Pricing : Opinions??? 1 color 2 place - custom names

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TableSyrup

Discussion Starter · Apr 30, 2012

Ok, so I play a sport ... for fun ... made some shirts before yesterday's game.... one with my name on it.

Big mistake

So... for promotion, I am doing ONE RUN at $15 per shirt with custom names on rear. crazy...??? keep in mind it's for promotion.

White on black - 1 hit print
Logo on front - same on all
Name on rear, about 2" x 12"

So... I can get quite a few names on one screen.... so shouldn't be too crazy.....
Probably only gonna have 20 shirts, so a few screens for names.... 4?
I figure 3 ganged at each end of the screen.
My press is a rear clamp, but I think I can get enough placement to catch 3 per end (6 per screen)
(Now I'm gonna have to build a side clamp attachment)

For standard practice though, and future runs, what would you charge for this?
Figuring quantities of 20 to 40

I'm already getting people asking about doing other things...
So I guess it was a good move

Picked up some business

I have a 6 color 6 station - radiant flash, conveyor, and can burn my screens in about 6 to 7 minutes, and I have a drying cabinet (Once rinsed, about 15 minutes)
Everything goes pretty quick.

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ScreenFoo

· #2 · Apr 30, 2012

Hahaha... people are going to kill me for saying this, but long ago I used to do names for five bucks a pop and a five dollar screen charge. It was also implied, however that this was with a front logo and a number (sometimes front and back,) and it wasn't something we made a load of money on--it was something that got us all the jobs because nobody else could do it for a reasonable price. Now I'm too busy doing stupid huge quantity to do stuff like that, but sometimes I miss it.

Side clamps are indeed the bees knees for doing that--you'll be sick of adjusting your platens once you get done with that order.

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TableSyrup

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 30, 2012

I figured people would kill ME for even posting this

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Decal_Designs

· #4 · Apr 30, 2012

For the names, I would use garment vinyl like ThermoFlex or Cadcut Premium.

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TableSyrup

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 30, 2012

You mean heat press em?

I don't have a plotter. I would definitely do it that way if I had one, and a shirt press.

I do have a hat press for doing my caps via plastisol transfers I print, but not set up for other stuff.

Definitely something that is on the radar. Soon as I find a good deal on a used plotter, the vinyl stuff is on!

For now... the hard way

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royster13

· #6 · Apr 30, 2012

I have to laugh when I hear a screen does not have a heat press...I just quoted on names and numbers for about 160 tees that client had printed but printer could not do personalized names and numbers...I will get just under 11.00 a shirt and make way more than printer did....

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TableSyrup

Discussion Starter · #7 · Apr 30, 2012

royster13 said:
I have to laugh when I hear a screen does not have a heat press...I just quoted on names and numbers for about 160 tees that client had printed but printer could not do personalized names and numbers...I will get just under 11.00 a shirt and make way more than printer did....

That's fine, but I don't have a plotter, so I can't cut em out.
And i don't have a shirt press yet.

Not gonna go spend over $1000 for a few hundred dollar job.

I want a plotter bad! Mainly for stickers.
But would be awesome for garments too.
Then of course I need a shirt press.

All in time.

Considering I got going at the very end of January, and I have a 6 color 6 station, two flash dryers, a conveyor dryer, unfiltered blacklight fluorescent exposure unit with vacuum lid and drying cabinet base, all in a short period, I think the pace has been good.

I'll get the plotter next.

Honestly, I know it's killer for clothing too, but 1st and foremost it will expand what I can do more than a shirt press, so it's first.

Anyway.... we're getting side tracked here

$11 per ? JUST for the name? Really????
I can't imagine that is the norm. And, on 160 pieces???

I might need to go buy a plotter tomorrow.... hahahaha.
Oh, yeah, and software to be able to use it

boooooooooooooo

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ScreenFoo

· #8 · Apr 30, 2012

Ha ha, that's it. I'm moving to Canada.

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royster13

· #9 · Apr 30, 2012

TableSyrup said:
$11 per ? JUST for the name? Really???

Custom names and 1 or 2 numbers.....I charge 6.50 for a 2" name and 3.50 for 8" numbers...

I mostly do numbers.....Not very many jobs go for names....

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