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Sample shop

Your logo on a 300 GSM oversized tee, one piece, no quote

Stocked blanks in 3 weights and 10 colours, printed in-house by DTF with your artwork and your own neck label. Configure it, pay by card, and it is on a courier inside a week.

Every dollar you spend here comes off your first bulk order of the same style. Sampling is a deposit, not a cost.

The sample shop opens shortly.

You can configure a garment and see the price, but checkout is switched off while we measure every size against stock. We will not sell against a measurement we have not put a tape over. Development samples are available now, and we can tell you when this opens.

Build your sample

41 stocked blanks across 2 fits, 3 weights and 10 colours, in sizes XS3XL, with size charts in centimetres and inches. Everything is priced as you go.

What do you want to hold?

What we hold

A deliberately short range. These are on a shelf, which is what lets us print and dispatch in days — the bulk catalogue is far wider.

Fits

  • Regular fitClassic straight body, set-in sleeve. The retail default. Offered in 180 GSM and 240 GSM.
  • Oversized fitBoxy body, dropped shoulder, wider through the chest. Offered in 240 GSM and 300 GSM.

180 GSM is not offered oversized: a light jersey cut that way drapes instead of holding the block, and a sample is the worst place to show you that.

Weights

  • 180 GSMThe retail standard — drapes, holds print, wears year-round.
  • 240 GSMPremium midweight — visibly heavier on the hanger.
  • 300 GSMStatement heavyweight — holds a boxy block without collapsing.

Three weights rather than six, spaced far enough apart to tell apart in the hand.

Colours

  • Black
  • White
  • Heather Grey
  • Navy
  • Red
  • Ecru
  • Sand
  • Olive
  • Espresso
  • Burgundy

The five every brand starts with, plus the heavyweight shades you cannot get from a print-on-demand service.

Printing

  • Left chestup to 100 × 100 mm
  • Full frontup to A3 (297 × 420 mm)
  • Full backup to A3 (297 × 420 mm)
  • Neck label — DTF tagless print, included

DTF in-house, up to A3 (297 × 420 mm). First placement included, each extra $8.

How it works

  1. 1

    Configure and pay

    Pick the fit, the weight, the colour and the size, choose where your artwork goes, and check out by card. Fixed price, no quote.

  2. 2

    Send your artwork

    We email you for artwork the moment the order lands, quoting your reference. PNG, SVG, PDF at 300 DPI or better.

  3. 3

    We print and dispatch

    Printed in-house on the blank you chose and dispatched within 3–5 working days.

  4. 4

    You decide

    Hold it, wash it, photograph it. If you go to bulk, what you paid here comes off that invoice. If you do not, you owe nothing further.

Questions

Can I order just one?
Yes. That is the whole point of this page — every package here is a single shipment, with no minimum. Bulk production is separate and starts from 50 pieces per style.
Why is printing DTF only?
Because it is the only method that works at one piece. A screen print needs a screen made per colour and embroidery needs the file digitised, and both of those costs are spread across a production run — on a single garment they cost more than the garment. DTF is print-and-press, so the first piece costs what the hundredth does. For bulk we print however your artwork is best served, screen printing and embroidery included.
Can I really get my own neck label on one tee?
Yes, printed rather than woven. A woven label carries a minimum in the hundreds, so no sample programme anywhere can put one in a single garment. A DTF tagless print inside the neck gives you the same thing to photograph, and it is included in the price rather than charged as an extra.
How do I choose a size?
Measure a tee you already own and compare it to the chart on this page. Do not go by the letter — on an oversized fit the label size means something different, and our oversized M is wider in the chest than our regular L. Everything is measured flat, ±1 cm.
How long does it take?
Your sample is decorated and dispatched within 3–5 working days of payment. Express courier transit is around 5 days depending on destination, so allow about 10 days door to door. Import duty and VAT are charged separately by your own customs authority.
Is the sample cost credited back?
Yes, against your first bulk order of the same style, in full. Every dollar you spend here comes off your first bulk order of the same style. Sampling is a deposit, not a cost. If you decide not to proceed, what you spent here is what it cost you to find that out, and it is the only money you had at risk.
What about import duty?
Import VAT and duties are paid by the buyer — this is not DDP. The price on this page covers the garment, the printing and worldwide courier. Your own customs authority charges duty and VAT separately, at a rate we do not set and cannot collect.
Why these weights and colours and not others?
Everything on this page is held in stock rather than made to order, which is what lets us print and dispatch in 3–5 working days instead of weeks — so the range is what is on the shelf. The weights are three rather than six because a hand cannot tell 220 from 240; these are far enough apart to feel. The colours are the ten that actually sell, split between the perennials every brand starts with and the heavyweight shades you cannot get from a print-on-demand service. The bulk catalogue is not limited this way: we manufacture 140 to 320 GSM in any colour, any fit, with screen print, embroidery or sublimation.
Does my artwork print differently on dark colours?
Yes, and it is the thing first-time buyers most often get wrong. On a dark garment your artwork is laid over a white underbase, which makes colours read brighter and harder-edged than the same file on a light garment. If your logo has fine detail or soft gradients, it is worth seeing it on the ground you actually intend to sell — that is a large part of what this sample is for.