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By Better Swag · Updated September 8, 2026 · 5 min read
Swag.com is a free platform for buying bulk swag, storing it, and shipping it, with pick-and-pack fees per item and a small daily storage fee. Better Swag also charges no platform fee, and adds what a bulk catalog cannot: catalog products that ship one at a time with no minimum, and fully bespoke products manufactured at the factory. Swag.com is a solid pick for simple bulk orders. Better Swag is for teams that want on-demand shipping or a product made for their brand.
| Better Swag | Swag.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | None | None; free to use, no subscription |
| How you buy | Quote from a design team, or self-serve board on the catalog | Self-serve, bulk orders |
| Minimums | None on catalog; ship one at a time | Bulk quantities per product |
| Pick and pack | Included | Per third-party reviews: $1.75 first item, $0.55 each extra; boxes for 20+ item orders $5 then $4.50 |
| Storage | Our warehouse, included | Per third-party reviews: free under 1 oz, otherwise about 1 cent per item per day |
| On-demand and drop ship | Yes, stores and gift links | Per third-party reviews, not offered |
| Custom manufacturing from scratch | Yes, sampled first | Bulk catalog of branded products |
Swag.com's site blocked our request, so its fee lines are from 2026 third-party reviews rather than its own pages.
Checked against their public site and pricing pages on September 8, 2026. Platforms change their plans; if something here is out of date, email eric@betterswag.com and we will fix it.
Better Swag. No platform fee, no pick-and-pack line, no storage line. You pay for the product, decoration, and shipping.
Swag.com. No platform fee either. Swag.com's site was not reachable for us to quote directly, so the fee figures above come from third-party reviews published in 2026: pick-and-pack per item and a daily storage charge per item over one ounce.
Bottom line. Neither charges a platform fee. Teams that store bulk inventory should expect pick-and-pack and storage lines from Swag.com. A Better Swag invoice shows product, decoration, and shipping.
Send us your last swag invoice. We re-quote the same items with no membership line and no storage line, within one business day.
Re-quote my invoiceBetter Swag. Every catalog product ships one at a time from our warehouse. A new hire gets a kit the week they start; a gift link lets each recipient pick their size and address. There is no minimum.
Swag.com. Swag.com is built around bulk orders stored in its fulfillment center and shipped from there. Reviews note it does not offer on-demand or drop-ship products.
Bottom line. Teams that know the quantity and want it delivered in one shipment should pick Swag.com. Teams that hire year-round or gift worldwide should pick Better Swag and ship one at a time.
Better Swag. Studio makes products from scratch with our own team at the factory, sample in your hands before production.
Swag.com. A large catalog of existing products to brand.
Bottom line. Teams that want a logo on an existing product can use either. Teams that want a product made for their brand should pick Better Swag.
Bring us the list of what you order today and what sits in storage. We quote the same items from our catalog, mock them with your logo, and set up a store or gift link with no platform fee. Existing inventory can ship to our warehouse. Nothing to migrate except a spreadsheet.
No. Reviews and their pricing listing describe it as free to use with no subscription; costs are the products, pick-and-pack, storage, and shipping.
Not on catalog products, which ship one at a time. Bespoke products made from scratch have factory minimums, which we explain in our custom merch minimums guide.
Yes. Ship it to our warehouse and we distribute it through your store or gift link.
Send us what you buy today. We come back with the same list, mocked up, priced, with no platform fee.