The Swelo Hub is here
One platform for company storefronts, pop-up stores, bulk orders, inventory, and shipping — built after four and a half years of watching teams manage merch the hard way.
· Spencer MacKay · 3 min read

Key takeaways
- The Swelo Hub is a single platform for managing branded merch: company storefronts, pop-up stores, bulk orders, warehouse inventory, and shipping.
- Company storefronts are fully custom-designed, and admins control products, orders, users, store credits, and digital gift cards from one dashboard.
- Pop-up stores are temporary stores for events, trade-show lead capture, and internal gifting — recipients pick their own item and size instead of an admin guessing.
- Swelo holds inventory in over 50,000 square feet of warehouse space, and every storefront, pop-up, and bulk shipment draws from that same live stock count.
- Bulk orders come from a curated catalog of vetted products, and teams can request anything outside it through their Swelo rep.
I'm excited to share some big news. Over the four and a half years I've spent in the promotional products industry, I kept seeing the same need — the one we built the Swelo Hub to solve.
The Swelo Hub is a platform that lets marketing teams, event managers, and HR directors manage all of their branded merch, gifting programs, and event swag in one place. Here's a tour of what's inside.
Company storefronts
Through the Swelo Hub you can create and manage your entire company storefront — your own branded merch store, designed to match your brand rather than a template. From the dashboard you can:
- Add or remove products
- Manage store orders and shipment tracking
- Manage all of your store users
- Distribute store credits individually or in bulk
- Send digital gift cards to anyone in the world
- Customize the storefront design end to end

More on how storefronts work in Company storefronts, or see the company stores overview.
Pop-up stores
Pop-up stores are temporary stores built for gifting, events, and lead collection at trade shows. They solve two very different problems.
Trade-show lead capture
You can set up a pop-up store in minutes, add products, and customize the lead-collection form to capture whatever is useful to your team — names, emails, phone numbers, product feedback, and more. After someone fills out the form they're taken to your pop-up store to redeem their gift, which ships from your inventory within 24–48 hours. Every lead lands back in the Swelo Hub so your team can follow up and close more deals, and all lead data is exportable.
Internal gifting
The same pop-up stores work for gifting your own team. Instead of guessing at sizes and preferences, create a pop-up store and let everyone choose their own gift, shipped straight to them. Or have the whole run shipped in bulk to your company party and hand them out in person.
The possibilities are endless with pop-up stores — see how they work.
Shop products and place bulk orders
The Swelo Hub has a narrow, curated catalog of vetted, trusted, high-quality products, so you can place customized bulk orders right from your dashboard. You're not restricted to the Swelo catalog either — you can send a special product or project request to your Swelo rep from the same screen.

Inventory management
Are you tired of keeping track of merch in the closet down the hall — or worse, in the basement of your building? This is where the Swelo Hub gets even better.
All of your inventory is tied to your company storefront and to every pop-up store you create, so you always have a live, accurate view of stock levels — no reconciling three spreadsheets to find out whether you can run a giveaway next week.
Ship products anywhere
Alongside managing inventory, you can ship products individually or in bulk anywhere in the world. From the Swelo Hub you can build kits or bulk shipments and send them to any event. Every storefront order is fulfilled and tracked from inside the Hub as well, so you're never chasing a carrier for a status.
Modern merch management
The Swelo Hub was built to simplify and centralize branded merch programs — one login instead of a supplier, a storefront vendor, a warehouse, and a spreadsheet that's already out of date.
If you'd like to see it, book a call or email me directly at spencer@swelo.co. Stay tuned — more to come soon.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the Swelo Hub?
- The Swelo Hub is a branded merch management platform for marketing, HR, and event teams. It combines a custom company storefront, pop-up stores, a curated product catalog for bulk orders, warehouse inventory management, and worldwide shipping in one dashboard.
- Who is the Swelo Hub for?
- Marketing teams, event managers, and HR directors who are responsible for branded merch, employee gifting, new-hire kits, and event swag — typically anyone currently coordinating a supplier, a storefront, a warehouse, and a spreadsheet separately.
- What is a pop-up store?
- A pop-up store is a temporary online store used for events, trade-show lead capture, and internal gifting. Recipients choose their own item and size, and it ships from your inventory within 24–48 hours. Lead-capture forms are customizable and every lead is stored in the Swelo Hub and exportable.
- Does Swelo store inventory for you?
- Yes. Swelo has access to over 50,000 square feet of warehouse space and holds, manages, and fulfills customers' branded merch there. Stock levels are visible live in the Hub, and storefronts, pop-up stores, and bulk shipments all draw from the same inventory.
- Can you order products that aren't in the Swelo catalog?
- Yes. The catalog is deliberately curated rather than exhaustive, and you can send a special product or project request to your Swelo rep directly from the Hub for anything outside it.
Keep reading
How I would run a corporate gifting program
Collecting sizes, picking one gift for a thousand people, shipping it all — corporate gifting programs turn into a headache fast. Here's the playbook I'd use instead: a few gift options, a pop-up store, and zero inventory up front.
Employee gifting, without the guesswork
Holiday gifting turns into a month-long headache when one person picks a gift for the whole company. Company stores and pop-up stores let every employee choose their own — here's how both work.
Company storefronts
Why branded merch storefronts are so popular — and how products, orders, users, credits, gift cards, and fulfillment all work behind one.
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