When asking for a price for printed t shirts, if the quantity you require is close to the next quantity price break, ask for the price for the next quantity price break as well and you will often find that it is more cost effective or sometimes even cheaper. When determining the quantity of promotional t-shirts required, always add 10%-20% depending on the quantity. You are always better off with more custom branded t-shirts than less as we always find that clients come back asking to print more promotional t-shirts. Remember, the more you purchase in one order, the less you pay.

Consider the event and the environment the promotional clothing are going to be worn in. If the printed t shirts are going to be for a one off event, you can choose lower premium tees, however, if the t-shirts are to be worn by your team for everyday work, you will require a more hardwearing t-shirts. Cool dry tees should be considered for more humid areas, summer and high level activity.  

Screen printing on branded t shirts work best on quality garments. Do not compromise your brand name for cheap low quality printed tees. Choose a promotional clothing distributor who carries a wide range of best value tees from renowned quality manufacturers to ensure great quality prints for your logo. More people are inclined to wear clothing they like. A good quality custom printed tee will give you a higher return on your investment with longer wears and brand exposure.

When choosing the sizes of your promotional tees, think of your target market. Unisex printed t shirts are great for more general promotions when you are unsure of the target audience sizes, for example, if you are giving out the clothing at a trade show. Bear in mind that unisex tees are more generous in sizes. If you have a more defined target market, for example, t-shirts to be worn by female fitness trainers, then you would be better off with ladies’ cooldry fitted t shirts.

Choose the tee based on the objective of your promotional campaign. For example, if you wish to communicate an eco friendly image, choose an organic tee. There are many styles and colours of t-shirts to suit your event from V neck, short sleeve, three quarter sleeve, long sleeve, crew neck in plain or contrast colours.

Other than screen printing, t-shirts can also be embroidered or imprinted with digital transfers of your logo. Embroidery is not recommended on thinner fabric tees as it has a heavier backing. For a complex multicolour logo, digital transfer is best. However, screen printing on tees is the most popular branding technique as it is often more cost effective especially for large non-multicolour logos.

It is best to send your logo to your promotional consultant so they can advise you on the best branding technique for promotional t shirts depending on your target audience, objective and budget.

Here at PromosXchange, we don’t only screen print using standard colours, but also print using a selected range of special inks such as metallic, fluorescent and glitter inks on your branded t shirts. Whilst metallic and glitter inks on screen printed t shirts do incur some additional charges to your promotional product cost, the investment will be well worth it.

A standard screen print colour can look effective on your  promotional t shirts that you use at every event, but special inks will take your promotion one step further and really make your branding standout from the crowd.

Metallic prints have a shiny effect and adds a touch of class. Whether you want the whole print for your promotional t shirts in metallic or just an effective outline on your dark garment, a metallic print is sure to prove a success. Whether you want your print on a basic t shirt or for your company polo shirt, at PromosXchange, we can help you achieve something unique with our metallic inks screen printed t shirts.

Glitter inks are great especially if you are wearing printed t shirts to a night event at a club or a concert. Since it is has the finish of metallic print but with a much greater sparkle, attention will be drawn to your branded t shirts. Glitter inks are especially popular drawing up to the festive season.

Stand out from the crowd with metallic and glitter prints this Christmas and New Year.

Hanes not only comes at a better quality but also a lower price-tag than most other promotional clothing brands. Hanes uses 100% pre-shrunk, ring spun cotton so it simply looks, prints and feels better. Tired of boxy styled shirts. Well then, you’ll be pleased with Hanes European styling - tailored design for a great look and no “boxy” styles. The ladies’ shirts and hoodies are contoured especially for the ladies so see you later square fits! Hanes takes pride in attention to detail from its clothing necklines to its fabrics. Hanes t shirts come in three different weights – 155, 185 and 205gm so you can choose a price point that’s right for you. Even the heavyweight t shirts feel so soft unlike heavyweight shirts from most other brands. Hanes promotional t shirts, hoodies and polo shirts also come in a range of colours and sizes so you’ll be spoilt for choice. 

With more than 1,000,000 pieces of promotional clothing on hand, you can now bulk buy printed Hanes promotional apparel with no worries! Speak to a PromosXchange consultant on 1300 760 887 to find out how Hanes quality promotional apparel can add value to your branding. 

