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150 pieces per style and per colour, and every product in a merch drop counts as its own style. A tee, a hoodie and a sweatshirt are three styles, each with its own pattern, its own sample and its own 150 per colour, so all three in two colours is 900 pieces, not 150. That is why a first merch drop usually lands at four or five hundred pieces across two garments: a private label t-shirt in two colours and a hoodie in one. Sizes within each 150 are yours to choose, so a tee can run heavy on M and L at no extra setup cost. We usually advise against a wide first range. Six styles at 150 each sit at the expensive end of the quantity curve, tie up cash in stock that has not proven itself, and blur which design sold. Two strong pieces reordered cost less the second time, because pattern, sample and trim minimums are paid only once.

Print-on-demand until a design proves it sells, then a made-to-spec run with us: that is our honest advice, even though it costs us early orders. POD holds no stock and needs no cash upfront, so it is the sensible way to test whether your audience wants merch. The price of that safety is a unit cost two to three times that of a manufactured piece, and a garment someone else designed: usually a blank of roughly 150 GSM whose fit, neck rib and label you cannot change. Once a style sells steadily, that premium comes out of your margin on every order. At 150 pieces per style and colour the sums reverse: a made tee can be 180 to 220 GSM, cut to your own fit with a woven label, at a lower unit cost than print-on-demand charges. For merch, keep POD for one-off event designs and manufacture the pieces people keep buying. Our print-on-demand vs manufacturing guide compares the costs.

There is no fixed price list: we price each merch order from its spec, because cost moves with four choices. Fabric weight comes first: cloth is bought by the kilo, so a 180 to 220 GSM tee costs more in fabric than the roughly 150 GSM blank most print services use, and that weight is the main reason a made tee quotes above a printed blank. Second is how many products share the budget, since each style and colour starts at 150 pieces and a thin spread keeps each one at its most expensive quantity. Third is decoration: a one-colour screen print is the cheapest route, while an embroidered chest logo plus a printed back is two jobs. Fourth is branding trims such as woven labels and hang tags, a fixed first-order cost. Reorders price lower per piece because pattern, sample and trim minimums are not paid again. With our quote, the pricing calculator shows your margin at any merch price.

Send us your logo or artwork, the products you want and rough quantities; you do not need a tech pack (our tech pack template is a free download if you want one), and we reply within one business day. From there each garment in the order follows the same steps. We agree the spec with you: fabric weight, fit, neckline, colours, decoration method and where the logo sits. We make a physical sample of each style, and nothing goes into bulk until you have approved it, so fit and print are judged on a real garment rather than a screen. Bulk is then cut, sewn, decorated, labelled and packed under your brand to match that sample, and our QC lead, Walter Meyer, checks print and finish before the run ships DDP to your warehouse or fulfilment centre. Plan on at least 150 pieces per style and colour, and start with the one or two products your audience is most likely to buy. A short message on our contact page is enough to begin.

Because you inherit every decision someone else made. When a printer works with blanks, they receive finished garments and control nothing about them — not the fabric weight, not the fit, not the seam placement, not the neck construction. If the fabric is too textured to hold fine detail, they find out at print stage. If a seam sits exactly where your design needs flat fabric, the design moves rather than the seam. You also cannot label it properly: most blanks carry their own neck label, so you are either overprinting someone else's brand or paying to relabel. Making the garment means the print is planned alongside it — seams kept clear, fabric chosen to take the ink you want, flat panels printed before assembly where a design crosses a seam.

Yes: your logo, labels and packaging are part of the order, and the finished merch carries your brand with nothing identifying the factory. The logo goes on by screen print, embroidery, sublimation, heat transfer, woven patch or woven label, and we recommend whichever suits your artwork rather than whichever is easiest to run. Pricing differs: screen print by colour and by print location, embroidery by stitch count after a one-off digitising fee, and patches are bought in with their own minimums. Packaging covers hang tags, polybags, tissue, stickers and cartons printed with your artwork. Labels, tags and packaging come from trim suppliers with minimum runs, a fixed first-order cost spread over your 150 pieces, and the surplus usually covers the reorder. Send the logo as vector artwork (AI, EPS or PDF) so it is reproduced exactly; if you only have a PNG, send it and we will say whether it holds at your chosen size.

Yes: we ship DDP worldwide, including to the US, UK, EU, Canada and Australia, to your own warehouse or to a third-party fulfilment centre, and one run can be split between two destinations if you sell in more than one region. Under DDP we arrange the export documents, freight, customs clearance and duty, and quote one landed price, so freight and duty are already inside the figure you plan your merch margin on. How import VAT or GST is treated varies by country, and your quote states it. Air freight suits launch dates and smaller drops, adding roughly five to eight days depending on destination; sea freight adds four to six weeks and costs a fraction as much, which makes sense for repeat bulk. What we do not do is dropship single orders to your customers: we are a manufacturer, and per-order fulfilment is a different business, done better by a fulfilment specialist.