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Screen Printed Transfer Numbers are Fast and Easy

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Feb/12
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One of our customers that owns screen printing equipment called last week to tell us he didn’t know how his shop survived when they were printing their own numbers. He described his old process as messy, time consuming and a cause of frequent errors resulting in ruined apparel. He went on to say how anyone in his shop can press the numbers he now buys, and that his customer’s still receive the quality screen printed plastisol numbers that they expect.

Numbers are fast and easy with no mess

Transfer numbers are fast and easy with no screen printing mess. All you need is a heat press!

The Easy Prints® numbers apply in just 4 seconds with just a heat press. Watch our video to see how easy and fast it is to apply these numbers. In the two minutes you spend watching the video you could have numbered 6 jerseys!

The numbers come on paper that makes alignment easy. It is as simple as touching the edges of the paper! If you are doing a 2 color number, both colors are on the same paper so you don’t have to worry about registration. Just position the paper and press. Names can also be ordered and applied at the same time, again touching the paper for perfect alignment.

The numbers are offered in 8 different styles and 50 color combinations. They are sold in packs of 5, so a pack of the number 1, would have 5 1s. In addition, if doing larger volumes or you wish to stock styles in your store, the numbers can be ordered in money saving Express Packs that will number three baseball teams, or Kits that can number an entire league and come in a storage box with trays. If we do not have the colors or style you are looking for, custom printed numbers are available too.

Ordering Sponsor Names for Baseball Leagues

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Feb/12
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Your local baseball league just called and asked you to quote their league order. You are excited for the opportunity and really want to win the bid, but where do you start? It seems easy; they just want t-shirts with a sponsor name on the front and a number on the back.

So where do you start?
1.   Find out if they would like a specific height for the text needed.
2.   Find out how many teams and what color ink is needed for each team.
3.   Find out how many players on each team.

Now you organize!
First, divide the teams by ink color. Let’s say that 8 teams get white ink and 8 teams get black ink. Your customer told you they want the sponsor names 1.5” tall. We have created sponsor layouts that make filling these orders easy and very cost effective. Since they have chosen 1.5” tall as the letter height, you will want to use QSP-2 for ordering. You can see that there are 8 lines that fit on one order. So, start filling the slots with your sponsor names needing white ink.

Line 1 MARY’S ICE CREAM
Line 2 JONES LEGAL SERVICE
Line 3 MARIO’S PIZZA
Line 4 JOHNSON DELI
Line 5 ABC SPORTING GOODS
Line 6 MEDIC DRUG STORE
Line 7 HENRY’S BURGERS
Line 8 SUE’S CUPCAKES

Sponsor Name on Shirt

Sponsor layouts are a great way to easily organize a league order.

How many should you order?
Three of the teams have 12 players and the other five have 15, so you will be ordering 15 sheets of the order you created above. So, your order would be for 15 sheets @ $3.58/sheet=$53.70 to put sponsor names on 8 teams, 111 players. That is just .48 per player! And your order ships the same day when ordered by 11 am EST so not only can you give your league a great price but also great service.

Number Ordering
The number order is just as easy. Use our online number calculator. Enter 3 teams with number 1-12 and 5 teams 1-15. Using a 6” number, the cost is just .25 per digit so with a sponsor on the front and a number on the back, your printing cost is just 73 cents!

Be One of a Kind – Create Your Own Custom T-Shirts

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Feb/12
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Have you seen the latest commercial from Dr. Pepper? In it they show many different people with their original custom phrases declaring who they are. You can do this too!

Dr. Pepper One of a Kind commercial

Dr. Pepper commercial with unique t-shirts

Those shown in the commercial use the Cooper font, a font available from Transfer Express, and layout QAL-2, two straight lines of text or QAL-153, three straight lines of text. To create your own, visit www.TransferExpress.com, login in, click “View Layouts” and enter QAL-2. Change the text to your original phrase, choose Cooper font, or any of over 100 fonts, and choose your shirt and ink color and view. There is your original phrase!

