Sample first
A sample before the real run
Sixteen dollars to find out whether the garment fits the way you think and the print sits where you want it.
One piece, from $16.13
Price a single tee
No minimum order
Custom shirts, no minimum. Order one, then order the run
A custom tee no minimum, and the same goes for hats and polos. Get one made, wash it, put it on somebody, and order the rest once you know it is right. The per-piece price is on screen the whole time.
$16.13for a single printed tee, garment includedSee the full price ladder
No setup fee waiting at checkout. The number you see is the number you pay.
Sample before you commitSixteen dollars to check it before you order two hundred.
Price on screenBefore you commit, not after.
You approve a proofA real person checks it before anything is printed.
Reprint or refundIf we get it wrong, we fix it. No hoops.
Set the quantity to one and see what happens
Most sites will not let you get this far without a minimum. Set the quantity to one and the studio prices it like any other order.
Then try it at twelve, and at forty eight, and you will see exactly what quantity is doing to your per-piece price. That is the whole picture, visible before you spend anything.
Three ways to order a small run
No minimum shirt printing, whichever door you come in through.
Path one
Price a single piece
Set the quantity to one and the studio prices it like any other order. Then try twelve, and forty eight, and watch what quantity actually does.
Price one shirtPath two
Price the sample and the run
If the small run is a sample before a bigger one, say so. We will price both so you can see the real gap before you commit to either.
Get my bulk pricePath three
Just ask
Six people is six people. If a small run is genuinely all you need, that is a normal order here and not something you have to justify.
Talk to a personWhat small runs actually cost
This is the honest table. Per-piece price falls fast up to about forty eight and then flattens out, because setup is being spread over more pieces each time.
Nothing here is a starting-from number. It includes the garment, the printing and the setup.
| Quantity | Gildan 5000, 1 color | Bella+Canvas 3001, 1 color | What it costs in total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 piece | $16.13 | $20.38 | $16.13 |
| 6 pieces | $16.13 | $20.38 | $96.78 |
| 12 pieces | $13.11 | $16.85 | $157.32 |
| 24 pieces | $9.83 | $13.23 | $235.92 |
| 48 pieces | $7.80 | $10.86 | $374.40 |
| 144 pieces | $6.02 | $8.74 | $866.88 |
Per piece, garment and printing and setup all in. Total column is the Gildan 5000 one-color column multiplied out. At one and two pieces the studio switches to digital printing automatically, because screen setup over one shirt makes no sense.
Why most shops have a minimum, and why it does not have to be your problem
It is not gatekeeping. It is a real cost that somebody has to carry.
Setup costs the same at 1 as at 300
Burning a screen, mixing ink, registering the press and running test pulls is roughly the same amount of work whether the run is one shirt or three hundred. That is why a twelve piece minimum exists nearly everywhere.
What we do instead is show you the maths. Setup is inside the per-piece number you see, so a small run looks expensive per piece because it genuinely is, not because something got added at the end that you did not expect.
Under about two dozen we switch methods for you
Screen printing wins on volume. Below roughly two dozen pieces the setup is spread too thin and digital printing comes out cheaper for the same design.
The studio makes that call automatically and tells you which one it picked. You do not have to know the difference between screen and DTF to get the cheaper of the two.
A sample before a big run is a good idea
One of the better reasons to order a single shirt is to see it before you commit to two hundred. Get one made, wash it, put it on somebody, and then order the run.
That costs you about sixteen dollars and it is the cheapest insurance there is against finding out at 200 pieces that the garment runs small or the print sits too high.
Why not just use one of the big online printers for a single shirt?
For one shirt with one simple graphic they are fine, and sometimes cheaper. That is the honest answer.
It changes when the single shirt is a test for a bigger run. Then you want the same garment, the same artwork and the same process the run will use, and somebody who will tell you what to fix before you order two hundred. A portal will print the same mistake at both counts and never mention it.
Good reasons to order one
Order custom shirts no minimum for any of these. Most of the time a single piece is the first step toward a bigger run, not the whole job.
New starter
One more for a new hire
You ordered forty for the staff in March and hired one more person since. That is a one-piece order and it should not be a problem.
One piece, from $16.13
Price a single piece
Small team
A team that is genuinely small
Six people is six people. You should not have to order twelve and throw half of them away to get shirts made.
Six pieces, from $16.13 each
Price a small run
How a one-piece order runs
Exactly the same as a three hundred piece order.
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1
Build it
In the studio, with the price on screen.
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2
Check out
No minimum to clear, no account needed.
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3
A person reviews it
Same review a big order gets.
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4
You approve the mockup
The 14 days starts here.
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5
It ships
Checked, packed and out the door.
Ordering more than 48?
Build it first, then send it through for bulk pricing. A real person will try to beat the listed number and your design comes along with it.
No minimum questions
Can I print one shirt, or is there a catch?
Yes. One shirt is a normal order here, not a favor and not an exception. A single printed tee starts around $16.13 including the garment, and you can see the exact number for what you build before you commit to anything.
Why is one shirt more expensive per piece?
Because the setup is real work and at one piece it is spread across one piece. Setting up a print is roughly the same amount of work whether it runs once or three hundred times. That cost divided by 300 disappears. Divided by 1 it does not.
Do you do custom embroidered hats no minimum?
You can, but it is the expensive way round. Embroidery carries a fifty dollar digitising setup, so a single stitched hat lands near eighty dollars while at 48 pieces it is about $21.05 each. If you only need one or two pieces, printing is usually the better answer.
Is there a catch?
No minimum genuinely means no minimum. What changes with quantity is the price per piece, not whether we will take the order. Nothing gets added at checkout that was not in the number you were shown.
Does no minimum apply to hats and polos as well?
Yes. No minimum custom hats and no minimum custom polos work exactly the way the shirts do, and custom printed shirts no minimum is the same deal. The one thing worth knowing is that custom embroidered hats no minimum gets expensive per piece at very low counts, because the fifty dollar digitising setup is spread across however many you order.
Does a one-piece order get the same checks as a big one?
Exactly the same. A person reviews it, you approve a mockup, and the reprint or refund promise applies the same way it would on three hundred. A small order is not a lesser order here.
Olive Branch Apparel
No minimum custom apparel. One piece runs through exactly the same process as three hundred.
See the workDesign it yourself
Price a sample and the full run side by side before you commit to either.
Open the design studioOrder one, see it, then order the rest
Price the sample and the run together, so you know the gap before you commit to either. No account, no card until you decide.