Costs for jersey flocking

Basically, there are many finishing techniques that make the jersey unique. Finishing is the subsequent application of logos, names, numbers, initials or other imprints. Flocking is a popular way of adding club names, numbers or sponsors to a jersey. The flock basically consists of two different components: Felt-like flock fibres and a special adhesive. The two components work together to ensure that the logo, name or number sticks to the jersey.

The costs for flocking jerseys can vary greatly. In addition to the price of the jersey, the manufacturers or suppliers have to pay for each individual flock. This is because the jerseys, which usually come from low-wage countries in Asia, have to be flocked afterwards. That takes time - and as we know, time is much more expensive here than in other countries of our globalised world. The supposedly low price per piece of jersey, including flocking, then becomes a high total price for jersey flocking. As a sports club or sports team, it is therefore important to think carefully about where flocking is needed on the jersey. The following options are usually available:

• Club name on the back (top or bottom)
• Club logo on the chest (centre, right or left)
• Sponsor logo on the chest
• Additional logos (e.g. additional sponsor or association logo)
• Back number - initials - player's name on the back (top or bottom).

Each individual component incurs additional costs of 5 euros on average. So if you want to have the standard football jersey flocked (shirt number, club name and logo, sponsor), you have to reckon with an additional cost of 20 euros for each individual jersey in addition to the unit price of the jersey. If other components are added, the cost per jersey increases further.

Flocking processes are very complex, which is the reason for the high costs. In the table below, we have selected average market prices that accurately represent the constantly rising costs of jersey flocking:

"Sublimation" is the transition of a solid substance that changes directly into a gaseous state, i.e. evaporates. In sublimation printing, solid colour pigments are vapourised into the garment. Because the print motifs are printed on transfer foil in the first production step, the term "transfer printing" is often used as a synonym for sublimation printing. Transfer printing is a digital printing process in which any number of motifs can be added at no additional cost.
As the table shows, you pay 698 euros for 20 jerseys with any number of flocking components at spized. The market average for conventional flocking is 900 euros. The sublimation printing process at spized therefore saves you an impressive 202 euros for the same number of jerseys.