Fast Merch

Name

Fast Merch

Website

https://fastmerch.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Fast Merch is a UK-based private company that supplies ethically sourced merchandise to online retailers via its fastmerch.co.uk store, currently in pre-launch. The storefront is built on the Merchr white-label platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Merchandise Supply

NAICS

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers (458110), All Other General Merchandise Retailers (455219)

SIC

Retail-Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores (5940)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Commerce & Merch Platforms (Shops, Drops, Print-on-Demand) (MPACABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sustainable / Ethical Apparel & Accessories Wholesale (CRAOADAJ)

Keywords

• Ethical merchandise supply
• Online retail merchandise
• Branded merchandise
• Custom merch stores
• Merchandise sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Borehamwood

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Fast Merch supplies ethically sourced merchandise to online retailers through a Merchr-powered online storefront at fastmerch.co.uk. The company leverages the Merchr platform as its underlying technology infrastructure for store building and operations, while providing a curated, ethics-focused merchandise range. The storefront was displayed as "under construction" (pre-launch) at the time the source content was collected.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fast Merch ethical merchandise supply store An online merchandise storefront at fastmerch.co.uk, operated by Fast Merch and powered by the Merchr platform, providing ethically sourced merchandise supply for online retailers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MerchrcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerMerchr is the platform provider used to build the Fast Merch store. The store appears to be a white-label or powered-by implementation of Merchr's merch store building technology. Merchr provides the storefront infrastructure while Fast Merch operates the store.

Direct peers

• Merchr: The platform Fast Merch is built on; Merchr both powers similar whitelabel merch stores and competes for merchant mindshare in print-on-demand and creator merch, making it the closest functional peer.
• Customized Girl: Custom apparel and merch retailer serving online creators and consumer customers; comparable breadth of product customisation and direct merch selling motion.
• Printful: Leading print-on-demand and merch fulfilment platform selling directly to creators, online retailers, and brands — overlapping with Fast Merch across custom apparel production and direct-to-consumer merch.
• Spreadshop: Creator merch platform enabling artists and influencers to launch branded apparel stores — the same product category Fast Merch is building towards on Merchr's infrastructure.
• Spring (Teespring): Creator commerce platform enabling influencers and brands to launch merch storefronts — directly comparable to the fastmerch.co.uk experience Fast Merch is staging.
• Everpress: UK-based ethical and limited-run apparel platform working with creators and brands on responsibly produced merch — a closer geographic and ethical-positioning peer than US-only competitors.
• Fourthwall: All-in-one storefront, merch, and membership platform for creators, offering turnkey shop-building tools similar to those Fast Merch leverages via Merchr.
• Printify: Print-on-demand marketplace connecting merchants to a network of print providers; competes head-on with Fast Merch in creator/online-retailer merch production and fulfilment.

Broad incumbents

• TeePublic: Marketplace and fulfilment platform for artist/designer-designed apparel and merch, competing for the same creator-and-online-retailer supply relationships Fast Merch targets.
• Spreadshirt: Established European print-on-demand and merch marketplace; broader portfolio than Fast Merch but directly relevant to ethical and custom apparel supply for online retailers.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Fastmerch1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fast-merch1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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