Chicago · creator studio

The team behind
the creator.

We design, fund, produce & sell product for creators. You just promote.

Start a drop → See how it works

You steer. We pedal.
Everyone goes further.

Funded drops ✦ Zero inventory risk ✦ You promote, we build ✦ Pre-order first ✦ Premium > merch ✦ Revenue share ✦
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What we do

You run a one-person studio. We take the backend.

Ideation, sourcing, production, fulfillment, the money side: the parts that eat your week and stall your best ideas. Tandem carries the cost and the risk so you can do the thing you're best at and show up for your audience.

Lead

Commerce Engine

Funded, done-for-you product drops. Premium & specialized, not logo merch. We fund it all; you promote; we share the revenue.

Production Engine

Managed ideation & production with an AI back-office. The trust-builder that keeps your content shipping on schedule.

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Tandem OS

The operating system we build to run your business, opened up to you, so the whole studio lives in one place.

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How a drop works

Four steps. Near-zero risk.

We pre-order everything before a single unit is made, so a drop sells itself out before it costs anything to produce.

We design it

Premium product built around your identity, not a generic template.

You promote it

Your audience pre-orders during a short window. They tell us the demand.

We make it

Funded and produced to the exact pre-order count. No overstock, ever.

You get paid

Line-item report every drop. Paid within 15–30 days. No mystery math.

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The deal

We carry the cost. You carry the audience.

No upfront from you. We fund product, fulfillment, and fees, then split the net revenue, defined in writing, reported line-by-line.

30%to you, the creator: generous & clean
70%to Tandem: funds production + the next run

★ Net = gross − product cost − fulfillment − fees − returns. Starting terms; tuned per drop.

Why split net? We fund the product, so splitting gross would punish us; splitting "profit" invites disputes. Net is the honest middle, and the #1 reason creators fire partners is fuzzy money, so we make it impossible to be fuzzy.

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Our discipline

Premium product, pre-ordered first.

The graveyard of creator merch is full of leftover hoodies. We do the opposite of that: specialized, premium pieces people actually want, sold before they're made. It's why a Tandem drop can't leave you holding a box of unsold inventory.

✦ Specialized > generic ✦ Pre-order / MOQ first ✦ ≥60% gross margin ✦ Refund if minimum isn't met ✦ Owned store, owned data
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Who it's for

Chicago creators with a real community.

We start local, with the creator middle class, the 50K–1M-follower range where engagement is high and audiences actually buy. If your people show up for you, we can build something they'll be proud to own.

📍 Chicago-first 👥 Mid-tier & engaged 🎯 Identity-driven audience 🤝 Ready for owned product
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Let's make something

Got an audience?
Let's give them something to own.

Tell us about you and your community. If it's a fit, we'll come back with a drop idea and the numbers behind it. No cost, no commitment.

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