Linking swag stores to lifestyle stipends for flexible, tax-compliant employee perks
Compt, the best lifestyle benefits platform for personalized employee stipends and perks, and Snappy, the leading corporate gifting platform, today announced their partnership and the launch of the Company Swag Store — giving companies a free, fully branded and on-demand online store combined with a free swag stipend that employees can use to choose the branded gear they actually want.
Compt enables HR teams to deliver flexible, tax-compliant stipends across categories like wellness, professional development, family, and recognition. Snappy enables companies to create memorable, branded moments with personalized gifts, produced and shipped on demand. This is the first integrated solution that links stipends with a print-on-demand company swag store.
The free* Company Swag Store + Swag Stipend product brings these strengths together: HR can launch a fully branded store in minutes, employees get ongoing access to choose swag anytime, and everything integrates seamlessly into Compt’s stipend and recognition platform.
Swag made simple: branded items, employees order, store to door
Traditional swag programs require HR to manage bulk orders, track sizes, store inventory, and ship boxes, often resulting in unused closets of merch, wasted spend, and countless hours spent on facilitating shipping. At the same time, employees rarely connect with generic gear or gift cards.
With the Company Swag Store, HR selects products and sets a swag stipend, while employees shop on demand. Snappy produces and ships items directly, eliminating the need for HR to manage fulfillment or inventory. In other words, Compt and Snappy give HR the best way to set up an end-to-end swag program that lets employees spend their swag stipends on branded products without managing closets of merch.
Top Company Swag Store options and use cases
- Culture and community building: Always-on access to swag, purchased with stipend (or personal) funds, helps employees show pride in their company year-round.
- Onboarding: Day-one swag and a stipend help new hires feel connected from the start — a simple policy for onboarding that works just as well for global or remote teams.
- Recognition: Automate stipends and celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, and new hires with personalized gear.
- Distributed teams: Employees across locations can access the same branded perks, ensuring consistency and inclusion.
- Uniforms: Give front-line and customer-facing teams the branded gear they need to represent your company every day.
Everything runs inside Compt, eliminating the need for HR to act as a fulfillment center.
Best way to launch a free Company Swag Store
The Company Swag Store is free for all Compt customers, with no subscription fees. Companies only pay when employees order, plus a one-time $500 setup fee for payroll integration. Because everything is tax-compliant and automated, HR saves hours while budgets stay predictable, making this the best way to budget for branded merchandise alongside other wellness or recognition stipends.
“Too many HR leaders are stuck wasting time and money managing swag no one uses,” said Amy Spurling, Founder and CEO of Compt. “With Snappy, we’ve built a turnkey way to build culture and celebrate employees with branded gear they’ll actually want.”
Stores come stocked with 80+ high-quality items, including hoodies, hats, water bottles, backpacks, tech gear, and more. The catalog is always growing, so employees never run out of options.
“Snappy Stores empower HR professionals to bring culture to life. From branded
collections that reinforce identity to personalized campaigns for milestones, Stores create pride, belonging, and connection throughout the employee journey, no matter where employees are.”— Hamutal Oren-Fox, Chief People Officer, Snappy
FAQs: Company Swag Store + Swag Stipends
The Company Swag Store is designed for Compt customers with 50+ employees and at least one U.S. location (which means global teams are welcome to participate, too). Items are printed and shipped on demand, so everyone gets the same branded experience no matter where they work.
Is there a fee?
*The Compt Company Swag Store is available to organizations with 50 or more employees and a registered U.S. entity. A one-time $500 setup fee applies to cover payroll integration, custom store branding, and initial configuration. There are no ongoing fees to maintain the swag stipend or store, no order minimums, and no costs for unused inventory. Companies pay when employees make a purchase, with item pricing set by Snappy. Employees enjoy an always-on, self-service experience, while HR benefits from automation and zero inventory management.
What swag options are available?
