FZ Reserve
FZ Reserve provides vendor-hosted merchandise stores for fraternity and sorority chapters, handling design, storefront hosting, payment processing, and production coordination. Chapters receive free mockups within 48 hours, pay no deposit or minimum, and earn 6% of net sales. The platform has shipped drops for chapters including ZBT, Theos, Kappa, SigEp, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Alpha Phi.
- Commerce & Shopping
- Fashion Technology
Funding
Founders
Founder details are not available yet.
Product
Problem
Fraternity and sorority chapters typically struggle to produce custom merchandise because traditional approaches require large upfront deposits, minimum order quantities, and manual inventory management. Chapter officers are left holding boxes of unsold apparel, while design quality varies widely and payment collection becomes an administrative burden.
Solution
FZ Reserve provides a vendor-hosted merchandise store for fraternities and sororities, putting a professional graphic designer on each chapter's drop and opening a private storefront where every member orders and pays individually. The platform handles design, storefront hosting, payment processing, and production coordination with third-party print partners, eliminating the need for chapters to hold inventory or collect money. Free mockups return within 48 hours, revisions continue until sign-off, and the storefront goes live in about a week. Each piece is made to order and ships directly to the buyer, while chapters track sales, earnings, and orders through a client portal with CSV export. Chapters earn a 6% share of net sales with no deposit, no minimum, and no design fee, and Stripe processes all payments.
Target Audience
The primary customers are fraternity and sorority chapters at U.S. universities that want custom apparel and merchandise without managing inventory or fronting costs, including houses from Penn to Texas such as ZBT, Theos, Kappa, SigEp, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Alpha Phi.
Features
- Professional designer assigned per chapter with free mockups in 48 hours and unlimited revisions until sign-off
- Private storefront with a dedicated link that goes live in about a week, with each member paying individually on their own card
- Made-to-order production coordinated with selected third-party print partners, so no inventory is held or handed out by the chapter
- Client portal showing every sale, the chapter's earnings, and all orders with CSV export
- No deposit, no minimum order, and no design fee at any point in the process
- 6% of net sales returned to the chapter, approximately $3.75 on a $65 hoodie after processor fees
- Payment processing through Stripe with posted refund policy and terms