Do you turn away dark shirt orders, or buy a transfer?
Business is really slow and I've had to turn away a few orders recently because they wanted black shirts.
Do any of you take dark shirt orders and just buy custom transfers and heat press them yourself? Recommend any companies?
Thanks,
Dennis G
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Re: Do you turn away dark shirt orders, or buy a transfer?
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Originally Posted by dim116
Why not contract the dark shirt orders out to a screenprinter in your area.
In my market, this practice just doesn't work. The screen printer is more apt to take the customer than just the jobs you offer them.
We offer our clients plastisol transfers if they have a shirt count above 100 pieces and the print is not oversized. For runs below 100 pieces we offer printed vinyl.
Re: Do you turn away dark shirt orders, or buy a transfer?
I reject with a smile and wave my hand bye bye : )
I don;t got tie to bother with it and i don;t sub zero out, If i don't do in house than i just don't do it because god forbid whoever i sub something out to mess up job and I get blamed for it.
Shirt aspect of business was insanely busy through mid June than died out and now September getting nutty again, but never matters because i do so many different things that always busy.
I suggest for single/small order dark's to have Vinyl Transfers done, I can do fory clients who want dark's but stuff is pricey and i just don;t feel like hassling with it.
Screenprinting subbing in y mine is just a waist because the client can prob. get cheaper price online than I can wholesale
Oh Ummm, if you like your Dark Garments round than try:
Re: Do you turn away dark shirt orders, or buy a transfer?
Sean,
that is very interesting about Eclipse Tees. I'll have to see how it goes.
I sub out all my screenprinting jobs, both light & dark & make a good profit. I did have a problem a few years ago with a screenprinter I was using trying to take some of my customers. Since then I have switched to another larger screenprinter who is farther away from me. They only do wholesale orders for businesses like mine or large contract orders for big companys. I have found that it is only the small, more local screenprinters that will try to take you customer away from you. I have been doing it this way since 1992 with mostly no problems. There is rarely a mess up as a proof is always sent prior to printing.
For small orders I do laser tranfers or sublimation & recently I have a Versacamm too as another option.
Re: Do you turn away dark shirt orders, or buy a transfer?
David AKA SKDave developed it, and they are on quality Bamboo shirts
Give him a shout about it, pretty good idea, I personally just don't wanna deal with any aspect of dark garments, but would prob. dandy for you and others that apparently don't wanna turn down dark's : )
Do you turn away dark shirt orders, or buy a transfer? 
