Last week, we talked about how online stores eliminate the back-and-forth that eats up so much of a dealer's day — the size chasing, the payment collecting, the endless email threads. If you missed it, check it out here.
But here's the thing: the time savings don't start when the store opens, and they don't end when it closes. Chipply is built to save you time at every stage of the process — from the moment a customer asks about a store to the moment the last package goes out the door. Today, we're pulling back the curtain on exactly how that works.
For a lot of dealers, store setup is where the clock starts running and where a lot of unnecessary time gets burned — if you’re not using the right platform. Hunting down products, placing artwork, adding size runs one by one — it adds up fast. Chipply is designed to make this stage as quick and painless as possible.
Before you even open the store builder, Chipply's Requestor Stores feature can save you a step. Instead of going back and forth with a customer to gather details before you can get started, you can let them submit a store request directly — providing the information you need up front, so you can hit the ground running.
One of the most time-consuming parts of building a store is selecting products. With Vendor-Curated Templates, that work is already done for you. Pre-built in partnership with top industry vendors, these templates feature high-quality, in-stock products that are ready to go — so you can launch faster and spend less time sorting through catalogs.
If you've ever had to manually add every color and size combination to a product one at a time, you know how tedious it gets. Chipply's Bulk Color & Size Picker lets you select multiple colors and sizes in just a few clicks — no repetition, no busywork. It's a small feature with a surprisingly big impact on setup time.
Artwork placement is one of those tasks that's easy to underestimate — until you're doing it for the twelfth product in a row. Enhanced Auto-Image Placement eliminates the drag-and-drop entirely. Choose your decoration zones — Full Front, Full Back, Chest, Sleeve, Cap Front, and more — and Chipply automatically places your PNG artwork exactly where it belongs, across every product in your store. For dealers running stores with large product catalogs, this feature alone can save hours.
The store closed. Orders are in. Now the real work begins — or at least, it used to. Chipply's back-end tools are built to make production and fulfillment faster, more accurate, and a whole lot less chaotic.
Once your orders are collected, your production team needs clear direction — fast. Automatic Work Orders take care of that handoff. Products are automatically grouped by decoration type and sorted by vendor and style, giving your crew everything they need on one clean, easy-to-read sheet. Fewer questions. Less back-and-forth on the production floor. More time actually decorating.
When it's time to purchase product, most dealers are stuck copying order details from one system and pasting them into another — a tedious process that's also a prime spot for errors. Purchase Utility eliminates that entirely. Connect your vendor accounts and place wholesale orders directly within Chipply, with no manual entry and no switching between systems. Faster purchasing, fewer mistakes.
Ask anyone who's been through a chaotic fulfillment day — piles of product, sticky notes everywhere, orders going to the wrong people — and they'll tell you: there has to be a better way. There is.
Sorting Sheets automatically organize your orders by product, complete with product images and artwork placement details, so your fulfillment team knows exactly what goes where without having to guess. Then Packing Slips walk you straight down the line — grab, pack, move on to the next. Together, they create a system that's not just faster, but nearly foolproof. Every order goes out complete and accurate, every time.
These two features are among the most underutilized in Chipply — and according to the people who do use them, some of the most game-changing.
You got into this business to build relationships, create great products, and grow something of your own — not to spend your days on setup busywork and fulfillment headaches. Chipply is built around the idea that your time is valuable, and every feature exists to give more of it back to you.
Ready to see it in action? Get started with Chipply today and experience the difference from first click to last shipment.