Is MerchVice a forum?

Not really. It's a closet and a database first: every item on its band's page, with comments and posts around it. The talk is about the merch in front of you.

How are trades safer here than in a swap thread?

A trade is proposed item for item, both sides agree, and the item moves to its new owner's closet with a record. Ratings sit on the trade itself, and a person checks reports.

Can I bring my Reddit posts over?

Post the items you still own from your own photos and tag the band. We never copy anything from Reddit ourselves.

No. Newest first, for everyone who follows you. Nothing is promoted into it.

All comparisons

MerchVice vs Reddit

Reddit is where you talk about the shirt. MerchVice is where the shirt is: on its band's page, in your closet, with every other fan's copy beside it.

Checked October 2026. Every fact about Reddit here comes from its own help, fees and terms pages, each with its source and the day we read it.

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The short answer

Reddit is more than 100,000 communities, and the merch and vintage ones are some of the best places to talk, ask and show.
MerchVice is built for the merch itself: a page for every item under its band, a closet that records what you own, trades that move the item to its new owner, and a feed that is newest first with nothing promoted in it.
Use both. Keep the conversation there; post the items you own here, where every fan of the band can find them next year too.

Side by side

What matters	MerchVice	Reddit
Built for band merch	MerchViceYes Every page is about band merch: shirts, posters, records, pins and patches.	RedditNo A discussion site with communities about any topic. Merch talk lives in whatever subreddits fans make. Source
Find by band, tour and year	MerchViceYes Band pages, design pages, decade filters and shows, so a shirt finds its tour and its year.	RedditNo Keyword search across posts, comments, communities and people. No band, tour or year fields. Source
A closet for what you keep, and a Top 8	MerchViceYes Post what you own to show it off, not only to sell, and pick a Top 8 for your profile.	RedditNo You can save posts to revisit on your profile. There's no record of what you own and no Top 8. Source
Trading, item for item	MerchVicePartly Mark an item Open to trade today. The trade itself, with the item moving to its new owner, is coming.	RedditNo No trade flow. Swaps are arranged between users in posts or chat, and Reddit says that's at your own risk. Source
Date your shirt's tag	MerchViceYes Free: photograph the tag and get its era, with the sources, whether you join or not.	Reddit Nothing on its own pages says either way.
Free to show off and trade	MerchViceYes Free to show off and trade. Selling is coming, with one flat fee shown before you list.	RedditYes Posting is free and there's no checkout. Any deal between users is on your own, at your own risk by Reddit's rules. Source
Newest first, nothing ranked	MerchViceYes Newest first, for everyone who follows you. Nothing is ranked and nothing is paid to rank.	RedditPartly Home is ranked and personalised. Switch any feed to New for newest first. Source
No ads in the feed	MerchViceYes Nothing in the feed. Anything promoted sits beside it and says so.	RedditNo Ads appear in feeds, picked partly from the communities you're in. Source
Buying new from the band	MerchViceYes Bands claim their page free and put their official merch and store links on top.	RedditNo No storefront. A band can post, and Reddit Pro is tools for joining conversations, not selling. Source
Following bands	MerchViceYes Follow bands, members and tags, and hear when they add new merch.	RedditYes Follow a band's account and its profile posts land in your home feed; join its community for the rest. Source
Taking your data with you	MerchViceYes Download everything you posted from Settings, any time, as files you can open.	RedditYes Fill in the data request form at reddit.com/settings/data-request; a download link arrives in your Reddit inbox. Source

Where Reddit is better

More than 100,000 communities, so there's likely already a subreddit for your band or your scene. Source
AMAs: a band can sit down and answer fans' questions in one thread. Source
Search inside a single community, or inside one post's comments. Source
Upvotes let the crowd decide what rises. Source

Use both

Nobody is asking you to leave Reddit. Bring your items here as well, so they have a home that is about the music.

On a computer, go to reddit.com/settings/data-request and fill in the form; when it's ready, Reddit sends a link to download your account's data to your Reddit inbox. Or just open your old posts. Post the items you still own here from your own photos, and tag the band. Source

Bring your items in from a file

Keep your closet here

MerchVice is where people show off the band merch they own and trade it with other fans. Your closet, your bands, your people.