Easy View™ your custom shirt

Use Easy View™ to preview your custom shirt

 To order, enter your quantity and submit. If ordered by 11 am, your completed custom transfer ships the same day and you can have your own shirt heat pressed in just 4 seconds. Or if you are making just one shirt, use Express Names™! So are you a dreamer, a cougar, a beginner, a control freak, a fighter, a highlight, a wingman, a work of art, a rebel or a rock star? Whatever it is, you can create it, order it and wear it!
Custom Screen Printed Shirt

Create a unique, one of a kind t-shirt with Easy Prints® or Express Names™

 

Top Design of 2012 Announced And Three Lucky Customers win $50 Off Their Order

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Jan/12
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Thank you to everyone who voted on our new trendy Easy Prints®, customizable layouts by our own Great Dane Graphics. Many voted, but three rose to the top as the top three layouts. They are Easy Prints layout QLW-60, QBK-180 and QSW-47. All three of these had the fashion look like you find at Abercrombie or Hollister. They are easy to make your own by just changing the text, and choosing a clip art, colors and size. If you are a current dealer, you can preview a proof on your free Easy View™, or if you are new to Transfer Express, your order can be placed by phone.

Our three lucky voters were also chosen and they are Arthur from Initial Reaction, Karla from Personal Pizazz and Leyland from String it Up. Each won $50 towards their next order! Congratulations!

Easy Prints Layout QLW-60

Easy Prints® layout QLW-60 voted the number one design for 2012

5 More Custom Transfer Layouts and a New Binder Catalog

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Jan/12
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Take a look at our last 5 sneak peeks of our Great Dane Graphics customizable Easy Prints® layouts. As with the others shown, all can be made your own by changing the text/font, changing the clip art and choosing the needed ink colors and size.

Which do you like the best? Vote for your favorites on our blog! All 15 of our Great Dane Graphics sneak peeks are shown online and we are looking for your feedback. 

 
New Layout QAP-46

New All Sports Layout QAP-46

 
New Layout QCH-132

New Cheerleading Layout QCH-132

 
New Layout QFB-153

New Football Layout QFB-153

 

New Layout QLW-60

New Fire Layout QLW-60

 

New Layout QMU-85

New Music Layout QMU-85

 

We will screen-print your design, and ship the same day if you order a one color transfer by 11 am EST, and in just 2 days for a multi-color transfer. Once your custom transfer is received it can be applied to your apparel in just seconds with a heat press. There is not an easier way to create custom apparel. You are creating your customer’s apparel without the need for art skills or programs, or expensive and messy screen printing equipment.

Like what you see? These and many others are available in the new personalized binder Idea Book™. The binder catalog gives you a great presentation when you meet with potential customers and is a great companion to the online Easy View™. It is the iron-on industry’s largest, filled with thousands of customizable layouts. The book is color coded in sections including fashion, occasions, school, business and sports. Each section is started with full color photos showing the potential for completed apparel on models. The binder cover is personalized with a one line personalization of your choice giving you a professional sales tool.

New Custom Transfer Designs and Colors

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Jan/12
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Here are five more of the new Great Dane Design layouts available for your customer’s ordering. We now have revealed 10 of these trendy new designs. Voting begins January 18th for your favorite. Three voters will be chosen to win a $50 coupon for your own custom order!

This week we show you layouts from the swimming, wrestling, basketball, volleyball and cheerleading sections. All sections are customizable. By just changing the text and clip art the swimming layout is transformed to a race print, the wrestling transforms to a ballerina print, the basketball to a baseball print, the volleyball to a cheerleading and the cheerleading to a landscaping. You can see with just a little creativity you can meet any customer’s needs.

Use a new layout with one of our new colors. The new colors are soft pink, powder blue, khaki, pistachio, watermelon and violet. We also added to our popular Pearl Prints™, which are a soft metallic look. Pearl Prints are now available in gold, copper, blue, green, purple, and now pink!

Layout QSW-47

New Swimming Layout QSW-47

Layout QWR-59

New Wrestling Layout QWR-59

Layout QBK-181

New Basketball Layout QBK-181

Layout QVL-99

New Volleyball Layout QVL-99

Layout QCH-134

New Cheerleading Layout QCH-134

First Sneak Peek of Great Dane Designs To Create Your Custom Transfers

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Jan/12
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Here are the first five designs of the new Easy Prints® customizable layout collection from Great Dane Graphics. These are now orderable and can be customized for your needs using Easy View™, our free design tool for all Transfer Express dealers.

