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Ordering tips"No Minimums" Explained: What It Actually Means for Your Order
Our policy in one line: no quantity minimum · $20 order minimum · Free shipping on orders of $50 or more ($12 flat under). That means we don't require 12, 24, or 48 pieces the way most shops do — you can order a single shirt — it clears the $20 order minimum on its own. Here's why the industry defaults to piece-count minimums and how we route around them.
Why other shops require 24+ pieces
Screen printing has real setup labor: burning screens, mixing ink, registering the press. A shop that only screen prints needs dozens of pieces to amortize that labor, so they set piece-count minimums to guarantee margin. Reasonable for them; useless for you when you need 15 staff shirts or one Carhartt hoodie for a new hire.
How we print small runs profitably
Two things changed. DTF printing eliminated screen setup entirely — no screens, no per-color labor, so a single full-color shirt is genuinely economical. And we route every order to the right method automatically: under ~24 pieces usually runs DTF, larger solid-color runs go to screen print. You get one price; we handle the routing.
What our $20 order minimum looks like
The $20 threshold is deliberately low — one shirt clears it:
- 6 Gildan 5000 tees, 1-color front print → $84 shipped
- 3 embroidered Harriton M200 polos → $148 shipped, digitizing included
- 1 Gildan 18500 hoodie with left-chest embroidery → $91 shipped, digitizing included
- 2 Bella+Canvas 3001 tees, DTF back print → $58 with $12 shipping (orders of $50 or more ship free)
There is no small-run surcharge — a single shirt is $20. There's no setup fee, no quantity minimum, and free shipping on orders of $50 or more. See exact pricing.
When no-quantity-minimum matters most
The mid-season jersey addition. The 15-person restaurant staff. The one-of-one Father's Day photo tee. The 3-polo test run before committing to 30. The single embroidered polo for a new hire (about 7–10 business days door to door once your art is on file). If any of those is you, order exactly what you need — no padding the count to hit someone's arbitrary piece floor.