Group cruise preorder
Offer one coordinated shirt before final payment or departure. Set an order deadline, collect sizes, and order the exact quantity.
FROM DOWNLOAD TO PROFIT
Turn cruise designs into an easy group-shirt offer.
Choose a production path, price it clearly, collect orders, and deliver a polished keepsake without becoming a full-time apparel company.
CHOOSE YOUR MODEL
Four ways an agency can earn from shirts
Client gift upgrade
Bundle a shirt into a premium planning or hosted-group package. The added value can support a higher service fee.
Online storefront
Publish selected designs through a print-on-demand store. The provider produces and ships each order after purchase.
Agency team apparel
Use coordinated shirts for ship inspections, conferences, hosted sailings, and social content that promotes the agency.
THE COMPLETE WORKFLOW
Download, prepare, produce, and sell
Download the package
Open a design and choose Download package. The ZIP is also saved in My Library for later access.
Unzip and choose the right file
Use the transparent PNG for most DTG, DTF, and print-on-demand uploads. Use the SVG when a printer requests vector art or you need lossless scaling. Use the mockup for your sales page. Start from the listing kit, then add your garment, price, sizes, deadline, and delivery details.
Choose garment and print method
Confirm the garment color gives the artwork enough contrast. Check the provider’s exact print area, file format, resolution, and color requirements for that product.
Order a sample
Check print size, position, color, small text, fabric feel, and wash performance before offering a design to a large group.
Publish a focused offer
Give buyers a small choice: one design, two or three garment colors, and a clear size chart. Too many choices slow group orders.
Close and fulfill
Set a firm order cutoff, export the order list, recheck quantities and sizes, then submit production. Keep the provider confirmation with the sailing record.
PRODUCTION OPTIONS
Pick the path that matches your volume
Print on demand
Best for individual online orders and low inventory risk. Providers such as Printful, Printify, and Gelato connect products and fulfillment. Catalogs, coverage, base costs, and delivery times change; compare the actual garment and destination before publishing.
Local print shop
Best for a coordinated group order, local pickup, and hands-on quality checks. Ask about minimum quantity, setup fees, reprints, deadlines, and whether they prefer PNG or SVG.
Transfers plus your own heat press
Best when you want to stock blank shirts and press on demand. Buy transfers from a reputable supplier, follow that supplier’s exact instructions, and test every garment/transfer combination.
Method quick guide
| Method | Works well for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| DTG | Detailed, full-color art; small runs | Garment compatibility, underbase, fine details |
| DTF transfer | Full color on many fabric types | Supplier-specific heat, pressure, peel, and repress |
| Screen-print transfer | Repeated group orders and bold art | Color/setup economics and minimums |
| Sublimation | Light-colored polyester | Not a general solution for dark cotton shirts |
| HTV | Names, numbers, simple personalization | Layer count, weeding time, and bulk |
HEAT PRESS BASICS
Use the transfer supplier’s recipe
Heat, time, pressure, peel temperature, and repress steps vary by transfer and garment. The supplier’s instructions always control. Treat the checklist below as a process, not a universal temperature setting.
Before pressing
- Confirm the fabric composition and transfer type.
- Check the press with an infrared thermometer or temperature strips.
- Lint-roll the print area and pre-press only if the supplier says to.
- Place the design using a ruler or alignment guide.
During pressing
- Use the supplier’s temperature, time, and pressure.
- Keep seams, collars, and buttons away from the pressure area.
- Use a pressing pillow or platen setup when needed.
- Follow hot, warm, or cold peel directions exactly.
After pressing
- Repress only when directed.
- Inspect edges and fine details before packing.
- Follow the required cure/wait period before washing.
- Include provider-specific care instructions with the order.
PRICE WITH CONFIDENCE
Quick gross-profit calculator
Use actual provider quotes. This estimate excludes income tax and your general business overhead.
PRINTFUL FILE READINESS
Every current design package passed the library audit.
1,260 transparent PNGs
Every file is RGBA, 4500 × 5625 pixels, tagged at 300 DPI, and contains a transparent background.
Embedded sRGB profile
Every PNG includes an embedded sRGB color profile. No file exceeds Printful’s 200 MB or 20,000-pixel limits.
1,260 true vector SVGs
Every SVG contains vector paths, no embedded raster image, and no live text requiring a missing font.
Production note: 4500 × 5625 pixels equals 15 × 18.75 inches at 300 DPI. Printful still requires checking the exact product’s print-area template and safe zone. Every file has a small amount of normal edge anti-aliasing, and none had more than 5% partially transparent pixels. Avoid enlarging artwork beyond the selected product’s recommended print area.
UPLOAD & PREFLIGHT
Check this before you sell
Provider guidance: Printful’s current file guide recommends checking transparency, resolution, color profile, and product-specific requirements; it also notes that semi-transparent effects may print unpredictably. Gelato documents sRGB PNG for apparel in its current production guidance. Always recheck the selected provider and product before ordering. Printful file guide · Gelato apparel format
READY FOR YOUR NEXT SAILING?