TEAM UNIFORMS
DIRECT TO YOUR PLAYERS

An online uniform collection store is a custom-built ordering system that allows coaches, athletic directors, and program organizers to collect jersey and uniform orders from an entire roster in one place, within a defined time window. Once the store closes, every order is verified and batch produced together, so the whole team receives their gear at the same time — before the season starts. Elevation Sports builds, manages, and fulfills the entire store on your behalf.

The process begins with a conversation with our sales team. We work with you to select your required uniform items, establish pricing, and build art mockups so you know exactly what your players will be ordering. Once approved, we launch your store with a set open and close date. Players, parents, and coaches visit the store, select their required items, choose sizes, add optional upgrades, and check out individually. When the store closes, our team generates a complete roster report for your review. You verify every jersey number, player name, and size before a single item goes into production. Once approved, everything is produced as one batch and shipped — either directly to each player's home or in bulk to the coach for distribution.

We typically run uniform collection stores for two weeks, closing at 11:59 PM EST on the second Sunday from opening. This window is designed to create enough urgency that players and parents order promptly while giving your community adequate time to shop. If your program has specific scheduling needs — for example, aligning with a registration deadline or a league start date — we can discuss adjustments with your sales representative.

Delivery timelines depend on the products in your store. Stock uniforms and gear typically ship within 2 to 3 weeks of your store closing. Fully custom items — including sublimated jerseys, custom-cut uniforms, and specialty gear — ship within 4 to 6 weeks of store closure. Your sales representative will confirm the specific timeline for your product selection before your store launches so you can build your season schedule around a reliable ship date.

Uniform collection stores work for any team sport that requires players to wear matching gear on the field, court, or ice. We build stores for football, baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, ice hockey, field hockey, swimming, track and field, cross country, and more. Whether you need sublimated football jerseys with player numbers, custom lacrosse uniforms with roster verification, or baseball uniforms with name and number personalization, our store platform handles the collection and verification process for every sport.

Yes — and this is one of the most valuable features of the uniform collection store model. While required uniform items are the primary purpose of the store, coaches can also include optional upgrade items that benefit from being produced in the same batch. Custom gear bags, sublimated team socks, warm-up jackets, and other items that have higher minimums or longer lead times can be offered alongside required uniforms during the same ordering window. Players check out once, ordering everything they need in a single transaction. Optional items are produced and delivered at the same time as the required uniforms.

A uniform collection store works best when at least 10 players are ordering jerseys or custom gear. The production model is built around batch manufacturing, so the economics and logistics work best with meaningful team-size quantities. For programs with smaller rosters or supplemental individual orders, our always-open spiritwear store is a better fit. Your sales representative can help you determine which store type makes the most sense for your specific program size and needs.

You have two options. If players entered their own numbers and names at checkout, you receive a personalization report once the store closes — review every entry and approve before a single item goes into production. If you prefer to assign numbers yourself, players complete their order without personalization and you receive a full roster report with sizes to fill in and return. Either way, nothing is submitted to production until you have reviewed and confirmed every name and number. Duplicate numbers and misspelled names don't make it to the factory.

We strongly encourage all coaches to communicate the store deadline clearly to players and parents well in advance. Once the store closes, we move quickly to get your order into production so we do not delay gear for players who did order on time. If a player missed the window, contact your sales representative as soon as possible. In some cases we can add a late order as a fill-in to the original batch, but this is not guaranteed and depends on where your order is in the production timeline.

You choose the fulfillment method that works best for your program. Bulk shipping to the coach means all orders are packed together and delivered to a single location — typically sorted by player for easy distribution at practice. This eliminates individual shipping costs and works well for programs that prefer to hand out gear together as a team. Direct-to-player shipping means each order is individually packed and shipped to the home address provided during checkout — ideal for travel teams, remote programs, or organizers who prefer to skip the distribution step entirely.

Yes — and many of our most successful programs do exactly this. A uniform collection store handles required game-day gear during a defined ordering window. A spiritwear store runs year-round, offering fan gear, practice apparel, warm-ups, bags, and accessories that players, families, and supporters can purchase at any time. Running both simultaneously gives your community a complete apparel solution — required gear collected efficiently before the season, and optional gear available whenever they want it.