"Wholesale company swag" and "company swag bulk" are two of the most common searches from HR and ops teams trying to outfit a growing team. The assumption behind both searches is that ordering more brings the per-item price down, the way it does with most wholesale goods. With a branded online shop, the math works differently, and it is usually cheaper for a company that does not already know its exact headcount and sizes.
Most bulk print shops use tiered pricing: a higher per-item cost at 12-24 pieces, a lower cost at 50-100, and the lowest cost above 100 or so. The catch is the company has to guess the total headcount and size breakdown up front, pay for the full batch, and store whatever does not get used. Leftover mediums and smalls sitting in a supply closet are a hidden cost that rarely shows up in the per-item quote.
| Product | Free plan base | VIP plan base |
|---|---|---|
| Airlume cotton tee | $23.93 | $19.88 |
| Performance polo | $41.93 | $34.88 |
| Comfort Soft hoodie | $44.94 | $36.88 |
| Champion hoodie | $53.93 | $45.88 |
| Embroidered snapback | $34.88 | $29.86 |
These base prices are the same whether one person orders or two hundred people order. There is no volume tier to negotiate, which means a 12-person department and a 400-person company pay the identical per-unit base cost.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.Even without wholesale tiering, some companies want the "we bought 100 shirts" feeling for planning purposes. That works fine on a branded shop, it just looks different in practice: instead of one big invoice, the company either issues company-paid credit codes to each employee, or ships the same product to a spreadsheet of names and sizes as individual orders. The employee-only store setup covers exactly how to run that model.
Flat per-item pricing whether one person orders or two hundred. Compare Free and VIP base prices in the shop.
Start FreeNo. The base price per item is the same regardless of how many people order. There is no volume discount tier to unlock.
Upgrade to a VIP plan. The Self-Service VIP plan at $59/month drops the base price on every product by $4-$11 versus the Free plan, which matters more than order volume.
No minimum order exists at all. A single piece is priced the same per unit as a hundred pieces.
Yes. Companies commonly issue a set number of credit codes or place a batch of individual orders for a known headcount, even though there is no wholesale discount tier involved.
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