Your Company Swag Store can be fully customized with items your team will love, including hoodies, T-shirts, backpacks, water bottles, tech gear, hats, and more. Every order is made-to-order and shipped directly to employees’ doors.
Can remote employees participate?
Yes. The Company Swag Store was built for distributed teams. New hires can even use a swag stipend as part of onboarding by choosing their own branded gear and having it shipped straight to their home. This makes it easy to write a clear policy for distributed teams around choosing their own onboarding swag.
How does the swag stipend work?
Layer on a stipend through Compt to give employees a budget to pick their gear. Stipends can be set up for milestones like work anniversaries, birthdays, and new-hire gifts, or on a recurring basis for ongoing culture-building. It’s the easiest way to set up a program that lets employees spend their lifestyle stipends on swag without HR managing inventory.
How do companies handle tax reporting when they give workers a yearly budget to order merch from an online swag store?
When swag stipends run through Compt, they’re automatically coded as taxable or nontaxable, just like other lifestyle stipends. This eliminates year-end surprises, keeps payroll records accurate, and ensures HR teams don’t need to manually reconcile employee swag purchases.
How does the Compt + Snappy Company Swag Store compare to bulk ordering from traditional swag vendors?
Bulk ordering locks you into inventory, upfront costs, and leftover merch. With Snappy’s print-on-demand model integrated into Compt stipends, employees redeem credits only when they order. Unlike traditional swag vendors, this model results in zero waste, predictable budgets, and happier employees.
Can this integrate with other stipends in Compt?
Yes. The swag stipend lives alongside all other Compt stipends, including wellness, professional development, recognition, AI tools, and more. Everything is managed and reported on in the same dashboard.
How do we budget for swag alongside other wellness or recognition stipends?
Because the Company Swag Store is free for Compt customers, swag doesn’t require a separate budget line or new vendor contract. You can treat swag the same way you treat other stipends. Everything runs through the same platform, so it’s simple for HR and Finance to track spend and keep budgets consistent.
You can even offer swag as a spending category alongside wellness, professional development, family, food, and other categories, making your perks investment go further.
What if we already have a swag vendor?
You can still run stipends through Compt and direct employees to your existing vendor. However, the swag stipend is only free when used together with our swag store. If you’d like to use the swag stipend without the store, standard stipend subscription fees apply.
Which print-on-demand service powers the swag store?
The store is powered by Snappy, the leading corporate gifting platform. Paired with Compt, it becomes the best option for giving employees swag credits in a way that’s flexible, tax-compliant, and easy to manage.
Is shipping included in the price for international customers?
Snappy pricing is all-inclusive, including international shipping and any other fees.
How long does international shipping take?
International shipping time is 12-15 business days after the order is placed (see exceptions below). The holiday peak may cause additional delays.
Shipping to Ukraine could take longer. Argentina, India, and Ukraine have additional delivery restrictions and regulations, which are covered in Snappy/Covver FAQs and available to the recipient during checkout.
See how the Compt + Snappy Company Swag Store works
Get started with a quick call with the Compt team to explore the first free company swag store powered by stipends. It’s the easiest way to link swag stores to lifestyle stipends and benefits, give employees print-on-demand swag credits, and manage everything in one tax-compliant platform.
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About Compt
Compt is the global lifestyle benefits platform trusted by companies in all 50 states and 75+ countries. Compt’s flexible, easy-to-use, tax-compliant platform helps HR teams deliver stipends across wellness, professional development, family, commuter, recognition, and more. For more information, visit www.compt.io.
About Snappy
Snappy is a leading corporate gifting platform that helps organizations drive engagement, retention, and business growth through thoughtful, scalable gifting. Trusted by over half of the Fortune 100, Snappy has delivered over 7 million gifts to 176+ countries. Snappy’s gifting platform supports use cases across employee, customer, and prospect lifecycles, offering curated gift collections, branded swag, global experiences, and gifting APIs. Founded in 2015, Snappy is a series D company that continues to redefine how businesses build meaningful connections through gifting.
