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Event merch
Vendor days, festivals, pop-ups, sponsorships, fundraisers - event merch has one rule the rest of the catalog doesn’t: budget-per-piece usually matters more than a premium feel, because you’re making a lot and often giving it away. Here’s how to do it right without overspending.
For giveaways and high-volume event runs, reach for our most cost-effective tee: the Port & Company Easy Cotton Tee (PC43). It’s a clean, lightweight cotton shirt that takes a print well and keeps your per-piece cost as low as it goes - exactly what you want when you’re ordering by the hundred. Need a few in long sleeve? There’s a long-sleeve version too. When the merch is meant to sell (not give away), step up to a retail blank - see the best blanks guide.
For a big single-design run, screen printing is almost always the cheapest per piece - its setup spreads across the whole order, so the more you print, the less each shirt costs. If you need a handful of variants, small quantities, or full-color art, DTF handles those without a per-color setup. The screen print vs DTF guide covers the trade-off.
Weight your order toward the middle sizes, keep the design simple and bold so it reads from across a room, and save your art to an account so a mid-event reorder or a follow-up run is a two-minute job. Screen printing starts at 25 pieces and embroidery at 12; most events are well past that.
Start with the budget tee and see your all-in per-piece price drop as the quantity climbs.
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