SMALL COUNTS ARE NOT A PROBLEM HERE. A group ordering thirty shirts rather than three hundred often gets told by other shops that there is a minimum. There is not one here. What is true is that the price per shirt is higher on a short run, and the reason is worth understanding rather than being annoyed by: separating art, burning a screen per color and setting up the press costs the same whether the run is thirty or three hundred.
WHICH MEANS THE ADVICE IS DIFFERENT. On a short run the biggest saving is not ordering more shirts you do not need. It is dropping an ink color. Going from three colors to two removes a whole screen and a whole pass, and on thirty shirts that moves the number more than anything else available.
VINYL IS SOMETIMES THE HONEST ANSWER. Under about a dozen or two, vinyl often beats screen printing outright, because it has no setup to spread across. A shop that never mentions that is quoting for itself, not for you.
COMBINING ORDERS WORKS. Several small groups printing the same design at the same time is one run at a better price for all of them. It takes one person to organise and it is usually the single biggest lever a small school has.
- La Gloria Eagles artwork drawn in this shop
- No minimum; short runs simply carry more setup per shirt
- On a small order, dropping an ink color saves more than adding shirts
- Under a dozen or two, vinyl often beats screen printing
- Combining several small groups into one run is the biggest lever available
Questions people ask about la gloria eagles spirit shirts
Is there a minimum order for La Gloria Eagles shirts?
No. Any size order is welcome. Short runs cost more per shirt because setup is the same at thirty as at three hundred, but there is no floor to get started.
We only need about 30 shirts. What is the cheapest way to do it?
Drop to two ink colors if the design allows it. That removes a screen and a press pass, and on a run that size it moves the price more than anything else. Ask about vinyl too, which for very small counts is sometimes simply cheaper.
Can two groups combine into one order?
Yes, and it is one of the best things a small group can do. The same design printed for several groups at once is a single run at a single setup, which lowers the cost for everyone in it.
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New to this? The plain-English guide to ordering walks through what to decide first.
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