Migrating to Glim happens in parallel: the new store goes up while the current supplier keeps serving, and the switch happens on the date your company decides. This page explains what Glim takes on, what stays behind, the timelines and what you need to send.
Late deliveries, high cost, slow international shipping or a demand for upfront stock: in conversations with companies that come to Glim from another supplier, the reasons repeat. If you recognise two or more, it is worth planning the switch before the next batch runs late.
Migrating is not starting from scratch. Whatever has value for your operation enters the new store; whatever only made sense in the old model stays behind.
There is one rule: the current supplier keeps serving until you have approved the new store. There is no window without a store.
One conversation to map what exists today: items that work, monthly volume, areas served, integrations, contracts in force and the date the current supplier contract can be terminated.
Within 7 days Glim puts up a store with your brand and up to 200 products, accessible only to the people you name, with no long contract. It is where Procurement, HR and Marketing validate product, customisation and lead time while the old operation carries on as normal. The amount paid becomes product credit.
NDA, security questionnaire, DPA and due diligence run alongside the test, not before it. The detail is under Security and compliance.
With the store approved, the contract is formalised and the official store is ready in 7–10 business days: full catalogue, rules by area and cost centre, SSO and billing configured. Multi-brand projects or heavy layout customisation have their own timeline, agreed in the proposal.
The company informs employees, the previous contract is terminated and, if the current store sits on your company's domain, the old link starts pointing to the new store. Remaining stock: run down or received at the hub, as agreed in the diagnosis.
Production is on demand, so the new store needs no initial stock purchase to open. The first order can be placed on go-live day.
The list is short. The sooner it arrives, the sooner the Test Store goes up.
A brand change is one of the most common triggers for switching supplier, because it exposes the cost of old stock: boxes of t-shirts with the old logo that nobody will wear.
Anyone who has struggled to switch supplier wants to know how the exit works before coming in. This is our answer.
Yes. The migration runs in parallel: Glim puts up a Test Store with your brand within 7 days while the current supplier keeps serving. You validate product, customisation and lead time, the official store is ready in 7–10 business days and the switch happens on the date your company chooses. There is no window without a store.
Items in good condition that still make sense for the brand can be received at Glim's hub on consignment: checked, registered by SKU and size, and distributed through the new store, with a storage fee stated in the proposal. The rest the company runs down at the current supplier before the switch, on a date agreed in the diagnosis.
At Glim, the whole operation history — orders, deliveries, spend by area and cost centre — is recorded from go-live and can be exported at any time, without a ticket. Orders placed with the previous supplier are not imported: export the reports from there before closing the contract; they remain yours.
They do not migrate automatically from one system to another. The company decides how to honour them: it closes the cycle at the current supplier or makes an equivalent top-up at Glim, which credits employees in the new store. The prepaid balance, where it is part of the plan, accumulates and does not expire.
No. Production is on demand, with no minimum order: each item is produced when someone orders it, from around 700 ready-to-ship SKUs and over 10,000 customisable items. The new store opens with no initial batch, and the first order can be placed on go-live day. That also applies to uniforms and onboarding kits.
The Test Store is ready within 7 days and the official store goes live 7–10 business days after the contract. The total depends on when the current contract can be terminated and how much stock is left to run down there. Multi-brand projects or heavy layout customisation have their own timeline, set in the proposal.
The vector logo and brand manual; the list of what works today, with volumes per area; the employee list or the SSO configuration; the purchasing and approval rules you already use; billing data and cost centres; and the date the current contract can be terminated. With that, the Test Store goes up.
Yes. At Glim each item is produced on demand, so the catalogue with the new identity goes live without an initial batch and the old logo simply stops being produced. Uniforms, kits and gifts change brand on the same date, and the internal launch can run with a voucher or credit for employees.
The exit is designed to be simple: you export your operation's data at any time, without a ticket; designs and artwork belong to your company; the store can sit on your domain; and there is a monthly plan with no lock-in. On the Test Store, leaving means no contract and no penalty.
Yes: Glim receives your apparel supplier's items at its hub, on consignment, and runs the store with them — picking, invoicing and individual shipping. The contract with the apparel supplier remains yours. See how running the store with your own supplier works
Tell us how the operation works today and the sales team builds the migration plan — Test Store in parallel, vendor approval alongside and the switch on the date you choose.