Need custom t-shirts for your organization, group, or event? Deciding between a local printer and an online or national one? While online shopping has changed the game, some jobs are still best done close to home. We believe choosing a local printer or embroiderer is the way to go, offering better cost and quality.
Here are the top reasons to shop locally for your custom screen printing and embroidery needs.
Here are some of the top reasons to shop locally when you need custom screen printing and embroidery.
Touch and See What Custom T-Shirts You’re Ordering
If you want to ensure you’re ordering quality products, order your custom t-shirts from a local printer. By working with a local printer, you can stop in and make sure you are getting the right products ordered. You can touch the products and determine, in person, if a fabric is too lightweight, too heavy, or too scratchy. If so, you can make changes accordingly. Read our article about our Try-On Process at Logo Depot –
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Local T-Shirt Screen Printers Understand You
Doing business locally, especially for a custom t-shirt order, can make your life easier. After all, you’re in the same time zone, so you can stop by the shop and touch and see the products and samples. You can pick up the order in person, and meet with the team to discuss any concerns you may have.
They Aren’t Afraid To Rush Custom T-Shirt Orders
Need to get some custom t-shirts screen printed…fast? Don’t try ordering online without some hefty upcharges plus rush shipping. It’s nearly impossible to find an online printer who can get your shirts done quickly for an affordable price. Local printers, however, are used to quick orders and can accommodate your needs without charging you an arm or leg.
Local T-Shirt Printers Are More Affordable
If you’re seeing online ads for national companies, those national companies pay for you to see them or, rather, their customers do. Local screen printers rely on word-of-mouth and the reputation they have built over the years. The bigger the company, the more turnover and overhead they have — and the more they have to charge their customers to stay afloat. Additionally, shipping costs can be massive, whereas local pickup is free.
There Aren’t Major Delivery Headaches with Custom Orders
A major difference between choosing a local or online screen printer is receiving your order. Not only is shipping heavy orders extremely expensive, but shipping problems happen. If you need products you paid for, don’t want delays, lost shipments, damaged goods, and so on, don’t get stuck with an order you paid for with no goods to show for it. You may get reimbursed, but that reimbursement won’t help when you show up for your event empty-handed.
Outsourced Custom T-Shirt Orders Are Unheard Of
We’ve heard horror stories of online orders that look, feel, and are cheap. Many online printers and embroiderers are middlemen who use a variety of different overseas and domestic suppliers — and, frankly, the quality isn’t there. When you work with a local printer such as Logo Depot, you can ensure that your custom t-shirt order stays in-house and there is total quality control, from start to finish.
Local Screen Printers Provide Better Customer Service
Do you know someone who ordered from an online printer because it was the middle of the night? For them, everything worked out ok. That’s great — however if a problem pops up, how does it get resolved?
When you can’t see the products in person, can’t call your shop to discuss issues, or can’t meet with a manager face-to-face, you’re risking not being able to fix an issue should one arise (and issues are more likely to arise with an online printer due to quality and communication issues). Further, if you do have an issue, you won’t be working with a printer who can do a rush job and get the issue fixed in time for your event.
They Are Better For The Environment
Online and national printers often ship orders from far distances; local printers print your custom t-shirts in-house. When you choose to order from a local printer, you can reduce your carbon footprint by cutting back on all of the things that go along with distance shipping, from fuel to excess packaging to gas emissions.
Community Contributions
Supporting local businesses is not just good practice, it’s good for your local community and its economy. Supporting local businesses leads to more jobs that can support more local businesses.
Online Companies Use Local Custom T-Shirt Printers, So Why Shouldn’t You?
Believe it or not, many online companies just use local printers to do custom t-shirt orders for them. That’s right: you may pay a national printer to get your order ready — and that national printer will go to a local printer. You end up paying the upcharges, shipping, and advertising but you don’t get the personalized customer service and quality control. If you need more reasons to shop locally check out this article as well –
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To sum up, online shopping may have revolutionized much of our daily lives and the way we do business…but when it comes to services such as customized printing and embroidery, the Internet can’t beat bricks-and-mortar. If you are looking for a local printer or embroiderer in the Great Wichita area, we are proud of Logo Depot’s longstanding reputation as a leading provider of quality printed and embroidered promotional items. If you’d like great prices alongside stellar customer service, give us a call.
