Organizing a Group Tee Shirt Order

Did you ever want to have shirts made for your club or organization? When we are part of a special group, we like to show our unity and pride by wearing clothing that promotes our group. If you’d like to organize a group order for your organization, we have a few suggestions to make it go smoother.

Simply speaking, you would need to provide your logo (or your idea) and decide on what garments to offer in order to establish prices for your order form. Then you would distribute the forms, set a deadline, collect orders and money, and give the compiled order with a deposit to us. There are a bit more things to consider, however, and I’ll try to address those things here.

First you’ll need to decide if your order is a fundraiser or just an order. A fundraiser is usually created by taking the cost of the printed garments from us and adding a few dollars to those prices. The new prices go onto your order form and all order payments go directly into your organization. When you order the items, your organization pays for the garments and keeps the extra funds for your group’s needs. One advantage is that if you sell a higher quantity than anticipated, your printing cost may go down and you may raise a bit more funds.

A non-fundraising order can simply use the quoted shirt price. You can choose to collect the money or have each person write a check to us. Since prices are based on quantity, we work with you to estimate the total order ahead of time to get the right price for your order form.

The design and color of the shirt is often dictated by the logo of the organization. If your group agrees, your logo may be printed on more than one color tee. The more variety you offer, the more people will enjoy the buying process. For example, a navy logo would look great on both ash and light blue tees.

Order forms are more effective if they have more than one item for people to order. You may start by thinking your group wants tee shirts, but consider offering polos, hoodies, zip hoodies, sweatpants, jackets, hats, shorts or tote bags to your order form. If you keep the logo the same throughout, your quantities may be combined to meet the next price break (depending on the items). While you personally only may want a tee shirt, others may want to buy more than one item to show their support for your group. It takes very little time to add a few more items to the order form and the results may surprise you!

Deadlines are very important when working with people. Your order form should have a deadline and a delivery date on it. I suggest that you create a second, personal deadline to place the order with us, generally a week or so later, but don’t tell anyone! This will give you time to compile the order, double-check all payments and accept those late orders that straggle in. In certain circumstances I have even suggested having two order dates, with the second order’s deadline after the first order’s delivery date. Once people see what others purchased, non-buyers turn into buyers quickly. Special arrangements for two orders should be made with us when you start planning your order.

Another thing to consider when ordering for a group is offering custom names on shirts. For a few dollars more, members of your group can add their names to the back of their tees or hoodies. This can be an optional line on the order form.

Organizing a group order isn’t as difficult or confusing as it may first seem. If your group wants shirts, you can be the one who organizes the order with help from us at Logo Factory. Let us help your organization show its pride and unity with new shirts! Call us at 315-597-4640 or visit us at www.WePrintShirtsUSA.com.