Custom Hoodies With No Minimum in Canada
Custom hoodies with no minimum in Canada: why one hoodie is a normal order, which methods print a single piece, and when ordering 12 starts to pay off.
- Minimum order
- No minimum on DTF and DTG — we will print a single hoodie, with no setup fee on full-colour DTF.
- Screen printing
- Starts around 6 pieces and becomes the best value past roughly 24–50 pieces.
- One embroidered hoodie
- Possible. A logo that has never been stitched is digitized into a stitch file first, a one-time step per design that reorders reuse.
- First price break
- 12 pieces, then 24, 50 and 100. Every colour of the same hoodie in one order counts toward the same break, and youth hoodies count with the adult ones.
- The hoodie
- Gildan 18500 Heavy Blend pullover: 8.0 oz/yd², 50% cotton / 50% polyester fleece, adult S–3XL in the studio, plus youth sizes.
- Before you pay
- Every order gets a free digital mockup on the actual product before any payment, and a human designer reviews it before it goes to press — one hoodie included.
- Delivery
- Shipping Canada-wide, priced for your postal code and shown before you pay; orders typically arrive 1–2 days after they leave the shop. Pickup in Ottawa is by appointment.
How many custom hoodies? From 1 piece to 100
“No minimum” answers one question: can you order a single hoodie? The useful follow-up is what changes as the count grows, from one piece to a hundred. Tap a count to jump to its card.
2–11 hoodies
12–49 hoodies
50–100 hoodies
In the studio the per-piece price is the same from 1 hoodie to 11. It first drops at 12, then at 24, 50 and 100.
Quick picks: what is the order for?
A gift for one person
A sample before a bigger order
Family or a few friends
A small team or crew
A club, class or staff
Company or school-wide
Every order size, one by one
Each card answers the question people ask at that count: which method prints it, what the price does, and what to check before you order.
Can I order one custom hoodie?
DTF or DTG · no minimum · no setup fee
Yes. There is no minimum on DTF and DTG, so a single printed hoodie is a normal order, not a favour. Both methods print from the file, with no screens to make, so there is no setup cost to spread across a quantity, and a full-colour photo costs no more to print than a one-colour logo.
One hoodie gets everything a big order gets: a free digital mockup on the actual hoodie before you pay, and a human designer checking the file before it goes to press. It costs more per piece than an order of 12 or more, because you are paying for one hoodie and one print rather than a share of a run.
Can I get one embroidered hoodie?
Yes · the logo is digitized into a stitch file first
Yes, with one extra step. An embroidery machine sews from a stitch file, so a logo that has never been stitched is digitized first: redrawn as stitches, once per design. On one hoodie that step weighs more than it does on fifty, which is why a single embroidered hoodie makes the most sense for a logo you will order again.
Once the stitch file exists, a reorder of one hoodie reuses it. Our guide to embroidery digitizing explains what the digitizer does and what to send.
Printing 2 to 5 custom hoodies
DTF or DTG · any mix of sizes and colours
A family, a band, a few friends or a small crew. Each hoodie can be a different size and a different colour, and the order can carry one design or several. This is still well under the roughly 6 pieces where screen printing starts, so it prints on DTF or DTG.
In the studio, the per-piece price is the same for 2 to 5 hoodies as for one: it first drops at 12. Sizes come in adult S to 3XL, with youth hoodies for the children in the family.
6 to 11 hoodies: just under the first break
Screen printing possible from about 6 · first price break at 12
Screen printing technically starts around 6 pieces, but it only becomes the best value past roughly 24 to 50, so a small team order still usually prints on DTF or DTG.
This is the count to check against 12. The studio’s first price break lowers the price of every hoodie in the order, so the total for 12 can be barely more than the total for 11, and a spare or two covers the player who joins late.
12 custom hoodies: the first price break
The per-piece price drops · every colour counts toward 12
Twelve is where “no minimum” turns into volume pricing: the first point at which the price per hoodie drops in our studio. Every colour of the same hoodie counts toward it, so 7 navy and 5 grey hoodies are priced as 12, and youth hoodies count with the adult ones.
You do not have to reach 12 to order. It is simply the first count at which ordering more lowers the price of every hoodie, not just adds to the total.
24 hoodies: when screen printing enters
The next break · screen printing worth comparing for simple art
The second break. From about two dozen hoodies, screen printing starts to compete with digital printing for a simple one- or two-colour design, because the screen setup is now spread over enough pieces to pay for itself.
Full-colour art, photos and gradients stay on DTF at any count. For the levers that lower the price from here, see our guide to cheap custom hoodies.
50 to 100 hoodies: volume pricing
Breaks at 50 and 100 · the hundreds are quoted directly
The last two breaks in the studio are at 50 and 100. By here, a simple design is usually cheapest screen printed, and orders in the hundreds are usually quoted directly, through the free quote form, by email or by phone.
At this size the question is no longer whether there is a minimum but how to plan the run. Our guide to wholesale custom hoodies covers sizes, colours and dates for a run in the hundreds.
