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Custom shirts in Austin: what to send before we quote it
A practical guide to the details that help custom shirt orders move faster: deadlines, sizes, artwork, shirt choice, and print method.
Custom shirts in Austin: what to send before we quote it
A shirt order can look easy from the outside. Pick a shirt, put a logo on it, done.
Then the real questions show up.
What day do you actually need them? How many mediums? Is the logo the final one, or is someone still waiting on marketing? Front print only, or front and back? Are we using black shirts because you want black, or because nobody has picked a color yet?
That is the stuff that decides whether a custom shirt order moves fast or turns into a scramble.
If you are asking for a quote, send the deadline first. I mean the real deadline. If the event is Friday but you need the shirts Thursday afternoon so somebody can load them into a truck, Thursday afternoon is the deadline.
Send the quantity next. "About 75" is useful. "A bunch" is not. Same with sizes. Even a rough size list helps us avoid recommending a shirt that looks good online but is missing half the sizes you need.
Artwork matters too. A vector file is best. A large transparent PNG can work. A screenshot from a website might be okay for conversation, but it probably is not production-ready. We have seen every version of "final logo" you can imagine, including files that were absolutely not final and definitely not logos.
For the shirt itself, think about who is wearing it. Restaurant staff need something different from a race giveaway. Outdoor crews in Austin heat need something different from a company retreat shirt. A cheap shirt nobody wears is not really cheap.
DTF printing is a solid choice for many smaller Austin shirt orders, especially full-color logos, mixed shirt colors, and quick jobs with clean files. screen printing in Austin can make sense for bigger runs with simpler artwork. Austin Print Co can coordinate screen printing, but it is outsourced, so timing depends on the schedule and approvals.
A good request sounds like this:
"We need 60 shirts for a staff event on July 18. Navy or charcoal is fine. One full-color front print. Sizes and artwork are attached. Pickup in Cedar Park works."
That gives us something to price.
"How much are shirts?" gives us twenty follow-up questions.
If you need custom apparel in Austin, Cedar Park, Round Rock, Leander, Pflugerville, The Domain, Downtown Austin, South Congress, or nearby, start with the basics: date, quantity, sizes, artwork, and print location. We can help with the shirt choice from there.
And ask earlier than you think you need to. Nobody ever regrets having more shirt options.
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