Discuss the various finishing services that can help showcase your brand. Topics include custom neck tag labels, hang tags, garment washes, folding, bagging and even shipment/packaging options.
Just started my business end of last year. Selling blanks like American Apparel etc - not that big and don't have variety like them. Just started so trying to grow. One of the questions I have is - do people prefer woven labels or printed labels. Which one is more preferred by people ?
Sorry... just to clarify. I was thinking you were referring to woven sewn in labels vs. labels printed onto the shirt itself. Were you, or were you referring to woven sewn in labels vs. printed sewn in labels?
Sorry... just to clarify. I was thinking you were referring to woven sewn in labels vs. labels printed onto the shirt itself. Were you, or were you referring to woven sewn in labels vs. printed sewn in labels?
I think he's referring to the latter.
Heat transfer printing your label/logo directly on the shirt is also a good idea. For the small time "print-on-demand, no-minimum" shops, I'm thinking of making template full of labels/logo. Everytime there's an order, the customer's artwork will be on the top layer, so that the excess area on the paper will be printed with the label/logo. This way, you maximize the usage of your transfer paper.
To answer the question though, I prefer the "old school" woven labels since printed labels (except those used by the big brands like NIKE) is usually associated with being an inexpensive generic brand.
I think you might be right. If so... I have a slight preference for woven on blanks (and a strong preference for woven on retail), but I suspect most people don't care and some may prefer you used printed labels if it meant they could save a tiny amount on the blank.
Woven looks nicer andlasts longer, but printed is cheaper. I really don't think most customers will care very much either way personally, though this isn't backed up by research ;)
As far as I've seen, it seems like the main issue is if you want the tag to last the life of the garment (and thus, show your brand name that long) or if it's more important to drop the cost per shirt. Which is more important will undoubtedly vary from person to person.
it seems like the main issue is if you want the tag to last the life of the garment (and thus, show your brand name that long) or if it's more important to drop the cost per shirt.
Technically some less durable printed labels are illegal in the US for that reason: the care tag must last the useful life of the garment (I do think that's a technicality though so long as they don't wash off on the first few washes).
Technically some less durable printed labels are illegal in the US for that reason: the care tag must last the useful life of the garment (I do think that's a technicality though so long as they don't wash off on the first few washes).
Fiugres. When we started thinking about maybe getting tags a few months ago, I started looking through some of my oldest shirts (I don't really have that many old ones anymore). The only ones where the tags were still clear and visible were the woven ones - and I think that was just a brand name, not any care instructions The printed tags were at best faded and at worst completely worn away.
Woven Labels Vs. Printed Labels 
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. I find that they seem to irritate me less, and for blanks, the silk printed ones are easier to remove.
The printed tags were at best faded and at worst completely worn away.
