Manage sports merchandise orders from kit to kit bag
From football clubs and academies to leisure centres and sports retailers - Zigaflow handles high-volume kit orders, sizing runs and repeat seasonal business without the admin overhead.
Order management for sports clubs, academies and kit suppliers
Sports merchandise is volume-led and seasonal. A single club order can involve dozens of players, multiple product lines and a sizing matrix that changes every year. Managing this manually does not scale.
Zigaflow brings your quoting, ordering and invoicing together so you can handle more clubs without adding headcount.
- UK sports club merchandise suppliers typically handle 50-500 orders per season, peaking August-September and January.
- Most businesses manage 20-150 active club accounts, from grassroots football to national governing bodies.
- Minimum order quantities, garment decoration lead times, and supplier stock availability cause frequent order delays.
- Customization complexity — embroidery, print, sublimation, badge placement — makes accurate quoting time-consuming and error-prone.
- Many suppliers lose margin through manual order tracking across email, spreadsheets, and disconnected supplier portals.
Up and running in four simple steps
Club Enquiry Capture
Enquiries arrive via website contact forms, email, phone calls, and trade show contacts from club secretaries, kit managers, and governing body procurement teams. Each enquiry is logged with decoration requirements, garment specifications, quantities, badge artwork status, and required delivery dates.
Quote With Decoration Costs
Quotes are built incorporating blank garment costs, decoration setup charges, per-unit print or embroidery costs, and tiered pricing based on order quantity. Branded PDF proposals are sent to the club contact, with version control maintained if artwork revisions or size breakdown changes are requested.
Order Production and Fulfillment
Approved orders trigger purchase orders to garment suppliers and decoration contractors, with job sheets detailing placement specifications, thread colors, and size runs. Order progress is tracked through artwork approval, blank goods receipt, decoration, quality check, and dispatch stages against the agreed delivery deadline.
Invoice, Payment, and Sync
Invoices are raised on dispatch or at agreed deposit and balance milestones, with payment terms varying by club account status and order value. Completed transactions sync automatically to accounting software such as Xero or QuickBooks, keeping debtor balances and seasonal revenue reporting accurate.
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Sizing matrices make quoting a nightmare
Club kit orders require individual sizing for every player, across multiple products. Collecting sizes, calculating quantities and pricing takes hours per order.
Zigaflow quote templates support quantity-based pricing and multi-size orders, so you build accurate kit quotes in a fraction of the time.
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