FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Every Local Brand Deserves Its Own Store.
GOAT-TEES.CA is building a network of mini-stores for local and regional businesses — your own branded shop, with the printing and fulfillment handled by us. AWAKEN THE GOAT.
GOAT-TEES.CA began in Haysboro, Calgary, as a custom apparel company built on individuality, confidence, creativity and being different. We make our own branded streetwear, and we produce custom apparel and promotional products for our customers. The next chapter is a third pillar: a merchandise platform that will power independent mini-stores for local and regional businesses. This page is about that third pillar — what we are building, how it will come together, and what your business’s mini-store will look like when it opens.
The Vision
Most local businesses want their own branded merchandise — shirts for the team, hoodies for customers, mugs and stickers for the shop counter — but they don’t want to run a print shop or a warehouse to sell it. That’s the gap the GOAT-TEES network will fill. Picture it this way: Shopify gives a business its own online shop. Vistaprint prints the products. A GOAT-TEES mini-store will do both in one place — your branded shop, your products, printed and fulfilled through GOAT-TEES — so a business can sell its own merchandise without managing production itself. The network will be built for local and regional businesses first: the shops, teams, creators and organizations in Calgary and across the region who already come to us for custom apparel. Each one will get its own storefront, and GOAT-TEES will keep platform oversight and production and fulfillment control, so the quality stays GOAT-level.
How the Network Is Being Built
- Production first. A network like this only works if the production behind it is real. Ours is: in-house heat pressing and printable HTV, DTV transfers sourced from external suppliers, embroidery through trusted production partners, and promotional products sourced and coordinated to order. The network will be built on the production we already run for our customers.
- Our own design tools. We are building our own design studio tools so artwork, products and print areas can be set up properly in one place — before any client store opens, not after.
- One shared platform. The mini-stores will run on a single platform overseen by GOAT-TEES, with centralized production management. Each business will manage its own store within it, with its own products and branding.
- The first stores. The network will open to local businesses first, one store at a time, with GOAT-TEES handling production and fulfillment for every order.
- The network grows. From there, the network will grow to regional businesses, more stores and more product ranges — built on the same production and the same platform.
What a Mini-Store Will Include
- Your own branded storefront, with your store’s own branding.
- Your own products — custom apparel such as T-shirts, hoodies, hats and beanies, and promotional products such as mugs, bags, stickers, decals, magnets and patches.
- Product mockups and variations, so customers can see what they’re ordering.
- Customer ordering through your store.
- Order management and sales reporting for your store.
- Production and fulfillment handled by GOAT-TEES — in-house heat pressing and printable HTV, DTV transfers sourced from external suppliers, and embroidery through trusted production partners.
- Design assistance to turn your ideas into finished products, with artwork guidance and mockups along the way.
And one thing a mini-store will not include: our Signature Collection. That is GOAT-TEES’s own branded streetwear line — it stays ours, and it stays separate from the client network.
Who It Is For
- Local and regional businesses that want their own branded merchandise.
- Sports teams that want to sell team apparel.
- Organizations and nonprofits selling fundraising merchandise.
- Creators selling their own branded clothing.
- Companies that want apparel for their employees.
- Schools, clubs and event organizers with branded merchandise to sell.
If you run a business in Calgary or the surrounding region and you’ve ever thought “we should have our own merch,” this network is being built for you.
Register Your Interest — Join the GOAT-TEES Network
The network is still being built. There is no store to open yet — but if you run a local or regional business and you want your own mini-store when it opens, register your interest now. Fill in the form below and we’ll keep your details for when the first stores take shape and get in touch when it’s your turn to join.
Websites, design and store management for little client stores — provided by Triplejay Marketing Solutions. Each client designs their own little merch shop.