Rafting crew wearing custom embroidered bucket hats and life vests on a river
Teams, groups and events

Custom team shirts that get the whole group in matching gear

Team sports apparel, custom baseball hats, custom soccer shirts, reunion hoodies and fundraiser merch. Design it online, see the price per shirt as you build it, and order whatever quantity you actually need.

$7.80per shirt for a group of 48, printed and shippedSee the full price ladder

Priced per person, so you have the real number before you go back to the group for money.

Ships where you need itOne address, or split across every location on your list.
You approve a proofSomebody checks it before the whole roster gets it.
Reprint or refundIf we get it wrong, nobody on your team pays for that.
About 14 daysWork back from your date and add a week of slack.

Three ways to get the group sorted

Pick the one that matches how much of this you want to handle yourself.

Path one

Price it per person

Set the quantity to your actual headcount and the per-shirt price appears. That is the number worth having before you go back to the group for money.

Price my group order
Path two

Get the group priced

Groups over 48 get hand-priced, and the gap is usually bigger than people expect. Send the count and the deadline together.

Get my group price
Path three

Talk through the roster

Names and numbers, a roster that keeps changing, or a date that will not move. Those need a person rather than a calculator.

Talk to a person

Build it and see the price per shirt

Set the quantity to the number of people you actually have and the per-shirt price updates instantly. That is the number worth knowing before you go back to the group and ask for money.

Try it at twenty four and again at forty eight. The gap is usually bigger than people expect and it often changes what the group decides to do.

What groups order

Sports team shirts, custom baseball caps and event tees. Four jobs cover most of what leaves here for a group of people.

Most orderedGroup wearing matching custom screen printed shirts

Custom team shirt and event tees

A custom soccer shirt, a bowling team shirt, one design and a whole roster. The cheapest way to get everybody looking like they belong to the same thing.

One color, 48 pieces, from $7.80 each
Price team shirts
Sells bestPerson wearing a custom embroidered hoodie

Reunion and trip hoodies

The piece people keep long after the weekend. Worth the extra per unit because nobody throws it away.

Printed, 48 pieces, from $23.62 each
Price hoodies
Best marginMerch table selling custom screen printed shirts at an outdoor event

Fundraiser merch

Print at six dollars, sell at fifteen. Keep it to one or two ink colors and the margin holds up.

One color, 144 pieces, from $6.02 each
Price a fundraiser run
Team gearCustom stitched patch hats for a group

Custom baseball hats and caps

Stitched, so they survive a season. Embroidery baseball caps, truckers and beanies for anyone playing outdoors. Custom baseball tees to match.

Embroidered, 48 pieces, from $21.05 each
Price team hats

What a group order actually costs

Real per-shirt numbers from the engine the studio quotes from. This is the table worth having open when somebody asks what it will cost per person.

The drop from 24 to 48 is the one that matters. If your group is close to that line it is usually worth finding a few more people.

Group size Tee, 1 color Tee, 3 colors Hoodie, 3 colors Hat, stitched
12 people $13.11 $17.13 $30.66 $29.46
24 people $9.83 $15.05 $27.35 $24.48
48 people $7.80 $12.55 $23.62 $21.05
144 people $6.02 $9.48 $19.32 $17.97
288 people $5.47 $8.68 $18.22 $16.94

Per piece, all in. Tee is a Gildan 5000, hoodie a Gildan 18500, hat a Richardson 112 with a left chest logo. Names and numbers are priced by hand rather than through the calculator because every piece is different.

What usually goes wrong on a group order

Rarely the printing. Almost always the organizing.

Ordering before you have the sizes

The most common mistake is guessing the size spread and ordering early to be safe. You end up with nine smalls nobody wanted and three people who never got a shirt.

Collect sizes first even if it feels slow. One order with the real spread costs less per shirt than the original order plus the inevitable second run, and a second run of six shirts is priced like a run of six shirts.

Group wearing matching custom printed shirts

Too many colors in the design

Every ink color is another screen and another setup. A four color design at 24 pieces can cost half again what a two color version of the same idea costs, and from across a field nobody can tell.

If the budget is the constraint, cut colors before you cut garment quality. A one color print on a decent shirt beats a four color print on a cheap one every time.

Custom screen printed graphic tee artwork

Leaving it until the date is close

Standard turnaround is about 14 days and the clock starts when you approve the mockup, not when you place the order. Artwork going back and forth is what eats the buffer.

Work backwards from the date and add a week. If you are already inside that window, tell us the date up front and we will tell you honestly whether it works before you spend anything.

Merch table at an outdoor event selling custom printed shirts

Why not just use one of the big group-order sites?

For a straightforward run of shirts they work, and the group-pay feature is genuinely convenient.

The catch is that convenience is priced in, and it shows up per shirt. If you collect sizes yourself and place one order you almost always land lower, and you get somebody who will tell you honestly whether your date is realistic rather than a checkout that accepts any date you type.

Group wearing matching custom printed shirts

How a group order runs

Five steps, and the slow one is yours.

  1. 1

    Collect the sizes

    This is the step that decides whether the rest goes smoothly.

  2. 2

    Build the design

    In the studio, with the per-shirt price in front of you.

  3. 3

    Approve the mockup

    A real person checks it. The 14 days starts here.

  4. 4

    We print or stitch

    Whichever the garment and the count call for.

  5. 5

    It ships

    To one address, or split if you need it.

Got a date you cannot move?

Tell us when you need them in hand and how many people you have. We will tell you straight whether it works before you spend anything.

Groups we have kitted out

Crews, teams and events, in gear they actually wore.

Rafting crew in custom embroidered bucket hats
Brewery staff in matching custom printed shirts
Merch table selling custom printed event shirts
Musician on stage in a custom printed band tee
Custom embroidered hoodie worn at sunset
Custom embroidered quilted team jacket
Custom embroidered beanie in forest green
Crew member in a custom printed work shirt

Group order questions

Can everyone order their own size?

The simplest way is to collect sizes yourself, then place one order with the size spread. That gets you the best per-shirt price because the whole group counts as one run. If you would rather each person paid separately, tell us and we will talk through what that looks like.

Can you add names and numbers?

Yes, but it changes the job. Names and numbers make every piece different, so it is priced by hand rather than through the calculator. Send it through the bulk pricing door with the roster and we will price it properly.

What is the cheapest way to do a fundraiser shirt?

A one-color print on a Gildan 5000 at 144 pieces is about $6.02 a shirt. Sell at fifteen and you clear nearly nine dollars a shirt. The two things that wreck fundraiser margins are too many ink colors and ordering before you know how many you can actually sell.

How far ahead should we order?

Standard turnaround is about 14 days from the moment you approve the mockup, not from when you place the order. For anything tied to a fixed date, work backwards from the date and add a week of slack for artwork going back and forth.

How do I know what to tell the group it costs?

Set the quantity to your headcount in the studio and read the per-shirt number. That is the figure to take back to people, and it already includes the garment, the printing and the setup.

Olive Branch Apparel

Custom apparel for teams, crews, events and fundraisers. Any quantity, shipped anywhere in the country.

See the work

Design it yourself

Set the headcount and get a per-shirt number you can take to the group.

Open the design studio

Talk to a person

Rosters, names and numbers, and dates that will not move.

Get in touch

Find out what it costs per person

Set the quantity to your actual headcount and the studio does the rest. No card, no form.