How much do 10K custom t-shirts cost

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How much do 10,000 custom t-shirts cost

While there is no simple answer to this question we will dive into the costs associated with high volume custom t-shirt screen printing. Shirt style, brand, and material affect the price just as much as the quantity and the print colors and print locations. When we’re talking about high volume custom t-shirt orders pricing is of utmost importance.

what can I expect to pay on 10,000 custom t-shirts

Let’s use an example of the 5oz preshrunk cotton t-shirt. The shirt is red and the print color is white with just a front location. A customer would be looking at $4.50/shirt ($45,000). It sounds like a lot of money but generally these types of quantity are strictly for only 3 reasons.
1. Marketing
2. Retail
3. Fundraising

We’ve printed for professional musicians and bands ordering shirts going on tour. Let’s break down the actual ROI on an order like this. A band is going on tour and they stock up on merch shirts. A design consisting of 1 print color and a quantity of 10,000 will cost $45,000. ($4.50/shirt) and they’ll turn around and sell that shirt on their website or at the various concert venues for $20.00. That’s a profit per t-shirt of $15.50/shirt or $155,000.00 when they sell out, which your big bands and big names always do. Now we’ve all seen t-shirts and hoodies go for much more than $20.00 at a concert. The conservative profit is $155,000.00. So while the upfront cost seems high it pales in comparison to the return. Generally your largest selling acts are selling millions of dollars a year in merch. Custom t-shirts is just part of the machine. But a part that awlays has it’s place. 10000K custom t-shirt cost does have many variables. But in the end when ordering these quantities is pays off.

This pricing is for a bare bones 1 color print shirt. It’s about a low of a price as it comes for 10,000 shirt orders.

what affects the price range on 10,000 custom t-shirts?

* Shirt style and material. A 50/50 blend or a soft blend shirt will add to the cost.
* Print locations – a front and back print will cost more than a front print alone.
* Print colors – having multiple colors in your design and locations adds to the cost of the shirt.
* Time frame – assuming you are okay with a standard turn around time, great. If you need a rush order then prices will increase.

There is value in high volume custom t-shirts. One case and point is we had a customer coming in town for an event last summer. They started out with a few thousand t-shirts. They chose the nicest t-shirt (Triblend) and had 3 print locations in white ink (Front, back, left sleeve). They paid a premium for these shirts because they are among the more expensive shirts with the triblend material. In addition they have 3 print locations. From a printers perspective we are touching the shirt 3 times now. With that comes more labor. We print the front, we stack the shirts to print the back, the back gets printed and then we lay the shirts out again so the sleeves can be printed. We add the sleeve platens to the press, and then shirts come down the dryer a 3rd time ready to be folded and boxed. This particular client saw value in ordering the nicest t-shirt. It’s the softest t-shirt blend on the market and it commands a higher price. This client saw the value in that. Now how much did they make on this order? The return is undetermined because they simply gave these t-shirts out for free as marketing. They understood that if you market your brand on a soft t-shirt that people are actually likely to wear, they are going to gain a lot of exposure. It is guaranteed that the softer triblend shirt converted to more sales and brand recognition than if they would have chosen a 5oz cotton t-shirt that everyone has a drawer full of. This client sells an education. If one of those shirts is seen by someone who then goes at gets an education, it pays for the t-shirts. But they know they’ll attract several potential customers paying for the shirt order several times over. They saw the value in spending more on a product that people will actually want to wear all the time. It’s genius.

FAQ

1. How long does it take to get 10,000 custom t-shirts printed?
– Generally we can print 10,000 custom t-shirts in one week. However it does depend on our current workload and what’s involved with the design and how many print locations your shirt will have.
2. Can you drop ship large orders to various locations?
– Yes, and typically with orders these large we sort sizes for each location and ship them to the specified locations.
3. Can I provide my own shirts on an order of this sizes?
– Yes, and it will save you additional money if you supply the shirts. However there could be additional charges unless you have the shirts drop shipped directly from the manufacturer. Shirts need to be factory folded and boxed so we spend little time unboxing and stacking shirts by size.

Significant price breaks start at 1,000 t-shirts. From there it breaks down into this price range. 1,000-2,499, 2,500-4,999, 5,000-9999, 10,000+ which significant savings coming at around 25,000 shirts and more.

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