How much does it cost to start a Heat Press business?

How much does it cost to start a Heat Press business?

Starting a heat press business is not expensive.

To begin heat printing, your only sizeable expense should be a reliable heat press.

If you spend your money where it counts, that piece of equipment can see you through decades of heat printing success without ever needing to be replaced. That being said, this doesn't have to cost a bomb.

Hotronix is the leading Heat Press manufacturer in the world, supplying the most innovative and advanced machines to heat printers. You might think that the world's most innovative heat printing machines come with an enormous price tag, but you'd be wrong.

Lets run through some of our most popular heat press machines for starting a t-shirt business below.

The Fusion IQ heat press is the World's Smartest heat press and takes just 14 t-shirt sales per month to pay off in full within 12 months.

The Auto Open heat press is the Worlds Most User-Friendly heat press and takes just 11 t-shirt sales per month to pay off in full within 12 months.

The Hotronix MAXX Clam is an entry-level heat press that takes just 8 t-shirt sales per month to pay off in full within 12 months.

 

You might be thinking, well I plan to print way more than 14 t-shirts per month?

That's the point! Hotronix makes quality heat printing affordable. 

And for those who don't have the disposable cash upfront, don't worry, you can buy these heat presses on finance too.

 

Next up, tshirts and transfers. 

A Bella+Canvas 3001 t-shirt costs just £3 on Ralawise.com. Ralawise operates under a minimum order of 1 policy so you can print your samples and order more for fusing as and when your orders come in. 

UltraColour Max heat transfers offer a minimum order of 1 on all of the heat transfer sizes in the range (and next day shipping) but because we're trying to make this process as inexpensive as possible, let's look at the 55x55cm Gang Sheet option.

We fit 22 designs onto 1x 55x55cm UltraColour Max gang sheet meaning that each transfer cost us just £1.31.

As you can see from the sheet, they vary from full chest print size to a smaller left chest placement size. Depending on what types of tshirts you want to create, you could be reducing your cost per transfer even further than this! We previously fit 100 5cm neck labels on a gang sheet, making each neck label just 0.29p!

If your transfer cost is £1.31 and your tshirt cost is £3, your production cost per t-shirt is just £4.31.

By selling that shirt at a very reasonable price of £20, you can make a whopping £15.69 per shirt!

If that wasn't impressive enough, let's take this one step further and save you even more money.

If you purchase your heat press through one of our heat press and heat transfer bundles, you could receive up to £500 heat transfer credit!

Meaning your first few heat transfer orders are completely FREE!

Check out our bundles:

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