This is why t shirts have proven to be quite an ideal marketing and advertising vehicle, since people wear them practically anywhere, and a brand on the shirt will definitely reach places where other forms of promotion may not as easily reach.  This is why custom t shirts are now a big thing, with numerous brands actually achieving pop art status because of the popularity of their promotional t shirt.  A promotional t shirt takes the concept of personalized t shirts one step further by not only making use of a preferred form of clothing, the t shirt, and personalizing it in such a way as to elicit a positive response to the branding seen on the shirt itself.  Whereas promotional shirts of the past simply posted big, bold letters announcing the brand, promotional shirts of today now feature more creative ways of promoting a brand, with favourable color combinations, whimsical sayings, and even eye-catching and thought-provoking artwork.

Other than the style and comfort that comes with a t shirt, people also like the fact that personalized t shirts were also designed to be of the utmost convenience, able to be worn with the least amount of preparation needed.  In many cases, custom t shirts can also be somewhat of a rare novelty, since they are not items one can simply purchase from the local department store or clothing store, making acquiring it even more of an incentive for people.  This in turn, makes the perfect marketing hook, as in many cases the acquisition of the promotional t shirt necessarily means purchasing or patronizing the brand, thus ensuring a sale.  This also works both ways, since a person who may not really have a liking for the promotional t shirt may inadvertently develop a recall for the brand advertised by the t shirt itself, by virtue of the human interest, since they see other people wearing the personalised t shirts, human psychology will unconsciously dictate that it might be worth trying.

In America, a charity organisation used promotional t shirts to advocate, support and visually convey the demographic homeless phenomenon that’s opaque to many peoples. America’s Road Home (ARH), a non-profit organisation, orchestrated approximately 18,000 walking billboards expressing awareness of homeless families, reaching out to millions. Stipulated clearly on each t shirt was a website and a relevant phone number were the community called donate and support the cause.

There are many types of fun promotional t shirts available as well as different printing methods. For example, bright colourful t shirts with vibrant text and/or a company logo markets fun and excitement. Furthermore, people will enjoy and feel proud wearing fun and exciting promotional t shirts.

There are different types of t shirts to suit different environments so any industry can use fun, exciting t shirts. Different printing methods suit different requirements. For example, Embroidery suits low detail designs and funky text, Screen Printing suits high detail fun elaborate artwork whereas Digital Transfer is ideal for high detail prints incorporating many bright colours.

At PromosXchange, we understand the importance of conveying universal messages across communities. We offer an expansive array of promotional clothing using high quality Embroidery, Screen Printing and Digital Transfer that would suit your budget and promotional clothing campaign objectives. Speak to our promotional clothing Melbourne head office consultants to find out how you can effectively convey your message on promotional clothing geared to “speak” to your community.

Screen printing
To start the screen printing (also known as silk screening) process, your approved artwork is converted to film. Each film is used to make the screens. A screen is made of a piece of porous, finely woven fabric called mesh stretched over a frame of aluminum or wood. The screens are then coated with a photosensitive emulsion. The screens are left to dry and exposed to UV light. After being exposed, the screens are then washed out with a pressure washer. The inks are then transferred through the tiny dots in the stencil to achieve the desired print. We use high quality plastisol ink as it’s similar to rubber and is very durable. Each color in the design must be blocked, taped, setup, and squeegeed. For smaller runs, manual presses are used, for larger runs with more colors, rotary automatic presses are used. By drying the ink between each color layer, we are able to achieve bright, consistent and professional quality printing with years of durability.

As you can tell by now, this method has a high detailed setup process to ensure the best quality print. The costs of this method is mainly in the set-up process. The number of screens for any design is based on the number of colours of the design. So the more colours you have the higher the set-up costs. This method is ideal for large quantity customers looking for a professional and durable finish. It is the most convenient and economical way to mass produce t shirts.

Digital Transfer
Once your artwork is approved, your design is printed onto a special type of transfer material using a colour laser printer. The transfer material is then pressed onto the t-shirt under high temperature. If you want photo quality print, digital transfer is your answer. This method is ideal for small run customers with multicolour designs looking for a fast turnaround time. Though the materials we use are of premium quality from Italy and Japan, digital transfer prints are still less durable than screen printed designs which are directly printed onto the garments.