The size-and-color matrix, finally under control
Hivara is inventory and production software for apparel brands. Track blanks by size and color, cost prints and transfers per piece, and keep every variation sellable across your site, markets and wholesale — without the oversell apologies.
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A apparel in Hivara
Product
Wildflower Print Tee
SKU TEE-WILD-M
Material
Blank T-Shirt
tracked in each · Blanks
Supplier
Blank Apparel Co.
Variations
Size, Color
Built around how apparel brands actually work
- 1
Five sizes × six colors = thirty products
One design becomes a wall of combinations, each with its own stock level. Variations keep the whole matrix under a single product — counted, priced and visible at a glance.
- 2
Blanks are cash sitting on a shelf
Boxes of blanks in every size tie up real money, and the 2XLs always run out first. Per-size stock counts and reorder points keep the size curve funded without over-buying mediums.
- 3
Print costs hide in the details
DTF sheets, transfer film, press time, misprints — the per-shirt print cost is more than the film. Put every consumable in the recipe so the piece carries its whole cost.
- 4
A drop lives or dies on stock math
Launching a design means committing blanks before a single sale. Sales history per size and color turns the next drop's buy into a forecast instead of a coin flip.
What a wildflower print tee really costs
This is the math Hivara does for every product you make — every line from a real bill of materials, updated whenever a supplier price changes.
Blank prices vary by size — Hivara costs each size from its own blank so 2XL margin is never a mystery.
Wildflower Print Tee
- Blank tee (mid-weight)
- $3.10
- DTF print + film
- $1.45
- Press consumables
- $0.15
- Hang tag + poly mailer
- $0.55
Track everything that goes into a apparel
From raw materials to finished stock, Hivara keeps apparel brands on top of:
- blank tees and totes
- ink and heat transfers
- thread
- hang tags
- poly mailers
A apparel in Hivara
Product
Wildflower Print Tee
SKU TEE-WILD-M
Material
Blank T-Shirt
tracked in each · Blanks
Supplier
Blank Apparel Co.
Variations
Size, Color
A day in Hivara, for apparel brands
Step 1
Receive blanks by the size curve
A blanks order lands as per-size, per-color stock — S through 2XL each counted on its own.
Step 2
Recipe each design
Blank + print + tag + mailer per piece; the design's cost tracks the blank price it's actually built on.
Step 3
Press a run, log it once
Print thirty pieces across sizes and the blanks and film deduct while finished shirts join sellable stock.
Step 4
Sell without overselling
Site, market and wholesale orders pull one count per variation — when the last large sells, everywhere knows.
Questions apparel brands ask
How do I track t-shirt blanks across sizes and colors?
Each blank style is a material with size and color variations, so a receiving order books S–2XL in every colorway as separate counts. Printing draws down the exact blank used, and reorder points per size keep the curve stocked.
How do I price printed apparel?
Cost the blank, the print (film, ink, press wear), tags and packaging, then add labor and margin. Most independent brands land between 3× and 5× all-in cost at retail — the key is knowing that cost per size, since blanks aren't priced flat.
How do I stop overselling sizes I don't have?
One inventory, every channel. When your site, a market and a wholesale order all draw from the same per-variation count, the last medium can only be sold once — and restock alerts fire before the size curve breaks.
How many blanks should I buy for a new design drop?
Let your history answer: if larges outsell smalls 3:1 on past designs, the next buy should look the same. Hivara's per-size sales view turns the standard size-curve guess into your brand's actual curve.
Can Hivara handle both DTF and screen-printed pieces?
Yes — each design's recipe carries its own print method and cost. A DTF one-off and a 60-piece screen run can sit in the same catalog with honest, different margins.
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