Guides
Plain answers about custom apparel.
Most of what gets written about custom printing is written to sell you something. These are the things we end up explaining on the phone anyway, written down properly so you can read them before you spend anything.
What your merch is actually for
Staff shirts, retail stock, event runs and client gifts are four different jobs. What changes between them, and why one order rarely serves all four. 6 minute read.
Artwork that actually prints
More orders stall on the file than on the design. Vector versus raster, how much resolution is actually enough, and why the logo off your website keeps failing. 6 minute read.
How to choose a blank
The shirt matters more than the print. Weight in ounces, ring spun versus carded cotton, what blends do to ink, and how to match the blank to the job instead of overpaying for all of them. 7 minute read.
Why minimums exist
Every step between approving art and the first shirt off the press, why a small run costs about the same to set up as a large one, and why the minimum is what it is. 6 minute read.
Something missing? If there is a question you keep coming back to before placing an order, tell us and we will write that one next.
Or skip the reading.
Tell us the garment, roughly how many, and what goes on it. We come back with a price and an estimated timeline, usually the same day.
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