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“Custom Shirts – No Minimums” – Customized Girl Really Means It<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are many places online where you can go and buy custom apparel. \u00a0A few have interactive design centers, where you can add your own text, art, and images (though none of those are as easy to use as Customized Girl’s<\/a>, in my somewhat (very) biased opinion). \u00a0 And a few even offer some of their inventory with “no minimums”. \u00a0But almost none of them extend that “no minimum” offer to every single item in their catalog. \u00a0Customized Girl, however, offers exactly that. \u00a0No minimums. On anything.<\/p>\n

What exactly do you mean “no minimums”?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A lot of custom apparel sites require a minimum quantity to place an order. \u00a0Sometimes the minimum is 6 items. \u00a0Sometimes it’s 12. \u00a0Sometimes 50. \u00a0When a site, such as Customized Girl, says “no minimums”, it means you can create a totally unique item, and buy only one of them. \u00a0This is pretty exciting for someone who thought of a cute idea and just wants a single t-shirt printed<\/a>. \u00a0Unfortunately, it can sometimes be hard to find a place that will sell you just one.<\/p>\n

Why do some places require a minimum?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It all comes down to the production process. \u00a0 Many custom apparel sites are screen printers that have moved their business onto the web, which is great. We’re happy to see small businesses thriving. \u00a0Unfortunately, it’s not so good if you are a customer that just wants one, or maybe five, t-shirts printed. This is because screen printing requires a big set up process. \u00a0You have to make screens for every color, and screens can get expensive. \u00a0To offset the sunk cost of the screens, most places do two things: charge a set-up fee, and require you to purchase a lot of shirts, so that the screens can be used many times.<\/p>\n

The same might be true for embroidery. \u00a0If you have a complex image that you want embroidered, you’ll probably have to pay a set-up fee to turn that image into a file capable of being embroidered.<\/p>\n

There are a few companies out there who recognize the inherent disadvantage of requiring minimum quantities, and they have invested in direct-to-garment digital printers. \u00a0These require no screens and no set-up. \u00a0The cost is essentially the same, whether you are printing one design or one hundred. \u00a0Customized Girl uses these state of the art printers for almost all of our soft apparel products.<\/p>\n

However, even the companies that have recognized the importance of digital printers still require minimums on huge chunks of their inventories. \u00a0This is because they are still screen printing many of their items, such as koozies, drinkware, and performance shirts. At Customized Girl, instead of relying on screen printing and requiring minimums, we’ve diversified our production methods.<\/p>\n

To produce custom koozies<\/a> and certain bags, like sports\u00a0duffle bags<\/a>, we use a hi-tech film process. \u00a0We take your design and cut it out of an ultra-thin, highly durable material, and heat press it to your item. It’s so thin, it feels like it’s part of the item. To produce custom shotglasses<\/a>, custom coffee mugs<\/a>, and other drinkware<\/a>, we use dye sublimation. We actually print your design on a piece of high quality transfer paper and heat it until the ink leaves the paper and merges with your item.<\/p>\n

For all of these reasons, we think Customized Girl is pretty special. \u00a0We hope you do to.<\/p>\n

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