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.
San Mar in addition to Alpha/Broder/NES. San Mar has great Cust. Service. Broder has great return policies (won't charge you to restock). Also LAT sportswear for women's and children's.
To cut vendor costs choose someone that is a one day ship, has a free shipping policy and will give you case pricing. Also, take advantage of their sales.
To cut vendor costs choose someone that is a one day ship, has a free shipping policy and will give you case pricing. Also, take advantage of their sales.
Many people don't ask for case pricing - good point! we asked for case pricing from Broder and have gotten it ever since, regardless of the size of the order.
Free shipping is nice, but local pickup is even better! (One of the advantages of living in metro Atlanta). Broder's shipping rates are rediculous for small orders.
I just started my venture into shirts and I've been dealing with Alpha so far.. They seem to be 100% on point!
Every question is answered, very friendly, quick, and great pricing.. I haven't used any of the other guys that are recommended here.. Anyone pros/cons from working with any?
Actually, Alpha/Broder/NES is the same company. It's one warehouse operating under these different company names. If you ever do local pickups, this would be more apparent because you walk in and they say "Broder, Alpha, or NES?". And if you shop online, you'll notice that the stock of an item is the same under the different ones also.
I personally like SanMar they were really on the ball setting up my wholesale account in only 3 days. They called and explained breifly how things work and what my cut off time was for 1 day shipping. A couple days later I received packets of catalogs, new products and a couple others. My shipments have been perfect so far. They also offer free 1 day shipping on orders over $200 so that's saved me a ton.
The other companies took a lot longer to set up my account, but I never called them to follow up. I was curious to see when they would get around to it. Right now TSC has slightly lower prices on the adult shirts I use and a great price on the childrens shirts so I may give them a try on my next order. They have 1 day shipping to California, but I don't see anywhere that they offer free shipping.
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