Our team jerseys minimum order is 100 pieces per style, with sizes, names and numbers free to change on every piece. An order then runs in seven steps, from enquiry to dispatch, and the date a team needs its kit is the one fact to settle before any of them.
How the minimum works
Team jerseys sit in our knit band. The minimum is 100 pieces per style. A style is one garment in one cut and fabric: a football jersey in polyester knit, say, or a pair of mesh shorts.
Inside a style you can mix:
- sizes, from kids by age to adult 3XL
- names and numbers, different on every piece
- kids and adult sizes together, for academies
The colour split within a style is confirmed at quotation. A jersey and its matching shorts are two styles, each with its own minimum.
For small clubs, 100 pieces of one style can sound like a lot. Teamwear brands get there by grouping teams that share a style, such as several age groups at one academy, or by combining a club’s home jerseys with its training tops in the same style. The full rules are on our minimum order and samples page.
Preparing the name and number list
The list is the heart of a team order. We print names and numbers from it exactly as written, so every error on the list becomes an error on a shirt.
Set it up like this:
| Column | Example entry | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Style | Football jersey, home | One sheet per style |
| Player name | As it should print | Check spelling and capitals |
| Number | 7 | Check no two players share one |
| Jersey size | Adult M | Use sizes from the style’s chart |
| Shorts size | Adult L | Separate column, sizes often differ |
| Notes | Captain’s armband print | Anything special for that piece |
Ask the coach or team manager to sign off the list before you send it. Name spellings are the most common problem, especially names in more than one script or with accents. Write the name exactly as it should appear, with any accents, and tell us the font style from the approved layout.
Leave a few spares blank on the back. They can take a name and number later by heat transfer.
The sample stage
Ask for a sample jersey in your design before the bulk order. On the sample you check:
- colours against your design and the team’s crest
- the fabric, knit or mesh, for feel and weight
- fit on a player of the sample’s size
- print sharpness on the crest, sponsors, name and number
- the neck label, wash-care label and any tags
We prepare a layout for your approval before printing the sample. Once you approve the sample, it becomes the reference for the whole order and for our quality check. Changes after approval should be agreed in writing, so both sides work to the same version.
The full order process
Every order follows the same path:
- Enquiry. You send the sport, styles, design, sizes and rough quantities.
- Quotation. We quote per style, by fabric, quantity and branding, and confirm the lead time.
- Sample. We make a sample in your design for approval.
- Advance payment. The advance starts production.
- Production. Printing, cutting, sewing and finishing.
- Quality check. Each piece is checked against the approved sample and the name list.
- Dispatch. The balance is paid before dispatch, and the order ships.
We take enquiries from buyers worldwide. Shipping method, terms and documents are confirmed in the quotation.
Planning around a match date
Team kit almost always has a deadline: the first match of the season, a tournament or an event. The lead time is confirmed in the quotation, and it depends on the season, the order size and how quickly the sample is approved.
The steps that most often cause delays are on the buyer’s side:
- the design changes after the layout is approved
- the name list arrives late or in parts
- the sample is not approved quickly
- the advance payment is held up
Work back from the match date. Give the team a clear cut-off for names and sizes, and keep it. A late player can be added from the blank spares rather than holding up the whole order.
Reorders
Once a design is approved, reordering is simpler. The layout is on file, so a new season’s kit or extra players only need a fresh list. A reorder in a style is again at the 100-piece minimum, so many clubs plan one reorder before the second half of the season and add their new players then. Keep your original list with the reorder, so numbers already in use are not given out twice.
Start your order
Look through the styles on our white label team jerseys page, then send us your design, the styles, the match date and a first draft of the name list. We will come back with a quotation and the next steps.