How to Request a Custom Apparel Quote from Inkdnylon

Step 1: Tell Us Who the Order Is For

The quote starts with your contact information and the type of customer or organization placing the order.

You will be asked for your full name, phone number, email address, and who the order is for.

This helps Inkdnylon distinguish between different purchasing situations instead of treating every project as the same type of order.

A business ordering employee uniforms may have different requirements from a school or university, nonprofit organization, fulfillment program, personal order, or large procurement project.

Selecting the correct order type gives Inkdnylon the proper context before evaluating the rest of the request.

Step 2: Tell Us Who Is Supplying the Apparel or Products

Next, identify the source of the apparel or products.

This is important because sourcing affects how the project is evaluated.

If Inkdnylon is sourcing the products, provide as much information as you already have about the product you want.

If you are supplying eligible items yourself, identifying that at the beginning helps determine which production requirements and policies apply.

Custom patches can also have their own sourcing and production requirements.

The goal is simple: before pricing decoration, Inkdnylon needs to know what is actually being decorated.

Step 3: Identify the Product

If you already know what you want, provide the product information.

The quote form allows you to enter the brand name, product name, SKU or item number, quantity, project budget, color, and sizes. The product name and quantity are required fields, while several of the additional product details can be supplied when available.

That gives Inkdnylon a specific product to evaluate rather than requiring additional communication just to determine what you want priced.

You do not need to know every detail before requesting a quote, but information you already have should be included.

If you need help identifying a product, review available apparel and product brands before completing your request.

Step 4: Add Every Product in the Project

Many business apparel orders involve more than one item.

You might need polos for office employees, jackets for management, caps for field staff, or multiple colors and styles within the same program.

The Request a Quote form includes an Additional Items / SKUs section specifically for this situation. You can add another item when the project contains multiple garments, products, styles, colors, or SKUs.

This helps keep a multi-product project together instead of splitting the purchasing requirements across several disconnected quote requests.

Step 5: Enter the Actual Quantity

Quantity matters because production requirements change with order size.

It can affect product sourcing, decoration setup, production scheduling, pricing, and which Inkdnylon purchasing lane applies to the project.

Enter the quantity you realistically expect to purchase rather than an arbitrary number used only to check pricing.

For large procurement projects, Inkdnylon provides a dedicated Large-Volume Procurement & RFQ path beginning at 500 pieces.

That separation allows larger projects to be evaluated differently from ordinary quote requests.

Step 6: Tell Us When You Actually Need the Order

The Request a Quote form asks for a Turnaround / Needed By Date.

This is an important production field.

If the apparel is needed for an employee rollout, conference, school program, restaurant opening, construction project, corporate event, trade show, activation, or another scheduled event, provide the real deadline.

Do not wait until after pricing to reveal that the order is time-sensitive.

Production time can depend on item availability, quantity, decoration method, proof approval, and shipping. The form evaluates the requested date and displays production timing and applicable rush information.

Providing the date early helps determine whether the requested production schedule is realistic.

Step 7: Choose Shipping or Pickup

How the completed order reaches you is part of the project.

The quote form asks for your preferred shipping or pickup method. Final rates and availability are confirmed when the order is approved.

Local pickup is available during the pickup window listed in the quote system.

This matters because a production deadline and an arrival deadline are not always the same thing.

If an order must be shipped, transit time needs to be considered along with production time.

Step 8: Select the Decoration Method

Now the quote moves from the product itself to how it will be customized.

The Decoration Details section asks you to select the decoration type.

Depending on the project, Inkdnylon can evaluate methods such as embroidery, screen printing, DTF, DTG, vinyl, rhinestones and spangles, sublimation, custom patches, UV printing, laser engraving, and other specialty decoration.

The appropriate method depends on the product, artwork, quantity, desired appearance, and application.

If you already know the method you want, select it.

Step 9: Specify Your Logo Size and Colors

“How big is the logo?” matters.

So does the number of colors.

The quote form therefore asks for logo size and logo colors as part of the required decoration information.

It also provides an option for custom thread color sourcing when special-order or manufacturer-sourced thread is required.

A small one-color chest logo and a large multicolor design are not the same production job.

Providing these specifications makes the request more useful for evaluating the actual work involved.

Step 10: Choose the Decoration Location

Where should the logo go?

The form allows you to identify locations including headwear, left chest, right chest, center chest, sleeve, back, or another location.

This is important because one product can contain multiple decoration locations.

For example, a jacket could require a company logo on the left chest, employee name on the right chest, and another design on the sleeve.

Do not simply say “embroidered jacket” when the project actually requires several applications.

Identify the locations you intend to produce.

Step 11: Use the Notes Section for Anything Unusual

Not every project requirement fits neatly into a dropdown.

The Notes section gives you space to provide additional information about deadlines, extra products, additional logo locations, shipping requirements, or special instructions.

Use this section for information that could materially affect how Inkdnylon evaluates the project.

This is especially useful for unusual decoration requirements, events, multiple locations, packaging requirements, or other project-specific instructions.

Step 12: Decide Whether You Need a Visual Proof

The form includes a Production Approval section where you can select whether you want a visual proof before production.

The current visual-proof option is $50 per artwork or logo and includes unlimited edits before production begins.

This separates proof requirements from the rest of the quote instead of assuming every project requires the same approval process.

Step 13: Upload Your Logo or Artwork

Artwork is one of the most important pieces of a decorated-apparel project.

After submitting the quote request, the form directs you to upload your logo or artwork for the project.

Artwork allows Inkdnylon to evaluate what is actually being produced rather than relying only on a written description.

A detailed embroidered logo, simple text design, multicolor screen print, patch, or specialty application can have very different production requirements.

Submitting the actual artwork reduces uncertainty before the project moves forward.

Why Incomplete Quote Requests Take Longer

Consider this request:

There is no product.

No quantity.

No decoration method.

No logo size.

No number of colors.

No placement.

No deadline.

No shipping requirement.

No artwork.

Inkdnylon cannot evaluate the actual production job until those questions are answered.

That is why the Request a Quote form collects product, quantity, deadline, shipping, decoration, placement, and artwork information in a structured sequence.

The form is not adding unnecessary steps.

It is removing the back-and-forth that happens when critical project information is missing.

A Quote Is the Beginning of the Production Plan

For a business or organization, a custom apparel quote can represent much more than the price of a shirt.

It can be the beginning of an employee uniform program, corporate apparel order, school or university project, branded merchandise program, promotional campaign, custom headwear order, event apparel project, fulfillment program, or large-volume procurement order.

The better Inkdnylon understands the intended project, the better the project can be evaluated before production begins.

Before You Submit Your Quote

Review the information you entered.

• Make sure the quantity represents what you intend to purchase.
• Check the product.
• Check your required date.
• Identify every decoration location.
• Provide your logo specifications.
• Include special instructions.
• Submit your artwork.

The quote request itself is free. Final pricing is based on the order details and availability. Quotes are valid for payment for 24 hours, there are no Net 30 terms, and full payment is required before production.