Wholesale Custom Hoodies: Volume Pricing Guide
Wholesale custom hoodies for companies, schools and teams: how volume pricing works, when screen printing takes over, and how to plan a run of hundreds.
- What we sell
- Finished hoodies, printed or embroidered in-house in Ottawa, Ontario. We do not sell blank hoodies, and we are not a wholesale transfer or gang-sheet supplier.
- Volume pricing
- Large orders get volume pricing. In the online design studio the per-piece price drops at 12, 24, 50 and 100 pieces, and every colour of the same garment in one order counts toward the same price break. Orders in the hundreds are usually screen printed and quoted directly — through the free quote form, by email or by phone — and a large order gets the same free mockup and human designer check as a single shirt.
- Method at volume
- Screen printing starts around 6 pieces and becomes the best value past roughly 24–50 pieces. Embroidery suits chest logos, from one digitized stitch file per design.
- The hoodie
- Gildan 18500 Heavy Blend pullover: 8.0 oz/yd², 50% cotton / 50% polyester fleece, adult S–3XL in the studio, with a 100% polyester option. Youth hoodies count with the adult ones toward the price break.
- Print sizes
- 11″ wide on the full front and back, 3.5″ on the left chest, 3″ on a sleeve. The pouch pocket caps a hoodie front print at about 9.4″ tall.
- Turnaround
- Standard turnaround on clothing is 1–2 weeks. Runs in the hundreds are planned around a date agreed when you book; the fastest 1–3 business-day rush stops at a set piece count.
- Delivery
- Local delivery across Ottawa–Gatineau and shipping Canada-wide, including the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Montreal, priced for your postal code and shown before you pay. Pickup in Ottawa is by appointment.
Wholesale hoodie orders, from 12 to 1,000
First, what “wholesale” means here. We sell finished hoodies with your logo printed or stitched on them, not cases of blank hoodies to decorate yourself, and not transfers. If you are buying for a company, a school, a team or an event, read on: this is how the price and the planning change as the count grows. Tap an order size to jump to its card.
12–49 hoodies
50–99 hoodies
100–500 hoodies
1,000 and up
The studio’s last price break is at 100. Orders in the hundreds are usually screen printed and quoted directly, with the same free mockup.
Quick picks: who are the hoodies for?
Sports team or club
Company staff
Embroidered uniform hoodies
School, grad class or campus
Conference or event crew
Merch drop or multi-site company
What changes at each order size
The hoodie does not change with the count: the same Gildan 18500 pullover in 8.0 oz Heavy Blend fleece, or the 100% polyester option, at 12 or at 1,000. What changes is the method that makes most sense, how the price is set, and how much planning the order needs.
12 custom hoodies: the first price break
Online studio · DTF or DTG · every colour counts toward 12
Twelve is where volume pricing starts: the first point at which the per-piece price drops in our online design studio. Every colour of the same hoodie counts toward it, so 8 black and 4 grey hoodies are priced as 12, and youth hoodies count with the adult ones.
At this size, the print is usually DTF or DTG: full colour, no screens and no setup fee, so a detailed logo costs no more than a simple one. You can design, price and order a run of 12 yourself, without waiting for a quote.
24 custom hoodies: when screen printing enters
Studio break at 24 · screen printing worth comparing
The next break. Screen printing starts around 6 pieces but becomes the best value past roughly 24 to 50, so from about two dozen hoodies it is worth comparing the two methods for a one- or two-colour design. Full-colour art, photos and gradients stay on DTF.
If the design is simple and the count may grow, ask for a screen-printed quote alongside the studio price; both come with a free mockup.
50 custom hoodies: printed or embroidered staff runs
Studio break at 50 · screen printing usually the best value
By fifty, a one- or two-colour design is usually cheapest screen printed: the screens cost the same to set up whatever the count, so the setup is now spread over 50 hoodies. The studio price drops again here too.
Fifty is also a common size for embroidered staff hoodies. A chest logo, 3.5″ wide, is digitized once into a stitch file, and that one file stitches every hoodie in the run and every reorder after it.
100 custom hoodies: the top studio break
Last studio price break · quoting also open
One hundred is the last price break in the studio, and the size at which planning starts to matter more than price: the size breakdown, the colours and the date. You can still order 100 hoodies online, or send the same details through the free quote form for a screen-printed quote.
At this count, collect sizes from the people who will wear the hoodies rather than guessing a spread, and book the date when you order.
250 to 500 custom hoodies: a quoted production run
Quoted directly · usually screen printed · date booked when you order
Orders in the hundreds are usually screen printed and quoted directly, through the quote form, by email or by phone. On a quoted run, each separate design, print location and ink colour is its own setup, so the most economical order shares one design across every hoodie and keeps the ink colours to what the design needs.
These runs are planned, not rushed: the fastest 1–3 day rush stops at a set piece count, so the date is agreed when you book, on the standard schedule.
1,000 custom hoodies: plan first, then price
Quoted · scheduled into press time · one approved proof
At a thousand, the plan matters more than the price. One hoodie style, a size breakdown built from real data, one approved proof, and a delivery date agreed before anything prints. A large order gets the same free mockup and human designer check as a single hoodie.
Our guide to printing 1,000 custom t-shirts or hoodies walks through how a run that size is scheduled and delivered.