The first five designs include a layout from our recreation, mascot, religion, all star and basketball sections. But the section is just a starting point and the layout can be customized to fit your specific needs. If you love the look of the basketball layout but want it for your baseball team—just change the basketball player to a baseball player and the text to fit your needs.

Get creative with colors too! You can show your customer the same design in 1 color or 2 colors but more can be added – just put what other colors are needed and the color placement in notes and our design team will make it happen.

These five designs will be five of the choices for the ‘vote for your favorite design’ on January 18th. Three lucky voters will win $50 towards their own order.

New Recreation Easy Prints® Layout

New Recreation Layout QMS-113

New All Star Easy Prints® Layout

New All Star Layout QAS-113

New Mascots Easy Prints® Layout

New Mascots Layout MAS-141

New Religion Easy Prints® Layout

New Religion Layout QRE-70

New Basketball Easy Prints® Layout

New Basketball Layout QBK-180

Choose Your Favorite New Custom Transfer Layout!

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Jan/12
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We are excited to be able to provide you with the not only the largest collection of customizable layouts, but also the best. This year we have added over 200 new layouts to our Easy Prints® customizable transfer layout collection, giving your customer thousands of choices and giving you the ability to provide artwork with just a few clicks.

Beginning this week, we will be giving you a sneak peak of some of these layouts by Great Dane Graphics, a new member of the Stahls’ team, whose artwork is now part of the Easy Prints custom transfer layout collection. These new Easy Prints provide your customer with the look similar to what you find in the fashion retail stores like Abercrombie, Hollister and The Buckle!

Each Wednesday we will release five of the new layouts. As they are released they will be orderable online and viewable customized on our Easy View™ design tool, free to all Transfer Express dealers.

In mid January you will get to vote on which of the 20 layouts is your favorite. And three lucky voters will win $50 towards their own order! So be sure to watch each week and exercise your right to vote for your chance to win.

New T-Shirt Designs from Great Dane Graphics for 2012

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Dec/11
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It’s been said many times in the decorated apparel industry that the design is what sells the shirt. Great artwork with a theme or genre that is current and popular can’t be kept on the shelves, but dated artwork that looks like the same old thing can’t be sold except as a clearance item.

For this reason, the success of any decorated apparel shop depends on offering great, cutting-edge artwork. And one of the best things about Transfer Express is that we offer a comprehensive library of new and traditional designs that gets updated and expanded all year long. No matter what graphics your customers are requesting, we will have them in some form or fashion.

We are excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Dane Clement of Great Dane Graphics and are releasing new fresh customizable designs over the next few weeks. Be on the lookout. We will be releasing a few designs at a time. Here’s a sneak preview of what you can expect.

New Great Dane Graphics Easy Prints® Layout

New Layout QTS-55

Customized New Great Dane Graphics Easy Prints® Layout

Customized New Layout QTS-55

 

Why do our top customers buy from us?

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Dec/11
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Recently I was listening to a webinar by Jeff Gitomer who has written many great publications about marketing and has a weekly email newsletter, Sales Caffeine. He challenged each person to ask your best customers, why do you buy from us? As he said, if your top customers buy from you for these reasons, others will want to for the same reasons. Your customers have written your marketing materials. This is a great exercise for your own store as well.

5 reasons our top customers buy custom transfers from us:

Speed – all commented on how fast our service is, and not only how quickly we get it out the door but also,  especially for those on the west coast, how fast it arrives with Speedy Air service, 2 day air for the price of ground.

Reliability – as often as speed, customers commented that not only is the order fast, but it ALWAYS ships on the day we tell them it will.

Education – many of our customers complimented the many education resources we offer, all at no charge, videos, blog tips, webinars and innovative website.

Choices – we are known for our Easy Prints®, and they are ever growing with the largest collection of professional created art that can be customized.

Ease of Business – every company has a system, but customers complimented our dealer service team, the speed we reply to emails and get back to them with quotes sent via upload.

Custom Screen Printed Transfer

Layout QAL-219