{"id":742,"date":"2018-01-02T16:56:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anatol.com\/2018\/01\/02\/a-starter-s-guide-to-decorating-team-sports-apparel\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T08:46:40","slug":"a-starter-s-guide-to-decorating-team-sports-apparel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anatol.com\/es\/a-starter-s-guide-to-decorating-team-sports-apparel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Starter’s Guide to Decorating Team Sports Apparel"},"content":{"rendered":"
For screen printers, team apparel can generate big business. From local school sports teams to rec leagues to local colleges and universities, there\u2019s plenty of business to be had. Contracting with a team can result in repeat business, year after year, and it brings more than just jerseys: Think warm-up gear, hats, team jackets and fan apparel. So if your screen printing shop isn\u2019t already churning out team apparel, it\u2019s something you should be looking into.<\/p>\n
Creating personalized team gear, with names and numbers for players, might seem like a cumbersome proposition, but there are several ways to create personalized sportswear quickly and at a reasonable cost. The primary ways of adding names and numbers to sports team apparel include:<\/p>\n
One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to apply names and numbers to sports jerseys are with purchased heat transfers. You can by letters and numbers to keep on hand to apply to jerseys or other team gear as orders come in. If you want to add a bigger lineup of fonts to your offerings, and save the time of positioning all of the letters in a name, you can order custom-made heat transfers as teams place their orders.<\/p>\n
If you plan to do a lot of customized team apparel in your screen printing shop, you might want to look into purchasing your own cutter for producing personalized heat transfers to fill your customers\u2019 orders. This allows you to produce customized transfers without waiting for orders from a heat-transfer supplier while still offering a range of fonts and colors to your customers. You do have to factor in, however, the amount of time it takes to cut and weed transfers by hand.<\/p>\n
You can, of course, create your own heat transfers by screen printing logos, letters and numbers to specialized heat transfer paper. This comes with the added benefit of being able to customize transfers with multiple colors or custom-designed logos. However, while screen printing your own heat transfers can be very cost effective and provide your customers with plenty of options, it can be time consuming.<\/p>\n