Every shirt costed. Every size counted.
Hivara is inventory and production software for t-shirt sellers. Know what each graphic tee truly costs to make — blank, print, tag and bag — track stock per size, and run drops and restocks on numbers instead of instinct.
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A t-shirt in Hivara
Product
Graphic Tee — Mountain
SKU TEE-MTN-L
Material
Blank T-Shirt
tracked in each · Blanks
Supplier
Blank Apparel Co.
Variations
Size, Color
Built around how t-shirt sellers actually work
- 1
Screen fees need a run to spread across
A $90 screen setup across 50 shirts is $1.80 each; across 12 shirts it's $7.50. Costing the run — not just the shirt — tells you the minimum print quantity that keeps a design profitable.
- 2
The bestseller is always out of large
Sizes sell unevenly and larges lead. Per-size counts with reorder points mean the restock happens before your top design goes half-sellable.
- 3
Misprints eat quiet margin
A 4% misprint rate on a 50-run is two shirts you paid for and can't sell full price. Build the loss into the recipe and let seconds become a planned discount bin.
- 4
Markets and online, one pile of shirts
The tote you take to a market holds the same inventory your site sells. One count keeps Saturday's booth from overselling Sunday's web orders.
What a graphic tee — mountain 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.
The same design on a 12-shirt run would cost $10.85 a shirt — run size is the hidden pricing lever.
Graphic Tee — Mountain
- Blank tee
- $2.95
- Screen print (50-run, screens included)
- $1.80
- Neck tag + fold bag
- $0.40
Track everything that goes into a t-shirt
From raw materials to finished stock, Hivara keeps t-shirt sellers on top of:
- blank tees and totes
- ink and heat transfers
- thread
- hang tags
- poly mailers
A t-shirt in Hivara
Product
Graphic Tee — Mountain
SKU TEE-MTN-L
Material
Blank T-Shirt
tracked in each · Blanks
Supplier
Blank Apparel Co.
Variations
Size, Color
A day in Hivara, for t-shirt sellers
Step 1
Book blanks in by size
A case of blanks lands as counted stock per size and color, at the price this order actually cost.
Step 2
Cost each design per run size
Blank + print-per-shirt (screens spread across the run) + tag + bag = a real unit cost you can price from.
Step 3
Print and log the run
A 50-shirt run deducts blanks and ink, logs misprints, and adds sellable shirts by size.
Step 4
Restock the winners
Sales by design and size show which tee earns the next print run — and how big it should be.
Questions t-shirt sellers ask
How much does it cost to make a graphic t-shirt?
A mid-weight blank runs $2.50–$4, printing $1.50–$3 per shirt at reasonable run sizes, plus tags and packaging — so $5–$7 all-in is typical. The number swings hardest with run size, which is why costing the run matters more than costing the shirt.
What's the right print run size for a new design?
Big enough to spread setup costs, small enough not to strand cash in slow stock. Break-even math per run size shows the floor; past drops' sell-through shows the ceiling. Start closer to the floor and let a restock prove demand.
How should I price t-shirts at markets versus online?
Same shirt, same floor: your all-in cost. Markets add booth fees, online adds platform fees and shipping — track both and you may find your 'cheaper' channel isn't. Many sellers hold one price and let the channel fees decide where to push.
How do I track t-shirt inventory by size?
Sizes are variations under each design, so stock, sales and alerts all resolve per size. You'll see larges outselling and smalls stacking up — and buy the next case accordingly.
What do I do with misprints and seconds?
Count them. A seconds item at a discount turns print errors into revenue and keeps your A-stock counts truthful — and the misprint rate itself tells you when a supplier or screen needs attention.
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