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Hi, i just registered my business andam looking for any helpful tips you could give. I was thinking about simply ordering blanks at first to guage sizes and quality. This way i can sell cheap and get an idea of of product quality without breaking the bank. Price wise so far tshirtelephant appears to have the best deals in canada. If anyone has any suggestions of suppliers or info on this company good or bad please feel free to share. My company name is EastFit Fitness and Apparel. Thank you !
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Nothing? Lol ok, thanks anyways.....
if you are registered then technosport,
if not registered then t-shirt.ca
Sanmar is a blank apparel wholesaler, they are located in Mississauga Ontario, give them a call or go on there website and register there, they carry Bella canvas, Gildan, fruit of the loom, the authentic t-shirt company and many others
Good afternoon. I just got my first shipment of shirts and jackets from blank apparel. It was so easy to sign up online and to put an order in. Was very happy with them and someone mention sanmar, you have to down load a form and fill it out and a photo copy of your visa fax it all in and in a maybe in two days according to the lady i talk to a person will let you know if they will let you buy there. Seems a little behind the times when all the other company's are just a click a my product siting at my door. Blank apparel in also across canada
technosport has better pricing, free shipping and incredible customer support

there is a reason they (technosport, sanmar, budget-t, or alpha-broder) want to make sure you are in the business

right now you are buying apparel from one of the above, but you are also paying a middleman

it is always best to get your business registered and deal with a supplier directly
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technosport has better pricing, free shipping and incredible customer support

there is a reason they (technosport, sanmar, budget-t, or alpha-broder) want to make sure you are in the business

right now you are buying apparel from one of the above, but you are also paying a middleman

it is always best to get your business registered and deal with a supplier directly
Sorry, I'm bit confused, are you saying that these (technosport, sanmar, budget-t, or alpha-broder) arent suppliers, there are other companies?
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Sorry, I'm bit confused, are you saying that these (technosport, sanmar, budget-t, or alpha-broder) arent suppliers, there are other companies?
You generally need to register as a business in order to get wholesale pricing.
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You generally need to register as a business in order to get wholesale pricing.
I know what you mean, but I thought "T" was mentioning that you can register and get cut the middleman to get better prices than sanmar, alphabroder and......

Maybe I'm just confused.
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technosport has better pricing, free shipping and incredible customer support

there is a reason they (technosport, sanmar, budget-t, or alpha-broder) want to make sure you are in the business

right now you are buying apparel from one of the above, but you are also paying a middleman

it is always best to get your business registered and deal with a supplier directly
Technosport is free shipping? Good to know. I just got in with Alphabroder and shipping is fairly expensive and it's sometimes cheaper to use my amazon prime. Any others that have free shipping?
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it is always best to get your business registered and deal with a supplier directly
Love this read, but does this only work for printers? The Sanmar and Technosport forms talk about whole sale. How does this work if we are are making and direct (ecommerce) retailing our own shirts without any current wholesale distribution?

Thoughts?
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ya gotta spend loonies ta make loonies!:D
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Technosport is free shipping? Good to know. I just got in with Alphabroder and shipping is fairly expensive and it's sometimes cheaper to use my amazon prime. Any others that have free shipping?
Alpha offers free shipping on orders of $150+

Also, if you have a credit card set up with your account and select that as your payment option at checkout, you will then have the option of selecting Flex shipping at a cost of $4.99. Rather than being delivered to your door, it is shipped to the FedEx shop of your choice and you go pick it up there.
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Alpha offers free shipping on orders of $150+

Also, if you have a credit card set up with your account and select that as your payment option at checkout, you will then have the option of selecting Flex shipping at a cost of $4.99. Rather than being delivered to your door, it is shipped to the FedEx shop of your choice and you go pick it up there.
I did not know that about the flex. Thank you! I'd almost rather go pick it up myself most times!
I have ordered from Sanmar (which I registered) and Jiffyshirt.com and both have just about the same price. Jiffy may be a little higher but free shipping. Sanmar is not free shipping so it averages out.
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