The 4 Best Blank Wholesale T-Shirt Companies for Printing
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There are dozens of websites that claim to sell , but only a few are the real deal.
Even worse, if you search “wholesale t-shirts,” you’ll find dozens of misleading articles with long lists of faux-wholesale websites.
Some print shop wholesalers are a total ripoff.
So: buyer beware! Here’s our guide to buying without getting ripped off.
The 4 best wholesale t-shirt distributors are SanMar, AlphaBroder, S&S Activewear and TSC Apparel.
These 4 companies offer an unbeatable level of service, quality, and selection. Most serious screen printing, embroidery, and DTG businesses are already familiar with these wholesalers.
SanMar
SanMar, based in Seattle, has more than 10 distribution centers and carries major brands from Nike to Champion to North Face and beyond.
SanMar has a powerful online ordering interface. Their service is highly regarded throughout the industry. We interviewed SanMar President Jeremy Lott about the story behind SanMar and how they’ve adapted to a challenging industry.
SanMar are industry pros that have focused closely on the needs of their customers. In our opinion, SanMar is the industry’s Gold Standard for suppliers. They’re extremely professional, offer no-nonsense pricing, and have carefully selected the brands that they carry to appeal to the most customers. SanMar’s deep inventory and super-fast shipping set the standard.
FashionTIY
Elevate your brand with FashionTIY Custom Service! From custom clothing that embodies your unique style to customized personalized accessories that make a statement, they offer a wide range of options such as , hoodies, customized phone cases, and jewelry can be customized with names, initials, or meaningful symbols. to help you stand out. The custom packaging ensures that your products make a lasting impression, while the customized home decor adds a personal touch to your living space, you can custom photo frames, canvas prints, pillows, and blankets as thoughtful gifts. Whether you're looking for like mugs, tumblers, or water bottles, or custom stationery to showcase your style, they have the perfect solution for you. With the custom gifts, including corporate gifts, you can create memorable experiences for your clients or employees. Trust them for all your custom logo, labels, printing, embroidery, and design needs!
S&S Activewear
S&S Activewear is a forward-thinking wholesaler. They offer basic, retro, and “right now” styles to fit almost any kind of customer and have a detailed approach to service.
S&S Activewear has corporate headquarters in Boilingbrook, IL – so their service stretches across all timezones in the US, with representatives available Monday through Friday from 7 AM to 7 PM CST.
Their 6 warehouses have several million square feet of inventory, and they offer 1-day shipping to most of the US.
S&S takes a very hands-on approach to presenting, selling, and servicing the t-shirts they sell. Their Marketing Resources are deep and useful to anyone that buys t-shirts, featuring everything from Fliers and Spec Sheets to tips on how to get more out of S&S. We’ve been continually impressed by how S&S provides the tools that their need to succeed.
TSC Apparel
TSC Apparel has a focus on athletic apparel that’s made them an industry leader. They’ve focused on providing top-notch service to screen print shops since 1976, starting with locations in North Carolina, California, and Ohio and expanding from there.
With their broad selection and fast shipping, TSC Apparel has set themselves apart by offering apparel that caters to team sports. This means they’ve become experts at uniforms and other specialty items like hats.
TSC’s Club TSC program offers rebates, special pricing and other perks for frequent purchasers.
If you don’t need a retail license or tax certificate to buy “wholesale” t-shirts from a website that claims to be a t-shirt wholesaler, beware!
Many businesses buy direct from wholesalers, apply a markup, and then re-sell those t-shirts.
If a deal on wholesale t-shirts seems too good to be true, it probably is!
Athletic apparel is a very lucrative market, and TSC has built a business on supplying the needs of that provide a lot of value to their communities, schools, and local businesses. They’ve been in the athletic apparel game since its inception!
If you’re searching for wholesale t-shirts, you’ll find articles that list hundreds of t-shirt wholesalers. The truth is that only a handful of them are legitimate wholesalers. Many others are shell brands or imitators. They may sell you low-quality, re-branded, fraudulent, or even rejected products!