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Campus Branding That Runs on a Plan, not a Scramble

Get a head start on your campus merch with NCICU member perks

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Insider Advantage

As an approved NCICU partner, we already work with colleges like yours inside your consortium. Skip the vendor guesswork and start with a partner your network already knows.


Consortium Member Pricing

Get consortium pricing reserved for member institutions, including brand strategy and creative direction at no extra cost.


Yearly Planning Guide

One partner, three ways to work

Everything your campus needs, under one roof.

Custom Branded Merchandise

Premium branded merch for any purpose

Custom apparel and promotional products sourced and decorated to your standards. Whether it's for student organization tees or event displays, your order in March matches the order from October.

ApparelPromotional productsSigns and displaysAwards and gifts
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Branded merchandise for colleges

Merch Management Platform

Centralize ordering across departments and organizations

Launch a custom merch store that centralizes procurement for your team and keeps your brand consistent across every order. Stores can be launched in as little as a week.

Free store setupOn-demand productionFundraising capabilities
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An online merch store for a college club

Kitting & Distribution

Branded kits shipped wherever and whenever you need them

Combine products into a personalized kit shipped to individual recipients, designed for specific moments, audiences, and goals.

Student acceptance packagesEvent and conference kitsClient giftsEmployee appreciation kits
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Curated branded kits for a university

Colleges that run merch programs with PrimeSource

campbell university
uconn
coastal carolina university
uncw
yale
gardner webb university

All year, every department

One partner for every corner of campus

Marketing & CommunicationsAthleticsAdmissions & EnrollmentHuman ResourcesProcurement & PurchasingCampus EventsAdvancement & AlumniStudent Affairs

And a plan for the whole academic year.

The campuses that never scramble map the year up front. Here's the rhythm we help members get ahead of, so nothing becomes a last-minute rush.

Order in summer

  • Move-in and Welcome Week
  • Homecoming and family weekend
  • Fall athletics and fan gear
  • Residence life and campus signage

Order in fall

  • Giving Tuesday and year-end appeals
  • Winter commencement
  • Bowl and tournament gear
  • Spring welcome-back kits

Order in winter

  • Admitted-student events
  • Career fairs and internships
  • Commencement and grad gifts
  • Reunions and alumni weekends

Order in spring

  • Orientation and welcome kits
  • New-student and family programs
  • Pre-season athletics and spirit wear
  • Summer camps and conferences

Tell us what's on your calendar

Let us know what merch projects you have coming up and we'll bring the ideas. You'll leave with a planning guide built around your campus, whether you order anything or not.

  • Approved NCICU vendor
  • Consortium pricing on every order
  • Receive a campus merch plan, tailored to your school's goals
20+Years running merch for universities
0Missed client deadlines
1:1One branding specialist for your whole account