Understand embroidery pricing, including stitch counts, decoration locations, thread colors, and digitizing. Learn how Bulk Discounts and Account Discounts can reduce your costs.
Embroidery pricing depends on the selected product and the embroidery required to decorate it. Stitch count and decoration locations are the primary factors affecting embroidery costs, while artwork preparation and eligible discounts can also influence the final order total.
Unlike printing methods that price artwork according to the number of ink colors, embroidery is primarily priced according to the stitching required to reproduce the design.
Stitch count is a primary factor in embroidery pricing. Designs requiring more stitches generally cost more to produce because they involve additional machine time and thread.
Larger logos typically require more stitches, but stitch count also depends on the artwork's shape, coverage, and stitching requirements. Two designs of the same dimensions may have different stitch counts.
Each embroidery location contributes to decoration costs. For example, adding a sleeve or back logo to a garment that already has left-chest embroidery increases the amount of decoration required.
The available locations and their pricing depend on the selected product. Review each placement in the Online Designer when preparing your order.
Embroidery designs commonly support up to six thread colors. The number of colors is generally a production constraint rather than a separate per-color pricing calculation.
Designs exceeding the supported color limit may require simplification or special handling, which can affect their preparation or cost. Thread colors are selected from the available embroidery palette rather than reproduced through digital color printing.
Before a logo can be embroidered, its artwork must be converted into a stitch-ready file through a process called digitizing. This determines how the embroidery machine reproduces the design using stitches.
Digitizing is separate from the per-item embroidery production cost and may involve an additional artwork preparation charge when a logo has not already been prepared.
Once artwork has been properly digitized, embroidery production pricing is primarily determined by its stitch count and decoration locations rather than a separate charge for every visual detail.
You can order logo digitizing separately or prepare artwork while customizing an eligible embroidery product.
For technical artwork considerations, see Logo Requirements for Embroidery.
Several product and design characteristics do not necessarily create additional embroidery charges.
Bulk Discounts can reduce the cost of eligible embroidered products as order quantities increase.
For orders containing multiple embroidery products, Fair Flow Discounts may extend a larger qualifying quantity-based discount to other eligible products sharing the same production method and facility.
Review the calculated pricing in your cart to see the savings applicable to your specific products and quantities.
Account Discounts provide an additional way to qualify for reduced product costs based on your account's purchasing and store activity.
Account Discount levels are calculated using qualifying purchases and store sales over a rolling 365-day period. As qualifying activity increases, your account may become eligible for greater discounts.
Unlike Bulk Discounts, which depend on quantities in the current order, Account Discounts reflect activity accumulated across your account.
When both Bulk Discounts and Account Discounts apply to an eligible product, the platform automatically uses the greater available discount rather than stacking the two discounts together.
Additional program-specific discounts may also be available to eligible accounts participating in qualifying programs.
When preparing an embroidery order, review the following components of your pricing:
Final pricing depends on the selected products, artwork, quantities, and applicable discounts. Review the itemized costs in your cart before completing checkout.
For instructions on placing an embroidery order, see How to Order Embroidered Products.