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Schoolwear Ordering Portal for Uniform Suppliers

Parents order from the school's own store, no account needed, and every school's orders land on one board ready to pack.

How it works

How it works for your clients

Back to school, without the queue at the counter.

  • Parents, through the school's own link. No account needed

    A school can have a public store link that parents order from without signing in at all, showing whichever role's catalogue you choose for that link.
  • The store says when orders close: Friday 5pm for the start of term

    A landing-page message on the first screen tells parents what they need to know, such as an order cut-off before the start of term.
  • Every school's orders on one board, ready to pack

    Every school's orders land on your production board, and packing slips print for a whole school's orders over a period in one go.
  • By card at checkout

    Parents pay by card through Stripe at checkout, reconciled with Xero, so there is no invoice to chase for a public order.
The catalogue

What their store stocks

The product art below is the portal's own catalogue style, drawn to match the range this kind of client actually orders.

  • Blazer, years 7 to 12

    Blazer

    Years 7 to 12

  • School shirt, short sleeve

    School shirt

    Short sleeve

  • School tie, senior school

    School tie

    Senior school

  • Summer dress, terms 1 and 4

    Summer dress

    Terms 1 and 4

The rules

The rules that matter for this kind of client

  • Public store link, no login needed

    Give a school a store link parents can order from without an account, showing the catalogue for whichever role you choose that link to display.
  • A landing message with the cut-off

    Set a landing-page message on the first screen, such as Orders close Friday 5pm for the start of term, so parents see it before they start shopping.
  • Card payment at checkout

    Parents pay by card through Stripe, reconciled with Xero, so a public order never needs an invoice raised or chased.
  • Packs for a starter set

    Bundle a starter set, such as a shirt, shorts and a hat, into a pack parents order in one click, itemised on the packing slip and on Xero all the same.
  • Size charts, and packing slips per school

    A size chart sits on each uniform item, and packing slips print for a school's orders over a period, ready to hand to whoever is packing that day.
What it looks like

What their portal looks like

Back to school is normally a queue at the counter and a stack of paper order forms. Give the school its own store link, let parents order and pay by card, and print the packing slips for the whole batch when you are ready to pack.
  • A no-login link for parents, showing the right catalogue
  • A landing message with the order cut-off
  • Card payment through Stripe, reconciled with Xero
  • Packing slips for a school's orders over a period

Before and after

Today it is a counter, a queue and a stack of order forms. Here parents order from the school's own store, pay by card, and you print the packing slips.

ellismore.demo.smarterportals.com
Example portal for a school uniform supplier, in the school's own maroon branding, showing the staff home screen with quick reorder of a school blazer, a short-sleeve shirt and a school tie.
Ellismore Grammar is an example portal, not a real school, shown here in its own colours.
Questions

Frequently asked

Do parents need to create an account?

No. A school can have a public store link that people order from without an account at all.

How do parents know when orders close?

From a landing-page message you set on the first screen, such as an order cut-off before the start of term.

How do parents pay?

By card at checkout, through Stripe, reconciled with Xero.

Can we sell a starter uniform set as one item?

Yes, as a pack: a kit of items ordered as one, still itemised on the packing slip and posted as its own line to Xero.

Can we print packing slips for a whole school's orders at once?

Yes. Packing slips print for a company's orders over a period you choose, so a school's batch is ready to pack in one go.

Start a conversation

See it set up the way your clients order.

Tell us who you supply and how orders reach you today. We will walk you through a portal set up the way your clients order.