First: Create a rad kit design

Fall teams should start planning their designs in January/February, while NICA’s spring leagues should focus on their design needs in August/September. Designing a team kit generally takes around 1 to 2 weeks depending on how many revisions are requested. 

Here are all the steps in Borah’s design process:

1. Send Borah your logos and artwork
2. A Borah designer will create a 3D template – this usually takes about 3 to 5 business days
3. Once you review your kit design, revisions can be made and communicated with the Borah design team
4. Next, approve your rad design!
5. The Borah team will print and send a fabric color swatch – completed within 2-3 business days
6. Approve the color swatch , and Borah will set up your new team store!

Your team store

A team store is Borah’s online ordering platform. Borah’s account reps will build the store, and you’ll be able to share the link with your families. Your store is custom to your team, so families will only be able to see/order your team items. Borah encourages families to open their store two times each season: once for a preseason ordering window, and another just before your season begins. The goal with breaking team orders into two separate “windows” is to shorten the length of production, and to give Borah time if anyone needs to do size exchanges. Of course, the more orders you can get in your first window, the better! Borah suggests that each store opening window is no more than two weeks long. Here are their suggested store windows for each season:

• FALL LEAGUES: First store open March/April; second store open May/June
• SPRING LEAGUES: First store open October/November; second store open December/January

Order processing

So, what happens next? Once you’ve shared your store link with families/they’ve placed their orders, the team store will “close” and no more orders will be accepted until a new store is opened. After the store closes, all orders will be batched together for production. Borah offers a couple of options for how kits are ultimately delivered to teams:

• Orders can be shipped directly to team members at a cost of $12.50 per order, or…
• Orders can be individually packaged with packing slips and batched and shipped to the coordinator for final hand out at a cost of $7.50 per order

Borah also offers batch ordering, a more manual process for the team coordinators. With batch ordering, the team kit coordinator collects quantities, sizes, and money and sends the info directly to Borah. Borah creates the order and sends the coordinator an invoice to be paid through online or with a credit card. After the invoice is paid, Borah moves the order into production. This is a more manual process but can be helpful for teams who order through their schools, etc.

Production

After stores are closed or the order is paid in full, Borah will provide teams with a shipping date and move the orders into production. Production can take between 4 to 7 weeks depending on the season. It is always a good idea to plan ahead with plenty of time to receive your kits before your first event weekend! 

That’s it! A simple, straightforward, and customer-service centered approach makes ordering kits through Borah a breeze. Learn more and connect with Borah to start the process of your team kit today!