{"id":167,"date":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/?p=167"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:00:00","slug":"ordering-team-shirts-a-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/ordering-team-shirts-a-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordering team shirts: a checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team orders go wrong in small, avoidable ways: a missing size, a misspelled name, a deadline that was one week too tight. This checklist covers the steps in the order we suggest doing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Count heads and add a few<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confirm the number of players, staff and volunteers, then add 5 to 10 percent for late joiners and replacements. Remember that team products start at 12 pieces and that prices fall at 24, 48 and 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Collect sizes, do not guess<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share a link to the size guide and ask everyone for a size in a shared sheet. If that is not possible, a typical adult split is 10 percent S, 30 percent M, 35 percent L, 20 percent XL and 5 percent 2XL. Offer women\u2019s cuts, which run about 1.5 in narrower, to anyone who prefers them. Printed garments cannot be exchanged for size, so a few extra minutes here pay off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Decide names and numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Send names and numbers as a list, one line per garment. Check spelling against a roster, not from memory. Numbers on the back are usually 8 to 10 in (20 to 25 cm) tall so they read from a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Prepare the artwork<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use a PNG at 300 dpi with a transparent background, or a PDF. For screen print, a design with up to 4 colours keeps costs low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Approve the proof<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We send a proof within 1 business day. Read every name and number, check colours and placement, and ask one other person to look too. After approval, production takes 5 to 7 business days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Keep a deadline buffer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add production, then 3 to 5 business days shipping. Orders over 48 pieces ship in 7 to 10 business days. Aim to approve the proof at least two weeks before the event; for events, one more week of buffer is cheap insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Ask for packing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tell us if you want the shirts grouped by size or by person with names on the label, so handing them out takes five minutes instead of fifty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The short version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Headcount plus 5 to 10 percent.<\/li>\n\n<li>Size sheet and size guide shared.<\/li>\n\n<li>Names and numbers checked against a roster.<\/li>\n\n<li>Print-ready artwork.<\/li>\n\n<li>Proof approved two weeks before the event.<\/li>\n\n<li>Packing instructions sent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/bulk-orders\/\">Start a bulk order<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headcount, size split, names and numbers, proofs, deadline buffer and packing for clubs, schools and events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-print-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.cmsmart.net\/stores\/cmsmart-custom-apparel-store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}