how much do blank t shirts cost
A blank t-shirt costs between about three and ten dollars per piece depending on weight, and the difference between the cheapest and the dearest is almost entirely fabric. Everything else — quantity, colour, construction — moves the number by cents.
Send the weight, colour, fit and quantity. We return a unit price per quantity tier within 24 hours.
Our stock runs from $3.00 to $12.60 per piece. The low end is a 180–230gsm cotton crew bought in volume; the top end is a 350gsm garment-dyed gradient that costs more in fabric and finishing before anyone has printed anything.
That is a three-to-four-fold spread inside one supplier, which should tell you something about comparing "t-shirt prices" across suppliers without comparing weight and finish first.
Fabric 45–55%, cut and sew 18–24%, finishing 4–8%, packaging 3–5%, freight to the warehouse 7–10%, supplier margin 6–10%.
Read that list twice: the margin the supplier keeps is smaller than the share the fabric takes. Buyers who assume a supplier price is mostly profit negotiate against a number that is mostly cotton.
Our tier step from 100 to 600 pieces saves roughly 9% on the same shirt. That is real, and it is smaller than the duty swing on an imported order and smaller than the price difference between 180gsm and 300gsm.
Which is the practical point: quantity is the third lever, not the first. Weight and route decide your cost; quantity trims it.
Freight to you, decoration, and — if the goods come from China — duty and brokerage. On a first order those add 15–40% depending on the route and the rate in force.
So the question "how much do blank t-shirts cost" has two answers: per piece ex-works, and landed per sellable shirt. Budget with the second one.
| Stock range | $3.00–$12.60 per piece |
|---|---|
| Quantity tiers | 100–299 / 300–599 / 600+ |
| Tier saving (100→600) | About 9% |
| Fabric share of cost | 45–55% |
| Supplier margin | 6–10% |
| Landed adds | Freight + decoration + duty and brokerage |
Around three to four dollars for a 180–230gsm cotton crew at volume, rising with weight and finishing.
Almost twice the fabric, plus garment dyeing and finishing. The price follows the fabric.
About 9% from the first tier to the third. Real, but smaller than the effect of weight or duty.
Yes, +$0.75 at 2XL to +$3.10 at 6XL, because they use 15–40% more fabric.
A 180gsm cotton crew bought in volume. Below that weight the shirt stops being sellable in white.
A fabric swatch and a sewn sample come before the bulk run, and finished goods are photographed before packing.