Bulk ordering
Bulk order quantities and pricing tiers
How per-unit price moves with volume, what a single made-to-order run actually means, and what bulk tee shirt printing costs at each quantity.
Quick answer
We supply and procure bulk custom merch, produced as a single made-to-order run. Pricing is per unit and published in tiers, read at 50, 100, and 250 or more pieces, and the per-unit price steps down at each one. Those are the quantities the bands are read at, not a quantity you have to reach. Tell us what you actually need and we price that run, free and itemized.
- Order type
- Bulk, made to order, single run
- Lead time
- About 2 to 3 weeks from approved mockup
- Delivered price
- $8–$12 at 50, $7–$10 at 100, $5–$8 at 250, per unit with US shipping included
- Decoration methods
- Embroidery, Screen print, DTG (direct to garment), Heat transfer, DTF (Direct-to-Film)
- Mockup policy
- Free mockup, approve before production
- Payment terms
- 50% deposit at mockup approval, balance before shipping. Schools and districts: net 30 on an approved PO. 3% off to pay in full at approval. How POs work
Per-unit price by quantity
Delivered per-unit ranges at each published tier, with standard US shipping to one address included. Mixing sizes and colors of the same product counts as one run.
| Product | 50 units | 100 units | 250+ units |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-shirts | $8–12 | $7–10 | $5–8 |
| Hoodies | $24–32 | $22–28 | $19–25 |
| Polos | $15–24 | $13–20 | $11–17 |
| Quarter-zips | $30–44 | $26–38 | $23–33 |
| Embroidered caps | $8–14 | $7–11 | $5–9 |
| Tote bags | $5–9 | $4–7 | $3–6 |
| Drinkware | $13–20 | $11–17 | $10–15 |
| Lanyards | $1.30–3 | $1.10–2.50 | $0.90–2 |
Ranges are budgeting estimates from the bulk merch price index; your free quote is exact and itemized.
Why the per-unit price falls as quantity rises
The expensive part of decorating merch happens once. Burning a screen for screen printing, digitizing a logo for embroidery, or building a print file costs the same whether the run is 40 pieces or 400, so that one-time setup is divided across the whole order. Double the quantity and each piece carries half the setup. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why the same shirt costs less each at 100 than at 50, and less again at 250.
The blank itself also comes down at volume, which is the second and smaller lever. Between the two, quantity is the single biggest thing you control on a merch budget, which is why every band on this page is tied to one.
What a single made-to-order run means
Everything in your order is produced together as one job rather than pulled from stock or printed one at a time as orders trickle in. One design, one approved mockup, one setup, one production run. That is what makes volume pricing possible in the first place, and it is why you can mix every size from XS to 2XL in the same run at no extra cost.
It also means we are a supply and procurement partner rather than a catalog with a checkout: we source the blanks, set up the decoration, run quality control, and deliver. Print-on-demand works the opposite way, making one item at a time at a higher price per piece, and it is the better tool for genuine one-offs.
Bulk tee shirt printing by quantity
Tee shirt printing is where quantity matters most, because tees are the highest-volume item most groups order and the method is chosen by the artwork. Screen printing pushes ink through a stencil, one screen per colour, so it carries a one-time setup and then gets cheaper per shirt with every unit added: for a bold one- or two-colour logo it is both the cheapest and the most durable finish, and it is what most bulk tee shirt printing actually runs on.
DTG, direct-to-garment, sprays ink straight into the fabric with no per-colour setup, so a photographic or many-coloured design costs the same as a simple one, which makes it the better economics on smaller runs. DTF, direct-to-film, prints onto a film and heat-presses it across, giving full colour on almost any fabric including the polyester blends DTG struggles with. Compare them in detail in DTG vs screen printing and DTF vs screen printing.
For delivered per-shirt figures at every quantity, turnaround, and how a bulk tee order runs end to end, see bulk custom t-shirts, or custom t-shirt pricing for the full cost breakdown.
How payment works
Businesses, nonprofits, and student groups: 50% deposit when you approve the mockup, balance before we ship.
Schools, districts, and universities: net 30 on an approved purchase order, no deposit.
Prefer to pay in full at approval? Take 3% off.
Bulk ordering FAQ
We supply and procure bulk custom merch, produced as a single made-to-order run. Pricing is per unit and moves in tiers: the published bands cover 50, 100, and 250 or more pieces, and the per-unit price steps down at each one. Nothing is a threshold you have to clear, they are the quantities the published bands are read at. Tell us the quantity you actually need and we will price that run.
Because the expensive part of decorating merch happens once. Burning a screen, digitizing a logo for embroidery, or building a print file costs the same whether we run 40 pieces or 400, so that one-time setup is divided across the whole run. Double the quantity and you halve the setup share carried by each piece. The blank itself also comes down at volume, which is the second, smaller lever.
Everything in your order is produced together as one job rather than pulled from stock or printed one at a time on demand. One design, one approved mockup, one setup, one production run. That is what makes bulk pricing possible, and it is why you can mix every size from XS to 2XL in the same run at no extra cost.
Bulk tee shirt printing runs on one of three methods, chosen by your artwork and quantity. Screen printing pushes ink through a stencil, one screen per colour, so it carries a one-time setup and then gets cheaper per shirt with every unit added: it is the cheapest and most durable choice for a bold one- or two-colour logo at volume. DTG sprays ink into the fabric with no per-colour setup, which suits photographic or many-coloured artwork. DTF prints onto a film and heat-presses it across, giving full colour on almost any fabric including polyester blends.
Pricing is per product. Each distinct item, a tee, a hoodie, a tote, is set up and decorated separately, so each one is priced against its own quantity and its own tier. Mixing sizes or colours of the same product does not split it: that is still one run. Ordering several different products together is normal and we quote them as one project.
Businesses, nonprofits, and student groups: 50% deposit when you approve the mockup, balance before we ship. Schools, districts, and universities: net 30 on an approved purchase order, no deposit. Prefer to pay in full at approval? Take 3% off.
Quote by the next business morning, usually same day. Prices quoted are guaranteed for 30 days.
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Tell us the product and how many: we'll send an itemized, delivered quote by the next business morning. Or call (737) 253-8727.
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