The basics of posting tshirts?

Designator

Ok so Im starting my own online clothing brand at the moment and need to know the basics about posting out my tshirts. Who should I post them with? The main places they would be posted too would be around Ireland and the UK at first so where do I begin?

ED E

Do the design yourself, outsource all the fulfilment. Doesnt make sense to do it in house.

Designator

this is nothing to do with designing though , I have all the design work done by me, then I have a company that prints and packages the tshirts for me which I buy in bulk and am going to post out to customers myself as they are ordered, so how do I go about posting them?

dball

you might need one of these too:

whiterebel

Fold it and put it into an envelope that you will use and bring it to the Post office. Ask them if the packaging is acceptable and how much it will cost for Ireland and for the UK.

amtc

Honestly! You want to know how to post a packet. And you want tò run a business....

What you could do is look on the an post website for a leaflet called 'volume discounts'. Alternatively ring the an post business desk and you can buy prepaid labels.

Designator

amtc wrote: »

Honestly! You want to know how to post a packet. And you want tò run a business....

What you could do is look on the an post website for a leaflet called 'volume discounts'. Alternatively ring the an post business desk and you can buy prepaid labels.

Yea cause I'm sure you and everyone else were just born with the knowledge on what packets to use, where to get them, weight and dimension restrictions etc..... 🙄

amtc

It's not exactly rocket science.

There's a leaflet on the An Post website called 'what are you posting'

rubadub

amtc wrote: »

Honestly! You want to know how to post a packet. And you want tn a business....

What you could do is look on the an post website for a leaflet called 'volume discounts'. Alternatively ring the an post business desk and you can buy prepaid labels.

amtc wrote: »

It's not exactly rocket science.

There's a leaflet on the An Post website called 'what are you posting'

It is pretty clear from the OP that he is also wondering about alternatives to an post, who charge high fees that often make it prohibitively expensive to even consider selling lowish cost items (like t shirts) here.

Designator wrote: »

Who should I post them with?

CeilingFly

For something like a T-shirt, An Post will be the best option.

To keep costs down you need to try and get within anpost's large envelope size - maximum size 400mm x 300mm x 25cm deep. You should be able to get cardboard envelopes - here's a sample that is within the size https://www.lilpackaging.com/buy-packaging/envelope/big-book-packaging-sheet-music-envelopes/?aelia_cs_currency=EUR

Once the overall weight is under 500g (you may get 2 t-shirts into it under that weight), simply apply the addrerss, apply a 2.80 stamp and drop them into the post office.

Some post office staff don't understand the size dimensions and will try and charge you for a "small packet", but once you use that envelope and its under 500g and less than 25mm thick, it is a "large envelope".

The other important aspect of "large envelope" is that vat does not apply, so if you are charging 2.99 postage, that 2.99 in vat exempt

Here's an alternative - strong plastic bags (will allow postman put through letterbax if no-one at home, its within size limits and less than 10c each. Just make sure you put t-shirt in flat to keep depth under 25cm
https://www.mailingbags.ie/400-grey-mailer-sc1.html