fpauld2001

I am currently in the process of developing my idea into a total website with name and concept. I am wondering if anyone has some advice on what I should do about ordering stock for web orders to try and keep costs low for the time being. Should I pre order the shirts or do printers ever work deals for pringting every two weeks or so for orders needed.

I am also inquiring as to the average cost for front and back print with 2-3 colors with a medium quality shirt?

 

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mrebrandstudios

Hello Paul,

There are a lot of printers that will help you fill your web orders.
A print run every two weeks may be the answer.

 

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ImageIt

If you are thinking of using screen printing, you seem to be asking for something which slightly contradictory. In order to get good price, the more shirts which which can be made at the same time, the cheaper the price. Wanting to refresh your inventory every 2-3 weeks would seem to be creating a bunch of small jobs, rather than medium or larger orders which will get you the lower price.

Screen printing has a minimum order of a dozen shirts or more shirts because of the effort it takes to create the first shirt has a significant investment of time. In order to be able to repeatedly reprint a job, you'll either pay to keep the screens in storage or to have them recreated as needed.

Some members of this forum seem to turn to having heat transfered images created then press them as needed. I've never done this, so i can't really say much more.

Dye sublimation is another heat transfer technology, but is generally limited to white shirts.

I'm opening a screen printing business. From my viewpoint, you should order 100 copies of each design in an assortment of sizes and when the first size in the order is about to run out, have another 100 shirts printed to refresh your inventory. At 100 shirts, you should be able to get good pricing.

On the subject or price. The cost of a white t-shirt is roughly $1.25 in quantities of 72, but in single shirt quantities costs $ 1.76. Other colors in quanity are $2.00 and in single quantity $3.00. American made, bamboo, hemp, ladies cut, sweatshirt or anything else will add at least a few dollars more.

The price per color might be $1.00 per color, but every printer has their own way to price. It could be $20 plus $.50 per color.

For under $10 per shirt in a quantity of 100, you should be able to get just about anything you want. Front, back, side, full color, foil... For $5.00 you could still get a very cool shirt multi color, multi placement shirt. For $3.00 you could get a real nice 1 or 2 color shirt with graphics on the front. Drop the order quantity to just a dozen shirts and the price would likely double.

fred

 

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