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Hoodie minimum on DTF and DTG
~6
Pieces where screen printing starts
12
First price break
S–3XL
Adult hoodie sizes in the studio
Why many hoodie printers have a minimum
Minimums come from setup. Screen printing pushes ink through a stencilled screen, one screen per ink colour and per print location, and each one is made, set up and cleaned whatever the count. A minimum order spreads that work across enough hoodies to make the price reasonable. Digital printing, DTF and DTG, prints straight from the file, so there is nothing to set up and nothing to spread.
| Method | Smallest order | What has to be set up | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTF | 1 hoodie | Nothing: no setup fee | Full-colour art, small orders |
| DTG | 1 hoodie | No screens | Single pieces and small runs |
| Embroidery | 1 hoodie | A stitch file, digitized once per design | Chest logos you will reorder |
| Screen printing | Around 6 pieces | One screen per ink colour and print location | Simple art, best value past roughly 24–50 |
That is why a shop that only screen prints needs a minimum and we do not: the small orders go to the methods that have no setup. The same logic applies to t-shirts; see no-minimum custom t-shirt printing for the tee side.
Gifts versus small teams: two different small orders
A gift is usually one hoodie, one design and one date that will not move, like a birthday. Order it on the standard 1–2 week turnaround with time to spare rather than paying for a rush. If the gift is a name, a date or an in-joke rather than a logo, our guide to personalized hoodies covers where a name fits on a hoodie and how to get the spelling right.
A small team is a handful of people in a spread of sizes, often with a few more who might join. The two decisions that matter are the sizes, collected from each person rather than guessed, and the count, checked against the first price break at 12.
| Order | Usual count | Usual method | What to check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gift | 1 | DTF or DTG; embroidery for a logo | The size and the date |
| Family or friends | 2–5 | DTF or DTG | Each person’s size; youth sizes for children |
| Small team or crew | 6–11 | DTF or DTG | The total for 12 against the total for your count |
| Club or staff | 12 and up | DTF, DTG or screen printing | Colours and sizes counted together toward the break |
Order one now, more later
No minimum works in both directions. You can order one hoodie as a sample to check the fit, the colour and the print before a team order, and you can add one later for the person who joins mid-season, as long as the hoodie is still made in that colour. An embroidered logo reorders from the same stitch file, so the hoodie added in March matches the ones from September.
If you are unsure of a size, the Gildan 18500 is a classic, relaxed unisex fit that runs true to size; the hoodie size guide has the chest and length of every size from S to 5XL, and the studio sells S to 3XL.
How to order a single custom hoodie in Canada
Open the free design studio, upload your art or type your text, place it on the hoodie and choose the colour and size; the price shows before you pay. Every order gets a free digital mockup on the actual product, and a human designer checks the resolution, colour, sizing and placement before it goes to press, whether it is one hoodie or a hundred.
Standard turnaround on clothing is 1–2 weeks, and every order shows the dates it will be ready before you pay; a 4–5 or 1–3 business-day rush is available at checkout for a price. Hoodies are printed and embroidered in-house in Ottawa and shipped Canada-wide, including the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Montreal, with shipping priced for your postal code. Pickup in Ottawa is by appointment. Questions: phone or WhatsApp 613-666-YAYA (613-666-9292) or email order@yayaprints.ca, in English or French.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a minimum order for custom hoodies in Canada?
Not at YAYA Prints. There is no minimum on DTF and DTG, so one custom hoodie is a normal order, printed in Ottawa and shipped anywhere in Canada. Screen printing starts around 6 pieces, and the per-piece price first drops at 12 hoodies, then at 24, 50 and 100.
Can I order a single custom hoodie with my own design?
Yes. Upload your art in the free design studio, place it on the hoodie, choose the colour and size, and see the price before you pay. A single hoodie prints on DTF or DTG with no setup fee, gets a free digital mockup, and is checked by a human designer before it goes to press.
Is there a minimum for embroidered hoodies?
No, one embroidered hoodie is possible. A logo that has never been stitched must first be digitized into a stitch file, a one-time step per design, so a single embroidered hoodie makes the most sense for a logo you will reorder. Reorders, even of one hoodie, reuse the same stitch file.
Why do some print shops require 12 or 24 hoodies?
Because screen printing needs one screen per ink colour and per print location, set up and cleaned whatever the count, and a minimum spreads that setup across enough hoodies. DTF and DTG print straight from the file with no screens, which is why they can print a single hoodie.
Does one custom hoodie cost more than ordering in bulk?
Yes, per piece. In the studio the per-piece price is the same for 1 hoodie as for 11, and it first drops at 12, then at 24, 50 and 100. Every colour of the same hoodie counts toward the break, so a small group ordering together can reach 12 sooner than it might think.
Can I mix sizes and colours in a small hoodie order?
Yes. A small order can mix adult sizes S to 3XL, youth sizes and any hoodie colours, and every colour of the same hoodie counts toward the same price break at 12, 24, 50 and 100. Sizes 2XL and 3XL cost a little more per piece.
Design it yourself. A human designer still checks every order.
Our free studio gives you the price and the mockup in the browser. What it doesn't do is print your file blindly — every order is reviewed by a real designer before it reaches the press.
- Step 1You design it — free
Upload your logo, drop it on a real garment, set the size and placement, pick colours and quantities. No account, no deposit, no waiting on a reply.
- Step 2A human designer checks it
Before anything prints, one of our designers opens your file and checks resolution, colours, sizing and placement. If it won't print well, we fix it or tell you exactly what's wrong — a person, not an automated preflight.
- Step 3You approve, then we print
You get the corrected mockup back on the actual product. Nothing goes to press until you say yes — then it's ready in 1–2 weeks, or in 1–3 business days with a rush.
Order one hoodie, or start with one
Design a single hoodie in the studio and see the price before you pay, or order one as a sample before the team order. No minimum on DTF and DTG, and the price drops from 12.
Every order is reviewed by a human designer before it goes to press. A person checks artwork resolution, colour, sizing and placement, and either fixes the file or tells the customer what is wrong — it is not an automated preflight.