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Guides
Answers to the questions founders keep asking, built on the same data as the index. The tables update whenever prices refresh, and every claim links to its source.
What GSM is actually heavyweight?
160, 220, 280, 475 GSM: what the numbers mean for tees and fleece, how oz/yd² converts to GSM, and every blank we track placed on the scale.
Read →Heavyweight boxy tees
Boxy and oversized blank tees sorted by fabric weight, with the lowest public price we found and where to buy each one.
Read →LA Apparel 1801GD alternatives
Blanks in the same 200 to 260 GSM relaxed-to-boxy territory as the Los Angeles Apparel 1801GD, side by side on weight, fit, dye and public price.
Read →1717 vs 1801GD vs Shaka Max Heavyweight
The three most-asked-about heavy tees, compared spec by spec: weight, cut, dye, where to buy and the public price we found.
Read →Hoodies by GSM
Every blank hoodie and crewneck we track, ordered by fabric weight, so you can decide whether you really need a 450 GSM hoodie.
Read →Screen print vs DTG vs DTF
How each process works, where each one wins on quantity, colors, fabric and feel, and how many shops in our directory offer each.
Read →What minimum should you expect?
Printer minimums, blank-seller minimums and cut-and-sew minimums are three different things. Here is what the shops in our directory actually publish.
Read →How to price your first drop
Build the price up from landed cost (blank, print, labels, packaging, freight, defects) and selling fees, then solve for the margin you want.
Read →Your blanks or the printer's?
The tradeoffs of supplying your own garments to a print shop (cost, substitutions, misprints) and the questions to ask before you ship a box of blanks.
Read →Blanks without a resale certificate
Sellers that show prices and check out without a wholesale account, versus trade distributors that need one, and the blanks you can get from each.
Read →Relabeling blanks
How brands make a stock blank their own (neck prints, woven labels, hang tags), what US labels must say, and which shops in our directory offer label services.
Read →Why one sample costs so much
Setup costs, single-piece blank prices and no-minimum print methods, plus a wash test to run on every sample before you commit to a blank.
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