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DropRoom · the order tracker for makers

Every custom order, tracked to pickup

You collect deposits and balances however you already do — Venmo, Zelle, Square, cash. DropRoom tracks who paid, what's arrived, what's still owed, and when it ships. No group chat, no spreadsheet.

app.droproom.net · Danish kidswear · Feb drop · board
Pending5
Mei W.
$38
Arrived3
Mei W.
$38
Notified4
Mei W.
$38
Paid6
Mei W.
$38

No chat threads · No Excel reconciliation · One link to collect, chase & ship

A day in the life of a maker taking custom orders

Selling isn't the hard part — it's everything that comes after.

Deposits in, no record of who

You collect deposits over text, Venmo, cash at pickup. Two weeks later you're scrolling to figure out who actually paid — and who you just assumed did.

Chasing a balance nobody pays

The deposit's in, the order shipped, but the balance sits there. How many times did you remind them? You've lost count — and so have they.

"I'll grab it next week" — then nothing

They confirm pickup, then disappear. Your inventory's tied up and your patience is running out.

What it does

Six things that get it out of your head

Status board

A status board for every single order

Every product, every buyer, eight clear states at a glance. Arrived, notified, paid, shipped — drag to update, nothing kept in your head.

Pending
Mei W. · Dress
Anna Z. · Set
Arrived
Lucy L. · Coat ×2
Paid
Nina C. · ✓ $54
Tina L. · ✓ $30
Arrival alerts

Batch arrived? Notify everyone in one tap

Tick the buyers in this batch and send arrival alerts in one tap. See who's been notified and who hasn't — no more one-by-one DMs.

Danish kidswear
Lucy L. · Coat ×2Notified
Zoe Z. · Hoodie ×1Notified
Emma · knit 2YPending
Arrival alerts · 3
Deposits & balances

Who's paid, who still owes — tracked automatically

Every order shows the deposit collected, the balance due, and the reminder history — so you're never guessing who owes what.

Deposits & balances$251
Grace C.$45Deposits & balances
Mei W.$38Deposits & balances
Emma$168Deposits & balances
Shop page

Buyers order themselves, straight to your board

Get a shareable shop page — buyers scan, join the drop and place orders themselves. Everything lands straight in your board.

Danish kidswear
Danish knit
$52
Wool onesie
$68
Team access

Bring your team in

Invite staff to co-manage the back office—they can add products, open drops, chase payments, mark paid, and ship. Permanent deletes, billing, and team management stay owner-only.

Team access
StaffAdd products · open drops · chase · mark paid · ship
Owner onlyPermanent delete · billing · team management
Private shops

Let only your people in

Switch your shop to invite-only — only buyers on your guest list can see it and order. Need someone in? Just add their email.

Private shops
Mei W.
Anna Z.
Lucy L.

Pricing, as simple as it should be

Running drops is free, forever. Buyer money never passes through us — you always collect it yourself. Paid add-ons are pay-as-you-go — only when you use them.

Drops
$0Free forever
  • Unlimited products · unlimited drops
  • SKU status board
  • One-tap arrival & payment reminders
  • Your own shop page
  • Team access · invite your staff
  • Private shops · guest list
Get started free
Coming soon · Pay as you go
Add-ons
  • Lookbook AIComing soonSnap a photo — auto-import the whole lookbook
  • Marketplace exposureComing soonPush your drops to the marketplace, reach more buyers

Pay-as-you-go when they launch — only for what you use · drops stay free

Drops are free, forever · no card required

Why DropRoom exists

DropRoom started with a very specific headache. A friend of mine runs preorders for a small kidswear line — every drop meant flooding a group chat with sign-ups, reconciling orders in a spreadsheet, chasing deposits and balances one message at a time, then notifying everyone again when things arrived. The more drops she ran, the longer the spreadsheet got — and who had paid, what had arrived, what was ready to ship all lived in her head.

She asked me: isn't there a tool built for this? I looked around — there really wasn't. E-commerce platforms are too heavy; sign-up tools stop before payment and fulfillment. So I built DropRoom: the whole line — open a drop, take orders, track arrivals, notify, collect, ship — in one system, so makers can stop staying up late reconciling spreadsheets.

Building it, I set three lines I won't cross:

Your money never touches us.

Buyers pay you directly, through your own account. The platform never collects, holds, or takes a cut. What you charge is what you keep.

Running drops is free, forever.

Unlimited products, unlimited drops, every core feature — no cost, no card. Advanced extras (like snap-to-import lookbooks) will be pay-as-you-go someday, entirely up to you — but running drops stays free, always.

Only features makers actually use.

Every feature in DropRoom comes from a real headache a real maker hit — no bloat, just the things that trip you up every day.

If you take preorders or custom orders too, come give it a try. And if you have ideas, we're always reachable on the contact page.

— The founder of DropRoom

Don't let the next shipment become chaos

Start taking preorders and move your first drop into DropRoom in minutes.

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