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Custom Tees: How to Get the Best Value

January 11, 2016 by Oh Boy! Print Shop 4 Comments

How to Get the Best Value of Custom Tees

Creating custom tees can provide you with a world of possibilities but that’s not to say that you need to pay a small fortune for awesome, custom printed t-shirts.
Here we take a look at the many ways in which you can save money on your order.

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Oh Boy! Print Shop – Custom T shirts

1. Choose your T-shirt:

When choosing a garment brand for your custom tees, there is practically a never ending range of styles available for screen printing. If you’re wanting to balance quality with budget then you need to choose your brand carefully with American Apparel most certainly being an out-of-the-question, top end tee. Opt for brands like Next Level , Bella+Canvas, or Gildan. These brands offer up plenty in the way of well-structured materials and design variety.

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2. Go for a design that features either one or two colors

Going for a simplistic design that features just one or two colors is a lot more cost effective than opting for something more complex with a lot of color when it comes to screen printing. This is because each and every one of these colors must be printed with a different screen or stencil. This results in more time and materials so it carries a higher price tag. A one color screen print will be more cost effective compared to custom tees that feature three or more colors. Colors cost money so make them count!

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3. Use negative space to create another color: 

Clever use of negative space can add another color to your palette, as well as achieving an effective design. See the image above for the perfect example of negative space in action.

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4. Check out the pricing structure

Making the most out of the pricing structure and the price breaks that are provided for buying in bulk is key to cutting your costs per shirt. So check out our pricing sheet and choose an amount that works for you, as well as your budget.

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5. Be tag savy and choose tear away tags

If you need custom t-shirt tags then you’ll probably want to remove the standard manufacturer’s tag. We don’t charge at all for removing tear away tags. Opting for tear away tags over sewn-in tag removal can make for a significant savings instead of paying to remove tags.

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6. Opt for a stock ink color

Going after a specific Pantone color costs money to create. The benefits from the standard ink colors are that they are completely free of additional charges.

 

7.  Send “print ready” art

We can help fix artwort, however, that comes at an extra cost. Save some money and be sure that your artwork is ready for screen printing. Double check your outlined text and provide an unflattened vector file (ai or eps) or a photoshop file (psd) that has been prepared in layers, scaled for print, and saved at 300dpi.

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Oh Boy! Print Shop- t shirt printing packaging

 

There you have it! The tips outlined in this post can help you save some real money when you choose to screen print custom tees. Get in touch with us for your Austin screen printing needs!

 

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  1. Hailey Renee says

    February 1, 2016 at 8:52 PM

    I love the idea of getting an image printed to showcase an event or business. I am glad to know that you would recommend printing in one or two different colors for clarity of your image. I would agree that researching a bit on different prices can definitely come in handy. I’ll have to find a design that I like to be printed for my upcoming event.

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    • Oh Boy! Print Shop says

      February 1, 2016 at 8:56 PM

      Thank you Hailey for checking out our blog! We always love to share tips and ideas of what works better for screen printing.

      Reply
  2. Sarah Smith says

    June 20, 2016 at 9:02 PM

    My family is going on vacation and wants to get matching t-shirts. Thanks for the advice about going for a design with only one or two colors so that it’s cost effective. Hopefully, we can get a design ready that the family agrees on.

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  3. Peter says

    December 21, 2016 at 3:07 PM

    Thank you for the tips.. I’ve been looking around for some of the ideas on how print tees. cheers

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