Discuss the wholesale blanks industry: Factory direct, custom labels. You can also use this forum to locate a wide variety of wholesale products including t-shirts, hoodies, mousepads, coffee mugs and other imprintable products.
A good rule of thumb is take the number of shirts divide by 2 add 1 lbs for box to get weight then go to UPS put in zip codes it will give you a good idea.
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