T-Shirts for Sports Clubs: cost
By The Velocity Wear Team
Custom t-shirts for a sports club start at $13 a piece at our 50-piece minimum, with sizes mixed freely inside that 50. The per-piece figure falls as quantity rises through the tiers, reaching up to 35% off the 50-piece price at the top. What moves the number most is not the artwork - it is how many separate designs the club is trying to run at once.
What does a club t-shirt cost per piece?
The from-price on the wholesale t-shirts page is $13 at 50 pieces, on 150-240 GSM combed ring-spun cotton. Where a club lands against that depends on the weight chosen, the decoration method, and how many print positions the design uses. A single chest crest on a 150 GSM training tee sits near the bottom of the range. A heavier 240 GSM shirt with a front crest, a sponsor block and a back number sits above it, because each position is its own setup and its own pass through the shop.
How much does the price fall as the order grows?
Quantity is banded rather than continuous. The tiers run 50-99, 100-249, 250-499, 500-999 and 1,000 and above, and the discount builds through them to a ceiling of 35% measured from the 50-piece price. The practical consequence for a club is worth spelling out: ordering 95 shirts and then another 95 four months later prices both runs in the first band, while ordering 190 once prices the lot in the second. Clubs that plan a season rather than a fixture usually save more than clubs that negotiate hard on a single order.
What do squad numbers and sponsor logos add?
Numbers and player names are personalisation, which means every shirt in the run is handled individually rather than as identical stock, so they carry a cost per garment rather than a one-off setup. Sponsor logos behave differently: one extra print position, set up once, then repeated. If your sponsor deal has to be visible, a sponsor block on the back under the number is usually cheaper than a second sponsored garment. The sports clubs page covers how clubs typically structure that, and print or embroidery explains which method suits which mark.
Where does the money go that is not the shirt?
Three places, and none of them are obvious from a quote. Setup: screens are made per colour per design, so a four-colour crest is four screens. Handling: mixed sizes and individual names slow the pack-out. Delivery: transit is separate from the 10-15 working day production window, and clubs ordering close to a season opener sometimes pay for speed at that end. A useful breakdown of the same structure sits in bulk t-shirt pricing.
How do clubs bring the per-piece figure down?
By consolidating. One design across seniors, juniors and supporters is a single run of 200 rather than four runs of 50, which is a whole tier of difference. Keep the crest to two or three colours. Put personalisation only on the shirts that need it rather than the whole squad. And get the size split right first time, because dead stock in the wrong sizes is real money that never shows up in the quote - size splits for clubs goes through how to work that out.
