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How much does t-shirt printing cost in Australia?
Five custom printed t-shirts — 180gsm cotton in black or white, a logo on the chest and a design up to A4 across the back, in whatever sizes you like — are $175 including GST and delivery, which is $35 a shirt. From ten shirts the price drops to $30 each. There is no setup fee and no charge per colour, because the shirts are printed rather than screened.
What they cost, by quantity
Every figure below is a shirt with a 90 × 90mm logo on the front and a print up to A4 on the back, including GST and delivery Australia-wide, and the shirt itself is in the price. Read from the same price list the checkout charges from.
| Shirts | Each | Total, delivered | A4 front and back, each |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 to 9 | $35 | $175 for 5 | $40 |
| 10 to 15 | $30 | $300 for 10 | $35 |
Made in 4-5 working days from payment, delivered Australia-wide (allow 1 to 2 working days longer outside NSW, QLD and VIC). More than fifteen? Ask for a quote and the number comes back lower than this page can show. Order printed t-shirts, or see the whole price list.
What we print for this
Proofed before they run
Why there is no setup fee
Screen printing, the way shirts were printed for decades, needs a screen made for every colour in the design, and the screens cost money whether they print five shirts or five hundred. That is where setup fees and per-colour charges come from, and why screen-printed shirts only get cheap in the hundreds. These shirts are printed digitally, straight onto the garment, so a full-colour photograph costs the same as a one-colour logo and the fifth shirt costs the same to print as the fiftieth. What that buys you is a sensible price at five shirts: $35 each with the shirt, the print and delivery in it.
The trade-off is at volume. Above fifteen shirts the fixed digital rate stops being the best deal, which is why the cart hands a larger order to the desk for a quote rather than charging you more than it should.
What the options do to the price
The front print. The standard shirt has a logo up to 90 × 90mm on the left chest. Printing the front at the full A4 as well as the back adds $5 a shirt, $40 each at five.
Colour of the shirt. Black and white cost the same. They are two separate runs, though, so each colour has to meet the minimum of five on its own: five black and five white is two lines of five, not one line of ten at the ten-shirt price.
Sizes. Free to mix. XS to 3XL in a unisex modern fit are all the same price, and the minimum of five is on the order, not on each size, so five shirts can be five different sizes.
Full colour. Included. There is no per-colour charge and no premium for a photograph or a gradient.
What is not in that figure
Nothing for the shirt or delivery: both are in the price at every quantity. Artwork from your own file is set up free; a design made from nothing is quoted per job. The one thing that catches people is resolution: a logo lifted off a website is usually 72dpi and prints soft on fabric. Run it through the resolution checker first — nothing is uploaded — or send a vector file, which is crisp at any size.
How to read anyone’s t-shirt price
- Is the shirt in it? Some prices are the print alone, on garments you supply. A print-only price is not a shirt price.
- Setup and screens? A low per-shirt price with a setup fee and a charge per colour can double on a five-shirt order. Ask for the total for your quantity and your design.
- What garment? Weight and fibre decide how it wears. 180gsm cotton is a proper everyday tee; much lighter is a promotional giveaway.
- How big is the print? “Front and back” can mean a pocket logo and an A4. Check the print area, not just the position.
- Per colour? If the price moves with the number of colours, it is screen printed and your design will be simplified to suit.
- Including GST and delivery? Every figure here includes both.
Common questions
How much does it cost to print t-shirts in Australia?
Five custom printed t-shirts are $175 including GST and delivery, $35 a shirt, with a logo on the chest and a design up to A4 on the back on a 180gsm cotton tee in black or white. Ten are $300, $30 each. There is no setup fee and no charge per colour. Above fifteen the run is quoted.
How much does one custom t-shirt cost?
Five is the minimum order, so the smallest run is $175 for five shirts, delivered. That minimum is on the order rather than on each size or design, so the five can be five sizes. A single one-off shirt is not something this run is set up for.
Is there a setup fee for printed t-shirts?
No. The shirts are printed digitally rather than screen printed, so there are no screens to make, no setup fee, no charge per colour and no minimum beyond the five shirts. A photograph costs the same as a one-colour logo.
Can I mix sizes and colours in one order?
Sizes, freely: say how the quantity splits across XS to 3XL and every size is the same price. Colours are one per line, because black and white are separate runs, so each colour has to reach the minimum of five on its own.
How big can the print be?
Up to A4, 210 × 297mm, on the back, which is roughly shoulder blade to shoulder blade on a medium. The front is a 90 × 90mm chest logo, or the same A4 area for $5 more a shirt. Anything larger than A4 is a different product and is priced on request.
How long do printed t-shirts take?
4-5 working days from payment, delivered Australia-wide (allow 1 to 2 working days longer outside NSW, QLD and VIC). That is longer than paper print on purpose: the shirts are pulled, printed, cured and checked before they go anywhere.
What else costs what
From $32 for 10: the cheap merch beside the shirt.
Caps, hats, bags and bottles with the same logo, priced online.
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