The Cost-Effective Way To Print High Quality Leavers Hoodies

When it comes to printing leavers hoodies, balancing quality and cost is key. Schools, clubs, and businesses want to provide students with a memorable, well-made hoodie without overspending—especially when trying to run a profitable heat printing business in the current economy. But how do you achieve professional results without blowing the budget?

In this guide, we’ll break down the most cost-effective ways to print high-quality leavers hoodies, helping you save money while still delivering a product that looks great and lasts. Whether you're a school organizing a bulk order or a printing business looking to maximize profits, these tips will ensure you get the best value without sacrificing quality.

Lets start first with the base garment. Traditionally, Leavers hoodies are made up of exactly that, a hoodie. In recent years, Leavers garments have expanded to include zip ups as well as t-shirts but for the purpose of this blog, we're going to be comparing the costs of generic hoodies.

Because you're catering for 16-18 year olds and both genders of student, you're going to need to build you Leavers hoodie around and Adults Unisex hoodie. This way you can benefit from the full size range. 

It's worth noting that you will get a better price per hoodie when you purchase in higher quantities but purely for comparison purposes, we are looking at one-off sample costs today.

The biggest difference between all four of these hoodies is the materials they're made from and the colours they're available from. When bearing in mind that a higher polyester blend could result in dye migration and the possibility of scorching, The JH001 with its 80% Cotton and 20% Polyester blend, starts to look very attractive despite its £1 price difference from the B&C and ProRTX hoodies. The enormous range of colours offered by the JH001 opens up the ability to tailor your colour requirements for each school you print hoodies for.

However, as we are looking for the most cost-effective method of printing Leavers hoodies today, we're going to go with the Black BA434 from B&C at £8.99 per hoodie. The black colourway offers sizes S to 5XL meaning that every student will be covered without having to switch brands. The fabric makeup also boasts pre-shrunk cotton which means your customers won't get any nasty surprises when they take their hoodies out of the washer.

Now we have our hoodie base, it's time to turn to the decoration method.

Heat Transfers For Leavers Hoodies

Luckily, there are really only two heat transfer choices that you should be using when printing cost-effective Leavers hoodies

The main visual difference between the two heat transfer types is that UltraColour PRO offers a full colour finish and InkTra offers a much more traditional single colour design.

The cost of 200x UltraColour Pro A3 sheets is £2.63 per sheet.

The cost of 200x InkTra A3 sheets comes in marginally cheaper at £1.98 per sheet

If you're in need of a full colour graphic or a low temperature heat transfer then it's definitely worth choosing UltraColour PRO for the wow factor it presents for your clients but to continue on with this price comparison experiment, we're going to move forward with the single colour InkTra heat transfer design at £1.98 per sheet

Getting the most out of your Heat Transfer Sheet

While Gang Sheet Method #2 is technically the more 'cost effective' approach to heat printing Leavers hoodies, it makes more sense to use Method #1. For only 0.87p per garment, you can offer the school the value of their branding on the front of each hoodie, as well as use your branding inside to secure future business (which in itself, is priceless).

The Total:

Hoodie Cost - BA434 from B&C -  £8.99 per hoodie

Transfer Costs - 200X A3 InkTra sheets - £1.98 per sheet

Total Production Cost: £10.88

RRP: £25-35 per hoodie.

Profit potential per hoodie: £14-£24