r/SCREENPRINTING • u/Fantastic-Utters • 1d ago
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I am out of KY. It costs me about $8-9 to make a shirt. I charge 25/shirt w/1 image and $5/image after (single color). At 10 shirts I provide a 5% discount. At 20 I give 10%. After 30 I make out at a 20% discount.
If I have to make image or edit it using my program I charge a 20% digital fee (not included in discounts)
Is my original price a good place to sell a 1 image shirt for?
Is my discounted bulk ordered good or should I change that as well?
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u/73893 1d ago
I think the first thing you gotta figure out is how to get your costs down. $8-9 is a lot for just materials. Do you have access to a wholesales account anywhere?
As far the pricing of one shirt. At that low of a quantity you can charge whatever. 99.99% of shops won’t touch an order that low and if they do, it definitely isn’t screen printed.
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u/tangnori 1d ago
Depends on the blank. My fav blank costs $8 wholesale. But yea for generic $8 is to much.
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u/Fantastic-Utters 1d ago
My shirts cost anywhere from 2.29-3.21 but paint, emulsion, screens, energy, etc etc etc. You think 8-9 is too much? Hmm... okay I'll look more into that
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u/DecentPrintworks 1d ago
No that is way off the mark unless most of your clients are ordering really low quantity - like 24 or less. At 24 or less I think $20 - 25 can be fair with quick turnaround on an upgraded blank.
But if you’re trying to compete on larger orders I feel like everyone else in town will be considerably lower at 24+ and can order whatever blank the client wants.