Costs for jersey flocking

The jersey flock refines the sports jersey with names, numbers or logos that can be individually selected. What is jersey refinement? Refinement is the subsequent application of logos, names, numbers, initials and other imprints. Flocking makes the jersey individual and gives the team or club a recognition value. The commercial flock consists of felt and flock fibres as well as a special adhesive. These components work together to ensure that the desired graphics adhere well.

If you want to have a jersey set flocked, with most suppliers you pay a price for the jersey and additionally for each individual flock that is to be applied to each individual jersey. Accordingly, the price structure on the market can vary greatly.

• Club name on the back 
• Club logo on the chest 
• Sponsor logo on the chest 
• other logos (e.g. additional sponsor or association logo) 
• Back number 
• Initials 
• Player name on the back

Each individual flock creates additional costs, the market average is 5 euros per flock. In football, the regulations on the number of sponsors allowed on the jersey differ from state to state. Often only one advertising partner is allowed on the jersey. In other sports, several sponsors are allowed on a jersey, which increases the cost of flocking on the traditional market. In addition, in some sports (e.g. badminton) it is obligatory to wear the association logo on the jersey in order to participate in matches.

As already described, flock printing is very time-consuming and therefore also cost-intensive. The table below shows how the costs for kit flocking can increase constantly:The calculation example shows that the costs for flocking the jerseys of a single team can quickly reach a four-digit amount. Most clubs or sports teams can only pay such costs with contributions from players or coaches. But for these circumstances, a cost-efficient alternative is available: Sublimation printing offers very high print quality and, thanks to modern and digital technology, is much cheaper than traditional flocking methods. In the following sections, we will show you how you can save money on kit flocking.

Many clubs do not only want to equip a single team with jerseys, but all teams participating in the game. With 10 teams, the total number of kits required can quickly reach 200 or more. The table above shows that the cost of kits for a single team can run into four figures. As a rule, only professional clubs can afford this. With the sublimation printing process, Spized has found a way to offer large print runs for clubs at a reasonable price. The following calculation example shows in detail how you can get printed jersey sets from spized at a lower price:Would you like to know whether spized is really cheaper for jersey printing? Then use our savings calculator. Just a few clicks are enough to find out where you can get the best prices.

In sublimation, a solid material changes into a gaseous state. Accordingly, solid colour pigments are vapourised into the textile. The sublimation printing process is a digital approach in which any number of motifs can be added without incurring additional costs. This makes sublimation printing very cost-efficient, especially for large print runs. This modern printing technology has not been widely used until now because the graphic costs and delivery times were not attractive enough, especially for short runs. At spized, however, it is possible to order as little as one jersey and have your products hanging in the air in just 14 days. On our website you will find a 3D online configurator that puts elaborate graphic work to rest. Want to learn more about sublimation printing?

Beyond the purely financial aspects, you can benefit from many other advantages of the sublimation printing process: