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Ordering tipsNo Minimums Explained: What It Actually Means for Your Order
Most print shops require 24–72 pieces before they'll touch your order. We don't — and it's worth understanding why the industry defaults to minimums, because the reason has nothing to do with your best interest.
Why minimums exist
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 minimums to guarantee margin. Reasonable for them; useless for you when you need 15 staff shirts.
How we print one piece profitably
Two things changed. DTF printing eliminated 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 "no minimums" costs here, honestly
Small runs carry a small-quantity surcharge (1–6 pieces: +$15.50/pc; 7–11: +$2.50/pc) because hand-handling one shirt takes real time — but there's no setup fee, no minimum, and as of this year shipping is free on every order, including a single shirt. A one-of-one full-color tee lands around $24.50 shipped. See exact pricing.
When no-minimums matters most
The mid-season jersey addition. The 15-person restaurant staff. The one-of-one Father's Day photo tee. The 12-piece test run of taproom merch before committing to 120. If any of those is you, order exactly what you need — no padding the count to hit someone's floor.