Case study, Fundraising.org.nz

Merch that fundraises itself

The marketplace and print-on-demand engine proven on Driven By Dirt, spun out into a platform of its own: New Zealand causes open a storefront in days and sell merch with no stock and no upfront cost.

The Fundraising Marketplace home — support local causes, sell merch for your cause
Fundraising.org.nz2026
01
The challenge

Schools, charities and community projects love the idea of merch fundraising, but minimum print runs, stock guesses and upfront cost kill most of it before it starts. The tools that existed were either generic or priced for big brands.

02
The approach

We took the machinery that already worked on Driven By Dirt, the multi-vendor marketplace, cause storefronts and print-on-demand fulfilment, and rebuilt it as a standalone fundraising platform. A cause signs up, opens a storefront, and every order is printed on demand and shipped direct, with Stripe payments settled to the cause.

03
The result

Charities and independent brands across Aotearoa now run storefronts on the platform, each with merch made just for them, and every purchase supports a good cause. No inventory, no upfront cost, and the same engine that builds our own brands now funds everyone else’s.

The numbers
$0
Upfront cost per cause
0
Units of stock held
Days
From signup to storefront
POD
Printed on demand, shipped direct
Stills from the production
Fundraising Marketplace causes and brands — charity storefronts across Aotearoa

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