[CLOTHING LINE] How many outsource your printing work locally?
How many of you guys get most of your work done locally.
I'm searching for printers and would hate to have to go outside of my local city... I'm already paying for shipping to get my shirts in and would hate to ship to my printer and then him to ship back to me!
All this unnecessary money wasted with shipping charges...
re: [CLOTHING LINE] How many outsource your printing work locally?
Have the supplier ship directly to your printer, and maybe find a printer that will drop ship to your customer. I dropship for my customers.
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re: [CLOTHING LINE] How many outsource your printing work locally?
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Originally Posted by Dennis Graves
Have the supplier ship directly to your printer, and maybe find a printer that will drop ship to your customer. I dropship for my customers.
Yeah the supplier can do that. I just like the idea of a local printer in case something were to happen and I need something in a pinch I could just drive right out there.
As for the drop shipping, I'm starting a brand, so I have particular quality controls that must be met for shirts to go out. Basically every shirt just needs a quick examine to make sure its good for the customer.
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Originally Posted by Bades
How many of you guys get most of your work done locally.
I'm searching for printers and would hate to have to go outside of my local city... I'm already paying for shipping to get my shirts in and would hate to ship to my printer and then him to ship back to me!
All this unnecessary money wasted with shipping charges...
If you have a lot of specific requirements, going local can be a plus.
Sometimes however, local printers may not have the capabilities you need (willingness to print on a specific blank, finishing servcies like relabeling, oversized or speciality printing, etc).
In those cases, it can pay to shop around and find a printer online that can meet your needs. I've also heard from customers who say that their local printers charge a lot more than some of the pricing they've found online.
Many printers can get the blanks for you wholesale, so that can definitely save on double shipping the blanks to the printers and then the finished garments back to you.
I'm not sure there's *one* way that'll work for all companies though.
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Agreed, if you buy your shirts yourself and you are having the printer just print, you can drop ship it from your vendor directly to your printer.
As Rodney said, sometimes going locally isn't always the best for many reasons but that depends how you want to operate. Another thing to keep in mind is that when you buy locally, you are most likely going to be charged sales tax (where we are in Oregon, we don't have sales tax even if someone bought locally). But either way, if you buy online from another state, you won't have to pay sales tax.
If it means anything, 75% of our business is done with companies out of state.
Re: [CLOTHING LINE] How many outsource your printing work locally?
Yes,sometimes outsource your printing work to some oversea printer may get a
cheaper price for your printing than local printer.Perhaps you can try online printer
which can meet your need. All the best!
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i use a contract printer/embroiderer that is located a few blocks from my shirt vendor's warehouse. i send them artwork, they pick up shirts that i order, print and then ship for me. works out very well. they are located in verona, wi which is a few miles from where i live (madison, wi).
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One other option is using a one stop printer. They can source the goods, print the shirts and ship them to your customer. You would only have one invoice and one shipping charge. This process also takes print problems out of you hands. Any missprints are the printers problem. You don't have to worrie about ordering more goods and paying shipping to the printer. It cost a bit more, but you save on time and shipping.
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