The $50 Mistake That Costs Your Print Shop $5,000 a Year
A forgotten setup charge, a purchasing error, or an unbilled rush job might only cost your print shop $50. But when those mistakes happen week after week, they can add up to thousands in lost profits. Here's how to recognize and prevent them.
How to Bankrupt Your Screen Printing Shop in 5 Easy Steps
Want to bankrupt your screen printing shop? Underprice your work, say yes to every job, run everything from memory, confuse busy with profitable, and never check your actual job costs. Here’s what to do instead.
Why Print Shops Lose Money on Jobs They Thought Were Profitable
A job can look profitable when you quote it and still lose money by the time it leaves your shop. Learn where margins disappear, why overhead matters, and how understanding your true costs can help protect your profit.
Why Being Busy Doesn’t Mean Your Print Shop Is Profitable
Your print shop can be packed with orders and still struggle to make money. Learn how underpricing, rework, overtime, poor purchasing, and inefficient workflows quietly eat away at profit.
The Race to the Bottom: Why Being the Cheapest Print Shop Is a Losing Strategy
Competing on price can keep your shop busy—but that doesn’t mean it’s profitable. Learn why chasing the lowest price can hurt margins and how efficiency, value, and understanding your true costs can help you compete without joining the race to the bottom.
How to Build a Print Shop Training System That Actually Works (Part 2)
Training new print shop employees doesn't have to mean weeks of constant questions and interruptions. In Part 2 of our employee training series, learn how SOPs, checklists, standardized workflows, and centralized job information can help new employees become productive faster.
Why Print Shops Struggle to Train New Employees (Part 1: The Hidden Costs of Poor Training)
Training new employees should make your print shop more productive—not slow everyone down. Part 1 of our employee training series explores the hidden costs of poor training, why experienced employees become bottlenecks, and five signs your shop needs a better training system.
Stop Re-Keying Customer Orders: Meet the PriceIt AI Order Importer
Stop manually re-keying customer orders. The PriceIt AI Order Importer turns PDFs, spreadsheets, documents, images, and emailed order information into PriceIt orders in seconds.
How to Prepare Your Print Shop for Busy Season (Part 2): Keeping Production Running When Orders Start Pouring In
Preparation is only half the battle. Learn how successful print shops manage increased workloads, avoid bottlenecks, and keep customers happy during their busiest season.
How to Prepare Your Print Shop for Busy Season (Part 1): Get Organized Before the Rush
Busy season doesn't have to mean chaos. Learn ten practical ways to prepare your print shop before orders start piling up so you can reduce stress, avoid costly mistakes, and keep production running smoothly.
Signs Your Shop Has an Accountability Problem
Growing screen print shops often struggle with employee accountability. Discover the warning signs and practical ways to improve communication, ownership, and productivity.
Why Screen Print Shops Struggle with Production Bottlenecks (And How to Fix Them)
Production bottlenecks can quietly cost screen print shops time, money, and customer satisfaction. Learn why bottlenecks happen and how better workflow visibility helps keep production moving.
Why Screen Print Shops Lose Money on Small Orders (And How to Stop It)
Small orders often require just as much administrative work as large jobs, making them less profitable than many shop owners realize. Discover how screen print shops can improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and make every order more profitable.
Why Screen Print Shops Struggle with Order Status Visibility (And How to Fix It)
Customers constantly ask for order updates, and employees waste valuable time tracking down answers. Learn how improving order status visibility helps print shops streamline communication, reduce interruptions, and keep production moving.
Why Screen Print Shops Have Trouble Managing Production Schedules (And How to Fix It)
As print shops grow, production scheduling becomes harder to manage. Whiteboards, spreadsheets, and disconnected systems often lead to missed deadlines, bottlenecks, and constant interruptions. In this article, we'll explore why scheduling problems happen and practical ways to create a smoother, more organized production workflow.
Why Screen Print Shops Lose Track of Customer Approvals (And How to Fix It)
Customer approvals are one of the most important steps in the production process, yet many print shops still track them through emails, texts, sticky notes, and verbal conversations. Here's why approvals get lost—and how organized shops keep jobs moving without costly mistakes.
Why Screen Print Shops Struggle with Inventory Management (And How to Fix It)
Inventory problems can quietly cost print shops thousands of dollars each year through production delays, duplicate purchases, rush orders, and missing garments. As shops grow, tracking inventory becomes increasingly difficult without connected systems and clear processes. Learn why inventory management is such a common challenge for screen printing, embroidery, DTG, and DTF shops—and discover practical ways to stay organized, improve visibility, and avoid costly mistakes.
Why Screen Print Shops Struggle with Purchasing (And How to Fix It)
Garment purchasing problems can lead to production delays, rush shipping costs, and frustrated customers. Learn why purchasing becomes a challenge for growing print shops and discover practical ways to improve visibility, streamline ordering, and keep production moving forward.