in parallel.
Clean wrap-up
We tear down, leave the room as we found it, and hand you a production count. Unused blanks never become your problem.
Built for the corporate calendar.
Holiday parties
A gift people pick themselves, made in front of them. Strong fit for evening formats and plus-ones.
Onboarding & welcome weeks
New hires press their own first-day gear in the size they actually wear. HR never re-orders a hoodie again.
Trade shows & conferences
Personalized merch stops booth traffic cold. Badge scans go up because the line gives your team time to talk.
What planners ask before booking.
What does a corporate swag station cost?
Staffed stations start around $5,000 for Orange County, LA, and San Diego events, with crew at $250 per hour and a flat $900 travel fee beyond Southern California. Blanks, art prep, setup, and teardown are in the number. Quotes come back within 24 hours.
How fast does the line move?
Most pieces press in about 60 seconds, which works out to roughly 60 garments per hour per press — a two-press station clears 100-plus. The station needs a 10x10 footprint and two standard 120V circuits, so it fits an office lobby as easily as a ballroom.
What happens to blanks nobody claimed?
They stay yours, unprinted — which is the point. An unpressed blank is a plain garment that works for the next event, not a logo write-off. Finance gets an exact count of what was produced and what went back on the shelf.
Can you set up inside our office?
Yes. The rig carts through a freight or passenger elevator, sets up in about 90 minutes, and runs at conversation volume. Badge lists, COIs, and facilities paperwork are handled before load-in day.
Tell us about the event once — we build the plan.
Send the date, city, headcount, and what you want people walking away with. We reply with a station plan, product list, and a real number, usually within one business day.