14 min

Inventory: cash sitting on shelves

Your shirts sell. Now you need more of them, before you've been paid for the last batch.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much cash before the first sale?

Sources and every number (2)

Sources

Unisex Staple T-Shirt (Bella + Canvas 3001): price and US shipping · Printful, 2026
Custom men's T-shirts: bulk order discounts · Printful, 2026

Every number

300 (example number: Simplified example: shirts in the fall order.) · Simplified example: shirts in the fall order.
$7.50 (example number: Simplified example: the printer's price per shirt for a batch this big; bigger batches spread the setup cost.) · Simplified example: the printer's price per shirt for a batch this big; bigger batches spread the setup cost.
$2,250 (example number: Simplified example: the fall order's shirts times the batch price.) · Simplified example: the fall order's shirts times the batch price.
$11.92printful.com ·2026 · Printful's price to the seller for its staple T-shirt with one print, made on demand, at the time of writing.
$1,326 (example number: Simplified example: the gap between the on-demand price and the batch price, times the fall order, if every shirt sells.) · Simplified example: the gap between the on-demand price and the batch price, times the fall order, if every shirt sells.
25printful.com ·2026 · Printful's bulk discounts start at orders of this many items.
55%printful.com ·2026 · Printful says bulk orders get up to this much off.

14 min

Inventory: cash sitting on shelves

Your shirts sell. Now you need more of them, before you've been paid for the last batch.

Ticket 01 · The guess

How much cash before the first sale?

Sources and every number (2)

Sources

Unisex Staple T-Shirt (Bella + Canvas 3001): price and US shipping · Printful, 2026
Custom men's T-shirts: bulk order discounts · Printful, 2026

Every number

300 (example number: Simplified example: shirts in the fall order.) · Simplified example: shirts in the fall order.
$7.50 (example number: Simplified example: the printer's price per shirt for a batch this big; bigger batches spread the setup cost.) · Simplified example: the printer's price per shirt for a batch this big; bigger batches spread the setup cost.
$2,250 (example number: Simplified example: the fall order's shirts times the batch price.) · Simplified example: the fall order's shirts times the batch price.
$11.92printful.com ·2026 · Printful's price to the seller for its staple T-shirt with one print, made on demand, at the time of writing.
$1,326 (example number: Simplified example: the gap between the on-demand price and the batch price, times the fall order, if every shirt sells.) · Simplified example: the gap between the on-demand price and the batch price, times the fall order, if every shirt sells.
25printful.com ·2026 · Printful's bulk discounts start at orders of this many items.
55%printful.com ·2026 · Printful says bulk orders get up to this much off.