With so many promotional clothing distributors sprouting up online from Zimbabwe to Norway, who should you order from and what should you look out for?

1. Choose an Aussie Company
Choose an Aussie company to entrust with your brand. Ordering promotional clothing from overseas online distributors on your own can be tempting due to their cheaper prices. However, as per feedback from clients who’ve done this before, this often gives you more hassles and headaches than it’s worth such as when you need to return poor quality products back to China.
2. Brands Matter
A reliable promotional clothing distributor would carry trusted Aussie promotional clothing brands such as Winning Spirit and Johnny Bobbin who are renowned for their high quality garments.
3. Ensure there’s a Product Quality Guarantee if not you might be left in the lurch if something goes wrong with the product.
4. To Design or Not to Design – if you’re submitting your own artwork, to avoid delays, ensure that it meets the specs of the company. If you require the company to design your artwork, be specific about what you’d like and ask for their advise.
5. Let them know the purpose of your branded clothing - eg. clothing for one off events don’t have to be as high quality as clothing for staff which need to be more durable.
6. Always always get an email proof of your finished design before you give your ok for the job to proceed and remember to check your proofs diligently because if there are errors and printing goes ahead, the company will not be held liable.
7. Clothing sizes – ask for a size chart if you’re unsure about sizes, better yet get a sample to see how it’d fit as everyone likes their clothing fitted differently. Getting samples for sizing is usually an added cost but this cost can credited back into the job if you go ahead or return the samples within a certain period.
8. Know you can speak to a real person and that you promptly get the assistance when you need it.
9. Check out their testimonials page, this will give you a fair idea of their work ethic. By the way, if you see testimonials with just the first name of a person eg. Joe without a company name, for example, be aware that these usually fake testimonials.
10. Order in advance – 2-3 weeks lead time is often sufficient turnaround times from your artwork approval.

T shirt printing became popular since the 70s when people started thinking of new creative ways to protest the Vietname War. In recent times, celebrities and their trend setting ways with unique t shirt printing messages have further catapulted the popularity of t shirt printing. Britney Spears was the pioneer in using screen printed t shirt messages such as “I am the American Dream” and “Soon to be Mrs Ferdeline”. Since then, many celebrities have followed suit utilising the power of t shirt printing to convey powerful and controversial messages. For example, a whole host of celebrities such as Sarah Jessica Parker, Fergie, Oprah, Beyonce Knowles and Alicia Keys were spotted with printed t shirt messages such as “Vote or Die”, Obama is Progress” and “Obama for your Mama” to show their support for the Obama campaign. And as most of you junk magazine readers would know, there was also a t shirt war between Pamela Anderson, a strict vegetarian and animal activist who sported a t shirt with “People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)” and Jessica Simpson who had the opposite message “Real Girls Eat Meat”.

Paris Hilton has got it, Britney Spears has got it. Have you got it? We’re talking about the ever useful screen printed t shirts. Screen printed t shirts are a great to express your own personality or communicate a brand’ s marketing message. They’re ideal for mass production runs as the cost of producing them goes down greatly. The 100% cotton screen printed t shirts are the most sought after product in the imprinted sportswear industry. T shirts are so adaptable. You can dress down with a pair of shorts or jeans. Or you can use special effects ink such as glitter ink, glow-in-the-dark ink or puffy ink in the print to add sparkle to create a trendy look. Ladies and men alike can show off their assets with fitted styles of tees. Fitted styles of tees normally cost more than unisex tees which have a square cut and are larger in size to suit the average person.

We hear it all the time, “We bought too few printed t shirts. We should have printed more. Now we need more printed within the week!”. To prevent yourself from falling into this situation, always buy printed t shirts in bulk and more than what you anticipate as sufficient. This is because printed t shirts are always going to be handy to you whether you’re a small 1-2 person business, a large corporation or a non profit organisation. There are a hundred and one ways you can use printed t shirts to market your brand name. Use them for staff, company events, fundraisers, as a gift with purchase, loyalty programs etc. Bulk buying allows you to get great prices compared to say buying 25 printed tees on one occasion, then 50 then 100 in separate orders. Also, avoid rush job charges which accrue when you fall short of t shirts and need another lot printed within the week.

T shirt printing is an art best left to the experts in the trade. High quality professionals in t shirt printing can truly transform your design into a printed masterpiece. Have a design in your thoughts but not the design skills to materialise it? PromosXchange can offer you design creation through to production and distribution for t shirt printing so there’s no mucking around running from one place to another. Plus, we offer free shipping which is taken out from our profit margin (Ouch!) to satisfy our valued customers. We offer a product quality guarantee and once your design is printed by us, there’s no further print set-up costs for future jobs with the same design so you win there too. Look, poorly printed t shirts can give yourself a reaaally bad image so don’t risk it by getting printers working from their garage to do the job or a printer who doesn’t offer a product quality guarantee. You wouldn’t trust your Mona Lisa painting with such guys so why would you with your brand name?

We have all heard about the devastation of the Bushfires in Victoria. The Aussie public have been outstanding with their generosity and continue to give to this cause. In doing our part through printing t shirts, PromosXchange has specifically designed a t shirt to remember Black Saturday. It is an inspiring t shirt that remembers the true Aussie Spirit – the Aussie battler who gets up and fights on. Wear these Aussie Spirit themed printed t shirts on all occasions to show your Aussie support. Do your part in supporting this cause today by purchasing these printed t shirts. At $20 each, it’s a great way to show your support to the rebuilding of the Bushfire victims’ lives. ALL PROCEEDS from the sale of these printed t shirts will go to the Red Cross. To make a purchase, you can contact us on 1300 760 887 or email us your request.