Contract Screen Printing, Sublimation and Embroidery

High Quality, Reasonably Priced Contract Screen Printing, Sublimation & Embroidery

Contract Screen Printing Price

Darren Amato

Contract Screen Printing Price

Getting the right contract screen printing price can make a huge difference in your profitability.  When you are searching for a good quality and reliable contract screen printer, make sure that you discuss your pricing up front.

Every company that is in business needs to be profitable, and if you are in the United States, and you are seeking on-shore resources, you have to go into your search knowing that any US company that has been in business for more than 5 years is going to be more expensive that an off shore printer.

Getting set up with the right contract screen printing price can be tricky, and both parties need to be fair.  A good contract screen printer will provide standard pricing, and post the pricing online or at the very least email it to you when you request it.

If you find yourself having a tough time with a printer when you ask for prices, walk away.  If the printer seems to be feeling you out or trying to negotiate with you, walk away.  Good quality screen printers that you can trust and whom you want to work with, will have published static prices.  There should be no negotiations.

Contract Screen Printing Price

Once you have established your contract screen printing price sheet, you can accurately quote your customers without having to worry about making phone calls or sending emails to request quotes from your screen printer.

Just be sure that you understand the nuances of pricing, like increasing to another color if you require and underbase, or understanding the differences between a screen set up charge and a screen reset.  You need to clear up how your contract screen printer prices so that you feel confident in giving quotes to your clients.

If you want to see our prices, click here.  If you are looking for excellent contract screen printing prices, and to work with a family owned business that is large enough to manage your biggest job, but not so big that we don't know you by name and care about your business, then please consider giving us a call today.

You can reach us at (908) 806-8337, ask for Darren x103

Contract Silk Screen Printing : Finding the right contract screen printer

Contract Screen Printing, Wholesale Screen PrintingDarren Amato

Contract Silk Screen Printing

So ... you are searching for contract silk screen printing.  You must have lost your mind!  Just Kidding.  If you are in the personalized apparel business and you make your living by printing logos and designs on clothing, you're no stranger to contract silk screen printing.

There are many great screen printers out there, us being one of them ;-)  But if you are trying to find someone that will represent your brand well, there are a few things that you need to consider, because who you choose to represent you, could make or break your business, you don't want to produce bad work and lose hard to find customers.  So here's a list of ten things to look for when choosing a contract silk screen printing partner.

  1. Location - Choose a partner that is located either near you or near your customers.  Remember, you can use many silk screen companies; you don't have to settle for just one provider.
     
  2. Longevity - How long has your contract printer been in business?  There are pros and cons to working with both large and small providers; I'm not going to cover that in this post, but check back for another post on that topic.
     
  3. Customer Service - You need a contract silk screen printing company that is going to answer the phone when you call and respond to your emails.
     
  4. Quality of Print - Make sure to get samples of the work that screen printers do.  You can request print samples, online portfolio links and images of work that they've done.  Remember, their work is your work so you need to be satisfied with the quality of print.
     
  5. Production Facility - Know where your screen printer is working.  Do they operate out of their basement, a garage or a full facility?  There are many basement printers that do great work, heck we started that way, but make sure you know where your screen printer works, and request a tour.  If the shop is a mess, this could be an indication of the type of work that they do.
     
  6. References - Never get in business with someone that you can't get references from.  Of course everyone is going to give you their best customers to talk to, but ask for two very satisfied customers and 1 not so satisfied customer to talk to.  Then call them and ask about their experiences, because those will likely be yours as well.
     
  7. Guarantees - Find out what your contract silk screen printing partner's guarantee policy is.  If they mess up are you responsible to replace the garments or will they do it?  Here is where working with a small shop might be a problem.  If they are working very close to cost to grow their business and they make a major mistake, can they afford to replace the garments and fix it for your client or are you on the hook?
     
  8. Management Staff - Meet the people that you are going to do business with.  If it's not in person, then via phone.  You want to talk to the people that you are entrusting your business too.  Find out if the guy or gal that you talk to is also the printer, embroiderer, finance person, janitor etc ... Ask the management if they have an in house art department and if you have access to those artists or if you have to give them camera read art yourself.
     
  9. Finances - Can you get credit with this company or are you going to be working on an upfront basis?  This could make a difference to you.
     
  10. Your Gut - You have intuition, use it.  If you feel good about the people that you are choosing to do your silk screen printing, then go for it, if you don't feel good, then there is probably a good reason for it, listen to your gut.

Choose the right partner, it makes or breaks your business.  If you are not happy with your current provider, then look around, test someone else out and if you are happy, make the change.

Contact AMBRO Manufacturing about Contract Screen Printing