Why BlueCotton is Perfect For Groups: Order Together, Ship Separately
Ordering customized shirts and other apparel for your business or group is a great way to show togetherness and promote your message. Whether for a company party, music club, high school sports team, college fraternity initiation or any other group, members will look stylish in their new apparel.
Even after you’ve come up with the perfect artwork design, though, there is one challenge: redistributing that apparel to employees and members. Repackaging and redistributing apparel takes time that would be better spent on other things. There’s also the issue of making sure everyone gets the correct size. You don’t want to run out of one size and have 20 extras of another because of who did and didn’t show up for an event – or because you had to guess since people didn’t get you their size in time.
Luckily, BlueCotton has the solution. With the Your Group Order Shipped Individually program, personalized shirts are easier than ever. Rather than dealing with the hassle of distributing shirts to members or having to pay for and store extra shirts, BlueCotton will take care of the logistics for you. That sounds appealing, doesn’t it? Read on to learn more about our custom apparel individual shipping and what it can do for any organization.
How Separate Shipping Works
We’ve made it as simple as can be to set up a group T-shirt order. Fill out the form with your contact information, the desired shirt style/colors, an estimate of how many shirts you will need and when you need them delivered. We will get back to you with a quote for your order.
From there, you can come up with a design or send us an existing artwork file. Once the design is finalized, we will create a webpage for you to share with group members so they can pick the items and sizes they want. This can be set up so you pay for the full order or members pay for their apparel. We can also make it into a fundraiser. Apparel will be shipped so it arrives by the event deadline with a $5 flat-rate shipping charge for each unique address.
You’re not limited to T-shirts. Use the “Additional Information” field to let us know if you want an individually shipped group apparel order of hoodies, sweatpants, polos, jackets or anything else listed in our catalog. We can even do a webpage with multiple types of apparel.
Alternatively, if you already know exactly what shirts you need and who they’re going to, we can skip the webpage and prepare your order all at once. Supply us with a list of addresses and we’ll add the $5 shipping charge per address on top of any other fees. Call (800) 536-1435 or email tshirts@bluecotton.com if you are interested in this option.
Benefits of Individual Group Apparel Shipping
Whether you’re celebrating a sales milestone or getting ready for a fishing competition, separate shipping offers many advantages, including:
- It’s a huge time-saver. Group shipping streamlines the process so you don’t need to spend time and resources redistributing apparel or collecting money. This leaves more of each available to run your organization or put on a successful event.
- It makes custom apparel scalable. Whether you need 10 shirts or 500, an on-demand group shipping webpage adapts to your needs. You can easily view participant orders and adjust the custom shirt campaign based on response.
- You won’t have excess inventory left over. We will only ship what people purchase or sign up for. Say goodbye to closets full of extra shirts that you paid for and never used.
- You can raise money for your organization. When you opt for a fundraiser webpage, anyone can purchase a shirt, and a portion of each sale goes to you. People can support your group financially while receiving high-quality branded apparel that shares your message.
- It’s secure. Only people with the link can access your group webpage, making it harder for non-members to order apparel and leave you with unexpected charges. It’s possible to password-protect the webpage as well.
When to Use Split Shipping
Individual shipping is an excellent choice when you want people to show up to an event already wearing your branded shirt. Trade show staff, 10K runners, chess tournament officials and others will have their apparel ready to go – there’s no longer a need to set up a table or chase people down as they arrive.
You should also consider group shipping for companies with a lot of telecommuters or groups whose members are spread across the country. Trying to send everyone their apparel will be time-consuming and expensive. Instead, let BlueCotton do it for you. With our flat-rate shipping, this option can often be less expensive than redistributing the apparel on your own.
Finally, choose split apparel shipping if you have a limited staff or volunteers. Everyone already has a lot on their plate in smaller organizations, and dealing with shirts on top of that is daunting. BlueCotton will be like another staff member helping you out.
Choose BlueCotton for Group Shirts and Apparel
For more than 30 years, BlueCotton has been helping small, medium and large groups get the customized shirts they need. Group orders with individual shipping are just one of the ways we support your personalized apparel goals. We also have an online design studio for creating artwork and offer live customer support by phone, email or live chat. If you need your group T-shirts fast, expedited shipping is available.
Submit your order information today and see how simple, convenient, cost-effective and stylish group apparel shipped individually can be. All design, embroidery, printing, shipping and packaging are done in the U.S.