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How to Order Custom Shirts Without the Headache

A simple checklist for ordering custom shirts for your team, school, business, or event, from choosing garments to approving proofs.

Ordering custom shirts should be fun. Here’s the five-minute homework that makes the whole thing painless, whether it’s your first order or your fiftieth.

1. Know your count (roughly)

You don’t need a final roster, just a ballpark. Quantity drives both the price and the best print method, so it’s the first thing we’ll ask.

2. Collect sizes early

The slowest part of every group order is chasing sizes. Send your people a quick message on day one, and pad the order with an extra shirt or two in common sizes. Someone always joins late.

3. Bring whatever art you have

A print-ready file is great. A screenshot, a sketch, or “something with a bulldog and our founding year” is also great. Our in-house designers handle the distance between idea and artwork every single day.

4. Share the real deadline

Tell us the date the shirts must be in hands, not just the event date. We quote honest turnarounds, and knowing the true deadline lets us protect it.

5. Actually read the proof

Before anything prints, you’ll get a proof showing the design, placement, and garment. Thirty seconds of attention here (check spelling! check the year!) is the difference between a great order and a reprint.

That’s it

Count, sizes, art, deadline, proof. Bring us those and the rest is our job. Start your order and see how easy this can be.

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