12 · 24 · 50 · 100
Studio price breaks
24–50
Pieces where screen printing takes over
11″
Front and back print width
1–2 wks
Standard turnaround
How volume pricing works on custom hoodies
There are two ways a big hoodie order is priced, and the count decides which one you use. In the online studio, the price per hoodie steps down at 12, 24, 50 and 100, and the count is the whole order of that hoodie: every colour, every design and the youth sizes all count together. On a quoted screen-printed run, the price is the hoodies plus the setups, one for each design, print location and ink colour, spread across the run. That is why a quoted run gets cheaper per hoodie the longer it runs.
| Hoodies | Usual method | How it is priced | Where to order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–11 | DTF or DTG; embroidery for a chest logo | Studio price, no setup fee on DTF | Design studio |
| 12–49 | DTF or DTG; screen printing from about 24 for simple art | Studio breaks at 12 and 24 | Design studio, or a quote for screen printing |
| 50–99 | Screen printing; embroidery for chest logos | Studio break at 50, or a screen-printed quote | Either |
| 100 and up | Screen printing; embroidery for chest logos | Studio break at 100; the hundreds are usually quoted | Quote form, email or phone |
For the other ways to bring the price per hoodie down, such as one print location, simple art and the standard turnaround, see our guide to cheap custom hoodies.
Wholesale embroidered hoodies
Embroidery is the usual choice for staff and uniform hoodies that will be worn for years. It suits a left-chest logo, stitched at about 3.5″ wide, better than a big front or back design, which reads better printed. On a hoodie, a chest logo also sits clear of the pouch pocket and the drawcords.
The economics are different from printing. A logo is digitized once, redrawn as a stitch file, and that file then stitches every hoodie in the run and every reorder after it, so a company that reorders a few hoodies a season gets the same logo each time. Embroidery adds to the per-piece price, and it counts toward the same price breaks as printing. Our guide to embroidered hoodies covers what stitches well on fleece.
Planning a run in the hundreds: one hoodie, sizes, colours, a date
One hoodie. Pick one style for everyone. In the studio that is the Gildan 18500 pullover in 50/50 fleece, with a 100% polyester option, and a youth version for schools and families that counts with the adult hoodies toward the price break. One style means one size chart, one fit and one reorder.
Sizes. The studio’s hoodie runs S to 3XL, with 2XL and 3XL costing a little more per piece. The 18500 is a classic, relaxed unisex fit that runs true to size, so collect the sizes people actually wear rather than putting everyone in an XL. On a run in the hundreds, a size form with a deadline beats a guessed spread every time.
Colours. In the studio, mixing hoodie colours never costs you the price break. On a quoted screen-printed run, choosing hoodie colours that all take the same ink colours keeps the number of setups down.
A date. Standard turnaround on clothing is 1–2 weeks, and every order shows the dates it will be ready before you pay. Give the date when you ask for the quote, count back from it, and have one person approve the mockup. A run in the hundreds is planned, not rushed; our guide to rush custom hoodies explains why the fastest window stops at a set piece count.
Bulk custom hoodies in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal
Every hoodie is printed or embroidered in-house in Ottawa, Ontario. Nothing is drop-shipped from overseas, so there are no cross-border customs holds or surprise duties on a large order. We deliver locally across Ottawa–Gatineau and ship Canada-wide; shipping is priced for your postal code and shown before you pay, orders typically arrive 1–2 days after they leave the shop, and pickup in Ottawa is by appointment. We serve customers in English and French.
Our city guides go deeper on who orders by the hundred and how a big run reaches them: bulk hoodie printing in Ottawa, bulk custom hoodies in Toronto and bulk custom hoodies in Montreal. To start a quote, send the logo, the count, the sizes if you have them and the date through the free quote form, phone 613-666-YAYA (613-666-9292) or email order@yayaprints.ca.
Frequently asked questions
Do you sell wholesale blank hoodies?
No. YAYA Prints sells finished hoodies, printed or embroidered in-house in Ottawa, not blank hoodies, transfers or gang sheets. Volume pricing applies to the decorated hoodie: in the online studio the per-piece price drops at 12, 24, 50 and 100 pieces, and orders in the hundreds are quoted directly.
How many hoodies count as a wholesale or bulk order?
Volume pricing starts at 12. In the online design studio the per-piece price drops at 12, 24, 50 and 100 pieces, and every colour of the same hoodie counts toward the same break. Orders in the hundreds are usually screen printed and quoted directly through the free quote form, by email or by phone.
Is there wholesale pricing on embroidered hoodies?
Yes. Embroidered hoodies count toward the same 12, 24, 50 and 100 price breaks as printed ones, and orders in the hundreds are quoted directly. Embroidery adds to the per-piece price and a new logo is digitized once into a stitch file, which then serves every hoodie in the run and every reorder.
Can a bulk hoodie order mix colours and youth sizes?
Yes. Every colour of the same hoodie in one order counts toward the same price break, and youth hoodies count with the adult ones. In the studio, different designs on the same hoodie count together too. On a quoted screen-printed run, each design, print location and ink colour is its own setup.
How long does a wholesale hoodie order take?
Standard turnaround on clothing is 1–2 weeks, and every order shows the dates it will be ready before you pay. Runs in the hundreds are planned around a date agreed when you book: the fastest 1–3 business-day rush stops at a set piece count, so give the date when you ask for the quote.
Can you ship bulk custom hoodies to Toronto or Montreal?
Yes. Every hoodie is decorated in-house in Ottawa and shipped Canada-wide, including the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Montreal, with shipping priced for your postal code and shown before you pay. Orders typically arrive 1–2 days after they leave the shop, with no cross-border customs holds.
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.
Quote a run of hoodies in the hundreds
Send the logo, the count, the sizes and the date, and we will quote the screen-printed or embroidered run with a free mockup. Smaller runs can be designed and priced in the studio yourself.
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.